Pipefitter

What do you mean only top 8? We will win the flag next year.

hahah. nice call.

I think he will eventually take over warnock. Warnock has been serviceable this year, tho im not sure he is the long term answer.

We really need a CLASS midfielder who has pace, and more importantly good skills. Mclean - Great all rounder, Has underrated kicking skills, tho prob our slowest midfielder Jones - Absolutely tough, not smart enough, could learn a few things off bruce in regards to finding space, kicking into 50 is very questionable. Moloney - See above Sylvia - Has all been given up for a spot in the midfield. Bruce - Finds the ball heaps but finds opponents heaps with his kicks. Has some smarts tho just lacks in polish.

I think Bell and Bartram were suprisingly good in their respective jobs on Brad Johnson and akermanis. Im glad DB had the balls to do it instead of doing a ND and playing bruce on Brad Johnson, effectively taking him out of the game when we need his ball grabbing gifts in the middle.

We need a bloody midfield too. We have an honest, hard at it, but ultimately one paced midfield, with no genuine line breakers, and no one who can hit those lace out passes to our forwards. Im starting to lean towards getting Daniel rich in the draft.

4 contested marks is what we need. If you look at the stats at some games this year, that number is usually our total for the whole team.

i love the guy, but he definetely has games he doesnt apply himself, like today. You can tell straight away when hes not on.

I think his kicking is a confidence thing. He was kicking it beautifully at the start of the season, had a few bad games and became the clanger king, and seems to have that monkey on his back.

Jones kicking into 50 was terrible, tho he wasnt alone in this.

He has been my most hated player for years and years. But he has seriously turned the corner this year. Seems to get himself out of trouble instead of running into it these days.

There really is an amazing upside to the guy if we persist. He really has all the goods. Great on the lead, pretty decent mark, plus has the ability to play as a genuine rover in ball up situations which is very handy as a key forward. The sky is the limit with sylvia, its all in his hands.

Anyone know how many hitouts he got today? He seems to think he is a ruckman. And a forward, and a midfielder haha.

Yeah buckley still made some of the skill errors but laid some ripper tackles. The kids got speed and strength in abundance.

Actually the turning point was when we were 11 points down a seagull nailed me with some droppings. Was considering buying a lotto ticket but the win will do.

This sealed his grip on the captaincy next year.

Started to notice today why they rate him so highly as a leader at Melbourne. He was very vocal all game, could always hear him yelling out from the forward line centre bounces. And stepping up to take those important marks in the last quarter. Hes limited in some abilities but he goes 110% and you cant knock him for that. Its Miller time.

6 - Brad Green 5 - Brad Miller 4 - Colin Sylvia 3 - Matthew Bate 2 - Matthew Whelan 1 - Ausssieee!!!!!!

Yeah unbelievable stuff. Nearly had a heart attack, cant believe we actually got back. Was sitting behind the goals that quarter, quite a few left when lions got 2 goals in front, boy would they have been spewing haha. Millers marking ability is becoming very dukeish!

Actually surprised black got that much of it. Dunn did a superb job.

Hes starting to look great on the lead. And has the engine to go in the midfield for bursts. Ive always loved sylvia, he just needs to do this every week. I think he tends to get too excited sometimes, like running off without the ball heaps.

Valenti seemed at sea with disposal, tho seems to hold his feet not too badly. Martin is definitely going to be a player. I never seem to notice bode.

We seem to find out more about our ruckman once they move clubs (Simmonds, Jolly) as they have always lived in his shadow. Lets play Jamar and PJ for the rest of the year and see if they have what it takes. What have we got to lose anyways?

Would be out of Wheatley and Green at the moment.

Its worth a punt with pick 38. Better than pick 14 for dutchy.