TRIGON

Whilst I was never a fan of appointing a documented gambling addict straight out of the most toxic football department to ever disgrace the game, I do rate his ability to connect with players as one of his strong suits; shouldn’t impact on match selection decisions though.

☝️And some posters keep insisting that Goodwin is a smart guy and will work it out. Yet week after week Goodwin and the Match Committee ‘brains trust’ - a double oxymoron - lose the game for us before it’s even started.

Which Smith are you referring to?

Champion Data: We were wrong!

I’m a bit out of touch re legal procedures; when does the Privy Council kick-in?

It will get even worse if they do a cover of OMD’s ‘Enola Gay’

You’re right Mazer; I’m a dreadful person.

Never listened to the President?

Whilst at times you come in for criticism relating to bias, no-one in their right mind can argue with this one ☝️

Demons playing Saints on Good Saturday. What could possibly go wrong?

Israel Falou...back on the market! no I am not being serious

Not AFL, but I have a version of the last few minutes of the 2003 Rugby World Cup. All you hear is the referees directives and the crowd. It’s brilliant. Shame about the result.

Kudos to him for fighting back not only from a sub-par 3 weeks plus a first quarter where he seemed to be often pitted against Heeney - a tough assignment for anyone. On the wing, most of the same problems of lack of pace and disposal precision issues still stood out. However, up forward, when it got congested, he played like an inside mid / old fashioned rover. 3 critical goals; great effort, great response.

FMD kick pass, kick pass, kick pass, goal Melbourne. Never thought I’d live long enough to ever see that again!

☝️Either play him as an inside mid, or don’t play him at all. On the wing he’s a liability and it saddens me to see such a great contributor over the years reduced to this.

You could have Jesus and his old man in the backline, still wouldn’t make a difference if the head coach keeps on insisting on playing turtles on the wing.

I you don’t want to fly then fill the tank and check the Tyre pressure.

Another game lost at the match committee stage. Although the Wagners were good, we needed more run. Nathan Jones on the wing against a fast side like Essendon; it beggars belief. ANB, currently bringing very little to the table. Reports of Stretch being BOG last week and he can’t get a game over these two. FMD.

Got me stuffed too.

Me too. Been watching other games through gritted teeth.

Enjoyable as those nights were, it’s too 1-dimensional. Yes, it’s been worked out. Still I’d rather we start with a core squad of hard inside contested ball winners and then add polish later. Sadly, it may take a couple of years to fix redress the balance of our squad; giving time for our recent recruits to develop and trading/drafting other quality ball users. We should become more competitive as the season progresses, but the media’s beat up as us being a flag contender looks way off the mark.

Two of the sides you mentioned have played against us in our current form; that’s not necessarily peaking.

I think he has the potential to be a very fine player. Normally his tackling and second efforts are pretty good. Hopefully last night was an aberration.

Out: Jones, O.Mac, ANB, Sparrow, May (inj) In: Stretch, Petty, Baker, Wagner, Spargo Petty a straight swap for O.Mac. With May injured go smaller and faster in the backline with Wagner. Jones too slow and hack disposal, bring in Stretch. Sparrow to Casey for development, give Baker a shot to counter Essendon’s leg speed. Drop ANB and increase the forward lines IQ by bringing in Spargo. Would like to try Preuss at some stage, but when classy crumbers like Garlett become available; need someone like that at his feet. The biggest change however needs to be the death of ‘Phonebox football’. Where there’s a pack of three or four of our guys surrounding one or two opponents, who then knock it out to space and we’re left flat footed whilst they run away with it.