PaulR

Club probably worked with Clarry to agree on an approach both parties would be happy with.

Thank you! That’s interesting and feels right with Hawks and Dons lower and us on edge of 8 and with a real chance to come home with a wet sail… Interesting that it rates GWS as second best. My kingdom for an equitable competition.

Also… while I’m ranting. 😃 Call out to @WheeloRatings to see if your stats boffins could produce an “Equitable Ladder” that is one based only on teams playing every other team once. For those you play twice the average result could be used, but only 4 points per team… Any chance?

I was thinking about another way our success of top four finishes has played against us, such that I’m open to us losing the rest this year, not for draft picks but to reset our draw in 2025 to be average versus the hard draws we’ve had every year since 2021. In the AFLs crazy new world of “entertainment” over competition, teams that finish top are penalised the following year with a harder draw. It’s a new “innovation” that makes it considerably harder for teams in their window to win multiple flags, as they are worn raw by the inequitable draw. So how do we get a fair, or god forbid, a favorable draw? Not in terms of when and where, but who we play…? if we’d had tha same draw as the Hawks, or Dons we’d be sitting top 4… but for the fourth year we’ve had a horror draw. Makes the competition unfair, and it’s a blight on the game.

How would you like Goody to speak at his presser after a big loss..?

Yep, a Brayshaw would have been handy today. Any word on how Guy is travelling, post-football?

I think Goody rightly assessed that we could ill afford to be without Clarry (while he did a mini-preseason), as in we’d be further off finals without Clarry for part of the season. And highly likely to miss finals. Due also to our other outs (Bradshaw, Smith) and poor performance of the mature recruits (Billings, McAdam, Hunter) and the resulting need to blood the kids. This again required Clarry’s midfield power, experience and stability be there every week.

Would prefer Tomlinson to Fullerton as another option to hassle, run with an harass Jackson/Darcy. Most likely again teaming with Petty and JVR. Otherwise Laurie to cover Woey as sub, and no change. Go Demons!

Its not controversial, it's deeply disrespectful, to both Clarry and the MFC. [censored] em.

Curious: Is there any chance Trac could be back in 6-7 weeks, I.e. primed for first final (assuming we make it)? is that what “indefinite”, rather than “season”, means?

Fullerton has a modest physical presence at the moment. Lacks bulk and importantly, lacks agro. Such that he’d not be a better option than who we played in ruck last night.

Does Baby Yze have Obst’s number?

Fullerton not doing a lot in ruck.

Was responding to Maldon’s comment about our surging the ball forward through traffic with a wave of runners till we get it out the back, being very Richmond in their recent heyday. And speculating that our midfield coach, former Tigers assistant coach, McQualter, was teaching/training that method. Love it when it works. Like end to end bang-bang-bang. Great footy.

I think the McQualter influence re Tigers style. Thought the same.

Genius - getting our kids so primed and disciplined. We are playing a web across ground, it strangled the Dons and our rebound keeps getting better. Keep this up and Goody may have us as a genuine late charger this year… we’re playing passionate aggressive footy that’s flowing beautifully at times. GENIOUS!

Discuss…

Correlation vs causation. Nothing to suggest Fullerton would be better than what Goodys cooked up… pumped to see. if we’re on we win, If not we probably don’t. Many bigger factors than Fullerton.

I can. Saturday night goes pear shaped…

All three of JVR, Petty and Disco are good marks giving us options down the line and negating Draper’s marking. I’d give Disco the lions share of ball ups and throw ins and ask home to play hard, close and “unco”, to make Draper earn every touch with high chance of errant arm head and body clash in process. And when Disco tires, have Petty and JVR do likewise. Draper is not at Max level, make him earn it, frustrate him and bog him down, and our mids and kids can then beat their mids. im excited for Saturday night. Go Demons