Bombay Airconditioning

Where the [censored] are our small fwds.

Get Langdon off.

That’s a massive let off.

Keep bombing it.

Do Kosi’s arms work?

Keep bombing it in. [censored] me.

No excuses tonight. Not the weather. Not the ground. Nothing.

Have the players established it’s raining yet.

We need to move the ball like we did against the Pies.

That kick was 7 metres.

Stop bombing it.

Definitely BBO, my beautiful wife.

Petty, we’ve experimented with different set ups but ultimately 2 talls plus Lever works for reasons already discussed on here, and as good as Thommo was two weeks ago, Petty is a gun. I like the look of the fwd line as inexperienced as our two keys talls are (having Grundy / Gawn rotate through the fwd line allows us to do this). There’s a feeling of youth and excitement about it but ultimately what I like is we’re back to being mobile again. We have a great mix of players with Chandler taking his chances and Kosi who is well over due for a big one. Then there’s Fritsch who is possibly one of the most underrated players in the game. (I base this on his inability to get picked in an AA team, a team that I keep telling myself each year I care less about). Out of all of our learnings the quick mobile fwd line is the biggest so far.

Bloody freezing here in Sydney. Will be watching from a warm bed.

Can’t argue with that at all, I was just looking back through the games, all be it at home bad kicking cost them victory last time they met. Will be a cracking game to watch. Crows have some gun fwds and mids, not sure how their defence will hold up though.

I’ve tipped Collingwood but I think the Crows will fancy themselves here.

My comments weren’t so much about a comparison between Kosi and Weightman (although the reference to flying for marks was) but more so that small fwds can kick goals as well as apply pressure. I look at other teams small fwds and their output and question whether ours could do more. When ever a poster writes that a small fwd had a quiet game there is then a pile on of posters citing we don’t understand that players role. I would of though in its simplest form it’s when we have the ball to either kick goals or be part of the chain of possessions that ideally leads to a goal or when we don’t have the ball they are to tackle and apply pressure. 9 goals from 4 small fwds in 4 games has to be considered a fail. Yes their tackle numbers were high (except Spargo) but for us to be more dangerous we need greater output from these players. A couple of things to consider, are we playing to the small fwds advantage, are the smalls putting themselves in the right positions (only recently many posters would comment we kick the ball inside 50, two talls fly at the same ball, ball comes to ground and not a small in 10 metres of the contest), and are they doing stupid things like Kosi flying for 2 speccy’s in 60 seconds and not looking like coming close to marking one of them. As others have raised I would like to see Bowey tried as a small fwd for a few weeks. I’d play him in place of Spargo, I like Spargo but if another player makes us 1% better in any role than we go with that player.

Yes it was only against North but 6 goals is still a good effort. From our last 4 weeks including losses to Port and Freo and wins against Carlton and Collingwood. Kosi 4 goals Chandler 1 goal Spargo 2 goals ANB : 2 goals Anyway the point I was trying to make is when our smalls seemingly do little damage on the scoreboard we’re told we don’t understand their roles. 9 goals from 4 small fwds over 4 games isn’t good enough from a team with our experience and numbers of inside 50’s. I would add though their tackle numbers for those 4 games are pretty good. Kosi : 12 Chandler : 18 Spargo : 8 ANB : 26 I can’t see why most players can’t average 4 tackles an game. On a side note many on here have been floating the idea of Bowey for Spargo, going off those numbers i think it’s worth trialing for a couple of weeks. I agree about Picket but honestly can’t see him being dropped. He’s been a bit undisciplined of late though.

Weightman’s now kicked 6, I wonder what his role in team is?

Again, umpiring, the tribunal and the unwarranted need for 20 teams. The games never been in better shape.

Weightman comes across as an arrogant SOB but he can play and makes the most of his opportunities. Small fwds can do more than just apply pressure.

Weightman having a great game, take note Kosi. When to fly for a mark….

Freo are a mess.

2k to fly there from anywhere in Australia is madness.

How many beers have you had? I’m trying to work out how we lost to Brisbane earlier in the year.