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Yes, he's going okay (at best), but has done nothing to warrant a 4 year extension at this point. Why not hold for off 12 months? How's the ridiculous Laurie extension looking at the moment?

We really are determined to follow Richmond into mediocrity if we make short term list management decisions at the expense of longer term improvements. Just ask them how the Jacob Hopper trade is working out. The only way forward for this group is to bring in quality kids with high draft picks. Anything else is Goodwin trying to save his own [censored].

Is that a nice way of dropping Lever without actually saying he's been dropped? I'd be more than happy for Tomlinson to come in for him. May missing, on the other hand, would be a big loss given he matches up well against Hogan.

When in the next decade will this happen, and at what level will he be playing at that time? Keeping Laurie on the list is the equivalent of a gambler chasing his losses. I agree that Bowey needs to be tried elsewhere, because he is not working as a defender.

Richmond got a crowd of 19K to their game against the Giants two weeks ago on a Sunday afternoon. Given our respective member numbers and the poor forecast for Saturday night, are we in danger of falling below that number?

The guy played a few handy games last year, but could easily have been delisted on multiple occasions prior to that. He is solely responsible for his current predicament and deserves whatever comes his way, particularly if any charges of trafficking are proven. . The sooner we can get him off the list, the better. (However we should continue to support him in whatever other means are available to us.)

I'm more concerned about what our 2027 team looks like, and how we recruit and develop adequate replacements for Gawn, May, McDonald, Viney, Melksham and Salem in that time, whilst acknowledging that Lever, Langdon, Petracca, Fritsch and Neal-Bullen are also 30 by then.

Lamb has been a massive failure from both a personnel and a contract perspective, whilst we have been a top 4 side. How is he going to attract and retain top end talent if we drop out of finals contention when he can't do it now?

We definitely need to change our thinking. If a team like Geelong can get away with 1 year deals for their older players, we shouldn't need to lock players away until their mid 30s. The Brayshaw situation should also be a reality check for us.

Do you really believe that, if a coach says "please Mr List Manager, I need a genuine no 2 ruckman to back up my ageing, injury prone lead ruck", he is going to be ignored? He is absolutely responsable for the imbalance of the list and our obsession with recruiting undersized utility types.

When May and Lever are bad, they are just horrific. It feels like we've spent the entire game taking 5 steps too many and running into trouble, or just banging the ball long to the Freo defenders.

I'm glad people have worked out that Lever is a liability. I'd rather see Billings in there. Goodwin is an absolute moron for the team he has selected, just completely incompetent.

Pedersen was a great contributor when called upon, but the key line in that article is that his presence allowed teammates such as Jack Watts to play their preferred roles. Goodwin clearly has a short memory if he thinks that weakening the forward line by playing Van Rooyen and Petty in the ruck is the best thing for the team.

You mean when we're out of finals contention? Fullarton should have played against West Coast, after Petty was ruled out.

As others have said, the issue is not that we have overlooked two poor options in Fullarton and Verrell. The issue is that we're destroying our forward structure, and potentially the players themselves, by asking Van Rooyen and Petty to play as permanent rucks, particularly against an aggressive ruckman like Draper. It is exceedingly poor selection and coaching, which will look even worse if we cop another injury to a key position player.