Winter Dan

I'd keep the talls as is for one more week to see if either Weid or BBB can distinguish themselves from the other. Jacko back in the following wk.

I believe Carton had an extra at the stoppage and we played a spare back.

Can we trade BBB end of year?

Brilliant! I feel warm and bubbly ?. I'll re-read this before I go to bed for the rest of the season.

He did. From memory, thought that was also a function of being overly double teamed and suffered from not having more key pos support.

Be handy if he signs before winning a Brownlow EOY.

I'm the same. Thought Weid showed a lot last year. I also suspect Weid is a better option than BBB as I believe Weid has a better rounded game. I'm also bias b/c I'm nervous his moving on EOY if he doesn't get games and we need his age bracket.

I think we made selection for the tigs game which valued proven team dynamic, wet weather conditions and need for pressure to play against tigs system. If I was selecting to play the dogs I'd want to exploit their shallow key def. posts.

We need a FF. Jackson's being playing great around the ground and a fwd competitor but he's not a fwd (yet). Tmac is best suited to CHF. We have been making do because our other areas are so dominant. Time to cash in with a dominant FF. BBB or Weid in for a managed Jones. Maybe Sparrow in for Melk.

Ripping news! Gotta say I appreciate he's vibe on the field, like he's really he's own self. Mix between enjoying the hell out of himself, [censored] stirrer and super competitive. He pulls it off b/c he's so damn good!

Kinda glad Petty gets a chance. Can't replace AA FB, but I'm bullish on Petty. He deserves to be playing AFL now and in time, I think he'll become a very good key back himself. Glad we got him on contract until end 22, hope he signs longer. So, we'll get a good look at him.

Cats will play 7 behind the ball, so how we going to deal with that?

We've played dumb wet weather football last couple years when you'd think our contested game wld suit it. I think Goody and Co are finally coaching to our strengths so trust we will adjust our approach to work with the go off the ground approach. Our intercept game however is much better suited to dry conditions. I'd expect Geelong to have the advantage in the wet with experience and big bodies, but doesn't seem like they have been playing too great, so will depend on whether they're up and about. At lease we have small fwds going well this year. Hope Melk adds to some fwd efficiency. Late change Sparrow for Jones wld be good.

At the beginning of the season, I thought to myself, if we can just hang in their until BB and or Weid get back, claim back a decent fwd line. To have both our first choice keys out and be notching up wins has been beyond my expectation. We have though, had luck going our way with all three teams we've played having a fair injury list and previous week travel adversity. And this looks to continue with Geelongs key outs and I note Hawthorn are playing in the West next week ahead of our game. So I reckon we've had some fortune align our way. Not withstanding the umpiring was terrible last week and the opposition were decent, but certainly not at their best. We have definitely improved on last year, that's a fact - we've had our method right, and with another key fwd I think we could really punish some sides on the scoreboard and not just general play.

B Brown will make a huge difference to our goal kicking accuracy. Put him in Fritsch's position and move Fritsch to half fwd to deliver into the 50.

Played as a fwd he wld be an upgrade on Spargo. But I also like him back.

Like ANB, we'll shop him around, but if we don't get any interest or a worthwhile offer, his asking price goes down and we keep as depth. With the various players up for trade we might be looking for trade return or we might be looking to clear up cap space.

Reckon they thought Smith wld take over Frosty's spot, but he hasn't come on. I also think Frosty and May weren't getting along, he might have been a bit difficult to coach. Disappointed we let him go. He had a great year before he left and his kicking really improved. Thought he was progressively improving as a player. He played with real aggression and presence, cld play big or small and good lock down. Reading the flight of the ball was a big weakness, kicking was improving. Think we also wanted to move away from running it out of defence and thereby loosing our structure which killed on turnover. Yet to be seen, but pick 22 or so we got was very good value. It just doesn't make sense now we have a third tall hole. Tomlinson's a project player now, not the answer.

Little league is how I I'd describe the unpiring today and for the year.

The intro musics a bit dramatic. Strike force ops centre.

That's a relief!

He's got tricks and footy nous.

Had a feeling this was a possibility when the Frost issue arose. As stated, Pies have a lot of stars and depth to cover in their salary cap. They barely signed on Langdon (a really good Backman) last year which showed the cap strain they are under. Be good if there was some incentive based payments to hedge against injury. Think he is a top class player with footy nous.

Well it's not like the FD forgot that he was out of contract. If it's true they low balled an offer, than its a calculated move. Every player is an opportunity and an opportunity cost. Could be we think the compansation/salary cap affords us something else we have in mind - another player (there is a few possibly available ) while Joel Smith Hore or Petty step into the back 6/7. How about we trade for hawks/nth first pick in exchange for frost and one of the split picks?

I think our 2nd round pick is fair, but if Freo are difficult (which wouldn't suprise me), is the PSD a practical option? Scenario: Ed asks for a one year deal worth 2 years of $, which is then renegotiated but wards off GCS? Ifs this is realistic, then its also excellent leverage over Freo. I still have hopes for KK on the other wing.