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Slow summer….

Petty is underrated.

There was a follow up post on the socials outlying the break down in different age groups. I think we had 20 players under 22. I probably got that slightly wrong but it was something like that. I actually think we’ve got a great balance of youth and experience and along with the other off field changes can get back to being competitive on a regular basis.

New coach and gameplan yes, team in transition yes but young team? Fwds : Miohcheck (flag) JVR, Fritsch (flag) Melksham, Chandler Mids : Gawn, Viney, Kosi, Rivers, Sparrow, Landgon (all flag) Steele, Windsor (3rd season) Def : Petty, Bowey, Salem, Lever, May, TMac (all flag), CJ, Turner Young players : Langford, XL, Pickett, Taylor, Mathew’s. And we’re running with the young team defence? Come on people…. We’ll be playing in the inaugural wildcard weekend.

I’ve been banging on about this from day one, I’m all for a team in Tassie but the competition must be capped at 18 teams for the foreseeable future. The AFLW are over 100 years behind the men’s competition in terms of existence and they expanded way too quickly and had become a joke in many ways. They should have stayed a one team in each of WA, SA, NSW, QLD and four in Melbourne for at least until the standard was at a high level across all clubs. The current administration can’t help them with Wildcard weekend, constant rule changes yet we can’t get the basics right, full time accountable umpires and a fair tribunal.

If it was that easy then there wouldn’t be teams in trouble now.

I think we can finish between 8-10.

Hopefully North continues to falter, 18 teams is enough.

Fritsch is a gun and King would know this. Let’s see how he goes with some quicker and more direct ball movement with space for him to work in before we’re worried about dropping him.

Well not many actually, only a handful of us wanted him at 8 (12), can’t wait until he lights up our fwd line.

Agreed, hence his time at Melbourne was well and truly up.

From memory when Oliver had the meeting with King he was told he’d have to expand his game and be flexible in playing other positions rather than just in the middle. Today an article an about Jack Steele where he’s quoted as saying “I’m a midfielder, I’ve always been a midfielder. So why wouldn’t I still try and play in that position. That was part of Melbourne’s pitch, that I was going to be playing in the midfield. Is that really how Oliver’s meeting went down? Who knows, who cares…. His time at Melbourne was well and truly up, we’re all aware of his greatness for a period time but also how frustrating the last couple of years have been. Looking forward to next season and getting to Melbourne for a few games, I think we’re going to do a lot better than most people think.

Could we have terminated his contract of the last couple of seasons, perhaps. Had a been player number 40 on the list I think we may have. Moving forward we need to move quicker. I’m all for helping people and second chances but we can put it place protocols that allow us to do that and not be out of pocket.

I would say yes but we have a new coach now I don’t buy into the it takes years to learn a new gameplan. We showed last season it stages we can be dangerous when we play quick attacking footy. King will release the shackles, o think we’ll surprise quite a few teams this year.

Lions should have three peated in 2023 - 25 but in the opinion of many they were robbed by the umpires in 2023. Daniher was massive for them during their 23 & 24 seasons. In 25 they won it of the back of their mids & small / medium fwds but then went and picked up Oscar Allen (all be it cheaply). Yes the game has changed to being much faster but to suggest key fwds are overrated or surplus to needs is ridiculous. Does anyone think Miohcheck is overrated or we wasted our time picking him up? Key forwards have a role to play you just don’t trade the farm for them or spend a high draft pick unless they’re undoubtedly going to make it.

That’s massive, and that fact he had to kick around his body….

Apparently he’s best mates with Bailey Humphrey.

2022 Exciting 2023 Exciting 2024 Getting hard to watch 2025 Largely unwatchable The last two seasons we’ve been slow, boring, predictable and poorly skilled, the gameplan was stale and some of our players were confused. In 2026 we’ve got a new coach , gameplan and some new faces. I can’t wait to see Miohcheck and Pickett operating inside our fwd 50 along side two very handy players in Fritsch and Melksham. We need a reason to get excited again, a reason (for some) to get to as many games as possible and to get out of our seats when we are there. I’m hoping to get to Melbourne for three games this year plus watching us play the Swans at the SCG. What an exciting time to be a member of this great club.

When The Flash started off for Dees I was still living in Melbourne, I used to love his chase down tackles. I think for Latrelle that even if he isn’t kicking goals or helping set them up he can still get involved with his tackling and pressure, Flash at times had them guessing.

Nat looked like she should be asking us to pick from the round, square or arched window.

Was it you pleading with posters to be patient with Jefferson this year?

What are those needs? Are there better midfield options next year? Will there be better small fwd options next year? Who are our current small fwd options considering we need Kosi on ball? Who brings that fwd half pressure?

Come [censored] get some!

Build it up Nat

So in theory Richmond can now make their next selection in under 10 seconds.