Ouch!

I lasted the first half of the Freo v Geelong game, turned over to something else, and didn't go back. Goal posts were useless for a 'twilight' match, and tbh auskick games at half time were more enthralling than most of what I saw, and that damn announcer at the game in the background of the game coverage (which was horrible with BT) sounded like a sideshow alley person on a megaphone. Could not care if I saw it ever again,...

It sounds like he has been training with the forwards, so I can't see him taking CHB. That said, I don't think TMac, Hogan and Pedo/Weidemann/T Smith makes us too big up forward. I think having 2 genuine forwards and alternating a ruck/fwd is ok. If he's in the best 22 and the match up works then we should play those players.

I haven't seen both of the interviews, but didn't think that the one with Lily Mithen was cringeworthy by any stretch,.... However the presumption that a woman is needed to interview the AFLW players is something that is cringeworthy. Gender has no bearing on anything associated with the game other than the players on the field. Coaching staff, media, fitness staff for BOTH comps should be based on merit!

Not sure why, but I don't know if these three will line up in the middle together that much... I get a feeling that Danger and Ablett will alternative between midfield and forward (still pretty devastating if they do) Also felt that the game was catching up a little with Selwood a little last year. He'll still be influential, but it's kinda similar feeling I have with Nathan Jones. Finally it's not what they have in the midfield it's what they have around them.... thats where the list sharply drops away.

It’s surprising, I’ve followed tassie football for probably 30 years.... Burnie has been a powerful club, it was reported I think that they only had 15 or so players return after Xmas...it’s crazy! where as a club like Lauderdale, the second club on the Eastern shore of Hobart who I follow have strong numbers right thru men, woman’s and junior players. Clarence are similar. The economy up on the NW coast hasn’t been great for many years... but I’m astounded at both of the clubs pulling out of the comp. There used to be pretty strong clubs in the NTFL with Ulverstone, Devonport, Burnie, Etc... Sad really

I have no doubt a team can be viable in Hobart, especially if the AFL is propping up teams like the GC to the tune of 25mil! You tell me if the image of the AFL is better served by a team playing at Bellerive with a full crowd who is fully engaged (and know the rules), or by GWS playing finals in front of an empty stadium, or the GC playing in front of similar numbers.

Hi, Not sure if it has been mentioned anywhere, but the a reshuffle of positions in the AFL sees Trisha Squires as the new CEO of AFL Tasmania. People may not recognise the name immediately, but reading the article makes it pretty clear. I didn't realise she had made a move into Sports Administration, and she will need to get moving very quickly given that the TSL is now down to 7 teams (5 South, 2 North) now that both of the teams on the NW coast have withdrawn from the competition. Burnie will not actually field a team in any men's competition in 2018 due to not having the numbers to make up a team. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-05/new-afl-head-announced-as-trisha-squires/9397550 Anyway, here's hoping that Trish performs well in this role for AFL Tasmania! Wish her the best!

.... and AFL clubs has 90 interchanges a game in which players have time to receive instruction and grab a drink as well as quarter time and half time breaks. Plus as suggested there is no reason as to why a player couldn't get a drink from a trainer on the boundary line outside the field of play. I have no idea why we have to have these guys on the field.

Trying to enforce a 45 second 'policy' just means someone having to police something more than is necessary, getting rid of them from the field clears up space on the ground, gets support staff off the ground that really in this day and age have no real purpose. Runners and trainers are not essential to our game, and detract from the spectacle. Take them away and limit any communication to the interchange. Makes club leaders and those in a leadership group more accountable for the onfield part of their role too!

if you want to send a message out to the players, use one of the players coming off the bench, or drag that player to the bench... a runner does not need to be used to go out there. Thing is,... they get rid of a runner, and the trainer with the water bottles will just relay the same message anyway maybe

Get rid of them, the players go on and off the ground so often that coaches can communicate to players easily enough using the interchange. After watching a player like Hodge directing and coaching last year from the backline tells me that the players know what and how to structure up without the need for fluoro 'ex-players' getting involved!

The issue is exactly as you point out tho.... in a 'non-defined' wage structure there is inequality, of course it doesn't exist in a defined-wage structure!!! professional sports I realise is defined through sponsorship dollars amounts etc...

