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Yes it is... Another layer for Dill to consult along with his polling before making a decision. I actually find this type of stuff depressing, it offends me that they think I might believe their BS.

Seems to be the case. I just hope his game IQ has gone up a notch because Waite is a very smart footballer and will play him on a break if not.

Dawes used to bring the footy to ground a lot too... Maybe he should mark the thing, I thought that was the aim.

I've always thought of Robbo as the Molly Meldrum of footy...

The coach has the final say...it's not a democracy, it's his decision. Nobody votes & if they did only his would count and that's fair enough. In the end it's his job on the line.

It's a worry for me...

Pedders has been very poor in the relief ruck role this year, a liability and has cost us when Max is off the ground...not a patch on last year and his forward work has been average so not surprising to see him out. Who covers the relief ruck will be interesting... Kent, I'm not a fan. He really needs to bring forward pressure and this is not his strong suit. We will know more about his future on Saturday afternoon. No pressure, no more Kent.

According to the CEO of the distributing company the product has been on the market for 70 years so it's been more than fully tested on humans. Just not used in this way until recently.

After hearing the chief of the company involved it seems more like the AFL playing funny buggers here. Everything seems above board on the company end, not sure what the AFL agenda is but he is getting the don't call us routine from Dill... Who would have thought.

Weideman is being trained to replace both Pedders & Tommy as the forward ruck option... The sooner he gets there (if he does) the better for us. Where that leaves Tommy is the more interesting question for me. Will he end up the new Trengove of the Port now Dogs variety? Is there a place for him forward or back?

Looks like another mess the AFL is involved in... I hope we aren't into this stuff yet. The company says it's approved the AFL chief doc say not. Will the AFL and clubs ever learn? https://smallcaps.com.au/afl-teams-paradigm-biopharma-pain-relieving-medication/ More in the Herald Sun that I don't have access to.

It just seems to me that the club has found a better way to do business going forward. I wouldn't be to worried about arguing the pros and cons of gambling revenue, as they have said it's not a core business. Invest in what you know, seems that's what we are doing. Jackson seems pretty astute to me, I can't see him giving away a revenue stream unless he has something to replace it that is at least on par and maybe better than what we have. I'm really interested to see where this all leads...

That's the reason why the Clarkson experience is so relevant. He was criticised relentlessly early in the piece by many of the so called football experts for his game plan. Now he's praised as a visionary and one of the coaching greats. Goodwin is a very young coach, I think he has the right stuff to be an excellent coach even though I don't agree with some of his moves. I think he has made some basic rookie errors in his first few years but accept this is going to happen.

There is a lot of premature speculation going on here. Everyone take a deep breath and read.... http://www.hawkheadquarters.com/article.aspx?articleid=2261

Well I guess you should as they are 5th at the moment. ...I'm sure the players can read a ladder if they care to look.

Consistently got players names wrong for a start... I thought he was very average at best.

Whilst the umpiring of this game is being discussed. I didn't watch it all but in the times I was I noticed a couple of times when Geelong players wondered through the protected area without following an opponent and with no 50 metre penalty given. As usual it seems a lot of these rules are hot early in the first few games of the year and dry up later. One was at the end of this game when scores were level the kick to Roughy from Smith, Menagola changes direction to run directly past Smith's left side...umpire didn't have the courage to call it but it was so obvious.

Correct, it's part of a well thought out plan...a contingency.

Completely agree with this 'steve'... The good teams have a plan, one plan not multiple and they perform it well. Of course there are contingencies within that plan as all good plans have. Our problem is not with the game plan it's in the execution. We're not playing good, consistent footy at the moment. That's ok with me, it's a long season and as long as we hang in we will be well positioned at the business end. Things will click, you can see it in patches.

The major problem with Goodwin is he's a 2nd year coach. He's still very young in coaching terms, all coaches go through this. No one comes in fully formed...

If you want to know if the coaches truly believe most of their work is done during the week & there is little to do on match day, watch what happens if you try to take their runner away. There was talk of curtailing the runners this year but the coaches were up in arms & it didn't happen.

A couple of points and questions... We are not playing good footy at the moment, I think we play some really good passages but are not putting it together hence the drop offs in quarters. As a part of the previous point, we seem to be getting in each others way a lot. The amount of times Oliver was cut out by his own teammates was driving me nuts. Jones was a big culprit (still suffers a bit from the Moloney mindset) but not on his own, let Clarry come through when he is in line with the footy. Get in behind him and clear a path or spread, he will win it and give it to you. The more the ball is in Oliver's hands the better I feel. ...and to that point, we often have too many flying at the ball. Classic Lever spoil on Oscar in the first Q but not just that, it's happening too much. As I say we are not playing good footy at the moment. Not being at the ground last night makes it difficult to see what was going on position wise but was Bugg playing a defensive role on Hodge? I was meaning to start a thread on this before the season started but how long do people think Lewis has left? He's contracted another year but I can't see it unless he's willing to do time at Casey. The end is coming quickly, frustration and time on hands and knees are a sure sign.

I would think it's probably Frost for Hunt. I'm not a Frost fan but Hunt is struggling and Frost would be coming off a good game at Casey. I would like to see Brayshaw in but not sure where he fits.

Why do people think Frosty will be back to play on Ben Brown. Frosty is not a good body on body player and pretty average in the air.

Yep, before that under Neeld it was dead 4 q's. Bailey had dead games and Danners had dead seasons... ...so we must be getting better.