BAMF

True. A very good point. I also think that people are mistaken if they think we would have kept Dusty on the straight and narrow.

Weideman will play seniors. Just starting to find some confidence.

It was in the local paper here the other day that he returned for the start of the local season but missed the start of the year with injury. I think it mentioned something about the coaching of the AFLW team, but don't think it said he had given it away but it wouldn't surprise me. Colin has been planning on his return home to play for his junior club North Hobart (Demons) for a long time now. Pretty sure he owns a local pub with his brother and plans on coaching the Demons when the position is vacant. Here is the article for anyone with a News corp pass. https://myaccount.news.com.au/sites/themercury/subscribe.html?sourceCode=TMWEB_MRE170_a_GGL&mode=premium&dest=http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/afl/colin-garland-returns-to-where-it-all-began/news-story/95d0c2e45fe12fb9e01cae69104c379b&memtype=registered#command-form

Don't want the Cats to win, but I always go for the team that plays the Giants. Anything that contributes to their chances of a flag diminishing is a win for me. This abomination was gifted so much. They should have already had at least 1 premiership by now already. Every year that goes by that they don't get one is a win.

Free agent. Forget the drafting picks, it's all about money. He is too old for our group for us to warrant spending the cash. I want Gaff. He will be a bit cheaper and is younger.

I hope it's part of a bigger plan that he misses tomorrow but ones straight back in for Sunday

Meh.

Spot on LordTravis. But they show a lot more too. Lewis horribly out of position. Our press too high. Soft efforts.Too slow. It's really worth a watch if you can. They focus on us for the first 15 minutes. A big point was that the big problems are structural.

My thoughts are that this is you at your best. Great post. I really want to see the agressive attacking game plan reigned in. We open ourselves right up for a quick moving counter attack and we have been caught time and time again and it's been happening since Goodwin took over. Why do we lose momentum and leak multiple goals? It's the game plan. We lost to Geelong because we bombed it forward. They would switch and kick it quickly to their forwards advantage. It's very similar to how we played under Bailey. Full throttle attack with gaping holes in defence. When it clicked under Bailey we looked like a million bucks, but then we would come up against a good defensive team who knew how to slow our momentum and thrash us the other way. I remember playing against Sydney when Tahdg Kennely let loose with both barrels post match saying that we would never beat the better teams with such a poor defensive attitude. Cam Mooney said the same thing on another occasion and I still hate him a bit for it because I knew he was right. We actually have some great defenders now. The difference is the game plan which leaves us exposed, especially against a quicker smaller forward line. OMac has been good all year without being really good. (You have just been blind Steve) Jetta hasnt been good. Hibberd hasn't been good. Frost has been terrible in my opinion. Lever has been shocking. Lewis. Playing Lewis as a spare defender means the opposition has a spare defender. Lewis isn't a great defender. He was a great midfielder. He does 2 things well. 1. Sits 10-15m off the play and is there for the quick pass backwards which works as an 'out' when we are under the pump, and also means he has time to pick the right option. 2. Sits 10-15m off the play and directs players where to position and pass to. He provides great direction and probably leadership. He is also pretty good at getting body contact on his opponent, but this isn't a real positive as he has to do this every time to match his opponents speed. He is too slow to be playing loose and isn't tall enough to intercept. I would rather have Lever as the spare back and bring Hunt back for the pace out of the backline.

Hogan is the more interesting case. Does his first year with us count as a years service? The year where he was only allowed to play VFL? The thought of losing both Brayshaw and Hogan after the loss we just had is too much for me. I think i would give up following AFL

Nope. Not for a long time. 7 years service before you become a restricted free agent. http://www.afl.com.au/afl-hq/the-afl-explained/free-agency

"this is ugly"

Both Brisbane and North had 2 extra runners running in from the wings at all centre bounces to directly negate our 2 who run off the back of the square. The opposition 2 from the wing arrive slightly before our players, and while they dont necessarily help win the opposition the clearence, it stops our 2 from impacting. We have been figured out. I hope we are looking at something new for awhile. Maybe this was it.

