Diamond_Jim

you have it in one MR or should I say three

yep at least four men attacking the ball carrier and of course when we have the ball our players run away, refuse to shepherd and then the ball carrier fluffs the handball or handballs to the player one metre away who gets closed down. PS.. it did work against GWS and the Hawks last year I must admit.

Would like to think you are right but I think that Goddwin will believe that with his three "ins" in the backline that his chaos game will get them through. It may well but as we all know it's not a sustainable gameplan over a season.

nothing over the last two years suggests they are. Collingwood also took the Tigers apart at relative full strength using a controlled gameplan.

just won the last 6 straight to take the second set !!

Great signing. He would have received a decent salary offer and mid 2021 if he performs he will cash in big time. Good luck Sam

doing an MFC but not over yet

Time to engage in that perennial Melbourne supporter activity of picking a second team to follow for the rest of the year. My favourite is GWS. The reason.... they're like fantasy football with their umpteen first round choices that you can then trade forever. Also their winning has little emotional impact upon anyone. Tonight's a tough one .. the pretentious against the entitled (not quite as entitled as Hawthorn though.) In a lacklustre round as was last week there could be a few upsets so... Richmond Carlton Gold Coast GWS Eagles PS time to watch the World Cup... go Sam Kerr !!

sponsor paying by purchasing memberships perhaps?

Did they ever resolve the ownership of afl.com. IIRC correctly it was originally registered by a domain name miner. A quick google search shows a site offering the domain name for sale.

Will obviously have to be something that tends towards world domination but perhaps I am thinking too small.

Disappointment ranking ... 10 Surprise ranking... 3 Been a #$%^ of a season

One certainly hopes so. The continuation of the zone defence with second string players has without doubt been a tactical error by Goodwin. Would it have made a difference.. maybe we would have won two more games... WCE and Adelaide but the lack of scoring ability has perhaps been our main problem in most games.

Agree.. the Weid needs to improve his positioning and in particular stop being pushed under the ball.

The value of Lewis is shown by the fact that even in his third year which was always going to be a stretch he is being forced out of the team not by form but by the fact that because we cannot make the finals the sensible thing is to play the newcomers. Unfortunately we probably need another Lewis like recruit to replace him given that we don't have a surfeit of experienced players. Thanks Jordan... you delivered what was asked.

you may be right but the enigma is whether in combination with Gawn the two could could be the new Bogey and Mccall. Let's face it.. the season is gone... it's time to dance

I'm with you DV8... the years of just going along to see a player such as Robbie while special also marked the slow death of this club. Time to Maximise the Gawn to the advantage of the team

No Spargo jokes allowed OD

If you could have the same amount for one game as we get for two in the NT plus a guaranteed bye the following week would that change your mind. My problem with China football wise is that it is too late in the year weather wise. As an opening round played say on a Wednesday with the next game on the Sunday week it could work well. The obvious choices for the game are the WA teams due to proximity, time zones and being a big mining state (after all it's a trade delegation) but no way will those clubs give up a home game.

A good measure is those players who reach 50 and 100 games. As at 2017 ...one out of three players reach 50 games and one out of 6 reach 100 AFL games. Looking at the table other than 2015 he seems to be batting the league average.

Agree... the days of individual shaming etc are out but as you say I would like to think the coach is calmly discussing at least one on one why the shots were missed and how the chances can be improved. We have now played Darwin on a number of occasions and things such as wind, aiming spots, ball swing, power off the boot etc should be known by the players. No use making mistakes unless you learn from them.. sounds trite... but it works.

good words Saty....

We have a dominant ruckman but still the coaching staff cannot give us a plan that really delivers team dominance from that asset. Strangely enough it was the same by Casey last weekend where Preuss had over 40 hit outs. Perhaps include Preuss as the number 1 or equal ruckman and allow Gawn to concentrate on round the ground play.

It was reported as $4M over four years so make it $20 and we're square or $10 and keep the game in Alice... let some other fool of a club have Darwin if there is one. Saints were paid over a million plus expenses to play in China.

will he look elsewhere if offered a one year contract is perhaps the other question.