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Really reminds me of Gunston but maybe not quite as talented

So currently seems that we may be missing Lewis, Gunston, Hardwick & Impey from our best 22 for round 1. That's a lot of reliable drive from defence and 2 key targets forward. Could be better, could be worse

Anyone else think Minch is a chunky little nugget? I don't remember him being that solid. Almost looked like Stewie Dew light. Moved well from the highlights though

Stratts Chip Greaves Scrim BB Sicily Hendo Titch Smith O’Brien Lewis Punky Silk Patton Poppy Cegs Jaeger Worpal Wingard Scully Shiels Maginnes I know I'm dreaming with Maginnes but I'd love to see him out there. I also think Greaves is ready. Very, very solid performer and a good ball user. I...

I don't mind this but I think it will be Frost plays on the smalls. We will hopefully still have Sicily and Scrimshaw to use their foot skills from defence. Hartley is another good user though. Jeez, we're really going to be the land of the giants with potentially a 198cm defensive 'small'...

Yeah the wet will be interesting. Surely we'd have to adjust slightly. Hardwick, Stratton, Frost can all play on smalls. Hardwick is good below the knees, Stratts is smart enough in the wet but unsure on Frost in the wet. Maybe he'd be the out. Hartley is the other unknown. Seems quick and is a...

100% on Shiels defensive work but that is usually the midfielder most replaceable if you have someone else with the tank and hunger to do it. Will Langford would have been the perfect Shiels replacement if he didn't turn it over so often. I don't think Finn will take a couple of years. I think...

Agree. We are up to something. I am sure it is Clarko realising we don't have the cattle to run with the manic pressure game that we implemented and the bulldogs, Richmond have run with since. We don't have the foot skills/ experience to play pure possession footy to counter it anymore either...

* he looks like Dustin Fletcher

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No one will like this but it would be a fantastic problem to have if he pushed Shiels out. He seems the most likely candidate. Both elite tanks but Finn will hopefully develop into a Shiels 2.0 For the record I love Shiels and his leadership is something Finn wouldn't replace but I think he is...

My only counter to that is that the coaches were pleased enough with his performances in the backline (I think there were more than just the WC game) to send him back through the preseason. From there they have loved what they have seen from Big Boy in defence and Cegs as No1 ruck. "Yze: Big Boy...

I hear there's a virus that's going around the globe at the moment. Maybe they can be 'quarantined' against that for 14 days

Let's just boo the whole of St Waverley

Scully and Hendo/ Smith is a very competent outside department. Day, Finn and maybe Greaves coming through will help

No idea. I'd be thinking Stratts and Sic in the backline.

Should never have dropped that game. Umpires or not. Our System fell down terribly

Hodgey is enjoying retirement. A LOT! Has to have put on 10 kegs pretty quickly. Good on you Hodgey :thumbsu:

Good to hear he is coming on. Sounds like a very good Breust replacement for when the time comes. Maybe sounds like a mix between Breust and Cyril

I went to the first Hawks v Crows game that Lake played in 2013 and plonked myself down our defensive goals for the first qtr. Lake was absolutely lost. Had both Hodge and Gibbo tear strips off him. Gibbo walked to the goal square and picked Lakey up off his haunches after Lakey winded himself...

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This also depends on if you have Scrimshaw in your back 50. He is a fantastic user of the ball and great decision maker. Also Hartley, who is apparently a very sound kick. If we are running Frost/ Frawley then yes all of our leg speed lies in 2 guys that better be quick running back as their...

Ball speed is critical. We had a midfield like treacle when we had Hodge, Mitchell, Lewis and Sewell. But three of those guys could bullet a 40 meter pass quicker than anyone could run with it, and they did. Often. Goo was also fantastic long field kick. Low, hard and long from half back to...

Injuries do take their toll for sure. My point was more to illustrate the top teams work out ways to cover them, if they can. Positional changes or game plan changes, both of which take a highly skilled and drilled team to implement and make successful, are two areas that I think are important...

Was in Melbourne a few years ago and saw Paul Salmon across from the G. Said hello Fish and he said hello back. Always see Justin Westhoff around Adelaide. Has skinny legs.

Unfortunately they are only a reason for teams that aren't near enough to challenge. The ones that are can cover the injuries and still put wins on the board. Richmond and GWS last year. Hawthorn in 2014. If you're good enough, the injuries should only effect your percentage

Would have boosted his confidence having a defender of Stratton's quality, and the captain, say he's going well and very hard to play on. We may have found a steal here from the rookie draft

Thanks for the write up. Do you know who was apposed to TOB for the majority of the session? Great to hear him having an impact and getting some confidence

It was THE moment of the threepeat. We should start a petition to make sure that moment is immortalised at Dingley

He is such a damaging player at near his best. Tore us apart on more than one occasion. Hopefully 70% mid time and 30% forward. He is a different dynamic to our other mids too, which is important. Still remember him charging off half back in the 2014 prelim. Almost won them the game in a 10...