Ted Lasso

Finished second lead in every single one of our losses 4 x All Australian players re-signing Simon Goodwin, Angus Brayshaw, Clayton Oliver long term no long term injuries expected to impact 2023 a very clear understanding of where we need to improve to lift the cup again Angus Brayshaw break out year Record membership 66,000 assuming another strong profit this season

Griffen logue into the backline as part of the Jackson trade and Harry Petty to partner with Tom McDonald and JVR as our key targets next year.

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For the record my preference would be to back Sam Weideman in if Jackson leaves, i think he's got the ability to be a good forward, but also is quite competent in the ruck as he has demonstrated when he's had opportunities. I'd use the salary cap space saved to pursue a Key forward of quality.

Easy to forget LJ put together one of the most significant patches of football in the history of the club to turn the 2021 grand final. the reasons to target Jackson from Freo's perspective are as obvious as the reasons we're so desperate to keep him.

i'd be tempted to go a bit smaller and have Brown as the only tall down there, would encourage them not to bomb it and give us more run and forward half pressure. Out: Melksham In: Chandler

With the Luke Jackson trade can we just demand Hayden Young or PSD? the kid is a superstar

the umpires got sucked into buddy diving because it's buddy - that killed momentum. Petraccas injury and the move of tagging brayshaw that followed 3 goals from 50's not sending Harmes to luke parker i think was a missed trick. missed shot opportunities, we had our chances in the 3rd and 4th but some bad skill errors cost us

If you look at Richmonds 3 flags, Richmond won one of them after losing a QF and another from outside top 4 dogs in 2016 from outside top 4 2019 Giants made the grand final from outside top 4 2021 dogs we play a team we're all over at the G next weekend and then if we win that we play either Geelong or the Pies, we're capable of beating both this season is so far from over, all the great dynasties in recent memories have involved qualifying finals losses and not having it all go your way. we will be fine

FMD

Sydney are flag favourites for mine. they would have beaten Geelong tonight.

I've seen several posters deny loading takes place, and almost none who seem to grasp what loading actually is. my inbox is open if you'd like to discuss this further, i'd rather not derail the thread

Back them in. Unless Harmes is suspended which i don't think he will be. just show a video of Patty cripps

Anyone who doesn't acknowledge the reality of loading in professional sport simply doesn't know what they're talking about. anyway back to the topic.

Beaten by a better team, no need to panic We were a little bit off outside of a couple of patches, very confident we will bounce back against the Lions next week lots of teams who win multiple flags have lost qualifying finals

Seriously can we just acknowledge Sydney are a really good team, in red hot form who match up really well on us. they would have beaten anyone tonight, we were off a little bit but the Swans were fantastic

I'd say we will be pretty keen to replace Majak with ready made ruck depth.

I've not heard anything to suggest he's changed his mind, but god i hope it's right. imagine the boost the boys would get heading into a big final

Cats won't make it far enough to play us #straightsets #homeandawayspecialists

Fagan is under incredible pressure to keep his role i'd say. if the Lions bomb week 1 i wouldn't be surprised if they make a change.

Dwights tips for this weekend RD 1 Tigers by 22 - Better side in better form, Brisbane will be shaken by what happened vs the Dees Dees by 34 - we're a different team than they played last time, will rise for Finals and jump them and carry the lead Pies by 14 - Cats are going to get jumped, mental scars will show and the Pies will win a close one Dogs by 2 - Love the dockers contested style, but i am much more confident in the Dogs ability to kick a winning score than the dockers, even in Perth

Geez that's rough for James Jordan :/ rotten luck.

Nope, just that Dogga has no ill feelings towards the club, nor the club towards him, so i'd imagine he'd be keen to see a fair trade take place

Agree completely, Grundy is a bandaid, and a pretty handy one if he gets fully fit, but TKD is a Luke Jackson replacement

We will lift bigtime in finals. this entire season in my opinion hinges on if another team can go with us. the Swans are a very good team, but when we played them we were in a form slump, no Steven May, Harry petty playing through multiple injuries and they just fell over the line in a game that could have gone either way. I reckon we will come out of the blocks really strongly and it could be over quite early if the Swans aren't ready for it.