Ted Lasso

Not sure if @dazzledavey36 might know a bit about this given his connections to Bushies, but i'd imagine Clarry probably would have been pretty unhappy about the fact he finished behind Viney and Langdon when i think a lot would agree he's had a better year. the perception that Simon Goodwin plays favourites is definitely not just something some fans think, imo.

Hearing Yze is working very hard go get him accross and he's strongly leaning towards coming. not quite 100% but very close to it.

Well if he doesn't, we face a change of senior coach, and the potential of losing key players. i've mentioned a few times i would have pulled the trigger, too much on the line to be worrying about the financial stuff, need a coach we have confidence in.

Starting to look like a fiarly significant list turnover. Oscar, Hannan, Jetta, Tmac, Preuss, ANB all mentioned as trade options and more, and other guys like Hunt and Jones still in limbo I'm not 100% sure what a "fair" trade for Jetta would be but hopefully we can work out a win-win for both sides.

I feel like he has to if he wants to hold his place in the side, if we bring in Brown, you'd think more often than not Brown and Weid will both play, and i'd imagine Jackson is going to be too good to keep out of the side. that makes Fritsch the 4th forward, we will be way too top heavy if he can't chase, tackle, pressure and crumb goals. he either needs to improve in that space or he misses or plays a different role.

Young Daniels would probably be pretty handy as a small forward, not sure if he's gettable

Bit like Dean Kent, i don't think i'd be confident giving him much more than another 1 year, so if he can get more security elsewhere all the best to him, he has been a good servant of the club during his time.

It's definitely not fitness. the club needs to hire the absolute best sports psychologist they can find, most of the challenges guys like Gus face in this industry are above the shoulders. he needs to start to believe he's an A grader for us to see the version of Gus that dominated in 2018, i don't think he believes he's that player.

Thoughts on Josh Thomas from the Pies? i feel like he'd be an improvement on Hannan/Melksham and co in that forward position, can put on pressure and find the goals If the pies are interested in TMac maybe there is a deal there?

Third in line for me behind Smith and then Polec. we need to address the need for run. Ideally, and it seems like a good chance, Smith nominates us and round 1 2021 we have a premiership wingman lining up for us

Definitely a strange move to trade a bloke of his quality, especially if they aren't demanding a premium in return. either there is something very wrong with Brown, or Nm but either way the relationship there is totally broken which is never a good sign.

I wouldn't underestimate Clarrys management here, smart to get in there early with another team " Interested" they may be interested, but that doesn't mean Clarry is, and if JM and co are worried about that it might bring about an early, significant contract extension offer. I'd love to see us attempt to lock Clarry in long term before round 1 if we can.

A few things, which is interesting because it's felt a bit doom and gloom since missing the finals I'm excited by the impact that Adem Yze is going to have on the club, tactically he's brilliant and should really help Goody on game day which i'd say is somewhat of a weakness for Goody. I'm backing Clayton Oliver to come back and have an absolutely massive year, i loved the signs we saw from him this year, getting forward of the ball more, kicking more, using his legs out of stoppages, really encouraging signs, still so young. Christian Petracca i feel could go to another level again and legitimately challenge to be the best player in the comp. Kozzie pickett, Luke Jackson and Trent Rivers with a full pre season under their belt is really exciting! I'm excited to see how the probably trade week aquisitions go, if we indeed sign Ben Brown and he gets back to his 2019 form it's a huge in. T'Mac if he stays, if he can trim down and get his running right i'm backing to return to form and form a great 1-2 punch with Brown, T'mac working higher up the ground and Brown playing deep, straightening us right up and giving guys like Kozzie and Hunt a real opportunity at ground level. Simon Goodwin, i don't rate him, and have been vocal but his back is well and truely against the wall and i'm excited to see what he can produce, he'll be hell bent to prove everyone wrong and it might be a recipe for some exciting changes at the club hopefully.

Me too, but based on Goodwins position he'd be silly not to fully explore that option to make sure 2021 is better. i don't think he has the luxury of forward thinking at this point, he needs to load up. so there is no way we aren't going to explore options like Issac Smith and others.

That's exactly the point i am making Titan, though i think ever senior coach does have a responsibility to keep one eye on the future, but Goodwins situation in unique in that it'd be silly for him to do so, i'm mostly referring to the option to trade our 2021 first round pick.

I think we're saying the same thing. he's gone if we don't make finals in 2021 so of course he's not going to care about 22,23 and 24 anywhere near as much.

If Tmac can get his mobility back and some confidence i am still completely confident he can be a good player at AFL level for us. if he goes, i'd only allow that to happen if we got something worthwhile in return. pick 78 wouldn't cut it, would rather keep him and back him to find form

Pies have asked the question of Tmac. really interested to see what we do there. It makes sense with the potential signing of Ben Brown, that we'd move Tommy on, would be a good result if we could get someone lIke Phillips in return and really boost our midfield.

Obviously a balance of short term and long term, but the point i am trying to make, is he's obviously going to favour the short term over long term, with a view to saving his job. I fully expect the 2021 first round pick to be moved for the same reason.

Goodwins job is on the line. he's going to recruit to play finals in 2021 to save his own skin.

I'm no Trump/Pence fan, but i was a bit shocked at how easily Pence was able to dismantle Harris in the debate, it really shows that if a more calm, sensible voice led the republican agenda against Biden, i think they'd be really difficult to beat. Trumps biggest enemy is himself. I don't think Joe Biden is doing himself any favours this week by refusing to answer questions around court packing, his strategy seems to be, "I'm not Trump" which was very similar to Clintons, and i'm genuinely concerned we may see a similar result. Either a Trump win, or Biden wins, but it's so close that he can't do anything and the Trump supporters argue for 4 years the election was rigged.

Amazed that you wouldn't rate Billings? he's pretty handy. haha

Obviously a bit older but someone i'd have a look at is Lewis Jetta from the Eagles, offers some assets we lack for the team off half back, premiership experience and looking a live possibility to be de-listed by the Eagles pending picks ups and so on during the trade period. If we get him as a DFA for nothing, i think he'd improve the half back line and give us some run and class that we're missing as well as serve as a great mentor for Salem/Rivers and cost us little to nothing. I'm not sure if he'd be interested in moving accross the country for 1-2 years but if he is, i think he'd be worth a look.

I like him, i'd like to see him given a good run of 6-7 games in a row to really pick up the speed of AFL and settle in. He offers something a little bit different to the team, and seems to have some reasonable scope for improvement. I really like that he has demonstrated the capacity to get back and help the backline, but also push hard forward to impact the scoreboard. as he says, if he can improve his endurance, he can do it for longer and become a really valuable member of both our offensive and defensive transitions.

ET, i feel as though we should put a line through any player named "Jack" as a potential recruit