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Good work Wags!

Good thing we traded 3 first rounders to fix up the backline.

The problem for me is that they are competing for the same spots as Maynard, Josh Wagner and JKH who are all players of similar levels. We have about 6 VFL guys competing for the 30th best position on our list. We have a lot of injuries right now. We have a lot of players out of form right now. We have some guys on the list who have played a handful of games, are quite old in terms of a footballer, who are getting overlooked by kids who have been on the list for 15 days. Bring in the VFL players but sweep the broom at the same time.

So does Sparrow, Lockhart, KK, Jones, Hunt and one of Frost or OMac. The problem is.... the cupboard is bare. We can bring in Stretch, Corey Wagner, Spargo and Hore but will that make any difference? Not in my opinion. We are in trouble here. We desperately need some of the more experienced players to find form and for a few to come back from injury.

Went exactly how I thought. Positives: Oliver, Brayshaw, Viney all looked way better than last week. Viney in particular. Still so many passengers, and we have no one to replace them. Very concerning.

That's the answer? Wagner? FMD. Who replaces Lockhart? Who replaces Sparrow? Who replaces Frost? Who replaces ANB? Who replaces Jones? Who replaces KK? Replacing with a Wagner is just shuffling the deck chairs. I'm not saying you are wrong. It's just that replacing Trac is a luxury we can't afford at this time. I would love it if it was. I'm very disappointed with his output, just a bit more realistic than some others.

Agreed. And to be honest I would rather gift Spargo games than some of the others. At least he has shown he will be part of the future.

Who comes in for him? There are a number of others I would drop before him.

He didn't last week. Or in the preseason. He deserved to be dropped.

Yep. Totally agree. Still not the reason we are losing. I love having a winge about the umpires in a close game. Why bother in a game like this? They have a bloody hard job. I would rather point out (once again) that we are playing Jones and ANB as outside types and we have no one else to bring in for them.

Annoying. But hardly the difference.

Come on boys... Don't drop the head now. Dig deep and take something into next week. I'm still a lot happier than I was last week. Oliver, Brayshaw and Viney look way better than last week. Our list is nowhere near as deep as we thought. Remember last year where we had Hannan, Kent, Garlett and Spargo competing for that fwd position? Or the luxury of playing Hogan for stints in the midfield? Or TMac starting on the wing to start the match? Wow.

How he stayed in the side after last week and with May coming back in is a complete mystery.

Frost. Fmd. How does he get a game? Continually does inexplicably dumb things.

Knew he was good on the run. Genuinely couldn't recall his set shots

Usually ok isn't he? Two absolute howlers

Yep. My expectations were not high after the preseason and last week. I think we are actually playing ok compared to last week. In no way do I think we are good. Just not terrible. If it was the same as last week I would be very worried for the rest of the year. Just hoping we can keep up the intensity.

Mate. He is no where near getting dropped. Delivery into the forward line has been terrible. Who are you bringing in for him? You would drop him ahead of Jones, ANB, Frost, Sparrow, Lockhart? Would you drop them all? Our list is nowhere near good enough to be dropping Trac.

It's time to stop looking at him as a number 2 draft pick. He was rated the second best kid 4 years ago. It means diddily squat now.

At least the intensity is better. We are not getting reward for effort and are still a little bit sloppy, but we look way better than last week. Let's see if we can keep it up

Josh Caddy and Campbell Brown having a chat on channel 7's new pre-game show... I can barely understand what they are saying. Why would you let thes guys on tv?

He is an inside mid who has been pushed to the outside. I have said it before and will say it again. He is an inside mid or nothing. We have a serious lack of outside mids which is why he gets away with less scrutiny. Its the same with ANB really. They simply shouldnt be playing in the positions they do but we havent got the outside players to replace them. Its great that we have been recruiting so many 'competitive' type players over the years but we really need to address the outside mid/flanker issue we have. We cannot simply keep recruiting VFL players to add depth. We see it every year at recruitment time. "Oh good! we have picked up {insert depth players name}, we will really have competition for spots now!" and this is true.... but its Corey Wagner vs Josh Wagner competing for that spot. We now have Corey Wagner, Josh Wagner, Hore, Lockhart, Maynard, and others competing for the same depth spots.

A shame. There are a lot of times I disagree with him, but at least he articulates his thoughts clearly and makes you think a bit. I assume he attacked one of the protected species again.

The usual suspects did in the game day thread. While the way they carry on is poor, I shared their feelings today. I've been worried since JLT 1. Our best 22 is great when in form. Our depth players are actually pretty good, but you cant play too many depth players as well as carrying so many out of form best 22 players.

No way do we have that luxury. We are playing some depth players who should not be getting a game because they are either too young and should be at Casey or they are simply not good enough. Thank god we recruited May because I never want to see Frost and OMac in the same team ever again.