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Well one of them was Carrazo's shoulder blade from a tackle where he was pinned and ridden into the ground, which had nothing to do with any peptides. From memory the Bombers won that game by around 4 to 5 goals so lets not rewrite history or cloud our memories of the Bombers back in 2012. Do they deserve everything they get - Yes Were they superhuman - No Did they do the same as they had in the 2 previous seasons - Yes they crashed and burned after fantastic starts

Fyfe will not leave WA despite the media speculation Mundy will be 30 next season and the sort of coin he will be looking for is not worth it from our prospective I have no issues with the club again targeting players who are not quite getting regular games in quality midfields, such as Tom Mitchell or the likes of Shiel, O'Rourke, Townsend, Hoskin-Elliott at GWS where they have an abundance of players through the middle and will be looking at trading some while they still hold the cards Plenty of clubs looking for talls in the draft this year so I would think another trade similar to the Tyson/Salem/Pick 2 Kelly scenario would see us coming out with another 2 good mids for next season

Not so much snubbed more missed out due to illness, which worked out well for us, still managed to claim the Jack Clark Medal for best WAFL colts player in 2012.

It's in to week 4 at the moment, have seen a couple of games and along with others have been putting some updates on the 2014 National Draft thread

Headed to WA vs Vic Country today and saw a poor WA performance overall for the second time this season, they lack depth in their squad and with the new home and away format they just struggle with the rotation of players. Still some good performances by a few of them who put their hands up in a losing side. I was without a programme for the 1st quarter but managed to grab one to identify the players who caught my eye from Vic Country running hard of the rebound and picking up plenty of ball through the middle. I already knew who Lonie was but was also really impressed by number 3 & 4 who were Cunico & Parish, these boys are good players who have good cruise speed hitting the ball at pace and running hard before feeding off to a hard lead with quality disposal. Parish and another mid Dixon were on top early at the clearances and around the ground and had good battles with Hardisty & Blakely of WA but it was Cunico on the outside who gave Vic Counrty the advantage. Up forward the dreadlocked Tom Lamb looks every bit a player, he knows where to lead to, always provides a contest and was good with pressure at ground level. The most impressive player was Lonie, who I thought was very much a Ballantyne player early in the first quarter but come late in the first quarter and through the second quarter he had runs through the middle and whilst he is small he has nice pace, uses the ball well and has a nice but of agro about him. For WA Jared Hardisty continued to find the footy and he is a kid who rides tackles before feeding off by hand and makes good decisions, he loves a contest but I am worried about his pace and size at the next level, not sure whether I see a rookie prospect who will just end up being a good 150/200 game WAFL player. Connor Blakely mark that name down was the best player in the WA side and was the best clearance player on the ground but WA lacked run and spread and once they turned the ball over Vic Country rebounded with great ball movement mainly through Cunico, Maishman, Lukas Webb, Parish and Lonie. A lot of WA attacks were cut off by Hugh Goddard floating across half back after leaving his man, not sure what to make of Goddard, he reads the play very well and you can see he sometimes get caught out when something goes against the norm and he has anticipated where the ball is going but can get caught several yards off his man. He runs laconically and seemed to lack urgency when attacking the ball, but there are plenty of tools to work with, good size, good user of the footy but fitness is going to have to be worked on. As I said above Lamb looks a footballer, likes to contest leads well and to the right area and is a good mover, looking at his frame I was wondering if getting good size may be an issue but the coaching staff showed another dimension in the second half when he was moved through the middle. This was an eye catcher, he is the prototype big size mid and is a smooth mover, a lot of David Mundy in what I saw in the second half, which IMO will push him right up the list. Gach Nyuon Vic Country's ruckman was good, a nice size with a great leap and plenty of athleticism and whilst not a star has some decent tools and if Majak Daw was drafted this kid has the DNA and already showed enough understanding of the game to be rookied. WA'S defence was under an awful lot of pressure for most of the day but really liked Dylan Winton at full back, positions himself well and uses his body well against opponents and reads the play well. He is a young Darren Glass in the making although I think his disposal whilst not great is better than Glass's was at that age and early in his career. Greg Clark who I have seen come through the ranks at Subiaco is still a year away from being drafted but was also good down back in a losing side and also went to the wing in the second half and is a smooth mover who will push high up next year Billy Evans (VC) was impressive in the second half and has a nice bit of zip and hardness rotating through the middle and half forward flank and as happens every week at the footy Howe took an absolute screamer in the 4th quarter. Dan Howe this time instead of Jeremy. I have seen Vic Country and Vic Metro and think Country have the greater spread of even talent across the ground, they are a well balanced side with some nice speed and line breakers. On Todays game Vic Country Tom Lamb - First rounder can play as a forward but the ability to run through the middle is a big feather in his cap and Meth Coast could do worse than look at him as it's a big dearth they have Jack Lonie - small but very very hungry, full of life and enthusiastic and is a cross between Haiden Ballantyne & Boomer Harvey worth a pick in the draft but his size will worry recruiters Jordan Cunico - nice use of the ball busy through the middle runs hard to present and get to space or to receive after giving off the footy has the smarts, average mid size but will get taken because he accumulated today and controlled the midfield from the outside Joe Maishman - didn't get as much of the ball on the outside as Cunico but he used it well by hand or by foot when he got it Hugh Goddard - will go high because he reads the play well, uses the ball well and is a good size, I didn't see him attack any contests with urgency or hit them really hard, played a lot like a laconic Jack Watts without the pace but has greater natural size Darcy Parish - this kid is fantastic inside and was hard at the ball during stoppages and through general play, picked his moments before feeding the ball out to his outsiders, good decision maker and on what I saw today he would be a monty to go in the first two rounds this year but I think he is to young so I will keep an eye on his for 2015 WA Conor Blakely - great clean & quick with his hands and decision making around the stoppages and general play, this kid worked really hard today in a side that was up against it and for me that shows great character which is always something recruiters look for. Was up against it with Parish and Dixon but looks like a warrior will go in the top 30 to 40 plenty of upside Jared Hardisty - have not seen him play a bad game for WA or for Claremont Colts, loves a contest stands strong in the contest and really good with his hands. Physically I worry if he has peaked in his height and his speed is an issue, runs all day because he is a warrior but you'll never die wondering with him Dylan Winton - plenty of sides looking for defenders so a monty to get drafted just a matter of where, a medium tall at this stage but has great positioning sense and uses his body well. Reads the play and anticipates quickly to get to the right area. Size may prevent him going first round but will be a good pick up Cameo's Jarrod Pickett showed glimpses as he always does kicked a lovely goal and was giving a couple of runs through the middle and he looks impressive breaking form a clearance but again I really worry about what he does when he doesn't have it Francis Watson - came in and out of the game a couple of times and what he did was nice and clean but very much outside, beautiful user of the ball and just your typical indigenous player who does little but then excites the crowd with something making you say WTF! Bailey Matera - if I am not mistaken this is Peter's son but plays more like Phil, came in and out of the game and took a really nice mark but nothing to suggest he will be anything exceptional

