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Suggest we wait for feedback from the Casey game. Frost managed to "get through" half a game last week, it's a big step up to the firsts for someone with so little game time under his belt. Same goes for other names being thrown around here. No accident that we took Smith over Pedersen.

Of course you're not having it, that's how confirmation bias works. You pluck out one example that on the surface confirms your point, and ignore all the instances that contradict it such as a) any number of successful captains who were young and b) any number of teams with co-captains - certainly hasn't hurt the Swans who have a long history of co-captains, and this season we're one of 3 clubs with co-captains. Finally, there's no causal link between Viney's form and the co-captaincy. His current form, such as it is, could be due to any number of factors. You've picked on the one that suits your prejudice.

Yes, difficult when the stats don't confirm your biases. Viney was fine, and will be. Needs to be judged on the long term, both as a player and captain. Let's see where he is 3+ years down the track.

Forward line of Weideman, Smith and Hannan was always going to struggle. Not even sure what changes to make, or who could come in.

Viney and, especially Tyson down not helping.

Miss Max, but as much as anything, really missing Hogan.

Going to be interesting last quarter, but if we lose, only our goal-kicking to blame.

Lots to like, but finding ways to not capitalise on what's going right.

I'm a regular WatchAfl user ... can't say there are never any problems, but overall, quality is v. good, and I've never had the problems you mention.

Why not just use the AFL's international streaming option: https://www.watchafl.com.au

Given that there are no VFL matches this weekend, hard to know whether he would have been ready this weekend or not.

There's no match for Casey this weekend, practise matches have finished, and opening VFL game is on Easter Monday. Not ideal for him, regardless of why he's out.

Good selections, let's see how we do. Surprised for Brayshaw, not sure it's just about him having an off game last week, perhaps they're playing it safe with the head knock or other injury issues.

You/we don't know what was said behind closed doors at the club, which is all that really matters.

Yes and no. The medical profession isn't above dodgy practises, but even with mainly ethical doctors, you could still have a prescription drug epidemic.

Obviously nothing. You needed to get confirmation of the question before making the assertions. No, he didn't play.

Seeing he can't even get a game at the Pies, that's perhaps debatable.

I wish we had a team full of players as awful as Hogan with his 21 possessions and 10 marks. No, he didn't get any goals, but he created opportunities for others, and his work further up the ground was consistently strong.

Brayshaw's not going anywhere. Not unless there's an injury issue. It'll take more than one quiet match, and having him run round in the middle at Casey getting a lazy 25+ possessions doesn't help anyone. He's a mid being played out of position due to competition for spots, but equally, all part of his development.

No. It shows that if he's collecting the pill, someone from the opposition isn't.

You're only looking at what didn't work, and ignoring what did. 7 tackles, 12 marks, and amongst the leaders for clearances etc. Focusing only his clangers, while ignoring everyone else's, doesn't help give credibility to the anti-Tyson argument. Cripps and Gibbs, both (arguably) two champions of the game, each had 5 clangers, with efficiency around that of Tyson's ... but without the possessions or everything else Tyson contributed. Was he perfect? Far from it. But compared to the majority of our mids (and theirs), he made a substantial contribution. Incidentally, there was another player on the weekend who had high possessions, but at a kicking efficiency even lower than Tyson's and with almost as many clangers: Patrick Dangerfield

Is it only on Demonland that supporters call for the guy who was arguably our best player to be dropped?

2 points to add to all that: - not enough respect for Stretch. 2nd game in a row with over 20 possessions, a few clearances, a few tackles. Nothing remarkable, but playing his role well and consistently, and whenever he gets the ball generally does something with it. - we need Vince. An older head, and gives us a lot of drive off half-back.

We don't do anything about it because it didn't happen.

This is what a work in progress looks like. It's still a young team.