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I wondered the same thing. Listened to it a couple of times but could not make it out. Goody sounded a bit annoyed with the question. The other annoying thing with the presets is how bloody long it takes the AFL to post them. I was keen to hear what goody had to say and 11:40 odd, when I went to bed it still wasn't up

14 goals to the cats from turnovers. 14 Must be some sort of record

G'day fellas. Way too late i know. I haven't been able to get on DL today. My best is once again Avilius. unbeaten in Sydney. Loves the heavy. The Oz cup was an aberation and will be too good. Short enough but still overs. Particularly on the tote as i suspect you will get close to easy money. I really liked Mosh Music too, which i see DZ picked. very impressive win

Something that is exacerbated by our lack of pace. And the wide spaces of the G And if we are not switched on and really prepared (and able it must be said - if not fit enough we will struggle. Port played us n break spreading and absolutely smashed us in uncontested ball, in large part because we ran out of gas) to gut run to limit the uncontested ball we are in trouble Against the Hawks we had clear plan to reduce the number of uncontested possessions and get across to hold up players up if they did get an uncontested mark (as i remarked on the DL podcast i could see the message board in the dug out with my binos from my seat and there was big emphasis on this). It worked and Hawks could not control the game. Conversely we simply could not achieve this against West Coast who were relentless at spreading and hitting up uncontested player (and then suddenly rushing it forward). A combination of the heat, payers running out gas, the occasion, the huge and very taxing preceding weeks, the size of the ground and how well West Coast executed their plan meant we were toast. I think kardina park suits us because the cats do not have the space to spread us and there is invariably more congestion.

I suspect he will play as a small forward

I don't think that is the reason.......

Speed and good skills. There's the answer as to why he has made such a rapid rise.

Plain took his eyes off it. By the by Swallow probably could have passed to Harmes rather than shoot at goal. Tough kick to hit but he was free.

That's not true. All players, even the best ones have dropped a sitter at some point.

And now has stoopid platform on SEN's website. Which like 3aw and other stations put some articles upon their site masquerading as a real article, written by a real journalist. Click bait, pure and simple and of no value. Of even less value are 'articles' hat some underpaid flunkee knocks together summarising some stoopid opinion or view one of their presenters have banged on about. SEN'site is full of it. RSN have bucked the trend somewhat by hiring Matt Stewart (a real live journalist - and a good one at that - who the Hun saw fit to sack) to write articles about racing What is frustrating is when one of these fluff pieces gets picked up by another media outlet and discussed. The opposite of a virtuous cycle.

Huh? I never heard this. Not saying it's not true but why would a narrow ground that is not particularly l9ng, so therefore has a smaller area that most grounds, expose slow teams. Geelong might I guess because they like to bounce of hb, move ir through the corridor, and get it forward quickly. But the ground doesnt. We also like to move it from hb so should suit us fine

Lever will replace hore

It must drive you insane that goody agrees with my assessment not yours. Even more insane that he picks omac each week. And will continue to do so. How on earth is this bloke a senior coach you must think. I mean after all he continues to pick a player in a top 4 AFL team simply beca8he is tall. Truly bixxare. And to think they saw fit to extend his contract for another 3 years. You must have wept when you heard that. So look after yourself jnr. Thursday night's this season will be difficult for you. Perhaps you can see if rather than grumble on dl about omacs precence in rge side you can get an audience with goody and make your case.

Well it would be in line with their selection of Viney. Melksham and Jones

That is exactly right. Critical moment. I still think they would have gone on to won but you never no. To be honest though we were lucky to be as close as we were when jonsey fluffed that mark.

By the by i thought Wagner did ok. Can kick, which is a pretty good start, and is hard at it. Pleasantly surprised by Sparrow, but one game doesn't make a season.

Fair points. But Lever won't play big. So to speak. Most sides will play a second ruck against the dees this year and therefore will often have two bigs up forward. Omac and May will take the bigs - and Lever will go back to his floating intercept role.

I have been right about Omac's position in the team thus far. Time will surely tell if that remains the case.

It's remarkable how so may posters don't seem to get this fact. But there you go. May will come in for Frost. Absolute certainty. If there are no injuries Frost will struggle to get another game this season i'm afraid.Frankly i'm pizzed off at May for his stupidity. We needed him round one. People know my views on Omac so no need to rehash them. Except to repeat that Goodwin knows a great deal more about footy than posters on DL and he will pick Omac ahead of Frost (and won't drop him this season). So it is safe to assume he rates OMac more highly than Frost, which will do me. Those that get discombobulated by Omac being in the team side best work out a way to deal with it for the sake of their own well being. He is a lock for the rest of the season (and his career). Even after Lever comes back. The other defender who will come under scrutiny is Hunt. Its all well and good to focus on Omac and Frost (who was poor i will concede) but he does not butcher the ball like Hunt. His first four kicks were turnovers. A woeful kick. I doubt he'll be dropped but he is lucky we have so many out at the moment. Talk about Weed getting dropped for Keilty is just plain crazy. Won't happen. KK might be chance to come in, but really i think the likely scenario is just the one change - May for frost.

No i meant reveled.

Vanderburg is Jack's father. Little known fact. It will get reveled in season 3.

Yep. Never been longer. A brutal, long season and having your team ready for finals is a key. As is a bit of luck to a avoid serious injuries.

Yep. Spot on. This was the key factor, no question.

Good post. I think it is fitness. We looked absolutely gassed after the first quarter. Funnily enough so did wet toast. Collingwood and tigers also ran out of gas. Three of the prelim finalists beaten by teams who either didn't play finals or in rge cat's case went out first round. And tigers were very scrappy against a crap team. No coincidence. The impact od tge combination of a longer previous season and shorter pre season has never been greater given rhe aerobuc and physical dem aands of afl football. The other issue is how many shitt kicks we have. A huge issue. Particularly when combined with poor decision making. It was ironic to watch wattsy nailing both simple and difficult kicks with ease, being cool under pressure and making good decisions.

On what is an extremely tough day i'm making Thunder Cloud my best. Mornington race 6 no 6