Diamond_Jim

Hutchins wins a free kick deep in the pocket and it's marked by Buxton who goals !! 5 points down

White goals 11 points down

Chandler hits the post 17points down

the first time I saw the Gabba after the renovation all those years ago I was amazed by the crowd numbers until someone remarked that the seat colouring was deliberately motleyed to make it appear as a crowd on television

Tigers well on top... Casey just hanging in...... 18points down 3/4 time Demons having very little forward penetration .. one rushed behind the only score for Casey

Casey Radio Link the commentators are very good https://www.3ser.org.au/

Must say I always had my doubts and was very surprised by those who saw him as automatic best 22. Haven't quite given up on the miracle turn around

you would get a second rounder for him on present form. The upside is way better. The challenge is for the coaching staff to get the best from him. They have failed to do so with every early round pick that we have had since Travis Johnstone. Different coaches and staff etc but same problem

Agree LG you trade what you have a potential excess in or for something better. We are desperate for the forward goalkicking mid . Petracca is that. You could make a case for the Hogan trade albeit we stuffed it up and got massive unders but I would have difficulty in seeing the case for trading Petracca.

we won't come bottom by any means Carlton, Suns and North will be below us and possibly Bulldogs and another. Lucky 13th with around 7 wins is my guess

Cameron is better than Tom Lynch and he went for around $1.4M back ended as I understand from the reports. Very serious money

I think we all know the answer to that one

Can't see Garlett being here next year. His contract is up for renewal this year. Unless he has a very good season we will at best offer him a one year deal. Some other club a la Kent will offer him a longer deal and he will take it. Interesting suggestion re Zak Jones... What do you think he would bring?

No KK.... disappointing

I think we will win around the 6-7 games. Hoping for 13th. Bulldogs and Tigers won the flag the next year from that position. Would be good to win say the last 4 out of 6 or 7 and go into the off season with some decent memories and confidence in the new gameplan . Yeah...I'm dreaming !!

sorry the MFC is not a science experiment for wanna be coaches. He needs to pick up his game. The Pies and Richmond literally have money to burn.... we don't. If you want to look for a role model have a look at North. What they do with their limited resources is amazing

Sam has averaged around 1.3 to 1.5 goals per game at VFL level. His maximum for a season is 25 last year for ten games. One of those was a seven goal haul. In 2017 he kicked 14 for the season of which 9 were kicked in two games. He is far from a goal machine. I suspect Juice's figures were a lot better and..... well we all know what happened there http://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=197676903&client=1-3020-111714-294694-20320282

on paper they look even better

They have a reason for winning. For us winning or losing is irrelevant if it doesn't advance the team. VFL level football is not of a standard that it provides a solid proving ground for players. We are perversely in luck that we can experiment at AFL level. There is no one at VFL level pushing for their spots anyway.

hope Goodwin and his coaching panel have a read... gutsy by Lewis

Like last week hard to get into the other games when the mood is so flat but a big day for the Pies if they can destroy the Bombers. The rest of the games bar one look easy to pick on paper but we will see. Geelong V WCE could be interesting.

Cox has a minimum six inch height advantage that Colingwood have learnt to use well. Same does not go Weideman but I agree delivery could improve

pick 6 for a reasonably performing number 1 pick entering his playing prime.... never was a good deal

The situation definitely needs to be managed well. Our history with captains over the last ten plus years has been abysmal.

Not much use sending Weideman to Casey. The same with Hunt. They need to be played until the bye at least and then reviewed. Keep Garlett in and hopefully he is replaced by an in form Spargo after the bye. Watch for a game or two to play Petty and surely Keilty deserves a shot at some stage. And of course change the gameplan. Goodwin is in danger of losing the playing group if he continues with it. Doesn't matter one way or the other if we win against the Hawks but lose in the manner we have every game this season and the morale will plummet.