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The boys played tired... didn't come out to play, on Monday. Nothing you can do about that, just as Don Pyke couldn't with his crew, up in the Alice. The players will collectively have a let down, from time to time. As we continue to mature, these will hopefully get less and less frequent.

bloody Misson ! Always leaves us misson our good players.

Yeah, we've got NO control of it, at all. watt we need a is a nice easy slope, to glide in belly first. heres one from 64.

NoN committed, 'self' they're trying to sharpen him up for our game.

We can do it, IF we want to. Mind you it doesn't have to be DeGoey, but he has that x factor. Whitfield, Kelly, and no doubt others can do it. But do they carry X factor.

As I said I like Gaff... but with our dwindling resources in the salary cap, this deecision is Crucial, to get it right. We are very one geared. We are very much a power geared side,,, and i want us to add an extra dimension to our run and carry. Pace, breaks big games open.

So you think Gaff is quick enough, to bring us what we lack in the midfield. ... which I think is midfield speed and agility..

I do not think Petracca will ever be a fast Mid. I see Petraca as more a power mid, power medium-forward. But not so, agile and quick. I sense DeGoey is quick by foot, and his footy mind.

I haven't watched him on enough occasions to debate that, but his recent games suggest he's adequate.? The way I see it is this,,, Gaff has been said to be soft, & too much an outside player,,, in past seasons. Only this season has he started to get more contested ball, and started to play inside at the bounce, etc. Why only this year... and is this just a contract year thing for him... I like Gaff, but I want us to look far and wide this season for the right player fit for us... Prior to us committing our last bit of salary cap space on another medium-speed midfielder. I don't think Gaff's 'quick', by any real measure, but maybe not slow. SO I wonder how he will add speed and a point of difference, to our midfield list? DeGoey certainly would add some speed, and a touch of magic to our on-ball division, and the list? Surely both would cost us similar, in terms of salary cap numbers.?

So now, Dee Goey anyone ? Forget Gaff, Jordan is the won we want. the Roos are into him, for good reason... he's a match winner.

A good way to absolutely blow the knee right out. Full dislocation anyone ?

Queens Birthday Games. Following this weeks loss to the Pies. It's caused me to look back over the past 3 or 4 weeks. Looking for reason. All I can say is, Lets push for our Queens Birthday games in future,,, to Follow a D's Sunday game; and also to have no Bye after the Q/BD game... But another Sunday game. This gives us more stability in the fixture around this big Occasion game. I think it would put our team in a much more business as usual mindset, coming into this fixture, and following it, as well. I do not like the idea of short 6 day breaks ahead of important Occasion games, nor 8 day breaks, ahead of these big games. And certainly not a bye round, following the Q/B game. Lets save the Bye round/s to follow our NT fixtures.

I agree SFebey.

He was so consistent it was just expected of him, IMO.

And that is IMO, what is making the talent spread so thinly, across the AFL. So many who are highly skilled, talented, but those skill-sets need the space to be performed at the highest standard. Most do not make it through to last in AFL, simply because of the lack of open space to work with. Also why so many basketbalers are making it in AFL, at the moment. inside players.

make some room adzman

Naturally fltydt... but the Key word, is after. NOT getting ahead of the horse.

Of course, and attrition via 'the best rise to the top', and those who can't get opportunities, then can be traded out, or delisted, as is the norm.

Hopefully more than 2 yrs, because if I had my way, I would not stop drafting and recruiting for future seasons, 4 Yrs ahead of time.

I would have loved to been able to see him play on David Schwartz in full flight.

just lucky he wasn't wearing a cape at the time.... That greatest of Tiger Hero's. ? maybe he isn't a diver, maybe ; maybe he's clumsy ? lets study his form, to see ?

don't care what the media do,,, its what we do, and how we respond to the noise. Block it out, and just focus on each upcoming game, with respect.

No. not at all. Did you read the post I answered first, prior to my response ? No we must guard against letting our heads get up in the clouds. We just have to keep doing what we ware doing; and keeping our collective head's down, bums up, and work our way through this season. And just see how things unfold around us.

go d' peddy bear.

This is the danger; bathwater next, than arrogance. and cockiness. then nightclub troubles, et al . Lets not go down that pathway.