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Many-( 9 out of the 12).Wona again today. and have a good long sleep.

Great effort KC---Very much appreciated. If you could find out how Wona pulled up- I am sure we all would very much appreciate that.

AGREE - I have been on this bandwagon for months now- even before these main injuries. However, these 3 injuries to Bell, Morton are unfortunately non soft tissue injuries.I believe your post is definately correct in questioning whether LJ during pre season should have bulked himself up more to protect his shoulders etc..

Great optimistic post-good on ya. Gee I would love to think you were right and I was wrong.And I do support a few things you say such like you and I- we both buy at similar times..therefore many will buy later.We also probably have the AFL support group ticket holders to come in yet..but I still think 30k by Rd 1 is ridiculously over the top. I do also think 31500 is a final tall order.However if Roost it is right and we win 3 out of the first six then 35000 may become a reality. Performance will be a key , no doubt. Your point on the website re other revenue is very interesting.My understanding is we only obtain 250k from revenue re our website.Excellent reading 2014-Flag,and I hope your right with that.

I am the poster that stated openly that the match v's Fremantle was critical to our membership.We then needed to get 500 per week and in the last 3 weeks we have only got roughly 800 in total.Although many other posters claimed that NAB Cup matches were only practice matches and they didn't count.I disagree strongly. Our membership was growing very strongly before our demise match against Fremantle and we badly lost momentum. On top of this we have lost Morton,LJ & Bell to long term injury leaving a lot of people feeling we are basically no hopers this year. I disagree strongly with this thought however this weeks match against West Coast could be very telling to see if we can regain focus and drive to match our 31509 of last year and our budgeted amount of 31000. Our 30000 by our first match is a pipe dream. We may get to 27500 by 1st match if we are very lucky and win Saturday.

So true re Newton.With regards to Petterd, I did not forget him, however he may play Half forward or forward pocket.Or wing or even run through the middle at times. There is one thing for sure,without tanking, we will be able to experience more changes thus development this year because of injuries. Will have to wait for a settled side later in the year or next year.However, watch us go when we do.

Thanks for info Dan, one point of differ with your summation is -I think Jack Watts rightly developed has the potential to at least match Franklin(over 100 goal kicker). I think Watts was better than Franklin as a under developed teenager.And re Dunn I agree with Grand New Flag he played as a teenager in his role and now his body has developed. I do not think they will play him as a key forward. If so as a dummie full forward he is stronger and more developed and rounded as a footballer NOW.

please advise how many games has he played as a forward already for the Dees? Because I cannot remember to many.Maybe when he first played.

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Now I have got used to the site it is ok -in some ways preferred the old to move around .

Not funny re LJ and his current problem.Buy gee I laughed ,I had forgotten these two comedians-Two off the best.Thanks for the memory and laugh

I think McNamara in his 3 games showed tremendous promise. Kicked a goal from 50 metres out by memory. I think he will could make a temendous winger/half back or forward flanker.A utility for these areas mentioned.

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Can understand your thoughts re Neita but because of our injuries and him it may best to ease him in the backline on resumption and gaining confidence before giving him new challenges.Still think he would be an ideal winger -imagine Morton and Garland on the wing- SENSATIONAL.Reminds me of Woods & Clay when they played for the tigers. Thoughts you old timers. Nearly said WJ and others.

Brian Lake does not play a forward role either, but like him the 3 talls named be given a licence to roam forward, and put pressure then on their forward opponent becoming a defender. This is only on an occassional scenario that I am advocating in the game.

Thanks KC for your formative post. Would love to read your update from this weeks game.

I agree- this would help us enormously with the development of our list.

Another thing I'd like to see this year is a Rivers or Warnock or Frawley do a Brian Lake scenario and move forward like he does. Puts another tall forward in a position that defenders and coaches alike do not like. The three of them could pinch a goal or two. This was shown by Rivers two years ago and Bails played Warnock forward in his development role last year.What do you think?

I think they will play both of them forward this week at Casey.Newton also trained well today.His kicking seems to have improved dramatically.Jones twitter today confirms this

Agree- totally concur. Ridiculous to rush Watts. We will try others to cover LJ such as Dunn.Actually, I do not mind if Watts plays a limited amount this year at Melbourne. LJ's injury shows me that Bails is doing exactly what he should be with Watts. LJ's body was not right for senior football.Some ape would have crunched his slight body sometime.Someone would have done the same to Jack.Bails gave him a taste last year, let him finalise his schooling and now time to get his body right for AFL football. But if it is the case he develops at Casey by getting fit, confident etc.. I am extremely happy with that-we do not want to rush him- no way.

Tingles- thanks for comment. I agree he will reurn as a backman initially, but he would make a great wingman. However avid Neitz thought he would replace him eventually at full forward.Very versatile and a brilliant utility.

Agree with others in saying thank you WJ re insight.I had made a new thread before reading this with regards to Lyden Dunn and him moving forward.Very impressive at training this morning.

Been told that Dunny will play a more prominant role as a forward this year to cover the loss of LJ and enhance the forward line somewhat,making it more flexible with reasonable talls till Watts can fulfill his role and LJ returns... At practice today, Dunn & Newton were the best at kicking practice.Dunn started his career as a forward and this role may help out with a forward line like this: HF: SYLVIA MILLER BATE FF: DAVEY DUNN GREEN with a rotation of Sylvia, Green, Bate & Miller at full forward for a time within a game. Davey may rotate with Wonaeamirri when fit and in form.What do you think?

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