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They should probably call what they think it was! But the vision was conclusive if you lined up the split screens.

Exceptional Bowser chase

I agree. But I’m not saying he can’t do it in time, I’m just saying it’s foolish to have expected him to do it this year

Skills 1/10 but effort, desire has been 9/10. The review will be very positive

Happy to wait for a larger sample when he’s physically mature and experienced at the level. Posters have whinged all year that we had Daicos in the backline.

I’d rather Rivers turn it over 100 times than we play long bomb footy. Trent rarely misses targets when people run with him for options. That last switch was a perfect indication. No one was giving anything until Kolt late

And got nowhere near it. Not saying it won’t happen in time but he’s still learning half back.

Will the midfield McVee fanboys admit they were wrong?

Very little. Disco’s crumbed a couple of nice goals. Viney had a big second quarter. Max has largely beaten Witts but given up a couple of goals. Our skills have been poor, the Suns have been worse. And Sparrow got a nasty ankle injury that looked a little high ankle sprain ish.

So just sit our fittest player on the sideline when half our team doesn’t run? It’s stupid. Any of the 23 out there could get injured and impact our plans for next year and their summer. You have to play someone so it may as well be one of our better players, regardless of his plans for next year. Kynan Brown is a battling skinny kid who does not need afl games yet. If he name was Kynan Smith he probably wouldn’t be on an afl list and/or no one would care that he’s in the VFL.

I think he’s going at about 70% of what’s needed. Whether he’s lazy, unfit or or just doesn’t have any more capacity doesn’t really matter.

Going at 70% work rate for the position isn’t leadership.

It’s either a coincidence or he’s doing too much, surround by new players, out of position. He’s having a dip. Anyone suggesting otherwise is mental

Seriously slow and lazy, has to decide over summer if he wants to be an afl player again. The concern is to get him fit he might have to risk doing the hammy again and then he’s stuffed.

Say what you want about Kolt but it’s hilarious you’re riding for Laurie, Woey, Kynan Brown, AMW and who even knows who else. Bunch of vfl players. Schache? Do you want Schache?

Tomlinson couldn’t pick up the 6’9 Sudanese bloke clear in the middle of the ground?

Closest ump - play on. Ump from a mile away - free kick

GWS had a big win with Callaghan pick 3 from the Pies (who didn’t care as they got Daicos), and Freo might be very happy with Schultz for the Pies first this year. But at the same time North swapping Tom Powell for Kossie Pickett and Richmond Tom Browne for Max Holmes didn’t do all that great. No one wanted the Eagles first last year (not sure it was offered straight up) and if the deal was Windsor and we give up an additional pick somehow for pick Eagles pick 4 this year I wouldn’t love that. Unless it’s Lachie Schulz and you’re lucky to get a first to begin with it’s hard to engineer a trade for a future first that you’re really happy with.

Thinking about GWS who have managed to bounce back from a bad situation incredibly well. They had a lot of players to trade out due to just always having an insanely stacked list. We don’t have a spare Taranto and Hopper lying around sadly. But it was the draft for Tom Green (and Ash) and Finn Callaghan. Don’t muck around with early picks. Then trading for Hogan who took years to really come good. Picking up a nice roll player in Bedford. And otherwise waiting for youth to come through. Replace ANB and Brayshaw with the best mids we can find in the 24-26 range just to fix the depth and health of the list. Fill out the depth talls too and maybe take a punt on someone with high upside. But otherwise JT with a top 7 pick and hopefully a few more in the top 40 of a deep draft.

Chaplin strikes me as someone who was a well paid player and a well paid assistant who isn’t all that keen on taking a bad senior coaching job, especially in Perth. He’s done a fantastic job with our backs but they also need a new system and more attack. They’ve trialled both at times this year but it might take a fresh voice. So the question becomes can Chappy move to the mids or forwards? McQualter had very little to work with this year so it’s hard to judge him. Although it’s potentially not going to get all that much better and he might be suited to take a different line. Ive always found it hard to blame lack of forward personnel on Stafford, he’s developed talent when given it. But there doesn’t seem to be enough system with our forwards even accounting for the midfield supply. Leading patterns, blocking, the little attention to detail things go missing. I wouldn’t be shocked if it was something like Chaplin to the mids, McQualter to the forwards, new backline coach and Stafford either stays in a ruck/stoppages/development job or moves on.

With Carlton’s injury list if he doesn’t play this week it will be pretty clear what the coach thinks of him. From what I’ve seen he’s prolific but very outside and not all that damaging. A third or fourth wing option (depending what you think of Woey) would be nice but it’s not the same priority as upgrading our on ball and half forward options.

I was keen on Houston because I'd have plonked him right in the centre square and said off you go, you're a big boy now. Then I'd have looked to get at least 1 other midfielder with some likely best 22 credentials in (Peatling made a lot of sense). And rounded it out with some depth state leaguer/delisted types. We probably have to pick up some talls from the scrap heap just to cover off the depth but I'm not so worried about that. A back pocket, some forward line speed too. That's all secondary to fixing the midfield. Have a run at Perryman? Alex Davies? Ted Clohesy? Finn Macrae? A few options.

To me, despite the entirely different circumstances Oliver is exactly where Grundy was. Long expensive contract, injured, questions over his application and overall value when healthy. And Grundy was a second round pick with the Pies paying 300k a year. We signed Clarry a year ahead of free agency and long term, surely there was a discount for doing that. I really do hope it’s in the 900-1m range not more. So we burn 300k and take unders with the pick but we get 600k and the pick which could be 2 good players. Obviously that’s far from ideal and the best result is we get the real Clayton Oliver on field and happy Clarry off field, but it’s a plan B if we have to use it.

I think our plan would've been pick 12 and ANB (directly or otherwise). At pick 6 it just isn't worth it for us and Houston suddenly has to be worried about our future even though we nearly beat Port with no May, no Tracc, Oliver stuffed etc. I'd still really like Houston, but I can see why it might be off for all 3 parties involved.

Future of what? He can't defend and doesn't offer enough in attack. He's had an ok first season at the AFL level but needs a massive preseason rather than be gifted any extra games. Has to come back stronger, more physical and more willing to get the ball.