manny100

If we are going to trade out Pruess and the 2 Macs we will need to bring in a tall. Brown may as well be it. He is good on the lead Our forward line is like a dogs breakfast no one except the opposition backs seem to know where ours mids are going to kick it.

Preuss may go but who fills in if Gawn has an injury. We really need to develop Jackson primarily as a forward. Problem is we may get a can't refuse offer, which we take and worry about the rest later.

Weed took 5 year to get consistency in his game. Hunty may well be the same. Maybe the penny has finally dropped. Next year may be his year.

Come on Joeboy, Kosi was very good.

Definite nomination. Rivers, Kosi and Jackson are going to be exceptional for the club.

Any one know what is up with Bennell.? Likely just resting him to get him right for next season. Not on injury list. Last time he played he looked very tired.

COVID crazy. Difficult times always bring the nutters out. They are popping up everywhere in the community at the moment. We have had so much education and media over many, many years now that its only complete nutters who would make offensive racial comments. No doubt the club is assisting Kozzy in every way they can.

I though Weed was ok given delivery issues. May good. Lever ok. Our mids were down compared to the past few weeks. I thought Pruess was ok. It was our mids that let him down.

If Max is 100% fit he comes in no question otherwise Pruess stays. Cant play both ATM. Having said that i thought Pruess competed very well against Maggs. No doubt there will be queries from other clubs at seasons end. Otherwise no changes.

Weed was good again. Makes a big difference to our forward structure when he is going well. Good on ya Weed

TMc may fire up without pressure. One of our talls will get their 3rd tall defensive option, likely more of a medium/tall. Fortunately Jackson and T Mc are fairly mobile and good runners.

Bennell looked tired in the last half especially last week. No zip. So a rest looks appropriate. Swallow deserves a go. TmC will stretch their backs. He and Jackson are mobile and can run all day. Looks like Port are backing their mids to flogg ours like the Lions mids did.

Reading between the lines of Goodies presser The Weid and Jacko will be in. Discussing whether 3 talls can be played. Asked whether T Mc can play wing he said it will be discussed. So maybe not wing.

Given that we have had very few 40 plus point wins of late why would we change the team. Save rotations for the short turnarounds.

Geez, it would be hard and outright idiocy to make personnel changes after a big win like that. I would say no change on the basis that big wins like that have been rare for us of late plus fitting 9 rounds into 6 weeks or so plus our catch up Dons game will require rotation resting in any case.

Smells like 2018 except our guns are more mature and better. Just a sniff though at this stage but promising. Jackson looks like he will be a player. The Weid looks like he has reclaimed his late 2018 confidence - except he has matured since then - GREAT sign for things to come. Add a fit May, Bennell, Langdon plus our recruits. Who does T Mc come in for?????/

I agree with those who suggest Jackson will take a bit of the ruck load from Gawny. We are heading towards that period where we have plenty of games in a short period plus the Dons catch up game. Managing Gawn would be a big factor with the advantage of getting games under Jackson's belt.

After years of education and constant media reminders of the need to behave in a social and a whole of community minded manner those that still engage in this sort of behavior are obviously not quite right - for various reasons i will not go into. Its a reminder that there is still a way to go and those breaking the law should be punished.

I just watched the after match interview with Weid. Geez, he was pumped by the win, getting back in after 12 months and making a decent contribution. Watching you could see how much it all meant to him. Hopefully he will build on that and be a regular in the 22. Well done Weid.

Good win in the end. Bennell has smarts and Pickett will be good. O Mc takes the pressure off Lever and May. We need more composure with the ball. VB goes at the ball really hard. Some very silly kicks and handballs at times. Maybe some confidence from the win will allow them to be more relaxed on disposal?

The mids have dropped off big time. We probably have to many similar type inside players. We seem to always be cramped for space when we get the ball with no one in a good position to feed the ball to. The season is passing us by. Play Bennell now as he offers a skill and distribution difference. Need another tall forward. Bring Jackson in for the dual Forward/ruck/role. It looks like we have no system but we actually get the ball enough its just not enough quality players in positions to give it to. Our connection with forwards is because we do not have enough naturally clever forwards. Bennell knows where to run and how to position himself. Pickett is learning and has natural forward ability.. Play them both.

Melksham and Hannan are quick and can mark but they are not 'clever' forwards. Hunt is quick but not clever. Bennell is clever and can distribute the ball well and Pickett shows those traits. VB adds toughnness. We need another tall forward. I would bring in Jackson who can play forward as a target and ruck to get Gawn up forward at times. I would bring in Bennell for Hunt and Jetta for Langhorne. Geez wasn't that free against Petracca that resulted in a gimme goal either or a joke or a disgrace or both.

I think someone forgot to tell the players that a small forward line means the small forwards to to keep running to provide options for the mids to kick to. Either that or the players are slow learners and it will be a few more games before the penny drops. The small forward line will be persevered with to give the team time to get used it. Lets hope it sank in after the Cats game.

Have to go with the tall. Jackson was rated up there and we need to build our 'class' tall stocks.

Its a bit dodgy to ask teams to play 2 games in say 6 days especially if you are a finals chance and its getting close to seasons end. So AFL will likely try to avoid late season games. The virus gets a little worse AFL may end up reducing the season somehow to 15 or 16 rounds over the course of the season. Its everyone play each other once now so all fair now but the AFL 22 or 23 rounds was not done that way in the past. So a reduced 15 or 16 round season would be a break glass in case of emergency but not out of the question. The AFL is determined to award a Premiership cup no matter what.