praha

Fox Footy saying it's a long layoff.

I got one up on you. In my 150th game of junior footy, i was playing full back on the league's leading goal kicker. Kept him scoreless initially, but didn't get a disposal myself. Anyway, 3rd quarter, kicking in from a behind (the first time I'd touched the ball all day). Kicked it straight into him, he grabbed the ball and snapped a goal. My stats for the day: 1 clanger 0 disposals

tl;dr - we are on track to break Essendon's inside 50 entry in 2000 record - we score more than any other team - we also score the most behinds - contested style leads to congestion - Goodwin says that's part of the challenge abd learning

We got this. The stats don't lie. We are dominating in many areas. We need to CAPITALISE. Once we do we will be unstoppable.

Oliver is rare though. I feel that unless the draft age does rise, teams will draft more inside players like him to feed into the growing congestion. Unless the AFL actively addresses it, which it will, because it loves changing rules and the way the game is played whenever...the game changes because of new rules. Oliver undoubtedly needs to add more to his resume. He has the potential to be better than Dusty imo.

Team sheets are mostly [censored] outside of midfielders and key position players.

Garlett could be put to good measure. Someone made a great point on FB. Swap him and Oliver at the end of every quarter, get some run and spread through the midfield, an outside runner, then deliver to Oliver to work his magic. King isn't wrong.

Picks really do need a protection caveat. Like top 10 protected (we keep it if it's top 10 and the following year's pick goes to the Crows or until a pick falls outside the top 10).

Geez we lack pace. If this were anywhere other than the MCG I'd be far more confident.

We'll smash Geelong. Bookmark it.

They were never going to let him go. Favourite son, fan favourite and strong leader. Given the players they've lost, 5 years would be a huge morale booster. good decision by them imo. Letting him walk would have been disastrous for the club and fans. And let's be honest, the Saints and North in their all conquering are trying to bid competitors out of the market. Norf will land their big fish eventually.

Would you? It stands as a terrible deal for both teams. The team that finished last brings in three start-up top 22 players that won't make them much better, and lose a top 1 pick. Melbourne lose experience and depth for an unproven kid.

Not easy to compare him to Judd or G Williams (the two players I feel he shares most similarity with) because neither had contested possessions tracked early in their careers. Here is Clarry compared with Judd in his second season (he played his 50th game in the 2006 I believe). https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_compare?playerStatus1=A&tid1=12&pid1=4166&fid1=C&playerStatus2=I&tid2=4&pid2=109&fid2=P&fopt2=2006&type=A

he and jones are both having spuds of a year.

our attacking objective is Bailey-esque

soft 50.

52 inside 50s to 17.

Toronto Raptors are up there as well. turn to water in the big games.

convinced that the reason teams are so efficient going forward against us is because we are attacking so much, and have so much of the ball. Our defenders are caught off guard, flat footed and day dreaming. Reminds me of junior footy, whenever one team is smashing the other, the losing team will go forward once and kick a goal. The winning team just doesn't defend because it doesn't need to most of the time. we have a lot of talent back there. The problem is that opposition coaches flood our forward line, and have players stream back. It's easier when you're defending to transition, then it is to attack and then defend the transition because the attacking players need to run the other way. Defenders are already facing the direct they're transitioning in.

utterly pathetic.

i don't care how much better statistically we are. this is awful.

Statistically this is a complete and utter annihilation. That we can't capitalise is a major incitement on our finals capabilities.

Carbon copy of the Port game.

Jetta is only 28, will play for another 4-5 years.

Disagree, not making finals is imo not anywhere near as effective a motivator as making them. That's the first test. We need to get there so we know what it's like.