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I think your right Farmer. And i think this will happen mostly, after Bernie is finished, and also Lew. At the moment Buggy needs to keep working on his engine, and his hand finesse; and composure with ball in hand.

I put it to you that TMc since mid last year has doubled his value. So I say his past years were maybe half what he's worth, in the past 12 months. Point is TMc was good enough to sign on Mid season, and not hold the club to any sort of Free-Agency ransom, which he could have done. Lets see what Brayshaw is made of. There may be less in the Mfc piggy-bank come end of season.... Angus.

Repetitive sharp impact, normally; one sudden impact might do it, but IMO that would be extremely rare. Viney is having numerous stress fractures since mid last year as have others so I would look to the weather and dry grounds as we have been quite dry in the time-frame. Recent rainfall does not mean the grounds have softened sufficiently. The ground may be water resistant by now. Too many stress fractures Re our players,,,, for the training surface Not to be in too hard a condition.

Clarry has a good way to go, yet. see fritsch, and add about 85% improvement still.

your right, TMc's an idiot. right

ah ffs. One game doesn't do it its a repetitive stress injury to the bone. eg: training

Stress fractures creep up on you. I got one over an old nastily broken Tibia injury site,,, when training again 15 years after the injury. Once it's sore, its already injured and it's an issue. Until its sore, you naturally think all is fine.

somebody... grab your garden spade and head down to Gosch's Paddock when no training... and push into the soil and lever back, opening the ground. to see & check the depth of moisture in the soil !!! Do this in a number of different places over the field, to check for an average of soil moisture penetration. If the moisture penetration is only shallow, then we need to water the field repeatedly. To soften the ground.

I wonder if Gold Coast or other blue club is into his head; wanting him as a leader ?

Cory Wagner has been looking ok... but I cannot stop being reminded of Sylvia. I hope he turns out a hard worker and disciplined.

It's not Bolton, its been there for an eternity (turn of the century)... that stink comes from deep under the Elliot Stand. Don't know whats under there. Anyway the powers of Lygon want all the class they can afford. Even hiding young guns away from the team, resting. Whilst they remain under the GC Sun. Guess we'll know soon enough, who wins the Lukosius Cup ! .

why?

That's it. And if after 3 yrs, the Crows tell Sloane, "they cannot guarantee him a seniors game for the next 2 yrs", as others have moved ahead of him... Sloane possible could decide to retire. Especially with the dollars vastly dropping in the last 2 years of said contract. I wonder, IF our recent 3 losses in a row, altered his thinking on leaving them?

I just did the ladder predictor up to August 3rd... I have us 5th at Rnd 20.

So we may one-day, get Zac Jones to the Dees ? ?

I think 3 chook... following Darwin. Stretch Inj: - Baker. Lewis Rested: - Vince .... possibly Spargo for JKH ?

Lets aim the finger more accurately.... & your right, the club has been a let down and this must stop.............. the direction of the club. ... its decision makers ARE to Blame... for any club to be down for 50Yrs without success is a disgrace on the decisions done at control level and something very bad with the culture,,, which was seemingly rarely ever tackled.. PUN intentional.

LoL, you sure your not a Taswegian pd?

To win big games timbo, and to win finals matches, you have to have a mental attitude to take it on, to take your chances, conservative doesn't cut it in Finals. We have to put it all on the line, and back that right up,,, for keeps. Playing safe is a strong reason to not get there.

That's the whole point, mate he's 32+yrs old... we'll need him thru August and September. His body has had a real workover for 14 years. We are about to enter some big games, and then finals.

Yes but that was against Freo in Darwin. not a high reference. I think he (Frost) can play the wing role, from TMc.

No we don't,,, we need his experience in September. not as much Right-Now... and we want him physically and mentally fit & ready, in September. If we cannot get to September without Lewis,,, then we should not be there anyway. We have the players, 'young maybe'; but they have to learn to steer the ship themselves,,, and put the things they've learned into actions. I'd rather them try that now without 'Lew' for 2 matches,,, and bring back Bernie now, and play Jones as defensive mid. Him and Bernie keeping a close eye on our back-half. We need that experience your talking about,,, for 8 weeks, starting in August. What we need now is 'runners', and some added speed.

We are limping now since Lever went down. We entered the season limping with regard to TMc and Viney... when all those 3 got together, we hit our straps. Then Lever went down. We have been battling to find something that will work at half back since that time. Since then Oscar started to struggle a bit and Harry Petty experiment didn't workout. So to imply we are traveling well,,, and we should not take any risks now, in July, is crazy. Now is the time to try to get that back pivot sorted out, as best we can. Personally myself I would bite he bullet and send TMc back to CHB for this year, and play Hogan & Weide, up forward, and Pedo where required.

you have little faith swyl. I think we will play finals no matter in 2018, with or without Lewis, or others. We are far more than a one man band, and we will make them without Maxy, if need be. The trick is to rest those who need rest, drop those who aren't earning their place, and to promote those who are ready. Hopefully Keilty gets a shot now, before we get any closer to September. August is NOT the time to experiment with players and with form. July is our last chance to find a Lever replacement.

I don't know if you realise yet swyl, but this week and next week are NOT September... that's still 7 weeks away. Freshening an older player up in July, is the prime time to do it.