Adam The God

Minus May for most of the match and Petty in the second half. Providing we don't have in game injuries, it'll be very different this time...

Having to replace turf the day before a game is unacceptable. This is a multi billion dollar business. It's simply not good enough.

Larkey is one of the better young KPFs IMO. Behind only the Kings, Naughton, Curnow and McKay in the 25 or under.

He's also a popular player that can tag and win his own footy as others have said. Keeping him around seems a similar sort of move to Gus. Important.

This is where I think Disco Turner could be massive for us. If he can hold down a defensive role alongside May and Lever, it gives us that flexibility to use Petty as a high impact swingman.

Why would we want to open more cap space up if Jackson is leaving? He'll open more than enough, surely? And Harmes wouldn't be on big money.

I reckon Lingers' football might have done that.

He's every bit as good as Max King is forward. Petty is now our best defender IMO. Lever is our best interceptor, but Petty can intercept almost as well and has become as good as May is 1v1. The other thing about Harry is he's really calm with ball in hand. There was a great moment down in front of us a few weeks ago at Geelong where he basically feigned 3 or 4 times before calmly kicking out of defence. May and Lever have both been guilty of banging it on the boot indiscriminately this season, but not Petty. A very neat kick and outside of Max, our best contested mark IMV. Sign him up til 2032! A Jason Taylor special. I wonder if JT can find us another 1 or 2 forward equivalents in the second round?

I wouldn't be surprised if Chandler comes in for JJ.

Congratulations mate. 22 facepalms must be a record.

Well done @Dwight Schrute 👌

I thought teams for Friday night games were announced on Wednesday nights? I mean apparently not, but has this changed?

Eh, it was okay. ;)

Yep, give them a chance to undo their short sighted list build.

I dunno. I'd be down. We just need a contest. In some ways when it's wet, it's easier to play forward because it's just about creating contests and letting the smalls go to work.

Could well be. It's happened his entire career too.

Exactly. Freo's game is built on precise ball movement from the back half. Wet weather makes that incredibly difficult. I reckon we'd welcome the rain, despite it being a slog.

He's also regularly lead/manoeuvred under the ball. Has happened in every game he's played in this year.

Brown gets outmarked and outbodied far less than Weideman. Brown has been outmarked and outbodied too often this year IMV, but aside from TMac and JVR, we basically don't have any other options as Max and Jackson have been relatively poor aerially as well.

I've never rated Smith, mostly because I worry about his game sense and spatial awareness, but the game is constantly changing and he has played one good game as a forward, so maybe he's the answer? His time learning defensive craft will hopefully help his shift forward again.

I should ask you the contractual status of anyone before I post, mate. 🤣

I don't want to lose Gus either, but he's a winger and a half back. There's a reason he can't get a game as an inside mid. If he overrates himself then I'd prefer we push him out.

Bit of a super draft really, isn't it? If we'd nailed the KPF in that draft we'd be absolutely laughing.

Max King. To me, St Kilda have really stuffed up their list and unless they show significant improvement next year, you'd have to think King would be wondering if he'll ever play in a successful team. I know he grew up a St Kilda supporter, but you have to wonder...

Good post, but it's only tricky from a cultural standpoint. If Gus leaving isn't going to drastically alter the fabric of the playing group and its culture, then he's expendable if we get something decent in return. In fact, to me that's a no brainer. Sorry, them the breaks in modern footy. It's his prerogative to get the best deal for himself, just as it is the club's to maximise any opportunity in front of it to improve the list.