Pennant St Dee

Losing both him and Petty after the game against Sydney in 23 were massive impacts on our flag chances that season and very late for us to try and readjust

So many contributors great team effort brought effort, intensity and did the small 1%ers really well. 6.Melksham 5.Gawn 4.Bowey 3.Trac 2.Kossi 1.Clarrie Rivers, Turner,Langdon all could have got votes

Did you see it, handball chains, hitting the 45s, moving the ball quickly which has been on show for 5 weeks. Playing at different speeds slow chipping when needed to work through zones, then going quicker honouring the run with handball as opposed to bombing it into 50 to create forward stoppage, which was the 21-24 model. And continued handball to work it into space. Not to mention we bring a lot more pressure across the ground That’s not to say we don’t still have a contested side but we are far more balanced at the stoppages than we were previously

Fast forward to next week and the usual suspects question team selection yet again

If you actually think our system is kick it long down the line to Max you haven’t been watching us or you don’t know what you’re watching

Except for the parts where Freo played a totally different game style to GWS Slow switch maintain possession as opposed to taking grass and speed on the ball off half back and good players by foot getting the ball in quicker favouring forwards. So it’s not so much Hogan playing a different style it’s the teams he was in who played completely different styles

I heard Chris from Camberwell on the radio the other day, referring to Jefferson as a future star, has anyone ever seen Picket Fence and Chris in the same room (asking for a friend), the way they talk about footy seems familiar

Another ridiculous comment from you on Jefferson and inconsistent as expected with your views on other players Thrown to the wolves, FFS it’s called getting an opportunity. Some grab it some don’t. Plucked from obscurity for Christ sake have a look at yourself. I know you badly want him to make it to fly your flag, but despite some glimpses in Rd 1 there are concerning signs of a real lack of intensity and fight

Maclure also played some junior footy at Riverton inWA

6.Gawn 5.Langford 4.Bowey 3.Trac 2.Lindsay 1.Rivers Pickett, Mcvee and Windsor honourable mentions

You can’t be serious asking Swyl a question about the game or anything to do with tactics. The king of quotes he heard on World of Sport

Agree, he’s not Max(nobody is) but he offers a lot and points of difference. Freo may now improve by fate rather then strategy. Darcy, Jackson, Treacy, Amiss and Voss is way too top heavy and why 62 inside F50 entries equates to last nights score. I think Darcy being injured and Amiss so out of form will see Jackson, Treacy and Voss as the talls they go with producing a match better balance

Ryan Reid, Ned Moyle and Jed Walter are just 3 reasons

Yes agree, however I see his progress w in terms of glimpses of his former self and especially buying into team structure as a big positive

Agree totally media should be respecting his privacy

He was however the Clarrie of old in that 3rd quarter against Richmond. He showed what an impact he can have when he is on

Yes, come on a lot in the last 12 months after long period out of the game. Ruck craft is developing nicely has soft hands and starting to move a lot better around the ground as he grows into his body. Can also rest forward and impact the scoreboard. Currently around the 203cm height with some more growth to come I would suspect

I think a lot of that would have been based on Petty out of the clash

2 ruckman coming out of WA in 2026 and 2027 drafts. Benji Van Rooyen (the younger brother) in 26 and Axel Walsh in 27. Cooper Ramsey late/rookie prospect this year. Basketball convert when he was 16

6.Gawn 5.Trac 4.Chandler 3.Viney 2.Melksham 1.Turner Also good games by the young boys, Langford, Windsor and Lindsay

Good point he took backward steps in 2010 and had big question marks on him but really blossomed from late 2011 onwards despite being a Premiership player in 2009

Hadn’t you heard from the wise on this site, we fluked that

Has Howes been confirmed as coming in, if not JVR can play down back with Turner and Tmac for Waterman, Reid and Williams. Query on that though is does that impact our ball movement if we don’t go with Howes

The Eagles don’t have Darcy as their first ruck let alone their second and as we know Fritsch only came in because Melk got injured against Freo. Based on as you’ll say the exposed form in the seniors vs Essendon, Fritsch’s form had improved whilst JVR was still underperforming and devoid of confidence Surely you understand the potential for Melk to play a defensive forward role on McGovern or Reid along with Sparrow. Which is probably why he came in JVR may still come in the way the weather forecast has changed for Saturday night and I’m still not convinced on Mays fitness

Yet you actually criticised Goodwin for dropping Fritsch for the Fremantle game