jnrmac

I for one am glad the club is making strong calls and decisions.I just hope they get it right on the way to a flag.

Needless to say I'm all for it!!

Juice will back up in the ruck. No worse than PJ. Upside?? Prob not after this long but he is a bit more versatile. I see they played him down back in Shanghai.....

We need the practice at AAMI. Rather do it in meaningless NAB cup game.

Is it school holidays already???

Two top 10 finishes in the Bluey in his 10 years at the club. It's a damning stat.

Hannabal the Canibal

Don't be surprised if they see Newton in that role. Did well in Shanghai in defence and ruck and in a couple of real games he competed well in the ruck. If, like me, you have written him off because he's not up to it as a fwd then maybe the club knows better. They clearly see something that eludes the rest of us!

Read somewhere else (and just quoting it blindly!) that Skipper is the same height as Newton without the leap of Newton and he is 4 yrs older. That would make him 5cm shorter than PJ, slower but probably a better mark and possibly a better tap ruckman. Doesn't do it for me. Pass.

Good laugh. Well done!

Garland is a smart footballer. Spent his time off assisting the recruiting guys by looking at potential recruits and evaluating their form. Shows me he has more strings to his bow than the average footballer. Someone who studies the game and its players is invaluable in a defensive role. And he hasn't played fwd yet. I have heard DB on a number of occasions say that he would.

Where are all the KPP from last year that everyone was so desperate to take?? Butcher, Talia, Black, Sibosado etc Have any of them played any games???

Well it seems like he can play and has a good mature body for AFL. Daniel Rich type or Josh Hunt. Laser left foot. Didn't see much of him at Casey- anyone else? To me he will always be known as Paws (or pause) as in Pick number 11 Luke................................................................................................................Tapscott.

Some more stats... 5th disposals 4th handballs 4th tackles 3rd hitouts 1st rebound 50s 1st in 1% 'ers 1st in lowest behinds per game 12th clearances Rebounds and one percenters looks like a good defence to me. Altho with the ball in our defence so much we are bound to get it out more often than others!! Clearances is telling given our hitouts.

Melb 14th for I50 3rd for most opposition I50 I reckon that is largely our midfield. If you are looking for stats on the Dees this link's not bad.. My link

Dramatically overate our mids. We had the second highest inside 50s against us. That's mainly poor midfield pressure. Sure, we have developing talent but it's way off at the moment.

Green by a street.

Wow you must be a genius! The Meese played 4 games for the Dees and 2 for Adelaide I think. And he showed little nous??? Glad you aren't recruiting for the club.

And of course Terry Wallace has an impeccable drafting record - Ha ha ha ha

Must have gutted him to see the Pies whoop the Saints on the weekend!@

Just did a search and it came up with a Roger Lienert but I'm not sure if he is an employee of Unwired (the ISP) or if he was the contributor.

Going by your avatar they would!

Had a laugh when I saw them. What a joke they were. Won't be catching on any time soon.

I know he has already debuted but for me its Gysberts. Joel Corey Mk 2.

The AFL also brought in a rule to stop the Hawks scragging players after a free kick was awarded and in particular blocking a player from regaining possession after dishing off a handball - stopping the old one-two handball chain.