binman

Careful. You might get labelled a nuffy by an elite talent spotter

Im picturing bbo on a 100% polyester safari suit with huge sweat pathes under each armpit

You do realise it is 2018 don't you? The modern era? The last time the blues won a flag was nearly a quarter of a century ago. By the by do you still believe that Channel 7 have used their 'influence' to get Blues plum free to air games this year. Because, you know the blues are so successful and all in the modern era that its total winner for a free to air broadcaster to have lots of their games on the tele.

Curnow looks the goods doesn't he. I still have faith weed will be good for us but whilst big blokes take time you would hope he would be pretty close to being a permanent member of our side by the end of this year givwn next year is his fourth at afl level

Good post. The tigers just suffocate teams don't they. In addition to getting back hard when required they are terrific at running to the next player in the opposition tic tac chain and slowing their progress forward. Which in turn allows more players to get back and help their defenders out.

True, but Jeffy has been poor in those conditions

i also hope he has a blinder and returns to form from there on in. We really miss his sparkle up forward. But you make a good point. It is long time since he played well week in, week out.

I think this is a really good point. We have a pretty tough run home, but only 4 games against top 8 sides (actually 3 - cats, swans and wc, but for the sake of argument lets include crows in Adelaide). If we are a serious finals side then we win two of those sides at a minimum. If we can't, well were not up to finals standard pure and simple.

I am assuming the nuffs you so eloquently refer to are posters questioning the logic of Jeffy being picked. Which of course includes me. Not sure why me and my fellow nuffs should read a post from a fella who saw one quarter of football and noted that Jeffy applied a bit of pressure. Is that supposed to be evidence his recall is justified? That might satisfy your level of analysis STMJ but not mine. This nuff will take on board the feedback from of regular VFL watchers whose opinion i respect (eg Drunkn167), the stats as listed above and what i ave seen of Jeffys VFL form (as limited as it is). I for one am happy Jeffy is back. I was unhappy he was dropped (but it did give Spargo a run). And obviously i have no idea what the internal KPIs were he had to meet to get a game again - maybe x number of games with more than 5 tackles, better application at training, skin folds - who knows? But i maintain on performance alone it is hard to understand why he gets a call up. By the by there is a certain irony in you having pot shot at nuffs implying you have greater footy knowledge than said nuffs.

That's good to hear. I only watched the second half of that game and was really disappointed in Jeffy's effort and application. At one point he chose not to not to go to a contest and Bugg came from behind him to jump on the ball and force a ball up. There was at least one other contest he totally squibed. When the game was there to be won, from the senior dees players it was Vince who stood up. Jeffy was ineffectual. For context here are his stats for his VFL games since being dropped. 7 tackles is pretty good last week - no doubt that was KPI for him, so perhaps i am being a bit unfair on his effort in that game but really they are not a particularly compelling set of numbers. 7 goals in seven games , one of which we won by 100 odd points games - is a pass mark at best for player who averaged 2 goals a game at AFL level last year. An interesting stat is that in his very first game after being dropped he laid 7 tackles in the games against the cats (and as it turns out had his most disposals and VFL dream team points) and didn't get a recall. 1 goal 2 behinds 7 kicks 2 handballs 9 disposals 1 mark 7 tackles 65 dream team points 1 goal 7 kicks 5 handballs 12 disposals 1 marks 4 tackles 56 dream team points 2 goals 2 behinds 9 kicks 8 handballs 17 disposals 2 marks 5 tackles 84 dream team points 1 goal 1 behind 9 kicks 7 handballs 16 disposals 2 marks 1 tackles 59 dream team points 1 goal 1 behind 7 kicks 11 handballs 18 disposals 4 tackles 63 dream team points 1 goal 2 behinds 12 kicks 7 handballs 19 disposals 1 mark 4 tackles 84 dream team points 12 kicks 7 handballs 19 disposals 3 marks 7 tackles 87 dream team points (v cats)

And in any case he wasn't the one needing protection in that contest. He was running at the ball and the other fella back with the flight. That was a shocking hit.

