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For me my biggest concerns are 1 : disposal by hand and foot. So many kicks just thrown on the boot and bombed fwd. Our entries inside fwd 50 haven’t improved. Can we try Bowey up on a fwd flank to try and improve this? Our handballs seem to take for ever to get to their destination allowing the opposition time to cover. You often here of the Bulldogs bullet like handballs. 2 : Players in the wrong positions on the ground. Where are our smalls at the drop of the ball. Or players not knowing when to hang back to receive the handball or go in and help. 3 : Way too predictable. When we kick out opposition teams will now almost circle Gawn / Grundy, try and force the ball to ground, then gather the ball and run in numbers. We need to look at how Collingwood is currently playing or we can write this year off. We need to play the first 2 qtrs with a play on / run at all costs style of play, be daring and use corridor. This comes with its fair share of turn overs but we’re good enough defensively and this style of play really rattles teams. Then ideally with a decent lead we can slow things down a bit.

I rang the club yesterday. (Apologies if already answered, I’ve just started reading the thread). I asked, being a Redleg I sit Level 2 N1 - N4. If 2A (I think 2 bays) is reserved for premium members with guests, and all general admission tickets are sold out, who then sits in 2A? (As you need an GA ticket to get into the ground then the guest pass to get up to 2A). Are we not selling guest passes? Because general admission can’t get access to that area. I was told they are in talks with the AFL to get a number of GA tickets to match the number of guest passes allocated for that area. They put my name on a list as an expression of interest with no guarantee and said I’d be contacted either way with what comes to fruition. Hope that makes sense.

Just read that Hardwick may be quitting.

For me we need to play fast paced footy, we have the talent to do it. It does come with it’s fair share of turn overs but we can defend that and hurt teams more by creating constant pressure on them.

If West Coast get pick are they better of trading it for 2 top 10 picks and drafting home grown talent again.

Quick ball movement, use of the corridor, smalls finding themselves at the drop of the ball. Are we watching?

Embarrassing.

I don’t agree with that, he’s shrugged out of tackles.

The Kosi missed mark again…. Langdon, surely a player knows their range.

Adding to that we’ve still got Carlton twice plus Richmond, North and the Hawks again. Games against Port, Pies, Cats and Lions crucial to our top 2 hopes. No excuses not to finish top 4, top 2 very desirable.

Another game on the way to a blow out. How quickly can we get 20 teams….

Last year in numerous games they played better including some of the games they lost.

Good win for them but I wouldn’t go as far as that.

Great call, I watched the tigers the last 2 weeks and didn’t see this coming. They haven’t been great but they came in with a plan and are executing it well. Still time for Geelong but unlikely based on how they’re playing.

I think if there’s going to be an upset @Bring-Back-Powell had already called it and it may be Freo.

Tigers dropped Cumberland who’s actually been kicking a few. The last 2 weeks they’ve been woeful. Last week early in the 3/4 the Eagles were up by 3. Yes Geelong’s mids look weakened but surely too much up fwd and down back.

Cats Suns Swans Port Dees Lions Dogs Crows Pies I’ve put in some multis taking Swans v Freo Blues v Dogs Pies v Giants Each way, just in case.

Facebook, I tried up loading the photo but it won’t let me on my phone.

Just saw it on FB. Just said “Got what he deserved”.

Petracca’s response is priceless.

A few years back I think before the 2004 GF, Jonathan Brown was charged with rough play after putting someone in a headlock than swinging them to the ground and landing on them with his body, ultimately a stupid, dangerous and thug act. A Lions member who was also a lawyer contacted the club and told them to argue he couldn’t be charge with rough play as play had technically stopped because it was 3/4 time. He was free to play, this is a prime example why sport’s tribunals need to be run differently from courts of law.

Has this happened?

Ah, I see you know your judo well.

You never miss a trick DS.

If you think that a Tasmanian team won’t face player retention issues stemming from lack of team success and players not wanting to live there then I don’t think you’re being honest with yourself. I’m happy that Tasmania is getting a team but not as a 19th team, the competition can’t sustain 19 or 20 teams at the moment. The AFL thinks the revenue from the broadcast deals is the answer to everything. We currently have the last two expansion clubs struggling on and off the field as well as North, Hawthorn and the Eagles struggling on field. The Suns should fold allowing Tassie to become the 18th team, GWS stay for now only because they’re playing some home games In Canberra. Depending on what plays out in the future the AFL could also fold GWS and look to put an extra team in either in S.A or W.A. You’re not the only person to live / have lived in Tassie, I get that you’re passionate but that doesn’t automatically make you right.