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Spot the bias blind spot.

Not helping yourself here Saty.

Both Vince and Lewis won B&F at their clubs - Trengove hasn't even come close to that. Perhaps he could have if his body hadn't let him down. Trengove's future lies in coaching, not in being a fringe player at an AFL club. I suspect he'll play out his career at a lower level - SANFL is the obvious candidate - where he'll eventually captain a team (again), and then move into coaching.

I don't know that Trengove will retire. He does well at this level, both as a player but especially in terms of leadership. Going forward, dropping down to something like SANFL would give him a career and a decent income as a footballer. If he dropped down a further level, he'd be a Rolls Royce as a playing coach ... which is eventually where his future probably lies. Time to start the long-term Goodwin succession plan?

The ultimate feel good story here wouldn't be Dom Barry, but Liam Jurrah. I still watch the highlights every so often. And weep.

More than happy to give JKH a chance. He's a young player, has missed a lot of footy with injuries, and this is his first real season where he's had a decent run at it. I don't think anyone would disagree that he was poor earlier in the year, but we don't pay top dollar to guys like Brendan McCarthy to be a development coach if they can't actually develop players.

Think you're underestimating how much teams know about opposition players, and to be honest, I'm not sure what difference it makes. Adelaide will take an unchanged side to the NT, or something close to it, regardless of who we select. How they use those players is something else, but then they know who's in/out by Thursday night in any case.

Nothing would surprise me on the selection front this week. It's a gruelling trip, coupled with a tough match against the ladder leader, and with the pointy end of the season plus possible finals to come ... who knows.

We all were. Wonder if the complicating factor here isn't the long flight and trip away. Not ideal for hammies and recovery.

Because they are telling you. The trouble is, you don't want to hear what they're telling you. There's nothing contradictory in "he should be right this week" and then "out for 3 weeks straight". Injuries are like that. Sometimes they come good quicker than the average, sometimes they take longer. In Jack's case, it's the latter.

Even if it's not Port, at least he'll be back in the not too distant future. A 7-8 week injury was the fear from some.

But isn't that the problem? He's now being asked to play also as an insider, and then with the absence of insiders, there's less opportunity to stand back and be that linkman. Also, he does have decent/good disposal, but only when he has time. It's an interesting one, not sure of the solution.

No point being rotated through the midfield if you're not actually getting the ball. Hannan had something like 2 possessions in the first half. I'd leave Smith in, you can't miss half a season and come straight back in for your second game. In the longer term, we'll all be better off. Kent and possibly Stretch the outs for me, though I find Stretch a hard one. Even though he's struggling, VFL is too easy for him (there's much more time) and I'm not sure how much he's going to learn/improve. We saw the gap in quality between the AFL/VFL with Kent: he's done OK in the VFL the last few weeks, but looked a different class (in a negative sense) today. I wouldn't play Kent again, if we want fringe half-forwards would rather Kennedy or JKH.

Joeboy: you're just embarrassing yourself. (yeah I know, 4 ½ words, but the whole premise here is just BS, so don't see the need to play by your rules)

Agree about the hard ball - but he's an outside player, being asked to pick up the slack. For the rest, you're just guessing as to what his feelings and motivations are. I see his behaviour of someone who wants to make the right decisions not having enough time to do so, and ending up making no decisions and getting caught. Stretch has played some really good outside games, hopefully in the longer term these experiences will help him develop a more rounded game. Even if some of that learning has to happen at Casey.

And wow back at you.

Tyson and Watts back in next week, we looked toothless around the packs. But still won! Cripps being off for a half was probably just enough. A few there though on thin ice: Hannan, Stretch, Kent and Smith all fairly ineffective. It's all very well saying injuries give other players a chance to step up, but they need to (be able to) step up.

Not sure why Kent was brought in ahead of JKH or even Kennedy, or what strength he brings. Carlton well-drilled, and exploiting it. One of the issues for us is not so much covering injuries, but doing so where everyone is playing (effectively) out of position.

If we can just get Salem, Watts and Tyson back into this side, we'll be travelling OK.

With two forwards in, find it hard to see how Kent would also be included. The forward line isn't where we're missing players. Much as I'd like to see it, I don't think Trengove will get up. Stretch was down last week, but he wasn't alone. It could be tired legs thing as much as form, think he'll keep his place.

Tyson out. Hope it's only a week.

I stand corrected.

Based on what we saw last weekend, Saints are a danger to everyone. What is it now, 6 wins in a row?

So, in 2-3 weeks we should have these 5 back. May the rehab gods smile upon us.