Ted Lasso

they're pretty much on the money. if Gawn and Jackson dominate as much as they should and we don't just bomb the ball long and high to Harris Andrews we're a big chance. pretty simple. Win it in the middle. Lower your eyes.

Probably do Tommy some good to get down into a scratch match and just clunk a few. i get the impression he's felt the pressure to be the spearhead and now he can kinda see he's not even a lock for the best 22 i feel like a return to his best form won't be too far away.

Tom Papley? would be hard to find a good deal for Sydney but he'd be more than handy.

I think harmes is the one, he's a very good stopper but has proven he's capable of hurting the other way. not sure what Neale is like as a defensive runner but the Freo boys aren't exactly known for that sort of thing. personally i would be tempted to tag Zorko because i think he's the one you can totally take out of the game and then back our midfield vs theirs especially given Max and Jacko should have a field day against Oscar Mcinerney

I'd be throwing every cent we have at Ben King. other than that Zac WIlliams would be a brilliant pick up and replacement for Hibberd Rory Laird but i feel the price would be a bit high. Zac Fisher at the Blues has pace and skill and seemingly on the outer. could be a budget pick up. I'd be having a good look at the Giants. feel a few could drop out there

I'd put Petracca on Neale and back him to do more damage. Neale won't be able to go with petracca in the air around the ground. love a good head to head

Seriously? the 23 year old who's already had a top 10 brownlow finish, All Australian, won 1 or 2 best and fairests? can't remember and some podium finishes to go with it he's going fine. the scary thing is, he and Petracca will both improve.

I'd guess Brayshaw does a soft tag on McCluggage, maybe they back others to come accross and support vs Raynor

I'm a little unsure about how to contain the Lions backline. Nev to Cameron seems the obvious one. the talls are easy enough to figure out. but not sure who plays on Raynor. feel like Hibberd won't be good enough one on one

We have too many inside bulls and sadly Gus is paying the price. he's effectively being played out of position and his weaknesses are on show for everyone. he's exactly the type of bloke who goes to another club for more opportunities and dominates and everyone says, why did you let him go. I think the best thing for Gus is to move on to another club, i like him and rate him but he's behind Petracca, Oliver and Viney, and probably neck in neck with Harmes for the position that suits him. and he's only bang average on a wing. the other thing to consider is the reduced quarters in 2020 means less rotation of star players so the blokes mentioned above aren't needing to rotate quite as much so less sustained opportunity at the bounce for Gus as a result

I'd be giving Tmac a scratch match to find some form before bringing him in. only change i'd consider is a replacement for Lockart. not sold he's AFL standard. if we could get Nathan Jones in for him i think that's a good result.

HUGE drop off in energy

Whoever they want outside or a couple of blokes. I'd nearly say outside of Petracca and Gawn just about take your pick. Ben King is going to be a superstar, potentially already is. offer him a huge deal and be brave at the trade table i reckon.

Geez we look soft

I understand why they made the decision they did at the time, i just think they're going to regret it. Ben King looks like being a superstar.

NOPE All in on Ben King. open the war chest. a gun, victorian power forward who'd slot in and improve our side right away, and for the next decade to follow. He is worth a big contract. happy to trade established players to get him.

I think Adam Yze is the one!

B: Jetta May Lever hb Salem Tommlinson Hibberd c Harmes Petracca Langdon hf Hunt Brown Bennell f Weideman T Mac Melksham Fol Gawn Viney Oliver I/C: Brayshaw, Fritsch, Rivers, Jones

I feel like we simply have to play one of Brown/Weideman just to give ourselves another target. I'd be tempted to play Salem further up the ground, and bring Jetta in. Out: Lochart, Hannan In: Brown, Jetta

Jake suffers from the fact our Senior coach has no idea regarding selections and is forcing him to play a role he isn't capable of playing, doesn't suit him. Jake is a gun third up intercept defender who leaves his man and takes marks and sets up rebounding plays. He's currently playing as our third lock down defender, despite being an average 1v1 player. I don't rate Oscar but we need another tall out there if we want to see anything like the best of Jake Lever.

Our backline is so lacking in options it's not funny If Hawkins gets on top of May what's plan B? Lever? undersized and not good one on one and loses his best weapon by playing that way. I get the desire to get Lochart into the side, but i'm not sure if he's going to be able to play that role on Ablett as effectively as Nev could

The hard thing is to some degree it's less about the people actually believing the hurtful things people are saying, than it is about them trying to be trolls and get attention, so the more attention you give those people the more you feed them and the more extreme you're likely to get. genuine racists need to be called out but it's hard to tell the difference

I think they'll try and go with a big body midfield to dominate Geelong in that area, so AVB plays for me. i wouldn't be surprised if Brown comes in for someone though. we are really lacking a target with TMAC out of form, not sure who would go out.

For what it's worth i have us ranked between 7th and 12th I feel the list still has some significant holes, i think our football department overrates some of our players and i don't really feel like we have a game style that stacks up at the moment, I feel our coaching is a little bit reactionary and don't see the same development of players that we had, had under Paul Roos for me the best 22 looking forward to our next potential premiership side is ??????? Steven May Jake Lever Christian Salem ??????? ???????? Ed Langdon Clayton Oliver ???????? Bailey Fritsch Tom McDonald ?????? Kozzie Pickett ?????????? ????????? Max Gawn Jack Viney Christian Petracca I/c: Angus Brayshaw, James Harmes, ??????? ????????

I haven't started a topic so thought i'd throw one out there! Where do we think the club is at in terms of it's premiership window? do we have the talent to challenge but are underperforming, has our football department overrated our list very curious to hear peoples thoughts on this