Adam The God

If you've followed my posts in the past, you'll know that I think the idea of Melksham getting games (or in this case contracts) based on his alleged friendship with Goodwin, is a farcical and ridiculous proposition.

I didn't think it was a particularly nasty jab at those suggesting Melksham was extended due to his supposed friendship with Goodwin. More humorously sarcastic. I don't think I could have been more obviously sarcastic, but apparently a few think I have very good connections in the FD, so much so that they'd let me report that list management meeting from Rye.

Haha, mate, come on. If you can't see that I was being heavily sarcastic, I can't help you. I wasn't in the room at Rye reporting what they said, I was poking fun at the ridiculous notion that Goodwin's friendship with Melksham had him extended for 2023...

Just wait for it. GNF is thinking up a wonderful riddle right now that involves Naughton to Melbourne.

Yep, I reckon you're spot on. I can just see our list management strategy meeting down at Rye. Tim Lamb: So, do we keep Melksham everyone? Jason Taylor: I think it might be time to go back to the well and see what we can get from draft instead. Alan Richardson: I agree. Let's cut him. Simon Goodwin: Hang on a second guys. I'm really good mates with Melky. Tim Lamb: Oh yeah. You are too. Alan Richardson: Good point. Maybe we keep him. Jason Taylor: Yeah, fair enough. I was forgetting you guys were good mates, Goody. Let's keep him. Stuff the draft pool.

Great post mate. We couldn't win ground balls and contests in the air in the second half of the season. We're a team that relies on controlled chaos. Force teams to dump kick, where we take intercepts or we mop up ground balls. We're not a pin point disposal team, so if we don't win enough ground balls or contests in the air, our game falls apart.

That's about pressure at the ball carrier though. Get that right and teams start kicking it back to our interceptors. including potentially Max.

This is about the best post on this thread. Max behind the ball frees up May, Lever and Petty significantly and brings their intercept into the game, as teams will need to avoid Max at all costs. It could also mean we could afford to shift Petty forward and play Turner in his place. If Grundy is fit, it could be a master stroke.

FWIW, I wouldn't have re-contracted Melksham either, but I guess let's wait and see the rest of the list changes and whether he plays again much next year. I agree, unless he reinvents himself, if he's playing next year, we're in a bit of trouble IMO.

I disagree the game plan is outdated. It's just whether you have a) the talent to carry it out (ie win CP - they do) and b) the fitness to implement it for 24-25 weeks. Freo's forward problems are just about as dire as ours. Jackson will help them around stoppages and up forward. They need to target some good forwards though and hope Amis comes on.

I agree with the sentiment, but surely Melksham is merely insurance next year.

So Jackson, the ruckman in all those situations had no part in them? FMD. It's nuffy season.

The idea that Perth is a fishbowl and Melbourne isn't shows a complete detachment from reality. Depends who they'd be willing to give up. If we could get a mid first rounder off them and our medical staff believe Oscar Allen is all good to go, and the West Aussie is willing to come over to us, that'd be a very different discussion.

I don't know enough about Cadman unfortunately mate.

Yeah, probably. It'd be nice to have both and another Brown.

It seems likely Cadman will be an answer to the TMac type forward that gets up the ground and allows a Brown-type to play deep.

GWS will.

Some will think this is a strange thing to say, but I wouldn't be surprised if our FD are fine with almost pushing out LJ, providing we can plug multiple deficiencies on our list with the capital his trade will hopefully provide.

He's a turnover merchant. Harmes is better.

Jeepers. You can do this? Wowee. Interesting, but dangerous.

Yes, but you have to acknowledge that this is a delicate balancing act. Bring more dare and you may no longer have a defensive half considered the best in the business, but rather one that leaks too many soft goals on slingshot or turnover.

I guess it doesn't necessarily mean Freo couldn't push him out the door, it does give them the whip hand with Sturt and I wouldn't put it past that nuffy Bell to think in these terms.

I reckon it's either Salem, Bowey or Laurie, or all of them. More speed off half back wouldn't hurt us either, so maybe Bowey needs to stay behind the ball.

I just hope we don't go for Williams, because he is the sort of player off half back (on a smaller contract, with more consistency and younger) that would make us better.

Nonsense. Have you been paying attention? We're about to do this with a player called Luke Jackson.