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Don't see how he could help. He's supposed to be creating forward pressure as a small forward but he's not. Could chuck him in the backline and see how Carlton do it though

I think if Gawn were to play he'd play much more than 50%. To have one player play 50% of the game means that you'll be stuck with two rotating men on the bench for an all up total of 60 minutes, and considering that clubs are now having 130+ rotations a game it's too much of a risk to do that, IMO. Gawn would probably play 75-85% and rotate forward.

Anyway, why would Mark Jamar leave a football club with heaps of young talent and a shot at the flag in the future for another club at its lowest point, on the bottom of the ladder? By the time Port Adelaide were up and about in finals Jamar will be on the wrong side of 30, more susceptible to injuries and less valuable to the team - he'll have retired before Port Adelaide next make the top 4. He'd be better off staying at Melbourne or, if he did leave, receiving an offer from a team like Hawthorn who I'd say are missing a dominant ruckman of Jamar's calibre.

Bump... It's turning out to be a good league, the first Supercoach one. Ranked 888 overall, so it seems like we all know our stuff, as this is the league I'm placed lowest in Anyway, how's everyone going with it?

Pulled off another win, this time against third placed Robbo. Top eight, here I come.

Did none of you read this? I reckon Collingwood.

His defensive work was very good today, I thought. He was one of our better players.

Not after today, Goddard may have racked up cheapies across half back but he still racked them up. Davey needs a good kick up the butt. Also, I mentioned Macdonald because he was...I won't say insipid, but he was one of our worst, if not the worst in the last quarter. Petterd deserves to stay. One off week? You don't get dropped for one bad week against one of the best defenses in the competition.

I think it's too early to discuss.

Yeah, that's a good point. Against Carlton's weak backline (excluding Jamison) I reckon Cook would have a good game, as would Watts. Also, Jurrah and Macdonald on notice, especially Macdonald. Thought the latter's turnovers in the last quarter really hurt us.

I'd imagine Tapscott won't be able to play... In: Blease, Strauss Out: Tapscott, Davey

Agree, disagree, agree, disagree, agree, we'll see in two years, agree, agree, agree.

6 - Michael Evans 5 - Jordan Gysberts 4 - Stefan Martin 3 - Clint Bartram 2 - Jack Watts 1 - Colin Sylvia Only because it was Evans' first game

He was referring to surnames... Anyway, congrats to Mike Hunt Evans. Seems like we're good at picking up rookies. Edit: Why trade Harris for an unproven debutant? 1. Harris has more money left in him and 2. There are better options. Smith and Hibberd are the two I'd look at. Jacobs, Puopolo, Lynch as well. Anyway, I'm doing Toy to Hibberd, McKernan to Suckling this week. Yay for making Supercoach money

You're suggesting that we trade a kid who we know is going to be a gun for this player I've only just heard about?

IIRC he's been on the injury list for the past two weeks as well. Him being off means he's 100% fit which is good.

No McKenzie. Good.

Thanks heaps.

Would anyone mind voting against the trade between Old Man Rivers and I? It was James Frawley for Bachar Houli. I don't know what happened, I was typing up my response suggesting that Frawley's ranking of 249 includes his not-match fit performances over the first few rounds and that he's playing like a top 100 player, but all of a sudden it loaded my team page, and when I went to click on the trade, it said I could vote against it, but that was it. I had no intention of trading Frawley (except for Ablett or Judd ), so whoever gets this, could they just go on and vote against it? Thanks. I'll send a message to OMR too, seeing if there's anything he can do - haven't traded yet, only signed and delisted.

Dunn got 325 points, which is 3 matches. Guilty plea downgrades it to 2 weeks and 243.75 points.

Nice article Will.

Watts and Fyfe will be in the top 5 players in the league in five or six years. Fyfe is definitely the next Hird, how he slipped to a second round pick is insane. Watts is like Riewoldt, but I reckon better. Quicker, more versatile, better kick.

Holy crap. I won.

People don't man up nowadays, they zone. I agree though, too often did the Roos get it out easily.

As soon as I read 'Watts has shown little...'