John Crow Batty

Port pick up Soldo and Sweet. Two second string ruckman who could not get a game at their former clubs but know how to compete and use their size and strength. We bring in Schache and Fullerton, two lightweight softy’s who don’t know how or compete and can’t even get a game when Gawn is injured. How [censored] is that?

Brad Green kicked 55 goals in 2008, and Tmac 53 goals in 2018 were the last two players to kick over 50 goals in season aside from Fritsch. As you say, not hard to replace.

It does feel like we have been slowly salami sliced into irrelevance since 2021. Biggest worry is that we haven’t recruited anyone of note since then. Too many vanilla B graders. Windsor looks OK but he won’t fix out midfield problems. JVR is no Luke Jackson. We need a dedicated key forward and not a jack of all trades but master of none.

If he does get suspended the club should appeal.

I can never get my head around how we lost to WC. The most [censored] up game I ever witnessed.

The Bleak House Hotel in Albert Park sounds appropriate.

Greg Stafford did have some forward line ability. He did kick 141 goals in 205 games.

And money and time as well. Huge waste of resources and a distraction from the clubs mission in having to fight these egotistical legal challenges.

I remember his last season with us. He was mostly injured. His booming kicking disappeared. Then he had his amazing career change. I met him a couple of times when he played with us. I used to work with his girlfriend at the time. I believe she became his wife.

Grading Houston’s bump as careless instead of deliberate gives him the opportunity to challenge the verdict and potentially a get out of gaol card or a mechanism to lower the just penalty. Sometimes I wonder if imprecise wordings and structuring of charges are inserted deliberately so that they can be challenged later. I still believes the Cripps saga was set up to get him off.

Has premiership assistant coach on his resume. Came to us when we were a basket case. Best wishes.

Max deserves it.

Ouch!

Better chance of winning next weeks Powerball then for us making the 8 this season..

Impressive show of unity by the whole list sans one at home expecting a baby and another one gone missing somewhere after the game.

Ten goals shared almost equally between 3 key forwards. How often has that happened since 2021?

I hope Mr Reluctance reads his teammates statement closely.

Could not have been any worse than Tmac, six touches and none in the last plus no scores for the game.

2023 average losing margin was 9 points. This season it’s been 29 points.

Ben Hobbs from the Dons. 21 years old midfielder, reported on the outer over there. Any interest here?

In the current environment Melksham might get another season.

I assumed the Brisbane loss was an aberration but I saw the West Coast loss live and it was ugly and disturbing. Harked back to the Neeld days.

Round arm swings or clothe line whacks were rarely if ever reported. Only became a reportable offence after Rod Grinter flattened Terry Wallace.

That was a brutal game. A high hip and shoulder in the play wasn’t a reportable offence then no matter the hurt I believe.