binman

100% agree. The suns can get hardwick as a coach, but it will make little difference if they don't sort their fitness, development, welfare and other critical systems and programs.

Small forward? Clueless.

Their last three games are almost as tough as our last three games last season - the cats at the g on the Friday night, the lions (also a Friday night) at marvel and the bombers at the g. On paper, the bombers is the easiest of those games, but it will be a massive crowd and the bombers might be playing for a spot in the eight. We saw last year, with our games against the pies, blues and lions, how high pressure, high stakes, finals like games leading into finals can flatten a team.

Pressure and contested ball. That's finals footy.

Totally agree. And they are the hunted every single week.

Didn't they have allegedly have some flu ahead of their loss against us? They seem to have a bad habit of getting crook in the lead up to games where the oppo go super hard at them and apply huge pressure. Unlucky for them that's what finals footy is. Must have also struck them down in the lead up to their two high pressure finals they lost last year.

Personally, I'd like to hear more of it. The pies def looked gassed - understandable given the intensity od last week, travel and six day break. I reckon port will struggle to come up to, though luckily for them the crows are coming of a tough game and a six day break.

Yep. The pies are too gassed.

Pies panicked to gift that goal to curnow. Pressure.

Howe up forward?

But, but they always come back.

Thought about it. But I ###$%:#- hate the pies! (Jokes - liked the blues, mainly because the pies played such a crazy fierce game last week. But lost my nerve and didn't back them)

You're probably right - two massive bogans.

Agree. And he has set his forward deep and had players punt on winning a turnover and 'cheat' and get forward into space. Look at how much space they have engineered in their forward line compared to how crowded the pies forward 50 is.

Exactly. Sure, they might turn this game around, though it doesn't look like it. But their two biggest, interrelated, vulnerabilities have been on full display- vulnerability to the counter because their defence pushes up so high and as you suggest a game plan based on feeding it to their outside players and high risk kicks that can break down under pressure.

Was just about to ask about his kicking skills. We're in a spot now where we should only be looking to bring in elite kicks in both the draft and any trades we might do.

Source?

That will be David King's out. Sick against us when we beat them. Tired after last week. By the by, there's a chance they might have to play consecutive weeks in finals.

Good thing we're playing the roos then.

Nibbler has kicked 13.4 this season @ 54.1% accuracy and goes at 55.1% by foot. Not too shabby. Tracc, by way of comparison has kicked 20.13 @ 33% accuracy and goes at 55.4% by foot.

You're really gonna enjoy the hawks game. Nibbler's 150th. And remarkably, for a player we apparently need an upgrade on, his 70th of the last 72 games the dees have played, inclusive of 5 finals and a premiership medallion. Quick quiz. Do you think any other dees player can match that record? Hell, is there another player in the AFL who can match that record? Impressive for a momentum killer. Goody must be trolling you. Methinks you might have to wait a while for your upgrade.

Fair call. And really, if BB isn't ready, what other options are there (I'm not including brody - he'll come back in but as a forward he makes Petty look like Tony Lockett).

I agree. Don't like him as a forward at all. At least not a leading, goal kicking forward like brown That said, he could i wonder if he could take melks role as the defensive forward and say blanket vlastun - and if that works, players like weitering, Moore and Alir. He certainly has the defensive chops for the role. And that would free melk up to play fritters role and be more a pure attacking forward.

As opposed to the team going for its fourth win on the trot?

Well, i can't see Mcvee getting dropped. And they seemingly have announced Petty (i think) - and i'm assuming he is playing forward. Spargo is best 22. so he comes in. But you're right, Hibbo is perhaps surplus to requirements - though they could put him on Dusty and free up Mcvee to be more offensive and rotate with bowey, salo and rivers (and perhaps also small bursts on the wing to give Hunter or langers a chop out). I guess part of my thinking is i wasn't impressed with Harmes' game against Coburg, but he a logical replacement for Sparrow. If harmes does come in it would have to be at either hibbo or spargo's expense (or maybe mvee if they want to manage him).