Diamond_Jim

go you beautiful bombers !!!! (I picked it... see page 1 of this thread)

Beautiful mark and goal by OD's man Ellison

yes...just made a horrible turn over kick. Lucky not to concede a goal. Meanwhile another goal to Port who lead by 20

A small jumper clash to say the least

Wonder who will play forward... Mitch White or will they throw Ellison forward in hope of another multi goal forward cameo

Will be interesting to see how JVR handles being the focal point

One of those ??? games. Irrelevant if we win. Disastrous if we lose. My concern with the makeshift ruck division is its impact on our ability to score. Other than the Brisbane game it has been our glaring weakness. Fritsch kicking 6 before half time would be good.

The Bears had a much lesser version of this plan and it failed miserably. It's a recipe for every other club looking at Tasmania as a predator or as a dumping ground. Still no answer to the perpetual bye. Mathematically there has to be one every week and the ladder will be compromised until the last round of the season

With no likely increase in list sizes rucks are an anachronism. To have 4 or 5 players on your list for one position out of 35/38 just doesn't work Suspect most coaches would like to abolish the position. If the AFL want to keep the dinosaur alive they will need to allow clubs to have "nominated ruckmen" outside the system.

Has he ever rucked? I would be tempted to play Chandler or JVR in front of M Brown. TBH we have had ruck dominance for almost 20 years and the opposition mids became experts at taking it away. Hope our guys were watching how it's done. Far more worried about which forward line will show up tomorrow

Just edited my post to make that point. The game at the cattery is huge for us.

Not really We'll need to win 6 of the next 8 to be 1 or 2. Our destiny is in our hands simply because of the logjam in the top 5 or 6 Freo and Geelong looking more likely at this stage If we win on Saturday and beat Geelong at Kardinia Park life becomes more interesting

My guess is that a Bulldogs victory doesn't really help.If anything it further entrenches Geelong in the top 4

Sensing some upsets... Hope it's not us Bombers to roll the Swans perhaps

Great news

We may have been too nice but that is our way. The old bluff and bluster along the lines of "he's a required player and in the unlikely event he leaves we will be needing a record high trade" is not in our repertoire. Probably wouldn't work anyway except that it might make the supporters feel better

Baker won't be delisted. He might ask for a trade but he's solid depth Hunt.... delisted (what can one say) The others will retire as Majak already has

From the first time I saw him grab a pack mark at Williamstown (mistook him for Weideman) I thought he could be special. Why Goodwin played him down back in 2018 I will never understand. In his draft year many said we should get him in the third round whereas I argued he would go late second. How appropriate that we used pick 31 for number 31 who did the greatest 31 proud in 21.

9 weeks until the first final Can't see it especially if the forward line is functioning. If we fell into the 8 that would be another matter

Darren Jolly

While Bell has showed promise he has only played 3 or 4 games for Casey and his competing ruckman has on most occasions not been stellar. Too early at present to make a call

Correct about the 3 x $750k offer... It was enough for the Kangaroos to table a lucrative three-year deal reportedly worth $750,000 a season at the start of the year - an offer Brown and manager Adam Ramanauskas rebuffed. https://au.sports.yahoo.com/afl-2020-ben-brown-north-melbourne-contract-caroline-wilson-footy-classified-032544368.html

so what draft pick do you want

TBH you would probably get better value turning Weid into a ruckman. Ruckmen who can also contribute in a meaningful way around the ground are not easy to find.

Freo is arguably in a similar "flag window"