Interesting the quote from Goodwin about it being "Worrying".
“Of course it’s worrying because you’ve got a player that’s in really good form that hasn’t trained."
Yet the Melbourne Twitter profile paraphrased in the worst possible way, and said:
You just watch the non-Victorian fans go up a notch with their cries for the Grand Final to be moved from the MCG now that Richmond have firmly established themselves as hopeless away from home against good opposition.
How could no one have Jetta in their list? And Rigoni over Leoncelli?
1990 to present:
B Whelan Wight Hibberd
HB Jetta B Lovett G Lovett
c Tingay T Viney N Jones
HF Lyon Schwarz Farmer
F Yze Neitz Robbo
R White Oliver Leoncelli
I Gawn Vardy Obst J Viney
From a financial point you would think that with Lewis and Vince likely on front loaded contracts and bound to both be retired by 2020, there is wiggle room there.
Also consider we're likely trading out to get him, so expect a Tyson, Garlett, ANB, Kent to all be on the trade table.
Needs to bring more defense to his game. His tackling and pressure acts have been way off this year. Only had one great game and mostly other average games. IMO he's in the twilight of his career and needs to kick 20-30 goals this season to really cement a longer deal. We're seeing now why Malthouse was keen to get rid of him. He needs to turn it around. It seems that whenever the pressure comes and the team is performing and in the sight of finals teams, he drops off.
Why?
It was pretty awesome watching Lewis kick a goal after the siren after being booed all game following the round 2 fiasco. Blues supporters were burning.
We'll win by 80+ imo.
Very tough on Weeds.
It's becoming a standard game from him though. Time we acknowledged that as a fan base. Still walk up 22 but he's not anywhere near his best.
He's still maturing as a player and, most notably, as an adult. He still seems like a teenager to me. Love him though.
The problem with garlett isn't so much his goal kicking ability. It's his ability to apply pressure when things aren't going our way. I am not sure dumping a Spargo or ANB for Garlett after the past few weeks is a good decision. Jeffy needs to bring the non negotioables for a few weeks to be considered imo. ANB is struggling but he still competes and brings pressure. Unless Garlett is running in a straight line, he's ineffective.