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Dislike Derwayne intensely but this one I get. Often you will join a telecast midway and not be updated on what has gone on before. I think they should do a recap more often

I think that part is innate, very difficult to develop it

If we are being honest he is like Weid but with a bit more versatility and adaptability. Can play fwd or back He can actually take a one grab mark which was Weid's downfall IMO so all in all its a slight upgrade

Teams changed the way they played against us and we did not respond. As well we were cooked from being hyped up too early 'Kick long to Lever or may and you lose against Melbourne' is the mantra for most opposition teams. We need to be able to respond better to chaos balls or balls that are run into the fwd line with handballs and/or short kicks a la Sydney or Collingwood.

I believe this is done at the AFL Captains Day photo The Captains likely ask other Captains 'who is the smokey at your club that could win the Rising Star' Max would have said McVee

Will be interesting to see the pressure Jackson comes under this year. Personally I fell he has put himself right under the pump in a two team town that lives and breathes football. Kozzie might just well see that and say 'no thanks I don't need that pressure. Perhaps I'll win 3 or 4 more flags at the Dees and then head back for bigger coin in a few years time" Let's hope Jackson cops a ridiculous amount of pressure.

Gawn and Grundy kicked 6 goals to Nankervis and Soldo 0 Post clearance is more important

Just watched Fox footy where King and Montagna both picked the Dees for the flag. Said the Dees were 18th for moving through the corridor in 2022. Pre season games showed us aggressively moving through the corridor and changing angles to straighten up our attack We will be much harder to play against this year and we will get a good chance to see that in action when we play Sydney in Round 3 - a team we have struggled against for years.

The two practice games couldn't not have gone any better. Good experimentation hard running no injuries. Wins are nice but secondary. We want some early wins as our draw is challenging but its a long season.

The goal umpire was standing behind the post directly in line with the ball. Infuriating that they do this. Often they stand in front of the post and it hits them Clearly they are instructed to adjudicate this way .

Walker was right when he said if it was him kicking Cotchin he would have got a month

Naughton has kicked 10 goals against us in 8 games. Seems unlikely he will crush us.

They haven't finished top 4 under Bevo yet....

Err goals Grundy 3 Gawn 3 Soldo 0 Nankervis 0 Just sayin

We have two monotone footy leaders and one Choco Williams The balance is about right

If the media (and Collingwood) didn't have double standards they would have any at all....

They knew about Angus a lot earlier but were waiting on Jackson to sort out the contractual details (length, front/back loading etc)

Has anyone ever thought that maybe the club doesn't want to disclose too much what its doing? The off season is where you experiment with positional changes, game plans, tactics etc. Is it any wonder that the club wants to keep a few things under wraps?

what a shemozzle

There would be recent stats about the percentage of goals kicked from the corridor and either side. Logic tells you there must be a higher percentage from the corridor. One of our issues is that we are trying to protect the rebound from our fwd line. Hence the kick to the pocket.

I did get that :)

Beautiful.. A joy to watch. Must be a thrill for the young man.

BOWEY PLAYED A LOT OF HIS JUNIORS IN THE FORWARD LINE AND IT WAS ONLY WHEN HE GOT TO THE DEES THEY HAD TO TEACH HIM DEFENCE, Sorry about that couldnt be bothered re-typing.... So its possible they might use him in the forward line at some point...

So we were bottom 8 for accuracy last year. That wouldn't be because we attacked from the forward pocket would it?

Even a Key forward like Charlie Dixon has only kicked 40 goals or more twice in 12 seasons....