Adam The God

Way too slow for me. Great to look at, but a bloody hard watch. We studied it in film school.

Really happy they've shifted Chaplin back to the forwards. As I've said a number of times now, he oversaw the highest scoring forward half in the league in 2018. I'm a big fan. Bassett with our defenders is going to keep things going at that end, maybe even add a more attacking flair to our backs. And whilst I'm not excited by the midfield coaches (would have preferred Teague), I like that they've broken the midfield into two line coaches. More hands on deck at midfield level will be handy, particularly given experience levels there in the coaching ranks. There were hints in that Green email today that game style won't change dramatically, but be calibrated to the list we have. Which for me is forward half territory (based on smashing sides in the contest) and trying to turn the ball over through the middle part of the ground. I think what we do with our two top 10 picks will be instructive RE our midfield. I'm not saying we won't pick best available, but if we feel our midfield needs more support, we might look to split that second pick. Be interesting to see how our mids in particular set up next year.

Disagree. Elite with ball in hand. Has a good fitness base. He is our Myers if he can stay on the park. He's best 22 for mine.

He literally just accepted the CGS job. He won't be coming to Melbourne.

Bartel is head of footy at Caulfield Grammar. He won't be working for Melbourne too...

I'd like this. George was one of the candidates that PJ put forward initially...

I'd be more down for this.

Hope we go Riak Andrew 👌😜

Flabbergasted. But anyway.

I no longer agree with this. JG or disability payments and that's it.

Or the game shifts to hybrid mid sized players forward of centre. Who knows.

Split it, Hotton and Hynes with 15 and 16, thanks very much. ;) Our midfield then becomes: Clarry, Viney, Rivers, Windsor, pick 5 (Smith or Langford hopefully), Hotton and Sparrow. With bursts from Trac, Kozzy and Hynes. This sets us up for 10 years and when Viney, Clarry and Trac retire/move on, we still have a strong base of 7 mids to choose from.

I'd still prefer Jagga Smith, but if he's gone, I'm going Langford.

Langford's first round performance came up on my YouTube algorithm today. He kicked 3 goals and gathered 21 disposals, but took 5 or 6 marks deep inside 50. The guy will be a weapon in time.

The feds issue the currency, it's unlimited. The constraints are self imposed by nuffy neoliberals. They need to get people working and projects happening. The developers will make money too, and they basically run the joint. Commonwealth should stop issuing debt tomorrow and the alarmism around government debt would be no longer. The banks and shadow banks love corporate welfare though - non bearing reserves for interest bearing bonds are always preferable for them. I do think there is a good angle to raise federal financing, state and local too. It's just that we haven't found the right angle. Given how the MCC views us, I'd expect our financing strategy to be pretty ordinary.

Exactly. Take Neale out of Brisbane and they don't win the flag.

Jack Whitlock's vertical jump... on top of his 200cm. 👌

Surely Nathan Jones won't be a midfield coach. He'll be a development coach or cultural ambassador or some such thing.

Cameron Bruce?

See, the dream for me is probably Smith at 5 and then Hotton at 15 and Hynes at 16. Bang.

Completely agree. The kid is a gun. The x factor is whether JT rates him top 6.

I'm not sure where DS is getting a lack of pace from with Jagga Smith, nor where others are seeing FOS as a good ball user. I don't get FOS though, so each to their own I guess.

Haha, sounds like Donald.

That would be pick 4 though given Ashcroft.

So he had Tom Green at 3? Interesting. Green's a prototype JT pick in my mind. I wonder how he rates Smilie.