Ted Lasso

Brayshaws form has dropped because he's carrying an injury and bravely playing through the pain, and is also playing out of position because we have no outside run. this is why he also hasn't been dropped because the club knows his form slump isn't just related to him. I hope this hasn't smacked up his confidence too much and he's able to bounce back hard in 2020 with more time in the guts. Viney won't be, but should be ahead of Brayshaw on the trade table. we've seen the best Jack is going to be in my opinion, hard as nails midfielder, but limited, one dimensional and skills that are not up to AFL standard.

Our game plan is outdated. all of the top sides play a forward half game and moved the ball more conservatively. sorry Simon but you and tactical guru Craig Jennings are a step behind the competition so changes need to be made.

Personally i'm backing Sam Weideman to come good, i don't mind the idea of Roughy, but probably as a development coach to help them out. the one i'd be targeting as the third forward who i think is extremely talented and gettable is Darcy Foggarty.

He's only safe because his Sir name is Viney.

Petracca is a very good AFL player suffering under the expectations of being a superstar, and i still think he would get there. he's the number 2 ranked general forward in the AFL, right up there in ground balls, getting 20 odd touches and kicking goals most games. he'd be in conversations although will probably miss out on the all australian squad. Personally i'd love to see him boost his running and play more midfield time but he's tracking along nicely.

Aaron Francis has put talks on hold at the Bombers due to concerns they have no long term key position role for him. i think he's someone that could improve our side at either end of the ground.

I think he'd benefit a lot more from improving his mobility. we know he can mark and kick but i think the biggest thing is he doesn't get involved in enough contests and goes missing. build his tank and set his KPI next year to be involved in x amount of contests per quarter with his talent he is going to win or halve a lot of them and i think if he can do that he will very quickly become the key forward we desperately need. he's shown flashes.

Do we want to play him as a forward? i don't get it.

100% if we could get him and Betts for a decent price i reckon that'd be a good result.

If Jacks sir name wasn't Viney would be be in trade discussions? he's one dimensional, injury prone and we have too many of that type of player. he'd have currency on the trade table.

100% i would. i genuinely believe a lot of his issues this year have had more to do with the crows setup than him, if we could nab him cheaply i'd 100% go for it.

I'm really not sure who we should look at, it's a tricky one. someone like Peter Wright from the Suns would be great if we could convince him to leave.

He might as well already be wearing brown and gold mate, we are zero chance.

I reckon behind those two Steven May is the third best leader at the club. Jordan Lewis 4th. and then the current co captains 5 & 6 arguably. bit of a sad state really isn't it when your best leaders aren't in formal positions.

still not established at AFL level, if we get an injury we really don't have much back up

I think we need to have a good look for a second key forward to take the pressure off McDonald. and i don't think it's a big fish option. what creative lesser name options could we consider?

I'm sure i'm in the minority here but i'd be considering him on an absolute basement contract one year. just because if he does get himself fit he's super talented.

One thing that's been touched on is the fact a lot of pre season, but that combined with the game style and being unable to convert inside 50's What it means is some already underdone players struggle to run out games as well as their opponents the game plan is not tweaked in any way to accomodate this. and the inability to convert inside 50's into goals means they don't get any breathers and put in a huge amount of effort trying to move the ball in quickly and getting no reward, it would be incredibly draining phyisically and mentally to feel like they've dominated games and been beaten comfortably.

If not goodwin, who? is the biog question that i think needs to be asked. I don't like him as a bloke but Ross Lyon is gettable, his game style suits our list, he has a fantastic coaching record including grand final appearances with two clubs. maybe rebuilding isn't his thing but i reckon he'd get us back up the pointy end in 2020

I agree, last year we had two key forwards marking everything in the finals, so we could kick long with a degree of confidence. now the club is acutely aware of the critisism of it's efficiency inside 50 and is toying with the way it's kicking the ball in, and it's causing quite a lot of confusion. the game is much simpler when you know you can play on, run and kick long with confidence someone would be able to take a mark, we haven't had that for the majority of this year.

The thing i think it's important to make sure he's aware of is, IF he signs on again, he is not a lock for the AFL side, that's taking nothing away from what he's done for the club but there is a reality that from here, he has to earn his spot.

I honestly think we'd be more likely to sack Goodwin and just wear the payout on our soft cap than we are to re-appoint Roos alongside him. but i do agree the team around Goodwin needs a serious shakeup, and an injection of experience, and the game plan needs an overhaul.

Hahah sorry Dazzle, worked very late last night haha. we can only trade it if we get a different one to use, though i think we can apply to the AFL for clearance to trade it.

Gold coast getting pick 2 would be an absolute joke. i would give them picks 11 and end of first round in addition to pick 1 which they have, access to state league players and a mini draft selection from the talent pool of 2020 that they can trade this year. that should give them a haul capable of improving even that joke of a list without compromising another draft in the name of a club that has since day 1 been a horrible idea

Pick 2 for Brad Hill?