PaulRB

All roads lead to Queens Birthday clash with the Pies... in three weeks.

I'd like to see the stat for meters gained sideways... then we'd show em!

You might be right about his development down back. I think like Blease, they are forwards who need to learn how to run both ways, play defensive, etc... Was named at HFF next to Gawn, so I'm hoping to see a step ladder moment...

I like Howe up forward with Maxy and Kennedy-Harris at their feet. Have to be a defensive nightmare.

Another thought on the "spin out of the way" option proposed y Gleeson, is that to spin, pivot or change direction radically, one needs to push up off the ground which would increase the likelihood of high contact as opposed to feet on ground, knees bent as Jack was... An a pirouette!!? gotta jump for that too.

Love it - Viney to be named in team Go Jack.

I'm surprised that no one has talked about how Lynch failed to stand up in the tackle, choosing instead to fold and fall into the path of the smaller Viney. Not to blame Lynch, just curious if players are trained to go to ground like that i.e. draw rear tackler into a push in the back decision... On the Bump / brace debate we are talking semantics. Jack "braced" sufficiently to be in the best position (balanced in the ball drop zone) to find the ball after the collision, as he should. His intent was on winning the ball from a contested ball situation as he is employed and paid to do.

OMG it's like deja vou all over again!

Good point, probably Terlich... but prefer a mid.

I doubt Salem has 120 min of footy in him at this level, and believe Byrnes can and has been playing as a defensive forward to shut down opposition rebounding HBs, a role I suspect he can do better than Christian, at this stage. Garland can play as a third tall forward/back as required... so Salem out and Colin in.

I think Salem will be OK in time, but Garland's better. And rest of team doing ok... Georgio rates higher than Salem at the moment IMO

Assuming all injury and suspension free... In - Colin Garland Out - Christian Salem

The reality of the collision is that Jack would not have damaged the Lynch's jaw if Georgio was not driving him to ground in a (premature) tackle. Hence the responsibility for the broken jaw lies with both MFC players. To single Viney out a solely responsible and punishable for the brake is akin to blaming a bus driver if someone trips and falls under their bus (or in this case is pushed under it), when they are doing everything to avoid injuring them. Sometimes accidents happen in a high speed and impact sport and to finger an individual up for it is simply unjust.

I reckon Roos will have a good motivational tool to get the boys fired up these next two weeks.

I really liked Jack Vineys attack on the ball, twice in 3 seconds at around the 11 minute mark of the first. Quite possibly won the game for us right there...

We should start recruiting from the AFL's pool of legal counsel...

Its a shame that this incident is over shadowing what was probably Jack's best game thus far of his 18 game career. He's going to be a star... a hard star.

It they need a scapegoat for the broken Jaw you could argue Georgio was as much to blame as Viney, i.e. he was riding the Crows player into a contest and used his head to break his jaw... There is something really dumb about all this...

I hope the club gets on the front foot and has a few things to say about it, especially if Jack is suspended. We've been made the scapegoat for enough "rule" clarifications... i.e. tanking.

Ball was in dispute, hows it different from any collision injury when two player intent on the ball collide?

I reckon the opposition teams have been signing a petition to get the AFL to ask Jack to be gentler on them... Bit like when he was told to go easy in school footy...

Totally agree. To win flags you need every factor in your favour... The great alignment. One day.

Experienced watches of pool rate a player not on their ease in potting balls, but where they leave the white after they pot them. Same deal with rating player in footy, unless you know what role was assigned to a player by the coach its hard to truely rate their game or value to the team.. The value of older player is they are (in general) better able to implement for 4 quarters a specific role 0r multiple roles, while also being able to damage the other way. Jones is learning to tag and break tags, Salem is simply learning to present and play a straight forward role... So who was Byrnes playing on and how did he go?

It's fascinating that we have put our best defensive team on the field just as we've moved Frawley forward. Not saying that Frawley is anything but a top shelf AA defender. More to point out that teamwork and systems is what improves a team, the individual performances is the cream on top.