Mate. You are heading into troll territory. We all know what your opinion is, and you are more than entitled to it, but you are just ramming it down our throats now. Maybe hold off bagging the kid out every single time you see his name mentioned.

His ego killed the GF. For the crows at least. Eddie Betts has done a hammy. We don't play them till round 10

I could watch Weideman line up and kick all day. Such a great technique. Looks like a number of boys worked hard to get on the end of it in an open goal. Next week should give us a better indication of how some of the boys are tracking.

Delete. Bad joke.

Lapses are a problem. We had large periods all last year and it didn't look good against the Lions lastly week, but can you call the 4 goals vs North a lapse? 17:29. They kick the first from a questionable free kick. Momentum was 50/50 at the time. 14:40. Second goal. They are starting to get a run with repeat inside entries. 12:37. They get the third. They are all over us. Time to get worried. Our kicking efficiency is at about 55% 11:01. They got their forth from a shocking mistake by Frost. Really worrying now. If they keep going like this we will be stuffed. 10:08 Bugg puts through our first. 9:09 Kent kicks our second. I don't give a [censored] about the first goal. They were pushing us pretty hard but we were still giving it back and going ok. After the second, I was starting to get worried. 4 minutes later they have 2 more. Not looking good. Within 2 minutes we have 2 goals on the board. Momentum is 50/50 for the rest of the quarter. So yeah. We couldn't stem the tide for 4 minutes and conseded 2 goals which we instantly got back. Call it a lapse if you want.I won't be. I also won't be getting worried about a 'what if' like what if we lapse against the Hawks. If we do I will be [censored] off. Until then I'm going to enjoy the win.

For what its worth i agree with you on most things. The negativity on here does my head in sometimes. I hate it when you shoot down anyone with a negative opinion because they have never played/coached at the top level. An opinion can be positive or negative. We all have the right to voice our opinion no matter which way it leans. Many come here to vent. I see that you have edited your original post, so kudos to you. I will have to rewatch the game to see how we attempt to slow the game down though. It looks to me that we just continue to try to move it forward no matter the cost. Was the free kick the Lewis one on Christensen? I think thats a hard one to judge, Lewis lost sight of him for a moment and made a mistake. Christensen was playing for frees all game which make it hard.

Ok. So when you vote in an election, do you always go for the donkey vote? Unless you have been an elected member of paliment you have no idea if someone is doing a good job or not. Therefore your opinion is not valid and you should go the donkey vote.

I dont know how he can post anything after the first sentaence. He has never been an afl coach so by his own rules everything he said is invalid.

Oscar of course. FFS Oscar you bastard! I'm over it! See you next season!

Here is a taste of what we will have this year. Petracca mid/fwd.

Judd and Danger both have/had explosive breakaway pace mixed with an excellent top speed. Ablett is definitely very quick. He isn't as quick as them but there is no way you could say he is slow. He has good acceleration and good pace without being great. He doesn't need to be. He is stronger over the ball than most and uses his strength to his advantage. He has super quick reflexes and is 'clean' with his ball handling. He rarely fumbles. The stats sheet never tells the true story with Track as most of the time he does the right thing with his possessions and sometimes something special that others can't consistently do. Once his tank is bigger and he starts getting more of it he has the potential to become a star of the game (something we haven't had since Flower). Will it be this year? Possibly. Sit back and enjoy the show! Slow? You're dreaming pal.

Caro at her best. I wasn't one of the people who thought the sky was falling on this issue, but I couldn't deny that it was a bad look. Caro has got her ducks in a line and discussed the issues and points of views from all parties involved. I couldn't care less that it was late. I would much rather read an article like this than read the usual [censored] the HUN produces which just recycles the same quotes over and over. Its pretty rare these days that I open up an article from the HUN that contains any more detailed information than the headline contains.