Adam The God

If there's any chance Frederick might be on the out, I'd absolutely target him. Exactly what we need. Keep Kozzy too. Let's pick the bones of Freo.

The elephant in the room is our forwardline looks so much better with Petty, Kozzy, Melksham and Sparrow's pressure - kudos to Tom for reinventing himself tuese last few weeks. He's a great mark, one of our few reliable kicks for goal and very disciplined. You can raffle the next 3 positions, but AJ, Fritta and Spargo were reasonable in the last quarter too. The latter two have to kick their goals though. I'd pull the trigger on JVR to CHB at Casey, because being able to release Turner to the other end could he a bit of a game changer.

Bowey has become elite. What a great game. He missed that target on the wing, otherwise he was superb. Won so many clutch moments. A game high 10 intercept possessions, 5 score involvements and 1 goal assist at 86% DE. A+ Bowser! 👏👏👏

Another PJ appointment. 👏

I didn't say we needed more talent to implement the system. I just said we needed more talent as all teams do... It would be nice to get some generational type father sons though.

We do need more talent, all sides do, but we need players who can kick straight and take their chances forward of centre. That simple IMO.

IMV, AFL has shifted to an elite sport, and with that, the coaching sphere has changed. If you look at the EPL, the manager will bring the philosophy and how they want to play, but it won't be up to the manager to coach it as such. The first team coach will do that. In the AFL, it's the line coaches and strategy coach that works out how to play that way within the framework of the coach's philosophy. Goody has definitely tweaked his philosophy. Everything flows from contest because that's the game, but in possession we have different gears. Either go immediately (we are one of the faster transition teams in the comp) or chip and maintain possession to pull apart the opposition's zonal structure. Our model is not entirely unique to us, we're blending other's styles, but I maintain we want to use our pressure and stoppage strength to give a point of difference. The more good ball users we can get behind the ball and across half forward, the better we'll be. I've compared our new style to the way Slot has changed Liverpool. Klopp, the previous manager, was 100% all the time, think Collingwood. No real variance to their game. Ultimately, if the style can't be implemented it falls on the shoulders of the head coach, but the ability to implement really flows from how good the messaging is across the entire coaching team. With the shifting philosophy, the list has had to shift too. I think we're not that far off, but the guys that are letting us down now are the forwards and mids, and their inability to finish the hard work of the rest of the team.

Possibly, or trading two future 1sts.

I don't know about this...

Kolt's got some time, but it's not looking good IMO. JT definitely nailed both picks last year though.

Me too mate. Give me two Langford's any day. 😍

We never did either. You have to wonder whether there's a reason for it. Maybe it's fitness? Or maybe he's better suited to being a mobile ruck that doubles as a mid once the ball hits the deck.

We've allegedly put another long term deal in front of Kozzy, so let's see how this plays out in the next few weeks.

It's now clearly become a confidence thing as well, because if you see the Casey result today, with a huge number of Melbourne players on the ground, you see it's flowing through the group. I know Ben Brown has a new job, but is it worth getting him down? I know he was there last year, but have him actively coach all the players in their routine. It doesn't mean they have to have a 558 step walk in routine, but use whatever works for them. Clearly the message they have had for the past however many years isn't getting through.

23 scoring shots to 24. Gross. Alarm bells have to be going off in the FD. Confidence? Fitness? Technique? Where we take the shots from? All of the above?

Disagree.

I think Blake has been pretty unlucky at the top level this year. He hasn't struggled IMV, but he hasn't had huge impact and there are other defenders ahead him. I just wonder if they need to try him on the wing or at half forward where he played his junior footy. I reckon we're gonna be alright for tall defenders, which will enable us to play Turner and probably Petty forward long term.

Our goalkicking is mine.

My query on AJ is that he's been manhandled whenever he's gone into the ruck. I like work at ground level in the stoppage and in the forward half though. But he doesn't look threatening as a scoreboard option. But let's see how he goes. I'm hoping we can lay 10+ forward 50 tackles. Do that and we'll be in the game if we take our chances when they present.

Turner won't play forward. Petty will play permanent forward with AJ doing the backup rucking it seems.

1 more year I believe.

Lindsay also pushes back... So we're improving in this area. We need to start taking our chances from set shots. And we need to keep working on our ball movement so that our transition game gives us easier walk in goals. We haven't yet added this effectively.

I think it's another year of drafting if we can get another 2 Langford and Lindsay's, or 24 months will be needed.

Yeah, this is a good post. I just think it's less about height and more about ability to play your role. Which you're sort of saying in your opening sentence. I don't think they need to be A grade either.

That's a different point though. The point was we apparently had too many small players on our list. Again, it's not about height, it's about effectiveness.