48 Year Now

Thanks Joeboy.

Was that the one where Maynard took a boxing type stance on the mark and put him off.

Give you an example. Sidebottom was front and square when he could to high balls going to Petty and JVR. He knew they would likely spill the mark. He took the ball away easily on two occasions i saw. Teach Chandler and co to do this effectively.

Sorry you feel that way. Lots of people vop abuse here for all sorts of reasons. I thought it a perfect opportunity to show some love and tolerance and lean on tbe AFL. Two weeks and a serious commitment to working with young gsy people having a hard time. Take on a role of further educating. Some say these guys have been educated, yes, but have you never said a word in anger you regretted. Not sure gays are comitting suicide because of footballer comments. Suicide is a lot more complex than that.

Lots of things a new coach should be able to improve quickly.

Yes, he really looked good. Want to see a player leading when he gets the ball.

And so ends the soccer ball error. The training with soccer balls when our kicking is so poor highlights the lack of leaders in the playing group and administration. No one had the guts or authority to tell Goodwin to put the ..... things in the bin.

Im positive Two new competent forwards and we win that. And a ruck forward to replace JVR. Hes reminding me of Cordner who looked a million dollars, had a leap but could not hold a mark.

May is moving like sn old man. Not AFL fit

Seems Trac has lost a bit of competitive instinct. Hes not trying to be the best player out there, a thing all great players have. Still can be a good player in a good team. Maybe thats all he wants

Golden opportuity for gay community to put pressure on afl to show compassion and review their education of players. Does anyone really believe he said it in the literal sense.

No brainer . Been times when it should have been tried.

For the young ones. Max is the best ruckman I have seen in 60 years but even he would have struggled to beat Kalanis Dad, Jeff at centre bounces when he came off the old long run up at centre bounces in his prime.

Interesting, thats 15 to add to established players. We need to nail this trade draft period to get that number to 20 and hope others like Brown, Woey and Culley make it.

I will be interested to hear from those closer to the Club than me on our young players going forward Here is my list of young one I think will make good- very good- excellent players Windsor Lindsay Langford Thorstrup AMW Turner Jefferson McVee Rivers Kossie Who have i missed please?

Id go May.

Yes , the set up that guarantees packs just in front of goal. Crazy. Yesterday at a VFL game the only iprovement i saw over the past decade is tall defenders ability to jump super high and punch the ball. Gotta get the talk forwards isolated. Its frustrating as an older fan being pretty sure a team structure wont work as soon as you see it

Talking forwards. I wonder how much better a few would play if left yo their natural game rather than the puzzling structured set ups. Dont get me started on how having a full forward one out would create goal scoring opportunities by having someone to kick it to.

Yes, agree with micro second hesitation. Hes still quick enough to mostly get it but then rushed . I doubt he ever feared physical contact due to his size in junior or senior footy before tge injury.

Agree. And out of interest, who would you say you want to talk to?

Yes, look at the players weve lost since premiership, Jackson, Brayshaw, Ben Brown, ANB . Then we have the fading stars which feels so similiar to the late sixties . I feel for the young kids who see them as the premiership heroes they were. May Lever Salem Then we have Trac- playing for money, csnt blame him and hoping for success and fame at a bigger club Then we have Oliver- playing for money and fighting demons. I know all players play for money but you get the feeling they only stayed because it was easy getting the best deal from us in an easy negotiotion the managers could not sign quick enough.

Could be we are so old school that we think they put out a job ad.DOX.

Saw a very likely type, young, athletic , super fit , tall, 6 feet 8 watching the Willy / Tigers today. Josh Giddey

I was at Richmond and Williamstown today and was pretty shocked at the skill level and the coaches i listened to at 1/4 and 3/4 time. Lots of tall, gym built guys who looked like footy players until they ran, turned or tried to hit a target. Two good marks for the day and the biggest skill i saw was tall backman running to ball drop jumping bery high and punching the ball. So yes, its a big gap.

I doubt either will give us a top ten pick