Diamond_Jim

must say I thought something similar about Gary Lyon after 1987 with his back problems. Said to a mate why not start him midway through the season so his body could stand up at the business end of the season. Was told it would never work. Of course lists in those days were much bigger than today so it was in a way easier. Your thoughts could apply to Gawn as well with Preuss giving him a rest

Collingwood... last round of 2017 if they want to look for a role model

interesting ... had we done well this year and the Carlton "new coach" impact was minimal it would have been realistic to think we could have surpassed Carlton in raw membership terms next season. What a missed opportunity

Our number one midfield that got continuously smashed at centre clearances with the dominant ruckman. Can this season get worse

Heaven help us if what we are now seeing is the gameplan

Georgia... absolute travel gem not to mention great food and wine at reasonable prices.

Agree but prepare yourself for disappointment. Preuss by himself will get monstered. His role was as a twin tower with Gawn. We could have used Gawn as a floating tall with Preuss doing say 70% of the ruck work. The role of the tap ruckman is massively over valued. It is what the player does around the ground that counts these days. Unless of course our coaches can work out how to take advantage of a winning ruckman. Something they have failed to do for three seasons. (Perhaps it can't be done in this modern era.) On JKH... deckchairs comes to mind but I don't disagree

Centre clearances with a dominant ruckman... coaching... end of story

32 scoring shots to 19... we were lucky to be within the proverbial bull's roar

was hoping to see some clear improvements in this six week stretch but we went backwards today due to an outdated gameplan.

hope our people are all over Patton's medical records not to mention watching his rehab very closely

as I said... nah

nah

The behinds kicked by the Lions have hidden how woeful we have been. That quarter they kicked a little straighter and 6 goals. We are what we are and that's not very good

Need to have serious look at the midfield. The centre clearance stats are killing a team that supposedly has a dominant ruckman. Like our forward line and the gameplan it doesn't work

not uncommon... the non jumping ruck loses his stride

nah just 4-6

another important 6 possession game perhaps If that is all he does you play as well play Preuss

Weideman .. 2 handpasses

been happening for a while. Not much use having a dominant ruckman if you can't set up for set plays. Much the same with Preuss at VFL level

This interesting surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century "spearwa", Middle English "sparewe", a sparrow. The surname was originally given to a homely or chirpy person, Wonder if he lives up to his name

and what would you do with Stretch... renewing all three could be a challenge

JKH has had 30 possession games by the score at Casey... he isn't the future but admittedly he hasn't got much opposition for first depth midfielder. One or two of Maynard, Stretch and JKH will not be renewed

was thinking the same thing It's become a scrum so watching in the rain is the same as the dry except the wet adds that little bit of unpredictability PS of course that is as a TV watcher where they zoom the camera in for you anyway. At the ground it would be a grind

To balance it the commentator just mentioned that few are to the advantage of the Casey mid field... sounds like the same problem as with the MFC mid field