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Just signed two year extension....

Who's your choice for half back? We ideally need 3-4 players who can rotate between there and the midfield and can use the footy.

He needed to go, having said that I'm tipping if he plays a full season he will kick between 40-50 goals. Pies have the makings of a dangerous forward line, imagine if Cloke kicked straight all the time, it's either 6 goals 1 or 1 goal 6.

No you haven't missed anything. Having quoting issues, I've quoted the wrong post or reneged on what I was initially going to say. I then clicked on source and deleted the post, then I'm stuck with an empty page. I have to post something in order to repost. I'm at work so I'll start writing then change my mind....

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Was our gameplan relevant last year.... Whilst we competed well in some games and had a drought breaking win at the Cattery ultimately the answer has to be no. For a team centred around defence we were dismantled too many times far to easily by sides in the top 4 as well as sides in the bottom 4. We had numerous qtrs where teams were able to score between 6-8 goals against us (in round 20 the Bulldogs piled on 10 goals to 1 in the last qtr) whilst other games we had lost before we ran out because simply because scoring wasn't a focus, and if it was we didn't have the players capable of carrying out the gameplan. Last season we didn't have the depth many thought, whilst our list is in a better position the majority of our talent falls into the age bracket of 23 and under, we are still at least another 1-2 seasons away from real depth. We had a sound best 22 but once we sustained injuries we were exposed. We lack onfield leadership, I love the way Jones goes about his footy but he isn't a leader, not in the way I'd like him to be. He got little to no help last year from Dunn, Garland, Watts and The Prince. I think Grimes has some great leadership qualities but that all goes out the window when the ball is in his hands, too many basic skills errors, poor decision making and an inability to influence games. Dawes has also shown the ability to lead but again he is unable to influence games and struggled to stay fit. We lack game sense, it's as if some players can't think for themselves, we go into a game with a clear plan but seem to forget there's an opposition plotting against us. When things don't go to plan we are unable to adapt at all, players look as if they're not sure what to do having to wait until the break to seek further instructions from Roos meanwhile the opposition has piled on 8 goals to 1. What has continued to kill us is that the playing group as a whole dont come to play every week. Someone might work hard to run and spread to receive the footy only to look up the ground to find that no one else had has done the same, resulting in the opposition defence getting back and the player having to kick the ball backwards or sideways. How will this be different this year.... - Goodwin's introduction of an attacking gameplan, finding the balance will be crucial. - identifying the need for both back flankers to to be able to use the footy. Will be interesting to see who gets upgraded of the rookie list. - the continued development of players, improving not only their individual skill level but their game sense. - hopefully the realisation from players for the need to come to play every week. Roos to spend his last year drumming into the players to finally take ownership of the culture and the playing standards. - having a dominant ruckman. - hopefully better luck with injuries us our depth isn't quite there, a lot of our depth are kids. This will give us better continuity. - Making Jack Watts a stay at home fwd and being part of a three pronged attack along with Hogan, Pedo/Frost. - Making players accountable, weeding out those that don't have the necessary skills/footy smarts followed by those that don't compete. - Having Casey play the same brand/style of footy as us making the transition easier for players.

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Your not suggesting Richmond would ever get ahead of themselves RJay?....anyone but them. Imagine Tigers finished 5th and we snuck into 8th....Id be grabbing Hardtack and whoever else is from Sydney and flying down to watch Richmond bow out again in the first round.

Well it's becoming tradition unfortunately.

They have been made to understand this year, hopefully it remains a precedent in years to come.

I haven't had a chance to check but do you know how the Bulldogs draw looks this year? That would be a telling point, I thought the idea was after 17 rounds the ladder breaks into three groups of six, you play the other five teams in your group and that makes 22 games.

You got me there, I'd forgotten about that but you get where I'm coming from. They are on the end of the Hulk fists this year getting brought back to earth with no Friday nights games however they open the season with the traditional clash against perrenial finals chokers Richmond.

http://youtu.be/L1JYHNX8pdo

And by consistent period I'm thinking at least two seasons, at the moment we can't even string two good games together.

What else would you like to see in terms of equalisation? No doubt the draw is always a hot topic but in fairness the we only have ourselves to blame. The networks pay for the rights and they want blockbuster games in prime time slots. If we can play big game football for a consistent period we will get rewarded, regardless of who plays on a Friday night I'm normally watching because there's a fair chance the game will be entertaining. I also thought each year the AFL released how much funding each club received for that year. Whilst every club was allocated the base rate, we along with the Doggies/Saints etc got extra. Today's announcement of a new sponsor is a sign we're heading in the right direction and that we can't just rely on handouts.

How many years and for how much? Out of interest how many members of Chinese heritage do we have?

It will never happen but I'd love for a club/s to boycott the Brownlow this year.

Hardly

Delay on Brownlow decision....

Who were the 10, top of my head I can think off Kent, VB, Salem, Trengove/Petracca were never going to play, Frost, Dawes, ??

That's bringing back some memories....

End of this season we remove the last of the dead wood from the list, then 12 months after that we will have real depth. But according to some we had depth last year, that lasted until about round 4.

I think that was the case but last year we had options up fwd as well as our midfield showed signs of improvement. I think half back is still an area of concern, Salem only played the 10 games last year, we need at least 3-4 options. Melksham makes two next year, Grimes is cooked and The Prince is merely keeping the seat warm. Waiting to see what happens with White, we need another mid who can kick the footy able to rotate through their if needed.

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