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Close to as i suspected, but worse. # Mayb we did the deal, Re Hogan and May, a year to early, as some have said the AFL preferred ?

In the right matchup games, play Petty and Frost. OMc needs to go back to the VFL and fight for his spot once again. He has been given too many games now, when he just hasn't performed. Hasn't deserved them. He has to find some more intensity at VFL level. Or he has to see how he goes up forward, with Casey ? Time to bite the bullet, and make a change with Oscar.

That's the game that woke Scott up... to change his team. And he recruited well. Tthey are very different, now.

He wants too coach VFL. So he can be poached.

But he doesn't have to play in the seniors all the time. He can go back to VFL when he's not doing the job. like others do.

When Preuss plays, we can bomb deeper (when needed), and have mosquito's hanging around him.

Traditionally it has been, but it doesn''t work for us... as the defenders are better and more organised than our forwads. ... if the high kick lands around 45+ out, it gives a chance for our talls (Weide) to run straight to where the ball is heading. Instead of guessing what our Mids are likely to do, which is in chaos atmo. So I'd prefer we change things, with the high kick coming in from further out around the wing... aiming at 45mtrs out , then if its smashed out, we can pounce and chip over to someone who has run into some space. Why be traditional, when the defences are built on what is expected.? Why not change things up. We're not al sheep. And we don't have to keep doing the things the way they always been done. creation is never replicated... everything is unique.

If we had enough small pacy players to accompany him, I reckon we would have. We are paying now for recruiting sloths instead of goeys. We started 2017 draft, & last season for pace, but not much top end stuff.

As much trouble as the bummers with their rucks ? It's not the Rucks, its the pacy runners... the ball carriers. they are the ones who carved us up and served us out last night. Preuss will be a target deep F50, and help Maxy out, then Max will be a target deep F50. The pacy smalls can feed at their feet.

Buckley's matured now, into a very good coach. He always had the vision of player types he wanted. So he didn't compromise on skill. The game has been changed toward his direction.

Too many pieces of Our puzzle are out of sorts, this brings the whole puzzle down into a mashup. Everyone started to believe too Hard... And believed the noise. Even May I suspect. Mentally we are under-prepared, and physically off.

Frost is only 95Kgs. Look at him, he has skinny legs for a tall. He is built for running. https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/tp-melbourne-demons?year=2019&sby=8

6 - nobody 5 - nobody 4 - Gus 3 - Harmes 2 - Lockhart 1 - cWagner

and IMO, they bomb it in too deep.. I would rather us, if we have to bomb, go from Wing position... to 45Mtrs or more, out... Not to inside 40mtrs. I want space behind the pack, that we could use if we win contested ball off that pack. I want the possibility that the Oppo defenders have to be concerned about 360* of the F50, rather than them only facing toward their team-mates.

This is a hangover our our old culture and skills, when Jonesy was a youngster. Maybe its purely there is no one else worthy. Yet. Viney ? sore can't run. TMc ? sore can't run. Who else ? I don't think we have any leaders coming on for a couple of years after Viney TMc. Gawn is too busy with his role.

B/ jWagner...TMc...Jetta HB/ Hibbo...Frost...kKolodj C/ Lockhart...Petracca...Salem HF/ Fritsch...Weide...Brayshaw FF/ Preuss... Hunt...Melksham Rk/ Gawn...Oli...Harmes Int/ Viney...ANB...cWagner...Jones/Stretch/Garlett Em/ Garlett...Keilty...tSmith...

I think zon3es worked last year... and this year with the stroke of an AFL committees pen, (666) I see space and more space, every game. This suits nippy running sides as I predicted irt would so the tiges apart from the key injuries would go well. doggies to, then your GCsand Lions are finding spacce for theirt uyoung talents to play well within. The slower sides are struggling, Swans, Us, possibly Roos. The 2019 game is about running... and our running players are all down for reason.

I think we all might be guilty of thinking we are more advanced a side and that we're better then the reality. So too high expectations.

He is crucial for us at the moment. We are missing his reading play, and settling our weak defenders down. Via instructions. He composes us.

Max has been largely ineffectual this season... but he looks like he might be adjusting to the new shape of the game. He is being worked over by tandem rucks. We need him taking more marks around the ground, and in more telling spots... we need his help taking marks across the midfield mostly, to help us get out of pressure. So we can use the ball better going into F50. This is where we are missing TMc's and Pedo's marking. Also there was one clear opportunity he missed last night, to take the ball from the ruck... where he could have grabbed it and kicked... but he didn't mess this rule change up last night, like he did against the Cats. I think It's time for Preuss.

Unfortunately this shows how poor we are in the back half with individuals. mainly our talls. I think if the Oppo forwards push up high and we want our defenders to drop off, we need our Mids and half-forwards to be in our back-half and close off the spaces. We need to select small speedy skilled players on our wings, who will run hard all game. These should be our connecting players. Our Centre-man should be similarly quick but more robust. C Jay Lockhart Angus Brayshaw Christian Salem

Interesting we have the 'reach' game tonight... and against the bummers where Dean Bailey played, and all this tanking garbage comes back up again. Has this eventuated Via Essenscum somehow ?

You build from the basement and up, elegt. Not from the penthouse and down... we have the base. Maybe we got into finals too quickly, and now they changed the rules on us. Setting us back... and so did our injury management, last 2 seasons, has hurt us

Lever and Kitchen ? TGR

I'm thinking its time we get back to the draft this year and get in some talent. because we are lacking much.