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There are some pretty mean spirited & unjustified things posted on this thread. Seriously....

Fritsch is a real footballer 'John'...so good to watch him play & he's going to get a whole lot better. As for the game, I reckon that was a pretty convincing win after coming back from Darwin which has always been a tough ask in the past.

Thanks for your thoughts Adam... If you are thinking of trading Hogan in a deal for a free agent then you are highly overrating Gaff. A few might also be overrating Tommy Mac if they think we could do without Hogan.

What is this group speak/think you speak of? Don't confuse mob rule with a small bunch of posters who want to engage you back & forth. I see many varied opinions on Gaff and most topics on this forum. I hardly remember a consensus opinion on anything.

Ablett has them both covered 'mono'...in his whole career I honestly think he believes not one free paid against him was there, nor anytime he's near the ball that he didn't deserve one. ...plus he's now become a real team player in his later years at Geelong and believes the same above applies to all his teammates.

Realise that Tim is a Saints supporter for a start, I haven't found him to be WA biased. A bit of a screw loose at times...yeah. ...but I guess we wait and see on Gaff. I would be looking for the next player about to make his mark or not getting opportunity and targeting them rather than or in conjunction with a big fish type player anyway. I'm sure we are...Yeo & Dockerty were taken out of Brisbane and became pretty decent players. Maybe there is one at GC, I know the AFL wouldn't be happy but it's not our job to prop up GC. The Tiges have some small forwards maybe worth a shot.

...not so sure. When he left there were rumours of a rift with Bucks so who knows. Would be a great addition to our list.

Trouble is the team that won it in 2016 didn't feature in Luff's premiership window...

Fyfe & Judd could also butcher the ball with the best of them but I think you would still take their abilities to turn a match with their individual brilliance despite this weakness don't you 'S'?

Hope he's ok now mate...feel for him. Nothing worse than on a day like today playing in defence and the balls stuck up the other end for most of the game, the rains poring down and the winds cutting through. At least when we played on the old muddy grounds a good layer of mud would insulate you a bit.

28yo, charismatic, smart and has both sides running scared. Running on policy rather than personality. She might just turn the establishment on it's head...

By my reckoning we haven't won a game since he was announced as the new CEO. Looks like he's lost the players before he's even started.

The way the defence is structured and how they got the ball in quickly I felt for Petty today. He had no chance... ...but I felt more for us long sufferings. ...out me. Might be time for a self imposed suspension.

Clutching at straws but really the defence is a shambles. No Lever, but surely we were better than this without him last year...

I'm not at all sure he did mishandle the coaching situation at EFC...subsequent events would say they should have kept with Knights.

FMD...

What are the inaccuracies?

Only one on the mark 'Moon', the other 14 were behind it otherwise it would have been a 50m penalty.

Anyone else hate Narkle? ...sorry kid, not your fault but Bruce FFS the kids had a couple of kicks and a goal and you would think he was the 2nd coming.

Maybe he should approach them...interesting idea I know but I think it's his responsibility, not the other way around. That's what made Ian Dicker such an important figure at Hawthorn, he galvanised the supporters.

I don't see anything particularly wrong with the article. We can be a thin skinned mob at times. I am however p....off that ex board members seem to want to open their mouths again. To me they are total non entities after what they stood by and watch happen. There are misgivings about Pert from around the football community it seems and that's ok, as Caro says PJ didn't leave EFC with a clean skin. I'm not so sure about whether this Murphy fellow is a good or bad endorsement of anyone. That enquiry seemed a bit of a put up job and there was only ever 1 real boss at Collingwood, he escaped any real criticism. My personal feeling is that Bartlett has felt a bit left out in the rebuild and has been seen as a figurehead. There were rumblings about the relationship between him and PJ a few years back. PJ liked to run the ship and he ran it well. To turn something around like he has with our club there really needs to be only one person in charge...it can't be done by committee. Now, someone like Bartlett doesn't get to where he is in life without a substantial ego to go with it. Now was his chance, he couldn't move on PJ or whilst PJ was in the job as he had way too many credits in the bank. I've never met Bartlett but watching from a far I can't say I'm a fan. He doesn't seem to engage with the supporter group from what I've seem, maybe I'm wrong here. I just hope he doesn't let his ego get in the way and this appointment works well. Pity it was time for PJ to retire, another few years would have been good for us but I have a feeling not so good for Bartlett and his board.

It didn't look good on TV 'Dr' but it wasn't all his fault. You could see him looking to give off but it was pretty obvious there were no options, what were his mates doing? Lack of communication from teammates around him also didn't help.

The difference is you replace them with not quite as old guys who are better players now. That's why we look at Gaff, Murphy and co... You don't replace them with kids.

Posted this in another thread. I think he's worth a look at, particularly the way Garlett has been of late...

The Tiges have a few small forwards who can't get a game at the moment. I would seriously look at a trade for Shai Bolton. He's behind Rioli, Higgins etc at the mo. We need some pace and x factor in the forward half.