Sydee

Good point but Turner is way ahead of where young JW was if you ask me

Have you watched any Casey games? Turner has actually marked the ball and spoiled as well if not better than Tomlinson imo Is he ready for a QB debut ? - big call and you would need to be sure there is a fair match up for him - but he is closer to being ready than most give him credit for

what about this one

If Petty doesn't get up - almost a lock I'd say

yes but Wallace was a dog

Part of being a “big boy” is setting your own standards - Weid should be telling himself min 1 goal per qtr and do anything to achieve that - I suspect that’s as simple as it needs to be but like our back six have a target of no more than 15 points per qtr conceded

Get BBB about and rotate Max and LJ at FF they can’t do worse bring Daw in to help in ruck

BBB out - Max permanent forward Turner in - for Petty if not fit, or Tommo Daw in - to support Jacko in Ruck

Was hoping Smith was closer - would be extremely handy atm

In discipline out stupidity

Can't remember the last time I had dinner with friends and got into a fight after it Clearly not drinking enough

You can see the number is special to me but don't agree with this idea let it shine on somebody else's back

Agree re Turner he is putting together some solid form He looks like a very solid defensive option in time and can’t be too far away from getting a chance in the AFL When he does I hope he has the other generals around him (May, Lever, Salem) etc to help ease him into the higher level

It’s either a rule or it’s not Now we seem to have the makings of Russian roulette - sometimes it’s going to be paid sometimes not Common sense eh - for something that’s supposed to be common it’s a rare commodity

I think Turner is also pretty close to getting a chance - would he have performed worse than Tomlinson against the Swans - personally I doubt it I'm slowly going off the idea of Petty forward purely because the sooner we get a settled back six the better. Bowey has been a bit disappointing but I'm confident he will come good I'd be very tempted to drop BBB and let Max spend a week in F50 - the big fella does like a goal and a few less kms might be good for him. Ruck duties could be shared between Dogga who really needs to lift and Daw who while not quick does not get pushed off the ball and does get used as the bail out kick down the line at Casey with reasonable success - if they could halve the ruck contests I think we'd be better off overall. Would we lose too much by not having Max around the ground and at centre bounce - that's something the coaching staff have to weigh up

Really hope you are right Binman - we have a difficult draw remaining and my personal opinion is that we need to finish top 4 and more importantly get a home final if we are a serious threat to go all the way I'd love to think we can win this week - if we don't its obviously not the end of the world but we would want to start performing at a higher level soon I watched Trac closely this week and he just seemed to lack his normal explosive power and couldn't seem to run at pace for any length of time - a few weeks ago that wasn't the case I was also blown away to see that 8 of the top 10 possession getters in the Swans game were MFC players - in that scenario I'm still shocked we lost the game

Fritta is our best forward - TMac would be my # 2 then a big gap thereafter If he has a long term injury that is a serious problem for this team going forward I genuinely feel we need to try something new whether it be Joel Smith (unfortunately injured) or Petty in F50 Weid, BBB and M Brown have almost zero physical presence

I think Goodwin's presser was very pointed - Sam is being asked to put his "big boy pants" on or there isn't a spot for him in the team Talent alone just doesn't get results at AFL level - earlier in the year Goodwin gave Sam credit for his performances (which at the time I thought was overly generous) however my sense is Goodwin now feels that he has been let down by Sam's lack of physicality - we have said it many times before but unfortunately time may have run out for Sam to make it

BB hardly set the world on fire when he was playing at Casey Don’t recall him ever kicking bags of goals consistently - he did get reported I guess that’s “form” of some sort

May to replace Tomlinson Hibberd to replace either Hunt or Bowey ( both seem to be low on confidence) Petty to go forward and create a contest - BBB Casey Daniel Turner to take Petty’s back position M Brown probably stays because we have nobody better atm

I think we should chase McStay he is a Flemington straight better than Weid, and the Browns As shown in yesterdays Casey game JVR is a long way off

Tomlinson - just too slow Trac - looks totally off Brown B - really quite embarrassing Max - did everything possible Salem - rusty but ok Harmes - not very effective Jackson - just a game Viney - tried very hard Lever - struggles without #1 Spargo - had little influence Brayshaw - not worst defender Bedford - better than BBB Oliver - tried but ineffective Langdon - still looked injured Bowey - becoming a worry Jordon - lacks the polish Hunt - stick to basics ANB - some good things Fritta - flashes of brilliance Sparrow - very costly errors Pickett - very rarely involved M Brown - not AFL player

I've likened him to Greg Williams - yes he has a long way to go to reach those heights but obviously the club have faith he can make it IMO he has lots of work ahead to get fitter and get to more contests so he can accumulate more possessions because when he gets it he does tend to use it very well (a bit like Charlie Spargo) I have a feeling he might be that rare breed of footballer that plays better when at the highest level - only time will tell but hope I'm right

Looks a promising recruit - good luck Charlotte hopefully a premiership medal in your first year in red and blue

I'm not wanting to be negative re Weid but he just doesn't seem to like the physical contest - if that's true he will never be any good as a key back