John Crow Batty

The 2009 AFL draft for us was considered a disaster after our 4 first round picks were duds but then turned out we got a GOAT and currently our most effective forward as well.

Not sure how the flat punt can be replicated with slim and light weight modern boots and I suspect the shape of the football is also different these days.

Those fat arsed full forwards never ventured far from the goal square, never chased and suffered from claustrophobia. It would be an affront to them to actually have a teammate within 10 metres of the goal square where they lurked.

I take all this “Mental Health issues” labelling with a pinch of salt. Just a shopping cart of footballers with a variety of uncomfortable truths that mess with form and private lives. None of our business to know or speculate anyway. Of course we all wish for Oliver to recapture his past glories but if he was just a spud no one would give a rats [censored] about any mental health issues.

THE Melksham/McGovern incident was an unfortunate tetralogy and purely accidental. Melksham never too his eyes off the ball. What Ginbey did could arguably be considered worse because he shoved Petty into McGoverns path and didn’t even go for the ball.

Because we suck, WC suck so we get the umpires that suck. This selection along with Eleni was highly predictable.

Freo have a lot of journeymen playing for them. OMac, Narkle, O’Meara, Aish and Wagner are all at their third club.

Viney has a fatal attraction for opposition defenders

Tmac was always an elite defender before he went to play as a forward. Issue was we were a terrible side then and his efforts were never properly recognised.

Starting to think Greg Stafford was made a scapegoat. Our forward craft was much better with him in charge despite well known deficiencies but now our forward line has been confirmed as being populated with donkeys.

The gutsy move would have been to drop Viney. Once our pressure engine, this season his tackle count per game is less than half his career average.

Demons selections are just as confusing as Trumps flip flopping tariff wars.

One thing I noticed is that he slowed down a bit with his lightening quick disposals in the packs which used negate instantaneous pressure on him. That’s where the loss of impact comes from IMO. And also a slight decline in his pace. I saw him give up on several chases on Saturday where he could have done better.

Many were hoping that Goodwin would give JVR some relief this season to concentrate exclusively on his forward craft. Does not appear to be the case.