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Do you reckon the dogs could lend us Macrae for 5 or 6 years????

Eddie...I shake my head. Were the spin doctors at work with the coin toss??????

On another note...I thought Phil Davis was good last night. I generally don't like current players commenting on the game but he gave some good insights. Also, we could do with him at FB...

Agree 'Hillary', got to keep it simple for Frosty... No short kicks, no switching the play, just long down the line please. I think he also really struggles with the zone concept, needs a player to watch and that's it. Anything more and he's done...

He's so close to really imposing himself on a game...played well last night. Was a very important part of the win.

Well, that's what Brian & Bruce we're saying... ...but looked more like he got the wind knocked out of him if I was to guess.

He is a smart footballer and used it well but he didn't get much of it & is a liability as a pressure forward. He just can't stick a tackle, the oppo run through him & off him too easily.

Tmac - Lost his touch... Tommy is really struggling with his marking at the mo...has lost all confidence. He even 2 touched a simple gimme. Some of it is positioning but a lot of it is touch. Tommy gets his touch back and it makes us a much more dangerous team.

I think that was 'Pennants' point 'Gonzo'. Adding class/pace is the final piece of the rebuild that started with Roos.

No he's not 'SWYL'...a wingman is never the root problem. Our problems start in the guts...ably assisted by our KPF & KPD. Jones is a long way down the list.

Combined with a lack of organisation around the stoppages from our middle 4 (plus Harmes and the cameo players)...is causing a lot of problems.

I would think they do... Say's it all really...

Well written article by Ryan I would have thought. Our midfield for whatever reason have become lazy, they are downhill skiers at the moment. The other big problem and probably the main reason we are getting scored against so much from stoppages is that they are not playing as a unit. I include Max in this, he's a key part of that unit. It's every man for himself... Viney is always problematic, it's his nature to see ball get ball and then try and break tackles. It's not always (most often) the best option...he needs to be a team player and hopefully this was pointed out to him in the "circle of truth"... Harmes can be a bit selfish with the ball particularly around goal... So currently we have a lazy, selfish and disorganised midfield, a virtually non existent forward line and a VFL level defence. It's no wonder we a 0-3. Turning around the midfield will go a long way to making that 1-4...

Speaking of tanking, was someone putting on a little bit of a Willesee performance on 360 tonight?

Carlton had previously practiced their tanking skills in 2006 with the Gibbs cup before fronting up again in 2007 for the Kreutzer cup... Seriously, and we get the label... When Essendon and Carlton met in round 16 of 2006, the sides were firmly entrenched at the bottom of the ladder, with Carlton having lost its last seven games and Essendon a then-club-record fourteen. Speculation that the result would decide the wooden spoon (and hence the first draft pick) led to the game jokingly being dubbed the "Bryce Gibbs Cup" by some in the media.[3] The match ended in a draw.

Nothing to do with an aligned club 'Rusty' Hawthorn and Box Hill are also an alignment. Maybe they do it better like they do most things and we could perhaps learn but they are an alignment non the less.

He might be "rested" then 'dazzle', that has happened to captains in the past....

If we'd kept #6 we would be whinging about missing out on May & having to put up with another season of Froscar...with little relief in sight...

Yep, the only thing we did wrong was we did it poorly. We had the wrong people, alternate agendas and loose lips. Other clubs did it better and some like Carlton had people at the top covering them.

Well 'titan', I would think it's pretty easy to project that one forward. He's not going to get any faster, the game has gotten faster, it's harder to just zone off and he was caught out time and again last year. The opposition exposed him by playing through his direct opponent. Do the sums, apply a bit of footy logic and that's how I can say that... You're clutching at straws with Lewis... ...but having said that, you're right he can't do much worse than the current 22 and that's an indictment on them and the FD.

I only watched the first Q and most of the 2nd... His ball touch was a bit off as to be expected but he got involved and his pace is a problem for the oppo... I think as soon as he hits some match fitness we need to bring him in, at least he has some leg speed, a bit of X factor and is a goal kicker. All things we lack.

I don't think having Lewis in this team will help 'Nudge', he was a main offender in the Prelim loss and we have to realise the game has passed him by. If we haven't developed players to take his role in the last 2 years, we've got trouble. There are senior players in the defensive half who need to stand up. With due respect the 2019 model Lewis just gives the opposition another avenue to play through.

We're not playing in the 80's and 90's now 'DV8', a defender who can't kick is a total liability these days. ...by the way Ayres is a legend, they don't just grow on trees. Lovett is a Dee legend, they grow on the odd tree. No matter how much you visualise Smith is never going to be in the ball park of these 2....

Not quick enough to get to the foot of that pack...reaction time too slow.