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Fabulous display of mixed forward craft - marking, leading, crumbing fumbles (a specialty of his playing the Bulldogs) , snaps, and great kicking. But also a sad reminder of how many "comfortable leads" we threw away in the second half of the season. Hopefully a lesson learned.

I don’t mind the club holding back information on injuries if it makes it harder for oppositions to target our players’ injury, but I guess if Clarrie is carrying a sore hand it will be apparent for all to see. Maybe the devil is in the detail.

Maybe our defence is just slow and lethargic (MFCSS) 😱😱😱🧐🙄

Sensible tweak to an overly officious rule, but as always there will be 1000 different interpretations -

Yet he still looks as if he got the ball The dog Selwood’s legacy lives on after his retirement 😡

Should we send them all to Jan Juc?

Who is Anchorman?? Is he related to our 1988 CHB GF Jamie Duursma?

Gus certainly does NOT look overweight in that photo

Interesting then that last season, when we were desperate for a tall forward he didn’t get a look in. 🧐🧐🧐

WTF is "panels in front"??? (Am I getting too old? By the way it sure beats the alternative)

Gysberts not making a very belated comeback attempt? 😮

Certainly looking forward to seeing how Sestan develops …. anything more than a development / fitness progress years would be an unbelievable bonus.

".players linking up through the middle and hitting forwards on the lead or over the defenders heads as the forwards ran behind them to an open goal. " So, a very welcome complete and total overhaul of attacking game plan - no "bomb it long, hope for a tall to mark"???? 😀

….. yet still the stingiest defence two years in a row 🤔

Many of the recent rule changes seem to have been made by people with no intelligence, natural or artificial.

I guess it wasn't very sophisticated back then 🙄

I think you are really on the same page expressed differently. Few would argue that a fit Salam would not be one of the first choses - that is a fit Salem. Nobody should be picked, automatically or otherwise if they are not for whatever reason fit for cause. I hope we have learned that the hard way 2022.

Kozzie and Davey are built quite differently - that said I wouldn't like to see more than the odd cameo of Kozzie in the midfield. Maybe one or two centre bounces a quarter So, has Hunter become the hunted?

And if they ever decide to adjudicate fairly and impartially the regular violent hits on Max's back and head would be cracked down on.

It is still a very long time until round 1 - or even the practice match / Ansett Cup / Wizard Cup / whatever the latest name for preseason..

Tomo was I believe recruited as a wingman ? the same trade period as Langdon but it didn’t work for some reason. Was it that joke of a season 2020? Then in 2021 going really well as a big defender he did his ACL -> premiership season over. Don’t recall seeing him much on a wing, and we have recruited Hunter presumably to play opposite Langdon so I doubt if Tomo will see much action there. Still he looks a determined big brute and I wish him well.

I can’t remember if it was Parkin or Pagan, but a very successful multi premiership coach once said that a team needed to turn over at least 3 or 4 new players every year for sustained success. IMVHO we were a bit too comfortable / conservative in 2022 in failing to at least in “easy / safe games” mid season NB North and WCE in not giving some better performers at Casey a run

Hopefully Goody wasn’t trying to outcompete de Gooey at the bar

Thanks guys Really looking forward to seeing your reports.