Adam The God

The senior players were woeful in that last quarter. Gawn had a mare with his tap work. But, I've defended him for a long time, thank you for your brilliant service, Goody, time's up.

It didn't suit your narrative, did it?

Nah. It was specifically mentioned in both podcasts before and after those two performances.

It was discussed at the time actually...

Do we need a rebuild? No. We need to keep building. Here is a potential 22 in 12 months time. AMW Petty/Adams Howes McVee Turner Bowey Langdon Kozzy Windsor xxxx xxxx Sparrow/Spargo JVR xxxx xxxx Max Langford Chandler Lindsay Salem Rivers Kolt Then we have question marks over senior players who I've left out from: Trac, Clarry, Fritta, Lever, May, Viney. Max and Melky will play on and be integral to us for at least another season. Can Adams and Jefferson solidify a spot in the 22? What about Kentfield? If these talls come good and can play a role like the average Collingwood talls have for the last few seasons, we can start to add the cream (ball use and pace) in that 24-28 age bracket to fill out the rest of the ground. To me, we have to find 3-4 best 22 players in the next 12-24 months through the FA market and potentially trading out 1-2 of those senior guys above. So it's aggressive, but not blow the place up. My instinct at this point is that Goody is not the right guy to take us forward, but he'll have at least some of next year to prove that theory wrong.

Famous last words. No deal for me.

Yep, unfortunately.

Wow, I've been wrong before about Calrton, but Cripps, Walsh, Jagga Smith and Cody Walker could be avery good midfield in 2-3 years time. Hopefully Cripps is just a little too old by then. But they might be able to reset and build quickly around these new mids and become less predictable minus Curnow (and McKay?).

But you're making the assumption that this is our only move. Again, I'm not for or against Daniher, just trying to understand the decision making given we don't have all the facts.

Potentially. I guess they're thinking that our results against the top 3-4 are very competitive and it's our pathetic and inconsistent results against the weaker sides in the competition that is the gap between being a top 4-6 side and being a bottom 4-6 side. On evidence, this is rational. But is it the younger players creating the inconsistency in performance or is it the inability of the older players to execute consistently that is driving inconsistent results? If it's the latter, trading in older guys like Daniher, who I'd also consider a bit flakey, will only exacerbate the problem. But if it's the former, then there is a world where increasing the experience in the forwardline increases our chance of performing more consistently. It's difficult to gauge at this point. I'd suggest it could even be a combination of both, in which case it's hard to know when things could click (if at all).

Trac is brilliant around the arcs. His ball use from stoppage is heinous. His little kick to JVR, which didn't look touched to me, was a perfect example of his cleverness and ability to execute inside 50.

Cranky, this is a thread to celebrate Clarry's 200th. There are plenty of threads to critique his performance and the club's. Show a little bit of respect.

My favourite Demon of all time. Well done, Clarry. 200 games thoroughly deserved. 💙❤️

According to this SEN article, the Brisbane Lions were the fastest Ball movement side last year. I've no idea what Jnrmac is on about. Champion Data analyst exclusivel...Champion Data analyst exclusively reveals new measurement...Daniel Hoyne reveals the newest revolution in Champion Data trackingBrisbane are also noted as being a fast ball movement team this yeae, and in the top 6 to only a few weeks ago in this article. They don't go long, they go short, but very quickly. https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2025-speed-of-ball-statistic-explained-every-team-ranked-from-fastest-to-slowest-afl-ball-movement-stats-champion-data-numbers-latest-news/news-story/8e4894d20931117b3a3311bf98ba3a51 I love how we cant do a basic level of research before creating a thread.

You're kidding right? Roffey went because of one interview? The less said about Pert's off field reign, the better.

I think there's a difference between the culture of the football team and the culture of the wider club. Our admin has been highly suspect, hence Roffey and Pert going.

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I reckon in that second quarter we saw glimpses of our future midfield. We had Clarry's hands back to his best again, releasing to Langford, Lindsay and Kozzy on the outside. We pushed Bison and XL up for a number of stoppages in the first half of the 2nd, and we really dominated. I loved it.

24 touches, 6th most on the ground, at 75% DE, 3 goal assists, 9 score involvements, and always in the right place to receive on the outside of the contest. Kid is a jet.

A JT gem, as is XL.

I don't think so. He gives us great bounce and offence from half back. He was a serious thrust as a half back in 2023 and IMV, became our barometre in terms of transition footy.

Luker is the same height as Mihocek. He has mongrel, attacks the contest, seems to know when to go, and is a nice kick.

I wrote this somewhere else the other day. With Turner tracking as an AA level defender (statistically speaking, he's already there this season), if Kentfield can solidify his spot in the 22 in 2026, JT has plucked two KPP beauties from mid season drafts. Turner's recruitment more than offsets whatever happens with Jefferson. But if Luker can make it, that will really solve some problems for us.

Kentfield is Mihocek 2.0, I reckon. Very excited by him. Loving Adams' development, Ricky has some nice moves, awareness and good crumbing ability, and Howes should be in the AFL team.

JJ was always a fringe played though. And now he only gets a game because he's a tagger. You can only keep so many when you're consistently top 4, and we were when JJ was here. As for Derksen, I agree with you.