Adam The God

This is the guy I'd go with. But make him earn it. Let's see how Jones plays against the Dogs, if he stands up, maybe we look at one of our other guys coming out for Bedford. Maybe Kozzie for a rest. We want pressure and work rate in the role. Jones is bringing that, but he's not bringing goals and as I've said previously, can get lost in transition.

The AFL will be able to pack 18,000 more people into Optus Stadium than the Gabba, so that's the financial move they'll make. Eagles are a massive shot at winning it this year. Plus, they'll get the double chance.

I reckon we're playing funny buggers with Max at the moment. You don't say PCL if you don't mean it. He won't play this week IMO.

Max has had some outstanding games this year, but he's also had 2 or 3 ordinary ones, and then been injured. I wouldn't have him in my AA team at this point.

Yep, it was definitely his best game for a while. Probably two or three years. He stays in for the moment.

Lol any chance to do a best 22.

You've got no track record except for whinging in every thread.

@Dr.D covering himself in glory in another thread, I see.

Pretty disingenuous using these stats as any sort of evidence given through the first 10 rounds he barely attended centre bounces.

Richmond just won a centre clearance with a similar set up, but with only mid 1v1 out wide. Resulted in a goal. The way Richmond up the tempo is so reminiscent of Liverpool upping the tempo. They've done it for 4 years. They get a little bit of a sniff of momentum and then just crank the intensity around every contest. It draws errors from the opposition and they have this interesting team sensibility to make their move at the right time. I would be surprised if anyone beats them to the flag this year. They have gears and they've demonstrated it over almost half a decade now. We've gotta be looking at this and using it to dominate the opposition when Gawn returns. Oliver and Petracva have bursts of speed so we won't get caught with pace.

Great pick up @george_on_the_outer and @Engorged Onion. I'm surprised more teams don't try this. I suspect it could be easy to combat too. If the ruckman taps to his feet, it takes two players out and if the opposition mids step up, it's not worth the Geelong mids staying wide without a dominant ruckman.

The word 'deserve' was what I was referencing in relation to a few posters now who have said he 'deserves' to play 300.

I've got a large enough history over 11 years of posting that would seem pretty hypocritical if I didn't mention it, hence my reference to it. And no one deserves to make it to 300. I think you might be missing my point. Oliver is my favourite player by a long way, but he doesn't deserve to make it to 300 unless he warrants selection in 300 games. Surely, I shouldn't have to point that out.

Hang on, so when you say 'goal to goal line' what do you mean? Do you mean they come from CHF and CHB? This sounds like it's akin to players off the back of the stoppage if I'm understanding this correctly. I've only got Foxtel IQ 2, the one where you can't watch it whenever you want anyway. If someone rewatches the replay in the next few days, could you let me know where Viney was playing? I could have sworn he played off the back of many of the stoppages. So he'd enter the contest at pace and either attempt to tackle or hopefully look for a handball receive. Most of what I saw were attempted tackles and pressure at the back of the stoppage. I also think it's a risky move, because it leaves the Collingwood opponent by himself on the outside, so if Viney doesn't impact the stoppage, it's akin to the aggressive press failing around a stoppage, and could grant an easy takeaway. This is why I kept saying he was like a bee to honey and got sucked in too often.

It's not really worth going into anymore. The past is the past and I think we should focus on the present and the future.

I reckon the forward coaching has been really top notch the last 5-6 weeks. Incidentally, I think this occurred after moving Plapp into the forward coaching role. FWIW...

No one deserves to get to 300 IMO. I've been a long time critic of Jones, but he's actually starting to work into his role now and it'll be interesting to see if he can sustain it. I'd keep him in for the moment, but he definitely can get lost in transition and I don't think this is an intelligence thing, I think it's a leg-speed thing.

Yep, I think it's a dangerous move to play with the forward mix. McDonald, for the most part, is doing his job. He just needs to bring the ball to ground and take his chances if he gets them.

We could finish in the top 4 if we win our remaining games, but I don't think we will. I'm hoping we get 10 or 11 wins. That seems par from here.

Great post mate. Me too. That's why I've always rated Spargo even though he doesn't rack up big numbers or crumb too much in a traditional sense. I'm happy to allow those sort of players a bit more leeway too in their disposal. Petracca is a bit this way for me and Dustin Martin can turn it over a fair bit, but he's so often involved in Richmond scoring chains. In a season with shorter quarters and less time to score, players who are regularly involved in scoring chains are worth their weight in gold.

Sorry, poorly written. I meant playing Petty back would release Tomlinson onto a wing.

Thank goodness he's gone. ?

Don't totally agree with it all and the writer seems to think Tomlinson is playing on a wing or at half back, but interesting and well written insight nevertheless. Spot on about Clarry. Glad there's a bit of respect there for him. And telling, the regard for AVB too.

Agreed. Massive Hollywood vibes, but the mark and goal he kicked were class. Just needs to focus on doing his thing and try not to get swept up in the hype. He's had a great season so far, but is overrated IMO at the moment. The commentators last night said 'how good was Petracca' after the game, but really there were a few others ahead of him last night, namely Oliver, Langdon and probably even May. Despite all this, it's good to have a bit of hype around a few of our players. Makes them marketable and can attract sponsors. Hope Trac keeps focusing and working hard on what's made him a much better player in the last year or so.

I reckon he's a great addition. He's like James Milner for Liverpool. Can play anywhere and you know what you're going to get.