As it should be. Terrible to think some of the brain injuries footballers must have received from king hits. I reckon Cameron was lucky to escape with just 5 weeks for his recent hit on Harrison? who had bleeding on the brain days afterwards.

Sure it was a cowardly action. The distinction i'd make is as far as i am aware it is the only time he has he has hit someone like that. If he does it gain i'll be the first to agree he is coward Leigh Matthews was a coward.

Agree with that. Also he is the sort of player who plays better in the seniors than in lower levels. Which makes it strange why they dropped him in the first place. I guess there could have been other issues at play that lead to him being dropped

I wasn't advocating he be picked. Just that he puts in and jeffy has not at the VFL level. I'm guessing jeffy was dropped because he was not putting enough forward pressure on - and his lack of goals would not have helped. From all reports his pressure in the VFL did not improve and he kicked few goals. So how does he get a gig? Personally i like him in the side but as i say it sends a strange message to all players. The message is usually get dropped, go back and work on the reasons and fight your way back. Look at how Vince played last week. Instrumental in the Casey win. Picking a player who coasts at VFL after being dropped contradicts that message. And on another note i have to say calling Bugg a coward is well uncalled for.

I can't understand how jeffy gets a game on the back of his vfl form. Watched tge second half last week and his effort was sub standard. Squibbed at least two contests big time as well. Sends a strange message to players like bugg who bust a gut week in wdek out.

Yes. Hence MY pun ('sorry, your pun dived'). A reverse pike involves the diver entering the water the OPPOSITE way she/he is facing when leaving the board, hence the name of the dive. And hence a reverse pyke in his 'pun' meaning he would would not be silent. In any case how does the diving allusion work in this context or make the pun work? He wasn't discussing Rance on Neymar.

Because i'm too stupid? Or the pun is mangled? Either way i obviously don't get your joke. You said you would like to see Nasher's scenario of Goodwin being mute at a presser. Even better you say - do a Pyke and stand there and not say a word. A reverse pyke you say. Reverse being the opposite of something. The opposite of Pyke not talking at all is Pyke talking a lot. Am i missing something?

Pun points for effort - but wouldn't a reverse Pike involve Goody talking - a lot? Sorry but your attempted pun dived.

Does he have a brother, George, who plays a mean guitar?

Rioli not a champion? I have heard it all now.

Just watched the post game presser. Quite interesting. He plays a pretty straight does Goody but was obviously seething. Made it crystal clear we simply did not work hard enough. Mentioned a couple of times that a change in defensive all team pressure will be evident. Said in a way that suggests some will get a huge rocket - and perhaps that occurred in the review. I'm tipping at least one big name to be dropped this week. I suspect Trac will be dropped.

This reminds me a bit of the lyrics of this fantastic song (arguably the greatest Australian rock n roll song - ever) 'you're my only friend - and you don't even like me'

Agree 100%. We have been a terrible kicking side for at least a decade, more really. its killing us. No matter what style of footy is in vogue there will ALWAYS be a premium on kicking skills. It is the key reason i questioned trading Watts (not wanting to open up that argument btw - i fully understand the decision, particularly given Fritsch is just about our best kick) Look at the last quarter of the Cats and saints games. Turning the ball over costs us both games. Both games drove me spare. People remember the turnovers that result in opposition goals but the ones that break scoring chains are equally damaging and often go unremarked. But it not just the turnovers. My pet hate is players who don't have the basic footy skill of weighting or direct the ball properly to maximize a forwards chances of marking the footy. it is a key reason why we have so many fruitless inside 50 entries. Ok we kick the ball long to packs as a system but how many times on Sunday (every week really) was the ball put on top of forwards heads rather that out in front allowing them to jump forward. Hopeless

No i know. I had very similar inteI. Was assuming the protest was related to on filed performance.