Ted Lasso

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

I think perhaps Viney should have been more clear if that's what he was trying to say, using the word selfish is very pointed, and i would hope has been explained privately to Clarry. but if we assume that's the case, then the club really needs to take some responsiblity for the strategy of recruiting competitive animal ball winners who's natural inclination is to do that, it's very difficult to unlearn those habits, and one of our huge issues is that when we're under the pump, players do tend to return to their poor habits and move away from the team structure. I was in favour of letting Jack Viney walk because i felt he was the one who seemed to have the hardest time turning off the desire to attack the ball in that way, and at times the midfield structure has looked better overall without him in it, that's not to say he's not a good player, i just felt of what we had, he was the one i'd be willing to lose for a better overall balance. The talk of Clarry to Carlton may be scuttlebutt in the sense that it's unlikely to happen this year, but i do think we face a battle to keep him from 2021 onwards if we have another year like we did this year, we can't be missing finals with a full list, and i think Clarry is one of the few who, despite having a slightly down year, could walk away proud of his efforts over the season.

I reckon he'd be pretty dissapointed in Jack Vineys comments to be totally honest, calling them a selfish midfield, i don't think Oliver is a selfish player, if that's the feedback the club is giving these guys, i'd find that Staggering, Oliver is one of the best young players the club has ever had and is seemingly considering leaving because the club isn't where it should be on multiple fronts. If that isn't a good enough reason to sack Goodwin along with the performances i fear he's untouchable.

Josh Kelly and Jye Caldwell hopefully

He'd probably get a run off the bench

I reckon we've got the list, probably just need a bloke who can coach at the helm now.

Good to see some Sanity set in at NM, if you push a guy out the door you can't demand the world.

100% this and i absolutely guarantee he's not the only required player feeling this way. if we don't, not only make finals, but comfortably make finals and push hard in them in 2021. we could be in the same situation Essendon are right now.

Hawks are in the market for another Key Defender with Frawley retiring, i think this presents an opportunity to potentially float one of the McDonalds as an option for them. the recruitment of Frawley and Frost shows they don't mind turnover merchants in their D50

i'm not sure this will be well recieved but a player i think we could get for a good price who'd add to our side is Brodie Smith from the crows, good speed, a good kick and would add a new dimension to our half back line. as well as some experience. i doubt it'd cost us much to get him over and i'm sure he'd be keen to come to a club more likely to contend in finals in the back end of his career.

Would be throwing the kitchen sink at Tippa if he's open to a move.

Wouldn't mind guessing it might end up being a straight swap between Oscar McDonald and Jared Polec. North were interested in Oscar in his draft year, and given a few of their key backs are older/leaving, he'd definitely appeal.

I think this is a real opportunity to help the pies with their cap situation. i'd be offering a deal of Phillips and Miocek in exchange for draft picks and take advantage of their situation.

Would we go big for Jeremy Cameron? I think not only do we need a big forward, we need a big signing! need some way to sell some hope to members that 2021 is gunna be better.

If the Cats show an interest which i assume they will i feel like you could offer a deal like pick 23 and Pruess for their pick 16 it's not a huge upgrade but gets us back into the first round.

i'd be putting a big offer infront of Z.Merrett, i think it's unlikely he'll leave this year but lay the ground work for 2021. if the Bombers think he's definitely going to leave, they seem intent on cleaning out anyone who isn't 100% committed

I hate the PSD method for players to get to clubs, i personally would favour contracts for draftees being locked at a certain amount to close this loophole

This is just a reflection of the pure talent of the midfield i think mate, Oliver and Petracca in particular are special talents that we haven''t seen close to the best of yet. But this issue needs to be resolved ASAP. if it gets resolved even Max could go to another level again

Was definitely a down year for Clarry. but i feel like he showed positive signs in the areas the majority of people would like to see him improve. He's definitely running and carrying more, kicking more, getting forward more and i feel like his kicking is much better. I'm actually backing it to really click for him next year and will be putting some cheeky $$ on Clarry to win the brownlow in 2021. i feel like he's so close to going to the next level and even overtaking Lachie Neale.

I think it's a lot to do with Max to be honest mate, these guys are dominant mids, but i don't think we get anything like the value for Max's dominance that we should, but the reality of Max's dominance is that we set up very aggressively to win clearance and don't give ourselves much room to defend as a result, so if we lose stoppage or they get it to the outside we're under the pump. Max in my view is the single most dominant tap ruckman i've ever seen, and we should be scoring 5-6 goals per game as a result of that dominance. but the majority of his taps the players aren't reading, or aren't quite right so they're either contested or to the other side too often. I think a gun midfield/stoppage coach could tidy this up very quickly, i think this is the area, where if we get it right, we will become a top 4 side very quickly. because our backline is solid, and if we can get the ball in to our forwards 1v1 from clean clearance more regulalry, they'll be hard to stop.

I completely agree, and i think we have the list to be a top 6 team in 2021, no question. i question if we have a senior coach, FB department capable of getting consistent enough performances. i'd argue if we're not sitting firmly in the top 8 come mid season next year regardless of fixture, Simon Goodwin needs to go. Personally i'd prefer to see him go now, i think there are options in the marketplace who the majority of supporters would have more confidence in for 2021.