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So let’s hope that the guys in charge learn from 2022 and at least tweak some changes to their injury management in 2023.

Re Cooper Schwartz - I seem to recall the media going on and on and on about some guy, an OK player, at Collingwood “having a basketball background”. And of course there was someone who did OK late Q3 for us in the 2021 GF (though I heard somewhere that he is no longer with the Dees) who also “had a basketball background “. F/S Viney / Viney? If there are a lot of tough bull ball magnet mids going around then surely his disposal will count against him. Can Chocko really rectify fundamental flaws??

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I remember long long ago some young damsel telling me something like that 🧐

... yet he continued to be elected. Must have been doing what he was asked to do I have been wondering with out entire forward line pushing up the ground, we often do find a completely empty forward line with no targets, why not adopt a version of Pagan's Paddock with Kozzie stationed slightly forward one on one.

Many have a go at JJ for hesitancy and stifling momentum: yes he did this more often than most, but does anyone really think given that he was repeatedly selected he was not playing to instruction / team rules? Surely had he been told that forward momentum was paramount and yet kept doing this he would have had a spell at Casey.

Maybe a spiked headband would eventually deter a few? Maggots don’t give a damn.

Thanks all for your reports. Any idea what Joel Smith is rehabilitating from this time?

The word "principle" (nor "integrity" for that matter) should never be used in connection with the AFL, especially in regard to their scheduling.

Thanks Deespicable for the report. Do you really think that CP5 has a mental v/ attitude problem, or that maybe success has gone to his head? If so it is a real concern as his contribution is absolutely pivotal, and it needs to be addressed asap by himself and Choko and SG. Any sign of young Burgoyne? Great news re TMcD

Action - point taken, however (in general) I don't think captains should start on the bench. The leader needs to be there at the first bounce to lead.

I think I saw shots of BBB at training without any knee bandage / support which suggests that he has recovered to whatever extent he can from his surgery. I still would be extremely surprised if he were to play more than maybe half the games?

Throw in the Kardinia Park loading and can anyone seriously consider that the AFL isn’t corrupt?

Our forwards will have to retrain, or else he will have to learn to bomb it high and long !!🙄

Not sure that we agree, but our disagreement has far lower interest from AFL to Richmond Carlton Colonwood and EssUndone. I guess the “loading period” time frame is totally in the capable hands of our training staff.

I suspect that you are right, but Hibberd without any doubt will be doing his darn deer, as he always does.

Great to be back discussing footy. There are certainly similarities in the way they go about their games between RDB and Clarrie, but in physique I see more of CP5.

Thanks for the podcast - entertaining as usual. Jason seems a deep thinker and also looks outside the square - very modest but laid back. OMG he must watch hours of videos every week as well as hours of junior, and not so junior games. Presumably he has spotters to draw his attention to prospects, but love the dare and initiative to track down Sestan - if he turns out even a fringe contributor it will be a master stroke.

We wouldn’t expect to see May until after midnight April 30 surely.

Surely MFC folk don’t mix with commoners 😱

For Hibberd?

But some areas like biff behind the play and elbows to the head have largely disappeared which would leave the likes of Nichols, Dyer, Matthews, Rhys-Jones missing a lot of games. I must say I had always thought that Wise was much taller. He was the first that I can recall who, like Jimmy later, rucked all day.

Then those here who were disappointed we took Clarrie instead of Parish would feel vindicated.

If he goes again to Bali he needs to check on the new Indonesian laws regarding “intimate interactions”.