binman

I read that initially as you and your friends going all super here and beating the living suitcase out of those tiger flogs. But I guess you mean the dees winning.....

Neits played two decades plus ago. Since then we have learnt about the cause and the God awful symptoms of cte. Deliberate hits to the head have has no place in our game. And I'm pleased say neirher lever and may resort to it.

Was furious about this at the game. Happens every week, and it infuriates me the AFL dont make the umpires protect him. Do they want him literally knocked out of the game? But Richmond are the worst. And agree on lynch. Sniper. Cant stand him. And i was even more furious watching the replay with both Darcy and Richardson praising lynch and riewoldt for making Max 'earn it' and richo saying 'as a forward you just have to do it'. They must live in a world where concussion does not exist.

Gold. Aspen, whistler, and japan for the odd weekend getaway when the polo isn't on Hawk fans ski domestic. And blues fans whose vision stock has collapsed. Sheesh

The perfect summary of where we are at. When did he play? I can't recall his name.

The only problem this week is brendan goddard is filling in for delicious (cant stand goddard)

Spargo coming up on abc footy (which is my favourite Sunday footy show the 12-1 slot)

For a quiet young fella he is a real showman on game day. Built for big games on the g. How brilliant is it to have a player as exciting as kozzie in the team.

You know what they say about the French.....

I have a bit of a set against melk as a result of my frustration and disappointment with his attitude and lack of leadership last year. But you're right. He was pretty good. His kicking is elite. His kick to jones in the corridor (bad miss by Jones, but he looked a bit proppy), the one to max and the brilliant kick to tracc that set up the tmac goal in the square all showed that. And the goal he kicked at the punt road end on his left after the give from tracc was first cladd Kicking is our major weakness. He really needs to be in the side. I just hope he brings the forward pressure each week. He was just ok in that area against the hawks. As a seasoned veteran he needs to put his body on the line more.

They won't risk either may or fritter if they are not right to go. Why would they? We are 5 zip and as big as this game is we need them both fit and firing over the next half dozen games. And we can cover both players. Weed wont be sub. Too one dimensional.

To be honest, I don't think that is necessary.

That's god awful. My wife's family are in Berlin. And it's going bananas there again too. A good mate is in Spain and same story. We are so lucky here. How is the vaccine roll out going in France?

I hope the are not staying sat the mecure! On that, I can't believe that the federal government has not stepped in and set up out open air quarantine facilities in each state modelled on the one in the NT. Where thre has not been a single cross infection. Not one I mean how much more evidence do they need that hermetically sealed hotels with rubbish air cons and no air flow are simply not up for the job. No doubt they would say it is state responsibility but it is in the feds interest to sort it if they want to avoid border closures and get international travel back. And Scotty needs a win. Surely the Army engineers could be called on to build such facilities - hell Duntroon and Pucka must have facilities that could be adapted for the purpose. Duntroon is right next to Canberra airport and i'm pretty sure Puck has an air strip.

Ironic given McGow's painful hubris. We should lock our borders to WA out of nothing but spite (joking by the way - sort of)

And, assuming he isn't playing, quiet rightly saying something along the lines of: 'mate, we are not going to risk you coming back even a bit under done for one of the most intense home and away games all year. Not fair to you or the team. Focus on another solid VFL game and you will 100% be in the frame for a game against the roos the next week. Oh and work on your forward pressure. We want more tackles than goals....' Smart player management in my book.

I don't

I think he was referring to Tom Sparrow

Not necessarily. 22 players. One medical sub. And an emergency

Bloody oath we should. It is frustrating they don't at least release the squads. There is talk that this club driven thing but that doesn't ring true. All clubs would have a handle on who their opposition's likely squad of 25 players would be.

Makes sense. Particularly when the tall options - Weed and Brown, have shown an aversion to tackling and applying pressure. We simply have to apply maximum inside 50 pressure to beat Richmond. One to trap it inside our 50 when possible (and create scoring chances in doing so), but perhaps more importantly disrupt their exits from our 50. If they are allowed to waltz it our 50 it will become so much harder to set up ahead of the ball and slow down their transition. And we will get flogged. Which by the by, is why any talk of ANB or Spargo being dropped is pure poppycock.

That was Grapeviney Grr-owl. I reckon there are two questions: Do i think having TMac, Brown, Weid, Jackson, Gawn and Fritsch in the same team would work? Will the coaches select TMac, Brown, Weid, Jackson, Gawn and Fritsch in the same team The answer to the first question is, yes i think it can work with Tmac playing a wingmen or a hybrid high half forward/wingman. That is essentially the role he is playing now. And Jackson also plays as a high half forward/wingman The answer to the second question is, i'm not sure but i think they will trial that mix at some point - probably sooner rather than later. In term's of both questions it is worth noting that the eagles have three talls in their forward line in Kennedy, Allen and Darling. And Cripps is only 5 cm shorter than fritter but a couple of kilos heavier.

We have most positions well covered. And we have a sytem new players can slot into. I hope they now focus on drafting elite kicks. Take the best kick available at every pick we have.

I like wet coke.

Yep. In addition, going to the pocket creates more predictable outcomes, meaning - We mark it - As noted in the age article discussed on another thread it is less likely opposition mark it (its crowded because we are playing deeper and the boundary line creates a barrier) - It comes to ground - It goes over the boundary line. This makes planning a response easier, and more effective. If it goes over the boundary we can implement a set play, aided by having two excellent rucks and a grade inside mids. Hits the ground and with a congested area we are better able to trap it in, create a stoppage and/or scrap a goal. Sure it is harder to score from the pockets than the corridor, but we take more marks, and therefore get more shots on goals, because there are usually more open leading lanes in the pockets than the corridor, so more marks, as evidenced by how many more we are taking inside 50. And even when they kick a point from an angle after a mark, a mark means the players have time to all get set up and make it hard for the opposition to clear their defensive area from the kick out. Which is a big factor in our ability to make it hard for teams to transition end to end. Of course these options (with the possible exception of going over the boundary line) exist with more central kicks. But there are more variables in the corridor. Not least because there is more space. And marks are much harder to take, so its harder to set up the wall to stop defensive exits. And of course if the opposition win the ball, they do so in a dangerous position as they have three lanes to choose to exit from. This was killing us last year, and even in 2018. And like basketball, the boundary line is an extra player because it can trap players and reduce their options in terms of the direction they can move the ball. These reduced options make it easier to set up a structure that makes it easier to trap the ball inside 50 (eg from a hurried attempted clearing kick like the one melksham marked at the top of the goal square in the hawks game).