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Thought Lockhart got better as the game went on. He was guilty of leaving his man a couple of times in the first quarter and getting sucked into the contest allowing easy goals. Hopefully with more experience he learns when to go or not but this thing about getting numbers to the contest in every part of the ground becomes really frustrating at times. Going back to the preseason doco i remember Goody praising the boys that played against North in the scratch match for having about 90 less possessions and still winning the game. Said something along the lines of you don’t have to possess the ball as much as the opposition if you defend well. The amount of times we see 3-4 defenders running to spoil makes you think it’s a directive. Why hasn’t that stopped?

I’d be keen to see a poll amongst ‘landers. Would a bigger bench work with shorter quarters?

That music from the match sim vision, anyone else feel like going clubbing after watching it? Good bit of content today, watching them in game mode certainly regenerates interest.

Vanders with ball in hand? Nice!!

It would be nice to swing by Goschs at some stage this year to have a look at the boys but according to Goody in the ‘Ask The Coach’ clip Casey without doubt will remain as the base for the remainder of the season. He says we are too restricted this season with the other clubs such as Storm and Victory at AAMI.

Still hold some hope for Hunt to get back in the team at some stage. He performed ok playing forward last year. Not in many people’s best 22 here.

? Nice reply in the comments by a J Magner.

There is an Ask The Coach video on the club’s website and the first question to Goody was why can’t we replicate the high scoring of 2018? Goody’s answer was clubs are defending differently to 2018 and the system used by teams is a lot harder to break down. They are working hard to find an offence to break those systems down. Hopefully we see that over the next 4 weeks. Was also asked about Bennell. Still a lot of hurdles to overcome but has done everything asked of him. We will see him at some stage as an inside mid or forward of centre.

Essendon and Geelong back to back at the G. Nice.

Slight detour. Anyone seen the new training jumper from today’s session? Looks good on Jonesy from the pics on the club’s social pages. No front view though.

If you go by R1 performances O Mac definitely warrants selection. The problem was up the other end of the field. The only way O Mac misses selection depends on the match ups. Looking at Carlton’s injuries on another thread I can’t tell you which other tall forwards they have available apart from Casboult.

Interesting, not that it matters a lot but did they say where it will be played TJ6?

If the latest reports are correct you’re on the money Steve. Details emerging it could well be Hawks v Cats in R2.

Does full contact training commence on Monday? Hopefully we get a few match sims next week provided they’re allowed more than 7 in a group. A chance to see the progress of Bennell, Petty and a few others that were rehabbing prior to all of this. Guessing Vanders is still a while away.

How accurate is Jon Ralph? He’s saying there’s a possibility the first block will be released today. If not today, Monday at the very least.

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As much as they are trying to address the issue listening to Mahoney speak about it being a territory game it seems we will continue with numbers around the ball and try to get it forward as quickly as possible. That tells me if our ‘big’ forwards can’t mark the ball at least create some sort of stoppage to lock it in. Kossie needs to play every game to become that small pressure forward that also makes something out of nothing. Not sure how many games we will see this year but I would leave him in the side for the entirety purely for developmental purposes. He will be a great pick up from the small sample we have seen. Do we play Jackson forward at some stage this year? Pretty nimble for a tall fella and looks above average even when the ball is on the ground.

I vote Dees.

Unlucky and well wishes to both. Just had a look at our coaching staff on the website and Stafford isn’t listed in any official capacity as either ruck or goal kicking coach. Have I missed something?

Some good photos from today’s session on the club’s website. Training three days in a row, back with a bang. Are they building stands out at Casey? There’s a big grey structure beyond the fence in some of the photos.

All good if we do (we won’t though) because of the *.

Bring it on! ? Not the dummy spit of course. When’s the fixture actually released?

Can we use a similar chant to this if all our efforts go to kicking behinds?

No one told Nibbler he was allowed to go out to buy some razors?