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He had a great final last week. Not just goal kicking but that smother was sensational. With him Fritsch & Petracca, it would give us some real potency & x factor up forward.

Not really, a couple of years ago it was their biggest problem. They have turned it around quickly (not in light years, in the space of a year), so can we...

You are probably right re the AGM 'Red & Blue'...I hope they don't sidetrack the hard questions. I'm not sure about being brave and brilliant though, the club should always be open to the members. It's the least they can do after a season like this. No members, no club.

Gary & Glen, do you think Hawthorn's focus is to challenge for a Premiership? We challenged this year like all clubs, just came up well short. Sounds like a let out for Bartlett and Pert. I sure hope they are going to discuss the training facility as it is very important to on field performance....

Corey is a goer and handy depth. Won't be much more than that as he lacks the quick reaction time that the really good players have. Just that hair off...

One thing I will say about this. Forget the timing, he doesn't need to step down now. No one is at home. Nathan won't be Captain next year...I can guarantee Steele Sidebottom's good one on that.

Well actually you can...it's why top clubs buy in experienced free agents... ...but I do get your point. Our lack of good leadership/experience goes back a long way and we're still playing catch up.

I think so too 'Macca', my guess is that the game plan may have been too complex for the players. A lot of young coaches over complicate things, funny that the fill in coaches let the players play and results followed. Dimma let go a bit and let the Tiges play and finally got the results. We had a bunch of headless chooks running around and no runner would have fixed that. #lettheplayersplay

I think he's a bit vanilla but who knows, he might give us something. Will be better than our other options if they are looking at playing him on the wing...

Roos is consistent with Tomlinson. When he was on the market early in his career we were not interested. Obviously Roos didn't/doesn't rate him. I agree with Roos, he's not what we need, yes we need outside run & he's a nice enough player but he doesn't make an impact. The best game I've seen Tomlinson play was at CHB against Dawes...hardly a ringing endorsement. I really hope we have Langdon tied up.

He's a player without a real position. A failed forward made ruck who the Cats don't trust in the role. In a team crying out for assistance for Hawkins, you don't think the Cat's would use him forward if they thought he might be any good there...

177cm hardly makes him tall, would call that short by AFL standards unless he's had a sudden growth spurt.

Any relation to Wayne Kerr 'Ethan'?

I wouldn't guarantee it...GWS are a talanted unit if they get it together & C/wood injuries might bring them undone...

Why? We've got enough players who can't find a position and can't find the ball. Why get another one?

I find Jennings to be very driven but also very uninspiring. He's doing all in his power to make it as a senior coach even to the extent of taking on a PR person which I find a bit odd. I personally don't think he will make it based on what I have heard from him.

I would be having Fritsch play that role. Much better player. The only similarity Tomlinson has to Lynch is his aerobic capacity.

Nic Nat was brilliant last night and set the tone for the game. Don't underestimate what he brought to the game, the numbers don't always tell the story.

Not only his kicking 'Ethan', he doesn't mind the odd short step on tonights performance... Looks good running free with ball in hand though.

Fagan was long gone by this time. Ah...I thought that face was familiar...West was a star & Max is.

This sort of stuff usually comes from people who put a bit of money in the club and like to feel that puts them on the inside, it can also be from disgruntled board members. Players connections can also get in on the odd Chinese whisper. It would be very unlikely to come from anyone in the FD...

Who was the other one???

He's been dropped because he's not good enough. We were never interested in Tomlinson in the past for good reason. He's wasn't what we needed and you know what, he's still not what we need. He's a vanilla footballer who doesn't find enough of the ball...nice athlete, average footballer. I sure hope we have more than Tomlinson (I hope we don't have him at all) up our sleeves otherwise we're f....,

He's already said we got it wrong....by saying that he's saying a lot more than we just had a bad year. Let's see if we can now get it right in 2020. Admitting we made mistakes is a good first step, it's not accepting 2019 as just a "Bad Year"...

...much better player than Col though 'Wrecker'. Already putting more consistent performances on the board.