Ted Lasso

I'd genuinely rather them just throw Matt Jefferson into the side before he's ready than see Lobb even drive past the MFC

Just send them down to Tassie, they've already had 500 first round picks so no need to compromise the draft and they've got Clarko in charge.

I've had similar debates with people Red, i asked a mate to find me another instance where a guy has sprinted from 50 meters way, left the ground and knocked someone out in an attempt to "spoil" the ball. Naturally he couldn't outside of some very ordinary looking incidents from decades ago. I do believe Maynard wasn't intending to knock Gus out, rather to make a physical statement early in a big final, but he made the decision and it's had massive consequences for Gus and he should have been suspended.

Can't see us getting anywhere near the Cats to be honest. we're making too many mistakes and they're going to absolutely kill us for every single one of them.

His best is incredibly good, but he's clearly not happy and it's impacting his performance, if he goes to a strong club with a good culture that regularly wins and plays regular finals i reckon he'll find himself a consistent brownlow contender pretty quickly I think the Cats are going to be in a really good position to get him if he decides to leave

All that means is that we want to keep him, if BL and his manager think he's an AFL level player at another club, and he has a good suitor we are a chance to lose him. That's not to say we should pick him if we don't think he's best 22, that's just the landscape the game exists in now

Don't hate it, he can mark and read it well

If we are building a multi million dollar facility we should either build it at Casey (unsure of feasibility) or we should build a ground to play on at the new home base, i am firmly of the belief that having 2 facilities 45 minutes apart will cause unintended division within the club. There are AFL teams that run all of their different teams out of the same facility so that's not only possible, but i know people at those clubs that would strongly preach the benefits of it, and those that have 2 facilities like Collingwood have them situated MUCH closer together and the reasoning relates a lot to history and tradition, Victoria park has a lot of meaning to the Pies. I am not intending to upset anyone with this view, i just have a slightly different opinion on this and will try my best to voice that respectfully.

Oh yeah, i'm a non Melbourne supporter that's been posting on Demonland for just shy of 12 years haha. it's a massive conspiracy because Casey is cold and i don't like it.

I believe BBB has scheduled training sessions off to manage his ongoing knee issues so potentially there is nothing unusual there.

I like the idea of Caufield, my major concern is with Perts "2 campus" idea that he's mentioned a few times, i think the best clubs thrive on unity and when you have 2 facilities it's hard to see how that creates anything other than division

Whatever the forward mix is, we just need to figure it out and back it in, one of my big criticisms of Goody as a coach is i don't think he gives plans and players enough time. Sam Weideman was a good example of a guy who was back in the 2's the second he had a bad game. I think the signs are there that the 3 talls, Brown, Roo and Petty can be a dangerous combination, so i'd be giving them the next 6 weeks together guaranteed to build chemistry not just with each other, but with the mids

Never in doubt! by 2029 he's going to be some player!

Steer well and truely clear of this bloke

I would absolutely make a play for him if he indicates any kind of interest in coming to Victoria.

The backline in this scenario would be May, Lever, McDonald, Rivers, Howes, and Windsor giving us some run and dash, a role he's very capable of playing.

The changes i'd make are In: Kozzie Hunter Fullerton (FWD/second ruck) - Leave JVR in the forward 50 where he belongs Out: Salo Brown Woewodin

Jake Bowey is already a better version of exactly the same player.

I'm loving what Clarry is doing at the moment, he's clearly nowhere near his best, getting a lot of attention but he's battling his [censored] off and playing a team role when it's needed! what i absolutely love is i think previously Clarry would have gotten frustrated and given away stupid free kicks when he's not flying, but now he just seems to want to help the team win. he's had a very hard time clearly and not helped himself but geez it's good to see the redemption arc that's playing out in 2024

We are absolutey the last team that you want to be playing against when your forward line isn't firing because the margin for error is so thin. a smashing is on the cards here.

I certainly don't think they should be entitled to any top end assistance, if anything perhaps an end of first round selection that they're required to trade might be a good option to get some extra talent in the door. it's easy to forget West Coast are one of the biggest and most powerful clubs in the AFL, coached by a guy who's taken them to 2 grand finals, a premiership and has an incredible resume, they're in good hands, but it'll take them another 2-3 years before we see an upward trend in my opinion

it's Ben Brown, Matt Jefferson, Tom McDonald. Josh Schache and Tom Fullerton. but the two above are very very comfortably ahead of this list in my view. It's not an ideal situation

Harry Petty will be back for the Hawks game, we'll be banking everything in our 2024 tilt on JVR and Petty staying fit and playing well together

it's breathtakingly lazy from derm, although not surprising. the real story out of this game is that a swans midfield, minus Mills, Adams, and Parker smashed us at contested ball, clearances and ALL of the stats our mids pride themselves on. I don't see that happening too many times this season and would suggest the dogs mids are going to cop the response.