From his posts I would hazard a guess he is still somewhere between 3 to 5 years of getting there yet! Legally.

Lets not 4 points and two wins out of the one game

6. Dunn - kept us in it when we could have been blown away 5. Jetta - as above 4. Jones - our best mid when we were bad and just overran everybody in the second half 3. Mckenzie - destroyed Stanton and with it Essendrugs free flowing style of footy 2. Kent - wasn't great early but got better as the game wore on and was really vital part of the revival 1. Mcdonald - like Dunn & Jetta part of our great defence Frawley & Grimes are very unlucky as is Crossy who showed leadership when it mattered

The plan only works if you come swithced on and they are certainly not switched on today, they stemmed the tide for a bit there just through the structure but the dam walls can only hold for so long. The boys better ome out with a better attitude and greater intent in the second half or we are looking at a 6-8 goal loss

Yep just click on the Disney channel Pie in the sky rumour started on here

No really nice guy but will stay in Perth, you can put a fork in him now

Cheers for the updates and great to have you back KC

As poor as we have been since 2007 in 2010 we had 2 in the final side and Greeny made the 40man Squad. Still believe Jones is currently a definite for the final 22 if his form holds up and Dunn would be unlucky at this stage to miss out and is very much a contender. Tyson would be in consideration for 40man Squad IMO

Here's mine, My mid year AA Team Backs: Lynden Dunn Cale Hooker Tom Langdon Half Back: Shaun Burgoyne Michael Johnson Michael Hibberd Centre: Jarred Polec Josh Kennedy Dayne Beams Half Forward: Tom Rockliff Nick Reiwoldt Luke Bruest Forwards: Robbie Grey Tom Hawkins Jamie Elliott Followers: Aaron Sandilands, Gary Ablett & Scott Pendlebury Interchange: Nathan Jones, Travis Boak, Jack Gunstan & Matthew Lobbe Unlucky Chad Wingard, Jay Schulz, Eric Mckenzie & Stevie J

