Dr. Gonzo

It was similar to the Nash hit on Miers and Nash got 4 weeks.

Xerri already knocked Max down behind play twice (one leading to his goal). It's hard to tell in real time as to whether it was clumsy or purposeful but in slowmo it doesn't look good.

Great to get back on the winners list. We ran over the Kangas in the 2nd half as well we should. 35k turnout was decent I thought, only our 2nd game in Melbourne for almost two months 😧 I was seriously struggling to figure out what our "new game plan" is supposed to be. Most of our ball movement was stifled, kick/mark and long down the line stuff to stagnant forwards/players upfield. Roo one of the few players who actually leads towards the kicker, it does your head in. Winning always beats the alternative but I found little to get enthused about today. Langford continued his excellent debut season but other than that I thought we looked old and slow against an undermanned Roos side who haven't exactly set the world on fire. Our ball movement continues to be a massive concern though it seemed to be slightly better in the last quarter. Where is the running, the overlap handball, the pressure etc Yes it's a dead rubber but the team should be aiming to bed down the gameplan and end the year on a high.

It's a thread about our coach. If the gatekeepers don't like the discussion, don't read it 🤷

State of Origin was great, but it's dead. Even if they brought it back it would never be the same as it was in the 80s and early 90s. If the players aren't going 100% (which they wouldn't) then it's just an exhibition game which would lose interest pretty quickly once the novelty wore off. The only way I could see it working would be like a midseason carnival ala Gather Round but again, I think people would lose interest after the first one or two events.

I'd rate Goodys tenure as One great season - 2021 One good season - 2018 Three underperformed seasons - 2017, 2022-23 Four bad seasons - 2019-20, 2024-25 Two seasons out of nine where we went above par is not a good strike rate (especially considering he wasn't coming in at the start of the rebuild like most coaches do). Forever thankful for the flag but besides the 2021 season I don't think he's got the most out of this list.

Give me a spell

Geelong also finished runners up once and made Prelims 7 other times under Scott. 22 & 23 were failures. We choked in the finals both years, didn't win one final from four attempts, all at our home ground.

Pies, Lions and Cats have all played off in Prelims outside of their flag years. Prelims are different to semi finals, you need to get to the final 4 to give yourself a crack at the flag. If you haven't made the Prelims you were never a chance at a flag. Some teams make prelims and get belted (like us in 2018) and were never a shot at the flag, but for the most part teams that make the final 4 have put themselves amongst the teams with a chance at winning it all. If you're in your flag window and haven't even made the Prelims (ie gone out in straight sets) it's a failure of a year.

We haven't even made Prelim though. It's all well and good to say flags are hard to win but we should have been at least competing for them by making the final 4.

All in time for them to change the FD rules 🤯 🤣 /MFCSS

Gambling is synonymous with footy now. The AFL and broadcasters are allowed to benefit, but not the clubs. Gee why would the AFL want it that way??

A champion of the club and a champion of the game. RIP 🏆 🏆 🏆🏆🏆

It doesn't look good but devils advocate, he's been pretty poor this year and that's mainly due to injury interrupted preseason/season. Could he be banking on a big 7 weeks to finish the season to raise his stocks? Probably a long shot. End of the day he has shown he will be a decent player but he's no gamebreaker. If he wants back to WA see what we can get and move on.

Not a chance in hell it happens. I agree Goodwin may be better suited to the role but having a new coach come in with the old coach looking over his shoulder? Who would want that situation? I'm surprised Richardson has lasted this long, one of Perts mates who should've gone at the end of last year.

He won 3 hit outs and 1 went to advantage? 33.33%? I actually agree though his ruckwork is decent but that's beside the point. He doesn't get I volved around the ground and, most importantly, he needs time to develop up forward. He needs to play forward and stay there. If a defender is best placed then Chaplin is not it because our forward line absolutely sucks.

How many teams in the top 8 have absolutely no structure to their forward line and a young key forward requiring coaching on positioning, blocking and leading patterns?

With basically a healthy list.

Maybe we can package them all up for a 2nd rounder?

We played well for 10 minutes and that's about it. Our midfield needs a massive shakeup Oliver and Petracca giving us not much. Fritsch and Salem need to be moved on as well. Jefferson looks a bust, has no intensity. JVR has to be left forward for the rest of the season, bring someone else in to backup ruck FFS. Being in Campbell, Verrall, who cares just let Roo develop up forward.

Oliver is just a bang average midfielder now, offers no point of difference at all. You could replace him with someone on half the coin and get the same output. Petracca seems to have lost a step and he was never the quickest player to begin with. His disposal let's him down way too often and he doesn't hit the scoreboard as much as he should. One of them has to go, I'd be moving Oliver and not just due to the off field baggage. He is one dimensional and close to being a plodder.

He's had a poor season, interrupted by injuriesthough

Take it out in front Fritsch FFS

Don't worry, it will be pulled out of nowhere at a crucial moment in a big game.