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Bummer. We needed all hands on deck against GC.

Maybe, but not sure this is all on Voss. Do they have the players? Weitering off really hurt them, though it's more than just one player.

Between the ears.

Will perhaps have a better idea after this weekend - though even there, I think we need to get through the first 6 rounds including Lions and GC before we start to be able to get a handle on where we're at. I still think that the better teams will handle us pretty well and 8-10 wins would be a decent outcome. Further than that, getting into the play-offs (whatever they're called) would be great in terms of experience and self-confidence, but might be a step too far. It's still a long season.

If you're talking huge, 2028 at the earliest. Need at least 100 games into the young'uns.

?? Just not true. A bit less of late, especially in 2025 when players like Kozzie and Windsor started getting more on-ball time and CBA's, but prior to that Sparrow was a regular at centre bounces - albeit behind the usual suspects of course. Not sure why this constant rewriting of history around the Goodwin years. Lots of Outcome and Hindsight Bias in play methinks.

From Dannyz' post and King's comments it seems that Riv has been carrying something for a while, not sure he'll be back next week.

From Dannyz' post it seems that it's a bit serious and he's been carrying it for a while, not sure he'll be out for just the week.

Whoever had the idea to recruit Jack Steele (and for peanuts) deserves a raise. Alongside the disposals and clearances, 15 tackles. Hard to imagine what the midfield would be without him in there.

Amongst all the positives, JVR now hasn't kicked a goal in two matches. And seeing I'm being Mr. Downer, nor has L Pickett. Other concern is a few of the players seem fumble-prone - Windsor for one. Was something that Carlton really pounced on in the first half, and will expose us whenever we come up against decent teams. Still plenty to work on, though hopefully, plenty to work with.

No. If self-reflection (or any reflection for that matter) was part of their makeup they wouldn't make Those Kinds Of Posts in the first place.

K Pickett 820 metres gained. Contract extension?

Lots of clutching at straws here.

Yep, all Goodwin's fault.

Can't see us winning this, Carlton may not be finals-bound, but they still have too many weapons, especially around the ball. Hopefully we can at least be a bit more competitive over 4 quarters than we were last week, and if so, you never know. Would of course be great to get it done for Max and Tom, but footy doesn't always work that way.

Can't underestimate the advantage we had in 2021 through not having made the finals in 2020. Longer off-season break, more time for players to recover and get over injuries, etc. etc. We were flying all year and never really ran out of steam.

He finally got himself ready to play but had concussion in one of their practice matches. I believe he's only just back to full training, you'd think it wouldn't be too long.

Not sure. They have some decent players and some kids coming through. You kind of get it with clubs like North or WCE, but Essendon are a bit of an enigma to me, I don't quite get why it's still this bad.

Not just in economics.

Considering their list at the time, he managed to keep North more than competitive - they were in the finals or thereabouts for most of his time there.

Not sure how Essendon get out of this, been like it for years. Scott is a decent coach, maybe needs better assistants? On one of the shows they were pointing out how inexperienced their coaching panel was - but they've only got themselves to blame. Losing Giansiracusa hurt apparently.

Because they don't actually do much, and they certainly don't provide the guaranteed protection you need once things go legal, as in many of these cases.

I don't know that there is, which is why many (most?) teams don't regularly use taggers. Sure, you can take an opposition mid out of the game, but good teams will have other players who step up. Not to mention, even tagged players can impact contest around the ball through positioning and the like.

For the moment. Longer term he'll need to be able to do more than just play as a tagger. Not knocking him either, and there's obviously something about being a tagger that really suits the kind of player/person he is.

And there we have it.