As I said Common trait which is hard to break or reading to much into Committed to the cause - Yes Roos is big on the 1%ers and this was a clear case of him not doing it and it is not the first time, please don't give me that km's run excuse, he was already there all he had to do was use his bigger frame and some grit to work Elliott away from Terlich. I have no idea whether he is staying or going but this just wasn't good enough, it would have been highlighted during PGR with the players

I have only seen Petracca once live and was really impressed but I went to the game with a view of keeping an eye on others and little knowledge of him. But very early on I was "who is that kid" Funny you say about his awareness around contests - that and his tackling ability were the fist things which initially attracted my attention. Attacks the contest hard with a an attitude of if I don't get clean ball no-one else will Had an awareness of players being close by and the need to accelerate early and hit the ball at pace catching others flat footed and naturally creating much needed time and space If there was heavy congestion made the decision of his next move before getting ball in hand so once he had got the ball he already knew what he was doing next He looked like he enjoys hurting opponents (love this in a player) and he maintains his awareness when teammates have the ball and are under pressure to apply a shepherd or solid body pressure on an opponent. When he tackles they stick and he wraps the opponent up so they don't break the tackles - I would think he will maintain this at the next level despite opponents being bigger at AFL level So was it a one off I don't think so, it was done throughout the game and not in spurts so it would suggest it's in his DNA. By all accounts he backed it up in the game against Vic Country last week so he may well be the one who started around mid second round prospect but shoots up the pecking order as the season goes on

You've been punched a lot in your life haven't you No stop deflecting I don't care about Greg Wells, this(above) is about our ruck stocks and they are bare and a serious injury to Jamar away from seeing us exposed

The lack of helping a team mate out (in the 3rd quarter I think it was) deep in our back pocket when Terlich gathered a ball, Frawley jogged and failed to apply a shepherd or body pressure to a much smaller opponent in Jamie Elliott who just ran around him and laid a tackle on Terlich which kept the ball locked in our defensive 50, would suggest to me he is not fully committed to the cause but it is only once incident although there have been several occassions where he has failed to apply a shepherd or second effort. Common trait which is hard for him to break out of or something to read into who knows

On what I saw he lacks Sylvia's natural ability and makes up for it with workrate, which was a big tick for me

+ 1 watch the amount of times when we came to a standstill around wing and half forward, due to the Pies flooding back. They ran hard on the rebound and played slingshot footy off half back utilising Young & Seedsman. It wasn't all our doing but it was a neccasary brand of footy to play on the day. Take your opportunities and/or maybe tweek your side a little and 7 to 8 goals easily on the board, still not free flowing footy but ends the media whingefest

Stuie get off the internet and go to the outside world because everyone here clearly understands there is merit in the comment. It's bleeding obvious since Jamar came back in how much we rely on him FFS if he goes down we are in a spot of bother for a while again. Spencer and Gawn are not ready to lead our ruck division yet. Meth Coast have Sinclair, Lycett, waiting in the wings for Cox or Natanui, Freo have Sandilands, Clarke and Griffin playing well in the WAFL waiting to get his chance. That's just two sides with 3 players capable of leading a ruck division not to mention those they have waiting in the wings. Back on topic in regard to a KPF or KPT young Tyler Keital from East Perth has stood up well for WA in their games so far, is a forward but can swing back and take marks floating across half back. Some good upside in this kid.

Apparently they were and then told me to watch it. FMD have watched it twice and the Pies had a dip, their pressure at the ball was immense

But some like to believe they cruised and didn't go beyond jogging, nothing to do with us doing a bit of homework and negating them well. Havig said that I felt they were the better side for the second half although hitting the target with any of those fairly gettable shots in the fourth could have made it interesting

I watched the game and 3 goals has nothing to do with Pies jog trotting, no point changing the goal posts to your argument

The Bombers love to play a free flowing game so I think we will continue how we have with players Roos can trust to do what he asks. Possible Outs Gawny- was better today but we looked to lack run inside 50 Salem - looked tired and a bit of a rabbit in the headlights today, but will have learnt a lot and with a 6 day break think he may get a rest JKH - like Salem looked overawed today but like when Roos gave Terlich and Watts serves previously don't think he will be dropped Possible Ins Kent - smart player and provides that pace we looked to lack today Riley - his hardness and tackling pressure will be something to think about to assist in preventing the Bombers playing their choice of free flowing footy Toumpas -has shown a willingness to do what Roos asks and if Salem comes out see it as a straight swap Mckenzie - just throwing his name in there due to previous successful tagging jobs on Goddard but now we have Cross, Vince and Jones who all tag but hurt the other way