Fat Tony

I think we can build around Disco and JVR, with Fritsch as a third tall. We would get more value from insert a player like Tom Papley, Bobby Hill or Charlie Cameron than Max King. Matt Owies is a player we should look at. Sam Wicks is another. If we keep Petracca and find some depth in the midfield, he can be used forward as well.

You pay a steep price to do it and it worked with Kossie because we selected so well. But the other similar trades have been costly (although we have still selected well with JVR and Bowey and so they haven't ended up so bad). I would prefer we go the other way and trade our picks into the future (and earn the steep interest rate) but the people in power have too much career risk and this conflicts with the long-term interests of the club. Obviously the trade into the 2020 draft would have also been a spectacular win had we netted Bowey and Holmes.

For another future first round pick. JVR wasn’t free.

No because the rib cage goes around your body and is not just on your side. The belief that you are less likely to cause concussions from not bracing is false. If you hit someone in the head at full speed, it doesn’t matter (to the player hit in the head) if you’re arm is straight or parallel to the ground.

Read it again. We traded our 2021 pick for a pick in 2020.

I thought the Weideman decision was wrong at the time. Players sliding in like that are leaving themselves open.

Two other points about this incident. 1. Kossie only took one step after Moore elected to slide (and he was at near top speed so he could not deviate). This meant that impact was inevitable. 2. The ball bobbles back to Moore at the last bounce, which meant that Kossie misses the ball with his kick off the ground attempt.

In addition to Moore going to ground in an unusual way (sliding on his knees), the other two things in Kossie's defence are that 1) he tries to soccer the ball off the ground; and 2) he does not look at Moore.

I will be surprised if he gets off too because it is Kossie. But I don't see why lifting your arm to protect your ribs and shoulder is dirty. We have just lost a player for the season to a spleen injury! Raising your elbow is dirty, but covering your ribs is not.

1. We sold our future pick to get an extra pick in that draft. 2. We re-contracted Laurie before the season, which was totally unnecessary.

There is no way Laurie is quick enough. Small players almost always need either elite pace off the mark and/or high top end speed. There is only a handful of players that are top liners without those traits (Sheezel, Tim Kelly, ANB, Liam Baker) and Laurie is not as tough or skilled as those players.

Fritsch is obviously a full forward only and needs the right set up to be a positive contributor. He is not going to change and learn to tackle or pass. But he is a good one on one mark and great kick for goal. Some of his decision making up the field was very poor last night and he lacked effort.

I also didn’t understand why Kynan Brown didn’t play. He has the pace and tenacity we missed.

The other thing to mention is that our forward line is not as deficient in marking power as the football world believes. I’m not sure I would chase key forwards but we could do with another electric small forward. Bobby Hill was very damaging last night. JVR and Turner will be good players.

Goodwin has built a good game plan around Max, Petracca, Salem, May and Lever. I think he’s coached particularly well the last two seasons. 2022 we erred by not adjusting our methods midway through the season.

We learned a lot of lessons last night, including: Tomlinson is done. Slower than slow. Hore is a VFL standard player. Too slow, poor kick and decision maker McVee is not a midfielder. He isn’t quick enough off the mark or strong enough. And he has an ordinary left foot. Laurie is a VFL standard player. Too slow. Too small. Woewodin is not up to it. Salem is not quick enough. (We already know this.) Fritsch is only a valuable player if played close to goal. For a skilful player, he is an ordinary kick inside 50.

Best defence would be that he was trying to kick the ball off the ground. I’m not convinced he did a lot wrong. Bumps are unavoidable when playing are competing for a loose ball. But the AFL will punish him on the result.

Ben Brown (retired), Josh Schache, Joel Smith and Lachie Hunter will all likely be delisted. I am not convinced on Marty Hore having AFL level talent and would probably delist him as well. Kyah Farris-White looks a mile off it. I think I would delist and get a mature back up for Gawn. From what I have seen from Luker Kentfield, I think he will struggle to ever be mobile enough to play AFL footy and he has not shown enough with his marking and kicking to be confident. I think I would delist. Kynan Brown should definitely get another year and is a player who I think will make the grade. Tom McDonald and Jake Melksham should be given another year and are still in our best side. Andy Moniz-Wakefield has shown enough to get another year. Ollie Sestan has shown a bit but the club should only re-contract him if they think he will ever get AFL level endurance. Adam Tomlinson would be one we would like to retain for depth but he is really only a back up for May. Will Verrall has shown enough to get another year.

AMW's manager was on Gettable and implied that he was almost certain to re-sign soon.

Unlikely the Crows will trade Rachele. He is on a contracted to 2029 and is being overpaid. I am not sure he is the best target as he would cost a lot in picks and cap space (and he is a bit of a squib).

I am confident Max will still be a top liner in three years but less confident in Jack will be in four. Would love to be proven wrong.

I love Viney but I don't understand why we needed to do such a long deal given he had one year left.

With Sparrow out, either K Brown or Woewodin would be the most likely to come in. Laurie would be another option. The side functioned well forward of centre after Sparrow went off despite looking to be top heavy. It will be interesting if we go that way again and the sub is whoever comes in; or if Melksham is the sub again and we favour more pace and pressure in the forward line. You would think ANB will tag Nick Daicos after doing a great job on Kings Birthday. I still think McVee is being played out of position, as he lacks a bit of strength and speed off the mark to win the ball at stoppages. Similarly, Rivers had an ordinary game last week with his kicking. But we will probably need to use them both in the middle again this week, as we are just lacking midfield depth.

I'm going to reach out to Sydney Sweeney's agent to let them know of my interest in her.

I love Jack but he has ordinary disposal. Daniel Hoyne from Champion Data had him rated as one of the worst kicks inside 50.