Demon17

I like your approach. BUT 3.20 in Perth in late March.

Confirmation from whom? Based on article in Age 30 minutes ago (or in fact a strategic leak from AFL to keep horse racing off the back page), by my reading there is still one game needed forr the G. Being either bombers or MFC. Otherwise, its west Coast at Perth, GC away or Port Adelaaide away.

They don't. But good analysts will underpin and assist with strategy and opposition analysis greatly. Another good move and will aid the improvement of the list and individual performance if taken heed of by Goody.. The day the analyst pulls on the tracksuit and takes goal kicking practice is the day Brian Taylor has lost his mind and done a career change. As an Ex-plumber would be great at maths after working out all those sewer line gradients to make [censored] flow correct direction.

We must have been at different games.

He deserves a spot on the list but if he's best 22 we're in real trouble. 2 way running is impressive only if the kick execution is, say, sublime, like tom scully when fit. He could hit a target at 50m. Otherwise ANB is just another great athlete in footy boots.

The Scully comment was interesting, in that I understood Tomlinson bettered him in time trials whilst at GWS and was generally coming in first in those consistently. The TOG confirm this important ability for sure.

Sensible post. I can't think of a recent player that has had so many of his characteristics /skills/abilities scrutinised and/or opinionated. Darren Burgess may just be the final making of Christian in 2020.

Sky News - sheesh! All their 5000 viewers will now be misinformed - as usual.

Correct. Smart move by the club.

I'm not convinced TMac is a natural forward. Bruce is.

We won that game ( round 1 next season ) by 7 goals. Sorry to spoil the well researched narrative.

Tomlinson has identical dimensions as G. Lyon. You might be on the money hete

And don't forget apparently Tomlinson was the gws time trial star also. Great work Mahoney

A big dash out of defence to usually a long kick to noone in particular resulting in a turnover. Looks terrific at first but ineffective. Correct decision by list management if we are to improve.

Nice to read a sensible post on this thread. My thoughts also.

Agree on this WD. Tomlinson was in the last 11 kept of the first draft by GWS. They let plenty go over the first 8 years and he wasn't one of them. Thus they rated him highly in their future. That,s good enough for me as an indicator Think, Tyson, Frost etct, etc,.....

Some sense for a change on this. Time trial winner consistently at GWS and probably can kick. He will be hard to stay with for opposition teams. 194 cm at 96kg with a tank - Tomlinson The others are 180 and 87kg(jones) and 186 and 86kgs. No comparison. Garry Lyon was 193 and 96KG - Interesting to give a true comparison.- No pressure though

Gee fancy a top side like GWS letting Tomlinson 'struggle' through 144 games and 4 final series for them?

Also was a star in the pies losing gf in 18. Looked cool under pressure

Good summary. He's a peninsula boy so personally moorabbin may suit him better. Wouldn't add anythong new.

This is a professional business. What's love of club got to do with it. If he's the best person for the role and offered he will grab with both hands.

Incorrect. He IS half an hour behind but being Adelaide , the year is 1957

Fully agree on Wallace and Cornes DD. I like the fact that they will admit if they are /were wrong, and have solid opinions - whether liked or not. Unlike many media fence - sitters - looking at you Nicky Dal.

Dermot brereton had a similar view to you w4 in that he believed trac had the wrong body shape for either midfield and kpp. He wasn't sure where his best position is. But a breakout year to be a judd martin etc is never going to happen unfortunately

They need it though. The Gold Coast is a sporting teams black hole. Never should have been contemplated by the AFL and this will be an ongoing saga.