Adam The God

He reminds me so much of a more explosive Shaun Higgins around stoppage.

Lalor is about 7cm shorter than Cripps.

Yeah, we need to improve the culture, not get in more dockheads.

I really like Lalor (187cm), but I also really like Hynes (190cm) for similar reasons. Good around stoppages and a really powerful mark.

Langford, Lalor, Reid, Hynes and Jack Whitlock all look pretty good to me.

Surely Langford goes higher...

That time is now. Time for board changes and more IMO. Surely, the disingenuous way the president painted this in her email is enough to tell us time should be up for this group. Huge failure on the home base and their weird and controlling decision making around election rules and board matters. I want our premiership winning coach to have the backing of the board, which is why I initially liked Kate and wanted board stability. But the way they've told members to vote the last three years is a disgrace.

Hunch.

I don't expect Richo to be there next year, and Goody wouldn't be the first coach to say someone will be an x player next year, and for it to go the other way.

He is an elite score involvement and score assist player. Your Bulldogs mate sounds very bloody salty.

I reckon he's a gun at stoppages, but gets a heap of handball receives when he plays half back, and when he runs forward from stoppage. He gets a lot of basically uncontested marks as well because he runs into the space. He's a brilliant player, but you can more than halve his disposal count by playing a runner on him to cut down on those uncontested possessions that help Collingwood maintain possession. Stopping him winning stoppage is tougher though and they block very well for him.

No, I'm speculating, but I can guarantee you he didn't cool because of Trac.

Bowser was a major component for every good piece of ball movement from half back in the first half for us. When he hurt himself we were stuffed.

You are a harsh and ridiculous judge at times. Completely disagree with this. He's super clean below his knees, a nice kick and makes good decisions IMO.

That's true. In that game, Josh went mad and was BOG.

Let's just see shall we? Houston cooled because we refused to pay two first rounders. I'd be staggered if we don't take our 2024 first rounder to the draft.

Not at the moment.

Had missed Hynes. Looks like a strong contested player in stoppage and in marking situations, good decision maker and will fill out into a tank. Bit of Trac and Clarry about him.

The likely 2025 crop is also a tall one, so we can go all in on mids in 2024.

So that'll be 10 list changes. Not saying I disagree, but do we have enough picks to even cover 10 players?

That time in forward half last night is abhorrent. Just pathetic.

You could well be right mate.

He massively rushes his disposals, and dump kicks, which are definitely an experience thing. So as you say, learnings, but I wouldn't be counting on him playing a big midfield role. I like the high half back idea.

Murphy Reid and Cotton look like they could play a small forward role to me. Agree in Owies and Wicks, and I wonder about Rachele.

I don't. Nibbler won't be playing with us next year, so we had an eye to educating McVee on Daicos, and I'm sure we hoped he'd be able to nullify him, but around stoppage Daicos is so difficult to play on. And then for whatever reason McVee didn't hand off to a player higher up the ground or didn't go with Daicos. Daicos' movement was smart, his patterns are incredible, and it may have just been an inexperience thing on McVee and the rest of our team that Daicos and Collingwood exploited. I actually don't think it was a coaching thing. Because when Nibbler went to him in the last, he still had 12 touches, the same as he had in the first quarter. But IMO, it showed how very possible it is to heat Collingwood. If your tag works on Nick Daicos (and I know Josh got up there last night too), you.completely stifle their ball movement and their ability to score from defensive 50 and stoppage, because he does it all.