Adam The God

Unless we make some tough decisions with number 13 and number 5.

Yuck.

Why? Because Hawk is saying things you don't like? I'll say it again, Rennick said installing candidates into casual vacancies was not an approach the board said they wanted to take (despite doing it for years) as members had told them they were against it. They have just done what Rennick said they wouldn't do again... against the wishes of members. You or I don't owe the board anything. By holding the board accountable, you are not attacking the club. You are protecting the club from unaccountability.

No, I've never agreed with you on your strange want and need for the board to be an unaccountable, autocratic being. When David Rennick, the Vice President was cross examined in May, he repeatedly said the members didn't like having casual vacancies filled just prior to an election. He even said it wouldn't be a practise they would continue, and yet they clearly still are. It's unacceptable. It erodes trust.

Love it.

Lalor. But between Smith and Lalor, I'm going the former.

I'm not sure of Angela's suitability for the board, but I do know that this board are continuing to insert their mates into positions of power. And until this MO stops, how can the board expect members to trust them? Green will then conduct some electioneering when it comes time to vote again, and tell us members who to vote for. It's pathetic and you can see it coming a mile off.

Doesn't look like Jagga will get to us.

Funny world. Wasn't it reported on Demomland in like 2012 that he and his family wouldn't go near the club after we promised to draft him and then flaked? Glad to see people can move on after a decade.

Speed and spread is a coaching and fitness thing. If we added numbers to the stoppage, we'll look quicker. I'd also like Jagga Smith if he's available, for this reason too.

Maybe Carlton being nuffies will open the door back to us... I wouldn't want to part with more than one first rounder though. 5 should go on the best player we can get our hands on this year in the draft. And we need another pick inside 25 to land another like Cooper Hynes. Then if Port dropped their high starting point (although given he's contracted they probably don't need to), we could land 2 young mids and an elite user that can play between midfield and half back. That's a solid injection of talent.

What about Ben Hart? Former team mate of Goody's, midfield coach at GWS... Chaplin back to forward coach. Hart to midfield coach. Bassett to defensive coach. Cameron Bruce to strategy and ball movement? Again, soft cap makes this unlikely.

I'm hoping Chaplin back to forward coach (ala 2017-2018, highest scoring team in the comp in '18) and Bassett to the backline. Then that leaves midfield and I hope strategy/ball movement, though I suspect our soft cap is at its limits and we won't have more than three major line coaches.

Green joined the board in November 2020. Since then we've seen two presidents exit and questionable culture take hold of the club. A portion of blame should absolutely be attributed to him.

Bring on the good stuff now. Trade period and draft. Whilst I'm not expecting major player movement during the trade period, I'm hoping for some clever pick trading.

The Harry Petty pick. 👌

The next time someone says you can't have a ruckman as a forward coach, just remind them that soon to be premiership winning coach Chris Fagan never even played footy at the top level.

I'd be surprised if Ollie is in Smillie's class. Was a very good junior player though.

You're kidding? You seriously think Roffey left because of a bad radio interview?

How has it taken this long for someone to think up this thread? Werridee's perpetuate time to shine.

I think Chaplin would have unique insight into how to blend our offence and our defence, without sacrificing too much back the other way. We tended to play a much more aggressive forward press in those days, and, yes, we played a strong territory game based on contest and winning CP and clearance. One of the big shifts tactically between Goodwin era 1 (2017-2019) and Goodwin era 2 (2020-2023) was the emphasis on defence in the second era and how we achieved this. Era 2 used numbers behind the ball and relied on our superior midfield (Clarry, Trac and Viney with Max) to win enough ball without an extra mid or flanker up at the stoppage. This enabled us to generate an extra behind the ball, to bring our intercept game into play. Era 1 used extra numbers at the contest, so our superior midfield would overawe the opposition most of the time and keep it inside our 50. We'd press up our defence and lock it inside, making it at times difficult to score for ourselves, and also making us vulnerable out the back on counter. This is where Frost's pace was really important as the defensive anchor. Rawlings tinkered with the anchor, positioning it deeper and then higher depending on the stage of the game. Era 2 has tended to sit our defence deeper to counter against the counter. That is Chaplin's influence. I think he's a brilliant defensive line coach. He's aided by having great leaders in May and Lever, but when new players come into that system they fit in straight away. They understand their positioning and have trust in their team mates that enables them to zone off or press at the right time. But as you can see, my view is both eras start at the contest, but the more attacking system relies on more aggressive positioning at the stoppage, with extra numbers. I'm hoping we go back to a version of this, because that trend became the norm in late 2022 and 2023. It's how Collingwood generated their scoring power. Adding 1 or 2 extras at the stoppages, which left them vulnerable back the other way, but they are blessed with Daicos x2, Sidebottom and Pendles who rarely miss targets ( @binman wrote about how Collingwood moved the ball regularly last year), their starting positions were usually from behind the ball, N Daicos in particular playing a quarterback role. And when you have that fast risky ball movement, you get movement ahead of you too, making the kicks easier, as they're usually into space. With our ability to win the stoppage and pummel teams in the contest when Clarry, Trac, Viney and Max are fit, we would be very hard to beat now that those guys are more mature than 2018 and we have more reliable defenders in May and Lever behind the ball. We can rise quickly again next year if we get this right.

I'd forgotten Chaplin was our forward coach in 2017-2018. The ball movement was very quick mind you, but entries were very much central to 30m out. Would love Chaplin as forwards coach. And Bassett did oversee a pretty attacking defensive set up at Port... Again, I like posting this. The majority of our goals come from kicks to the hot spot 30m out. Highlights: Melbourne v GWS (R23, 2018) https://www.afl.com.au/video/82285

Yeah, I'm excited by this prospect.

Balta would be amazing. 24, perfect age, swingman. But I think we have other priorities in terms of trade capital and TPP.

Wow, are would be draftees really calling the shots pre draft these days? So much entitlement.