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I don’t fully understand Whelo Ratings, but Fritta was negative each quarter. How long can the match committee allow him to be an anchor going forward? Brown couldn’t do less, though of course a very different build.

Have we ever had mentors / off books specialist coaches ? Sounds a great idea - and I am sure someone at the club has thought of it. Hell, the current acting president had great forward craft, even though not a KPF. Can’t he have a quiet word with these guys??

Probably a one off experiment IMO. Wouldn’t expect him to tag very often. Goodwin often criticised for being too inflexible - he flexed this week and is pilloried.

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Yes final quarter fadeouts are a massive issue and have cost us several games. But our profligate wasting of shots at goal earlier in games leave us vulnerable, and opposition know this and that they can run away from us. If we got 5-6 goals ahead by ¾ then the opposition would maybe feel less optimistic. Of course we will never know because we continue to be pathetic at finishing, before we are exhausted.

Prepare for a home ground free to Geelong

Another sadly repeatable game script. 1/ More shots at goal over three quarters but shocking conversion rate especially set shots. Is there anything a coaching panel could possibly offer to improve this? Just so disheartening for fans and supporters to watch these teasers every week. Do the players feel the disappointment that us rusted on fans feel? 2/ Shocking umpiring when we were still in the game Does the club ever complain? 3/ Final quarter fade-outs Is it poor conditioning or maybe mental brittleness Do they all need to see a shrink? The fans do

Good points re the fringe players NB Woey and Laurie. Neither seem up to it. Did you forget Kylan Brown? 10 tackles for Casey yesterday. Where does he play at Casey? Would he be worth a try at half forward where tackling pressure is desperately needed?

Well with the benefit of hindsight, Bison and Spreadsheet will serve us very well, long after Houston has rocketed off into the unknown depths of space. His first quarter v Hawks was nothing short of brilliant for any player, let alone a first year player.

6 Langford 5 Max 4 Petracca 3 Bowey 2 Windsor 1 Kozzie

Melksham must come back if fit, and Frisch cannot be selected on today's "form". Petty in for Jefferson, leaving Turner to return to the F50. Probably play Kolt and return Sharp to sub.

Great observation - has long arms like BD, though XL is a better kick and one cannot even try to compare athleticism from those days.

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binman. IF we are relying on Fritter to be a defensive anything we are in deep deep trouble. (Would just love to be proven wrong).

I used to watch footy shows several nights a week and on weekends. Now I watch matches that interest me, usually with the sound very low or off, and no prematch, half time, post match. So much sensationalism, goofy boy jokes and trivia. re Bruhn - IF there is a suppression order in place, that should surely be public knowledge. IF charges have been laid, wouldn't that also be public knowledge, even though details would not be able to be discussed?

Comparisons with Gawn/Grundy don't account for the fact that Gawn / Jackson did work and indeed won a flag. Grundy could not function as a forward: Jackson can.

One of my pet hates is the whole concept go the VFL, in its present form, as a "support / development competition" for the AFL. As you point out, the multiple byes stifle player development. If they cannot somehow synchronise the AFL fixture with the VFL, which at present with an odd number of teams, then the whole structure of VFL needs to be changed. If that requires ending alignments of some but not all VFL clubs with AFL, then maybe the 10 Victorian based AFL clubs need to set up their own "seconds" competition. I am not sure but I suspect that the WAFL and SANFL where Crows, Power, WCE and Freo players develop don't have all these ridiculous byes, but play every week. Why should the VFL have to carry NSW and QLD teams? WA and SA don't get carried. NSW and QLD should set up their own "seconds" competition - sure they will complain that there isn't the number of clubs of sufficient quality to develop their players - well, tough.

Matthew Lloyd may beg to differ.

And why the WCE guy who pushed Petty into the head clash wasn’t charged. Two big man concussions and he gats away with it.

Had Gibbon not pushed Petty into the contest (and am I right in saying he has form here) neither player would have been concussed. Of course seeing that would be way, way beyond Michael Christian’s intellectual capacity. DubDee - it was the same incident, I believe.

Certainly were Nate to do his full apprenticeship and become a fully credentialed and succesful coach it would be a fabulous emotional story, but be aware that favorite champion sons don’t necessarily make great or even good coaches - Hird, Buckley, Voss spring immediately to mind.

Presumably this very sad excuse for a “support / development competition” is reopening next week?

I agree re Sharp’s contribution - has done nothing wrong - but maybe he needs a full game and that would be at Casey, assuming they don’t have consecutive byes. (Wouldn’t surprise me if this did happen in that joke of a competition 🙄)

OUT: Petty concussion IN: JVR I know some will be gunning for Tholstrup, but he did add energy and will learn finesse quicker at AFL than VFL (when they actually play consecutive games). Also, who would replace him?