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Pearce can be heavily scored on if we move the ball quickly (we’ve got a hold of him a few times). Really solid full back when they’re firing, but he’s a plodder. Ryan is a star.

This is good handling of Sanders. IMO, he’s struggled a shade with the pace of AFL, although that’s something that will improve quick enough and 3-4 weeks of banging the door down at VFL level will do him no harm. Most youngsters come in and out early, and I don’t mind that Bevo gives them a...

Lobb does a lot of stuff that goes unnoticed. Dummy leads, blocks, bringing the ball to the front of a contest (yes that’s a skill, a lot of our other talls don’t do it). Naughton & Weightman look better when he’s in the side. He’s been in systems with Jeremy Cameron, Patton, Green etc and Freo...

After what he dished up vs Essendon, English simply can’t play this week. Has to be dropped even if there’s only a skerrick of selection integrity left. I don’t care if John Schultz gets the call up and is first ruck, but Tim can’t be lining up in the seniors following last Friday’s efforts.

Didn’t Bevo sort of try this in 2015? I remember a game vs Freo where he picked some random tall (Cordy?) to take on Sandilands and after getting belted in the first quarter, we kind of just forfeited the role. Really weird game to watch live because of it, but the tactic appeared to work that...

Bevo has never rated ruckman. He sees them a waste of space unless they can greatly influence other areas of the field and link up on the ground. While I didn’t necessarily agree with it, I saw where Bevo was coming from with this when 3rd man up was a thing, i.e. a dominant opposition ruck...

English cannot play next week after that gutless performance. You can be beaten, sure, but that was insipid. He’s far too soft. Give me any big battler on a third of his asking price. Heck, we might actually win a hit out and get an effort then (along with saving cash). Complete lemon, make...

Bit of a maturity test here for the Dogs. For such a wildly inconsistent team over the last few years, especially without the ball, the defence & pressure has been solid to start the season, but turnovers in traffic are proving costly (should only improve on that, though). I think the Dogs are...

For now, I’m more open to Naughton as a swing man who starts forward. He’s now a confidence player aerially, who is probably the best key forward in the comp at ground level when you add in his defensive skills. When we’re up and about, he’s best suited forward of centre. There were at least a...

Can’t fault the effort and plenty of positives to take out the game, especially the pressure, but we’re just not quite there yet. Like we got a shade lucky with a lot of fumbles in tight when we had control, which could’ve been turned over pretty easy, but a defensive effort of Bont, Libba or...

It’s a 50/50 call on what we saw on the review. Like he may have controlled it before the line, but it felt as though there was a frame missing to really know and he’s arguably only controlled that fully after the line. You have to trust the umpires original call with those ones and it’s what...

We’re hanging in there, but Cats get too much easy ball on their half forward line. Put someone on Miers ffs.

Horne-Francis has a bigger behind than Black Caviar. Lots of power due to that barge arse.

Give him half a sniff when they have momentum and he’s very dangerous in small doses. But he just does some seriously dumb things otherwise.

He’s a useful enough operator on his day (mainly due to versatility), but geez Finlayson is a dumb footballer when he’s off.

Not too fussed about 2 years for JUH, works well for both parties as he does need to produce more to warrant mega $$$ and there’s an incentive for him to do that short term rather a middling deal to get him to FA. I’m as big a fan of him as anyone, but he hasn’t done enough to warrant a massive...

Can someone also teach Derm, Dwayne and Johnno what the holding the ball rule is? I don’t agree with a lot of the prior opportunity interpretations, but at least I still know them. It’s nuffie central at Fox Footy.

Surely St Kilda appeal the one-match suspension with Max King? It looks a lot worse when slowed down, but going off real time, what else is he meant to do there? Disappear? It looks as though the Collingwood player has almost been pushed into him and he wasn’t there bump (just a reaction imo).

I’m still dirty on the Lake deal, premiership window team acquires one of the best key backs in the comp for bugger all. I know there was age queries and a late fallout with us, but Lake types are very rarely available, even more so as a final piece to a puzzle. Hawthorn would still be having...

An old school dragging of McNeil would’ve been suffice (worst game I’ve seen from a Bulldog since VDM in that Freo final), but it was the right call to take Sanders out. He was gassed and I thought he really struggled with the pace of the game at times. Sanders will be fine, some debuts work...

We tried those things in the 3rd quarter, just couldn’t convert. Can’t piss away chances when you get a sniff against a good side.

Basic mistakes were the difference today. Selections sure (how many are involved in that?), but we completely wasted momentum.

Spot on. I’m just saying that today goes on the players. You’d want a Bont or Libba bake to the group after that.

Bramble and Gallagher were fine. McNeil can’t play again & VDM very meh.

You might be right and I’m usually no Bevo sympathiser, but the players have to own today. Too many basic errors.

What could he have done structurally today that would’ve made a difference? Melbourne got a run on 2nd quarter by our defenders spoiling each other, few out the back maybe a bit lucky. Then 3rd and most of last qtr we miss goals.

Put it on the players. They blow easy chances and run into each other (Naughton).

Again, we missed key chances when we had momentum, that was the clear difference in the game. He can’t kick it for them.

Some selections aside (which wouldn’t all be him), but you’re a dill if you’re pinning this on Bevo. We wasted chances when we had momentum and bonehead turnovers have been costly. Bevo can’t kick it for them.

I don’t care if Macrae is on one leg. He has to play over McNeil. VDM is a trier but can’t be best 22.