Diamond_Jim

Usually I think most on this Board over react to external criticism but as LH has pointed out Wallace is off the mark save for 2020. The time for Weid to play in unpressured games and develop was post bye 2019 but he was injured. His Casey form was usually middling at best. Lacked the fast lead and constantly pushed under the ball. Fix these two things and we have a long term FF

Yes if Viney goes No idea if he's worth it

Who is Trey Ruscoe ??

signed until the end of 2021 for a reported salary of $700k per season

That would give us a compo pick... probably high round 2 as I understand the rules. Would not be a terrible result and less emotionally draining than trading him

Is this Collingwood's Prelim Final tonight After Adelaide they have us, North, Brisbane, Suns, Port and Carlton They need to win at least 4 which would put them at 9.5 wins (they drew against Richmond) or even 5. Lose tonight and Saturday will be massive Go the Camry Crows !!!

EO that's a really creepy post. One of the things I have always liked about this forum is the friendly banter but sometimes.......... FWIW I'm sick of the excuses as well Go Dees

Hawkins 5 goals straight Saints dropped 12% and are now only 2% above us.

Both Saints and Geelong have a good percentage. Whoever wins let's hope it's a thrashing Saints are yet to play the Eagles Brisbane and the Giants. They also play us, Bombers and Hawks... Interesting possibilities

Go the Crows !!!

Looking wet for Saturday in Brisbane Not sure that helps us. Saturday 15 August Summary Min 16 Max 25 Shower or two. Possible rainfall: 5 to 15 mm Chance of any rain: 60% Brisbane area Partly cloudy. Medium (60%) chance of showers, most likely later in the day. Light winds becoming northerly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning.

Sounds like a very dicey practice. Certainly worth querying. Some of the airlines tried this to some degree and were quickly brought in to line

Thanks LH I have found the tendency for boundary line play very irritating. In the GWS game I mentioned North forced GWS to play the boundary thus negating the superior skills of the GWS team. Made for a horrible spectacle but North won. Accordingly I was ready for the same tactic. If it was Goodwin's plan then as you say he deserves great credit.

Solid win with so much to like. One of the more pleasing aspects is that it was a four quarter performance even if not reflected on the scoreboard in the first half. One thing I noticed was that the ball was rarely out of bounds which gave the game the appearance of space. Finally North were putrid and tactically nowhere near the team that beat GWS for example. Now for Collingwood

Moore without Howe is vulnerable. Quite rightly M is encouraged to take risks... how do you take advantage ?? Let's see

add in TJ as a photo opp please Both oozed natural skill and.....

You may well be right. Few players have ever really come back from an injury of that nature.

I'm Spartacus

Well.. that was a stressful half. Probably should be 4 goals up but no... We are Melbourne

Eagles v Carlton... (yawn) Could do with Carlton wearing a clash jumper. Close in colour especially in the wide angle shots

GWS have a great exit strategy which they use occasionally. Small skilful player kicks short straight to a player twenty metres out then runs past receiving player from whom he takes a handball and then attack the corridor

Agree... media are talking up the game which I suppose can be justified in the lead swings but really Port should have won by ten goals. Hardwick's coaching was nothing spectacular. Should have slowed down the game and used his key forwards better.The fast game favours Martin so I suppose it's a trade off issue

That's the big unknown. Is there someone willing to pay. Prices paid for niche sports (and that is what AFL is) are under pressure. Very few if any media companies are making a profit. If clubs want to make your idea work (playing each other twice) ideally you would reduce the number of teams to 12 with four in Melbourne, one in Geelong and one perhaps in Tasmania.

You mean there is someone who doesn't know our gameplan ?

a couple of years on (if not less) and the debate in this thread will appear strange. Boys will be boys ended a long time ago. It's a workplace !! More importantly it's a workplace that sets an example for so many others. Frankly I'm not sure the AFL know how to deal with it. Laugh it off or treat it for what it was.