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And a deserved debut drunkn. Dec has put himself clearly in front of new recruit pruess. Last year he would have good moments in quarters, so far this year it seems something clicked and is finding himself more involved between those moments. Hope he can continue his trajectory.

Disagree with you on kicking it to the hotspot, its flawed in that contested marks are much harder to take than one on a lead. Our forwards need to lead and lead hard to all different areas in the fifty, the ball carrier will kick to where the forwards are. With the players spread over the 50 and us not having any small forwards that crumb better than their opponents, it also clogs up their rebound and takes defenders away from helping and the defenders being under more one on one pressure with help further away! At present they rebound into open spaces in a big wave of players allowing easy hit up targets which result in controlled forward movement and good inside 50s which makes our back structures look under 16s standard. We went hard after players like may and lever, we dont need to go hard for a tom lynch, we need to go hard for the best forward line coach in the afl. We fix this it fixes the ridiculous opposition inside 50 goal ratio.

Why would we drop him, or worse trade him? Who plays forward with midfield minutes? We supporters give time for his team mates to find fittness and form but not trac because we hold him to that number 2 pick. He's not going to be the star many thought, but they seem to be measuring him against that imaginery level. He's always fumbled, always shanked a pass that looks easy by kicking it to hard, but normally hits a target and creates goals. He's never had the burst speed to dominate as a mid like a martin or dangerfield. What he has is awareness of whats happening and where the play will go, or when he gets the ball he will put it where his team mate should be running. He's able to execute what he plans most times because he can break through most tackles and is awesome at keeping his feet or give to a team mate while being dragged down. Doesnt have the tank so is better off spending more time forward but when managed right and not exhuasted is a capable mid who can turn momentum by winning contests and things normally happen when hes involved, this will improve every pre season but will never be a ben cousins or tom scully. Needs to work on his set shot. Coaches thoughts on goal kicking now seem to be better off to work with what youve got than try to reconstruct the entire technique, unfortunately i think he needs more than a tweak as he seems to slap the ball with his foot as hard as he can instead of kicking through it. Wouldnt hurt him to go out to a park and have a kick with fev, he held the ball different but I've seen him help out young players and makes it really simple and you could see the improvement straight away. He's a good half forward who started to look like he was ready to tear games apart, opposition players and coaches noticed this so put more work into him. Natural part of development, he will either rise above the closer attention or just be a good half forward role player who can sometimes be more. Most half forwards are inconsistent due to the position. If anb played like trac we would be saying good game. To those that say trade him, what would you want in a trade? No one will pay top price, then you risk losing a player that plays his role, for a lottery if you go to the draft with a high chance of said player not up to the same standard.

The way we kick it to a pack every time we go inside 50 makes it really easy for teams to rebound with little pressure because our 50 has so much space because all our players flew for the same ball spoiling each other. Their defenders know its going to the "hot spot" and set up for the crumb every time. Those first few clean possessions allow the opposition to move the ball forward the way they want. Making us run further defensively on a team that is already full of players with interrupted pre seasons. Making it easier and easier every time.

Keilty has been playing forward ruck and has been showing enough to be ahead of what pruess showed in jlt. Agree completely with leaving t-mac forward, but the effective disposal is also to blame on our key forwards and coaches, they need to make space for each other and charge out and demand the kicker to attempt the kick. Jogging around the forward 50 all flying in the same pack didnt work last year and isnt going to work this year. Which brings my next question, t-mac started well both games leading and taking marks all over the ground, but ran out of gas pretty quick and reverted to wanting it bombed on his head, he was always in the top group in pre season time trials, has his toe taken away his ability to get the miles in taking away one of his top strengths? Pruess in, would weaken our forward pressure way to much, its poor now. he struggled running out a half in jlt 1, Keilty offered more up forward and competed in the ruck, while smashing pruess around the ground. It would also keep at least 2 kpp playing as forwards stopping the opposition backman outnumbering our talls.

When he was fit he was normally best 22, and gave us something up forward. We offered a 1 year deal because of the injuries, saints offered 3 i think. I hope his body holds up and has a good career. But if i had the choice for a spot on the list between a fit kent and a maynard or hore, i would be picking dean any day of the week

Great crumb by kent, injury free saints have picked upa good forward. Wish him the best.

Bad start by bombers, can they re hire mark neeld and sack him again to turn the season around?

When lining up to get into the G, Roosy walked through to a massive cheer from everyone, he couldnt help himself he stopped and took it all in with a bit of a smirk on his face.

The idea that its bottom 6 for grand finals comes from the thinking both teams top 6 are going to perform similarly (they made it to the grand final so the talents there), most teams are even for the next few players and then the winner will normally be the team with the better lower ranked players. Its the whole 22 and who bats deeper.

Cant agree with this more. I think some people are thinking he may ask to be traded back to w.a in the future so get all excited now. Jesse will be coming into his prime as our team does. Which will mean better forward delivery. Did brisbane lions try and trade out lappin or power because they had black voss and acker?

The best part of the melksham trade was i was unhappy paying pick 25. But if memory serves i think josh dunkly went that pick to the bulldogs and no player after that i would swap for melksham. We got that right in hindsight.

Same reason hawks play in tassy.

I've never said its an advantage. I just doubt it's the cause of our previous years fade outs. Or our injuries since then. If we are going to play it I would like it before the bye, we seem to be getting used to playing in darwin and it could become quite an advantage that round. Edit. Sorry I'll be a bit clearer i contradicted myself a bit there. I would be more confident facing sydney with no experience in darwin than the home game at the mcg. When its a lower placed interstate team not so much.

So our opponents have to deal with it and recieve no compensation. Freo played alright against port last week. And teams havent fallen away in previous seasons like we have.

Without doing any fact checking myself, what about the teams we play in darwin. Do they get any financial benefit from playing us there and how have they followed up the following weeks. Havent freo played well since darwin?

He was a big part of our 3rd qtr comeback and started to show some form

Yeah i wouldnt put hogan into the off field angel club. He has a bit of a play on weekends. Like most 20 year olds do.

who just saw watt's moustache? dunn eat your heart out!