Dockett 32

What were Jonesy stats for the last quarter?

Used to be a good, accurate and unbiased paper once. Very sad demise

Should be playing at Punt Road.

Lewis got the hard ones when he had to, slotted the calming, leadership goal, doesn’t mind the hard stuff at all. Sadly time is catching up. Been very useful for us, like Bernie. Lots to offer blokes like Bugg, Frizer and the young blokes. Hope he tickles a few Hawks up next as a reminder. Grateful he came to us. Shows he’s also smart.

Umpire Fleer into the Black Book. Howler!!!!!!!!

When Kent tunes in for 100 minutes , runs hard both ways and tackles with ferocity, he’s a beauty.

A brave ‘highlight’ mark from a young first year player and one for the AFL highlight reel showcasing our game, completely ruined by an incompetent decision. It didn’t but it could have cost the game. Umpire has to be dropped for sure. Really poor effort.

Gawn Petracca Hogan Bugg Lewis Kent

Jesus we look small.

I hope Trac, Oliver, Hogan, Viney, Gawn, TMac, Hibberd represent a new leadership style that strengthens and takes our leadership to a new level . Also hope that ANB ,Stretch, Harms, Hunt, Brayshaw and others develop the same steel and smarts. They just have to take it. As the curtain comes down on Vince and Lewis happy to have these blokes around to assist.

Goodwin exercises excellent self control, remains calm and generally shoots me down with his aftermatch comments. Yesterday he was pleased how we set the game up early and responded under pressure later. On the other hand I got badly [censored] off with 20 minutes in the third quarter and stomped round the house like a bear with a sore head. So one of us has a decent grip of the modern game and I suspect it’s not me. I’d rather have a balanced general running the ship, not a hot head, he got us 12 wins last year and we could be 2/2 with a little luck this year. Geelong v Hawthorn might tell us even more tomorrow. I reckon we are going ok so far.

Understand the no panic sentiments, there are no excuses anymore ,we have to cover for them , we have to become winners. Its pretty simple and a win is an expectation. Anything else is a poor result. A bad loss would be terrible. The comments by Goody that we are going to set TMac and Viney up for later bothers me a bit. If we are 2-8 , what are they setting them up for? A charge for twelfth ? Hope the coach and players get it. The demand for finals starts now and finishes round 22. Not comfotable with the handling of all of this so far. 8 weeks for a toe?

Looking forward to watching how some of the better orchestrators of the Medical Reports, continue to perfect/ embellish the practice. A week or two before the finals, hope we aren’t up against Adelaide or Carlton who we may run into a week or two later.

Surely there isn’t improper use of medical reports to gain a tactical advantage? Even the AFL would smell that rat?

That's right. I almost forgot.

Not on the Dockett?

Just missed out.

Kinda changes the team a bit.

JohnsonT, Johnson R, Adams, Barassi, Williams, Mithen, Lord, Roet, Bourke, Dixon, Townsend, Ridley, Case, Tunbridge, Groom. Probably missed a few.

About 3 of them would have made the best team prior to that.

Don't know much about this young fella, hope it works out for all , but a couple of bells are ringing. We only need A graders now and we can be a little 'Sandringham Centric ' at times.

Of course there is. Those three are pathetic. Where was the moral outrage on Scully multiplied a thousand times for the lies to Jimmy ?

Interesting, quality ready mades preferred to the TAC under 18 lottery. Hawthorn been on to it for years and overlaid the family club salary rubbish as well. Unless the initial kids draft period is extended to 4/5 years could be heaps of fun for those Victorian clubs who truly bottom out. Maybe a boom and bust cycle after a period. Expect pay disparity between top players and lesser light minnows to widen now that the trade thing really opens up.

The difference might also be because Goodwin coached them and had input into recruiting. Semantics

I see that differently and pretty much semantics. Goodwin was the conductor of the Orchestra this year and excluding making the finals met expectations. Where we finished is where we finished. The Coach was Goodwin. As an aside I suspect the not making the finals might burn in this very competitive beasts, guts and may have a little to do with this thread. I don't necessarily have a problem with that either