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That's great news, I was going to post that she would be one we really need to lock in. So much potential...

I wonder if the gravy train might be coming to the end of the cycle...

He's an absolute ripper 'Norm', will kick one then the monkey will be off his back. I think Lindsay is the better player, I'm more concerned with Langford on a wing & in general. fumbles too much below his knees and gets caught out in 2 way running, would rather Windsor or Langdon back on one wing. Lindsay is good on the other...

Agree, it was frustrating in the early games. I wonder what changed? Just thinking aloud, it could of been the culmination of a few things. Maybe Goodwin gave them an old fashioned rocket. I doubt he would have given an old fashioned bake but he would have made his thoughts known. The game clicking into place...concentration on the specifics of the plan previously meant not enough on basics like pressure. Getting some flow into the game. Fitness & form...The Clarry move whilst pilloried by many in the media seems to have been a master stroke for one. A bit of a rocket in dropping Fritsch & JVR putting players on notice. It's never just one thing.

Application of learning & skill development takes time to show up. All others have been saying is that it's something we've been working on for a while. From round 6 we've started to see the results of that work break through. The great jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker talked about the frustration of practicing a new skill but not seeing the results on the bandstand. Then 6 months later it would start to show through. It was as though it came from out of nowhere. The significant shift might have shown up from round 6 but it was the culmination of a lot of hard work started way before then. Surely that makes sense.

I've got mixed feelings about the outcome based suspensions. On the one hand if you are serious about looking after the player with the ball (avoiding concussion) then it would seem to me that incident based would be a better system. On the other hand, and I will defer to the lawyers here...it appears the current system of outcome based suspensions follows our legal system. If you are convicted of attempted murder do you get the same sentence as for murder?

I'm not sure anyone was particularly impressed. I haven't noticed anyone going over the top in regards to the performance.

From what I noticed today with JVR...2 things he hasn't been doing at AFL level. He took one grab marks and he led up at the ball. That's all we need to see at the moment no matter the opposition. A big forward step for mine.

If the AFL are serious then Kornes needs to be banned from being on the ground. Not sure for how long but it needs to happen. He just can't do this kind of thing & get away with it.

I would be happy to see academies & father son go... It's time for an un-compromised draft. FS should have been shut down when the AFL came into being. As for Northern state & minority group development...the AFL should take the responsibility for this.

I don't have a clue how this will play out. ....but I'm loving that Maxy and Goody are muddying the waters so to speak. I'm also loving that Freo are really sooking it up. It was ok for them to target Kozzy... Well fellas what's good for the goose...

It's a good question...

It's mainly the one with the headband. Think he must have grown up a C/Wood supporter. shocking. ...and watching on Fox Howey is barracking for C/Wood. I've just turned off.

Part of that could be on him. I remember an interview where he said he wasn't a leading type of player. It rang alarm bells for me then & it's become an issue now.

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That's a pretty good summation of how I see him. I really want him to break through as he's got some great attributes. ...but he has a bit of work to do.

Stats may not lie but interpretations of them invariably do...

I don't know why you would bother watching them 'norm'... If I see McGuires on my screen I quickly turn it off.

...but he hasn't been doing it. We need to get him back to that, we would all love to see that.

The media have the memory of a fish 'dazz', they react on what is in front of them at the time and don't think past it. The club have to look at the longer game. Lets see how this pans out over the season. It just might be a master stroke.

I suspect this is as much about Clarry as it is about the tagging role. He's been struggling on & off field. Playing as a tagger takes away the pressures of being a prime mover, your job is simplified. I'm happy for him to do this if it can help us get back the old Clarry. Think the longer term game here.

'Adam', I always say that I know the 10 Hawthorn supporters personally and a couple of them have since passed on. The rest are all fair-weather, band wagoners...

The bandwagoners...

Windsor - limited preseason base He'll be ok but was gassed at the end and at his age missing key parts of preseason is going to do that to you.