Adam The God

And now they start it earlier, particularly if you get early wins on the board. Modern players are a lot fitter than 2007 though.

Great stuff. And you'd think the industry would have honed this further over the last 15 years.

Haha, brilliant. 😂

So good above his head?

I wasn't against Bowey being dropped, I'm just saying I'd prefer Bowey now. He too has toe, so I'm not sure it's enough nowadays to get Hunt a game. Agreed mate.

That was the most intriguing take for me. It sounds like we're really at the forefront of player management and what we're trying to do with loads. My interpretation anyway.

I reckon his goal kicking last year and early this year was excellent. I'd suggest he's not at full fitness and that's making his goal kicking harder IMO.

Different tanks, but in time, I agree. I hope Bowey can get back in the team this year. I'd have him ahead of Hunt.

Bit of a Deven Robinson mate? Really like him as a player, despite his yo-yoing in and out of the Brisbane side.

Thanks mate.

Gee, Max is good. Love him as our captain.

What a brilliant deal that was.

Plus the fact Grundy wouldn't be great as a resting forward, so it means he has to ruck pretty much the whole game or sit on the bench. We could play him behind the ball I guess, but I don't see it.

Hayden Young is a good young talent, but could we fit Rivers, Salem, Bowey and Young in the same side? I don't think so. And I love our three aforementioned from a defensive perspective and certainly in Salem and Bowey's case, their kicking.

Yep, agreed, although Melksham as the defensive forward will be an interesting watch come finals. My feeling is we want to play two recognised talls forward of centre and are making do with Max and LJ forward to partner Weideman, but that we might prefer Brown and TMac/JVR ultimately, over Brown and Melksham. It may well be a horses for courses thing though. If we think Melksham is a good defensive match up on a key interceptor or 1v1 defender, we might play him, but I can't see Melksham playing in big finals. I could be wrong, but it may well depend on the fitness of TMac or the courage of playing JVR. It does seem though that playing Melksham enables more space in forward 50 for us, because Melksham gets up the ground, or plays forward anchor, and this gives room for the likes of Kozzy, Fritsch and even a trailing JJ or Langdon to work in. It'll be interesting to see how it works with Brown in the team, I expect at the expense of Weideman.

It sounds like Freo are approaching multiple players though, which is different from just approaching Jackson or us just approaching Cerra.

If you look at who Collingwood have beaten in their last string of games, they've limped across the line against numerous weaker teams. They're getting the job done, but providing we don't suffer critical in game injuries we should account for them easily next week.

I've said it before but Brisbane's leadership and midfield is highly questionable. They go missing at really important points. Remind me of MFC circa 2002-2006. Really poor again.

I agree.

I've never seen so much facepalming in a thread before. So sassy.

If we had too strong a list, he wouldn't be getting a game. He's getting a game due to lack of tall forward options. Jackson and Max have struggled at various stages this year forward too.

Saad really is like a small Sam Frost except not as good 1v1. He makes some bizarre moves.

They couldn't keep up with our system and the wet exacerbated it. But this has certainly been my belief all along, if we get our fitness right, our system is impregnable. When we're fatigued, our system is vulnerable. So your view is we don't play at 18 man team defence? If so, you're wrong. When the forwards and mids are fatigued, the opposition can move the ball into their attacking 50 easier and more often. Injuries played a huge part in the first loss too with May and Petty off for large chunks of the game.

He was concussed against Freo, but Petty was also off for the third quarter against Freo, Sydney and Collingwood where the opposition tlals got ahold of us all of a sudden.

Jono Brown gave him a slight pump up post match, saying he was underrated. The three losses in a row that came earlier in the year happened when Petty was off the ground for extended periods of time. During this time, the opposition got run ons.