Not to mention most CEO's who salaries tend to be declared and therefore it's pretty simple to determine gender pay, let alone % of CEO's who are female. Gender pay equality will exist in those jobs where the pay rates are determined through an award structure, but we digress here

Absolutely it's his fault that the pack wasn't 'packed' correctly. His penalty was a brick to the head and a concussion. I don't think anyone would deny that he didn't pack the pack correctly. Still the club put him in that position, the camp, the conditions, the mental and physical stress. It's still a workplace injury that they are responsible for.

and I saw someone comment earlier that it wasn't Goodwin's fault that Salem didn't pack his pack correctly.... I'm sorry if they were sleep deprived, being screamed at and going out on a hike with bricks in their packs.... the responsibility of running the camp lies with the the club. I see that as a workplace injury.

Didn't we get canned by the media this time last year when Tyson and Salem got injured? amusing how one year we are apparently pushing people too far, yes this year we are soft again. Anything for a story I guess! Also like to add that I would be amazed if our players went to the AFLPA without consulting our player leadership group. We have no idea who from our playing list went to the AFLPA, but hypothetically if it included Viney, Jones, Lewis, Hibberd etc.... would we all be saying these players are soft? Surely this is more a case of our players wanting to get the most out of the preseason, and maybe the focus on fitness and skills is perhaps more beneficial than sleep deprivation and pushing beyond normal limits and reserves? One final thing that I note is that unlike last year we seem to have a few more players recovering from injury or post season surgery... so perhaps this is a prudent thing to do. Anyway, mountain... mole hill and I don't really pay much notice to Brown or Frawley's comments in the media.

If Watts makes us pay, what does it say about his career up to this point? I wish him and Trenners the best, and I hope they have good careers ahead of them. Everyone thinks that Port had a big win in the trade period, and whilst I think they were canny in some of their selections, I don't actually know how close they really are to the premiership. They have some great players, and perhaps boasted their players in the bottom half of their list. But they had a horrible record against almost all the teams they played in the top half of the ladder... they smashed the lower teams, so I can't get a good read on them as a club.

Think you are missing the followers and put the interchange in the wrong spot.... Assuming Gawn Viney and Oliver??

I think that part of this comes down to the fact that if you are at a club for a while, you start off looking at all areas of your game, both the negative and positive. I suspect that over time your positive attributes are known and you work to maintain what probably you are good and gifted at.... but over time coaching staff would be focusing on your improvement in deficiencies and that might become a focus.. Go to a new club and they will be selling things to you, they would be commenting on what they want out of you, what they perceive your strengths are and how you will make their team better. It's that pump up that you need.

10 and 16 for Gibbs.... thats effectively the same price we paid for Lever. (albeit our 1st round next year being ~12-17 hopefully) I can't work out what Adelaide are doing in this post season trading period!

fair bit of salary to go with that. Meaning they had to move on Trengove, Impey and Ah Chee. Still the 'net' players they bought in exceeds that which has gone out. Although I rated Trengove as a good tall utility.

Essendon can still come out pretty well in terms of the players they bring in if they end up with Stringer. Brisbane and Gold Coast might come out ok in terms of players and picks, but they are losing a bit. Think we got the best player to be traded in Lever Port have done well in terms of only giving up pick 31 in terms of their trade position I guess...

Sheesh this is starting to make me look like I don't like Balic, and I've never seen him play!!! Again your comment is not true. Balic may develop a stronger work ethic, he might try harder, he may tackle more than Watts by the end of his career, but trying to compare these players just serves no purpose. Why would someone even want to compare both of these players, different styles, positions, age etc... Balic has played how many games? why would anyone think it worthwhile comparing to Jack Watts except to bash Jack on this board? Using your logic Haydn Crozier will be better than Jake Stringer, why even bother making the comment in the first place? Lets just welcome the player to the list, rather than comparing him to players who aren't on this list anymore!

Normally I quote, but given that it attracts the person that you are quoting back to the thread, I didn't really want to bother!

Huh? read the context of my thread. I wish Balic the best, and us getting him for pick 66 is a good trade for us. But he's going to have to push himself very hard to make the 22, hope he and all our players are putting in every effort to fight to get into the 22, but at this point he has been recruited for midfield depth. My post referred to the stupid 'Will be better than Watts' comment above mine.