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This thread is a lot nicer than the one on the main board

You can't even say he 'gets' it, the only time he ever looks like he's gonna take clean possession is when he's marking an opposition kick. Drops passes, fumbles and falls over at ground level. Looks like he's 208cm

Not true, just a coloured memory of the past few years. He was BOG on QB 2010 for one. Has appeared to play without heart the entire year though, and I have always felt him to be subpar when it comes to defensive running and tackling. He prefers to point and yell to his teammates than actually...

Its not an issue of effort at the moment, or hardness, or a willingness to run. Its a lack of awareness and concentration as to what is happening around them and where they need to be moving to. Too often we saw a chain of handballs just draw all of the players in toward each other while...

That HTB against Watts..... He was on his back on the ground when the ball landed on him, and instant stacks-on :( Literally 90% of the overall AFL supporter base hates it, almost everyone in the media hates it, and still the rule is getting more contrived. Surely something's gotta give. I...

http://m.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-overhauls-fatherson-bidding-20120627-212vm.html Outlining a change in the way the F/S system is going to work this year. 18th place will go first, putting bids for their pick 1 and allowing other clubs to match or else give up the player. From what it...

I had been adamant that he shouldn't have been in the side yet after his first few games, and that he was a liability down there due to his poor disposal. However, he certainly is improving rapidly, and its great to see a tall bloke down there who is fast and strong and acts like it, and plays...

I thought Shiel looked a lot more impressive than Treloar personally, with pace skill and a decent amount of hardness (especially playing through after an elbow to the head early). Then again, I haven't watched a huge amount of GWS so I guess Sheedy would probably be a better judge. But yeah...

I reckon its his lack of defensive effort killing him defensively. He rarely seems to want to lay a proper tackle even when he is in a prime position to do so, and it is incredibly frustrating. Down on confidence and form too so he needs something to hang his hat on.

Good Once we got our heads into the game we looked dominant as we should have Mitch - terrifying forward target even when they were matching our midfield intensity. If he was there in the third quarter he would have kicked over 10 without a doubt Form into the players that need it (as mentioned...

16* Gold Coast were around for that draft. To the West Coast supporters who believe his head action was a legitimate response to getting hit by his own hand. I thought one of Darling's strengths was his toughness and ferocity at a contest. Surely he has a higher tolerance for pain than...

I should clarify that I've been a big fan of Clint ever since he found his role as a small defender (maybe 2nd half 2009?) That said, I don't think anyone has any allusions to his prowess by foot - his strengths come from his hard body work and ability to keep to a man. He put on an absolute...

The forward line (inside 50) have no trouble leading up, but we seem to have no players playing the half-forward role - i.e. leading up as targets around 80 metres out. This is strange considering we have an abundance of these types of players on paper (Green, Howe, Petterd, Dunn, Bate, Jurrah...

how many turtles do we have in storage down at AAMI park.....

It was Brown, and it was Sylvia's nose hitting Brown's forehead accidentally when they bumped each other. I know what you're thinking - Brown is 10cm taller than Sylvia, how could this have happened? Because Brown's forehead is ENORMOUS!

Was instrumental in the flurry of goals we got in the last quarter, when we started to win the centre clearances again. On the TV commentary this came right after Mick Malthouse was berating our centre group saying it needed to switch or Collingwood was gonna score another 5 goals in a row...

Good- Tommy Mac - I was one of those that called for him to get back into the VFL earlier, since I thought he looked lost. He is making exponential improvement though, so at this rate he'll be the best player in the comp by season's end :D All the mentioned players above - Clark, Grimes...

Article on the AFL website http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/138297/default.aspx I had forgotten all bout his game after the game's conclusion. I don't think anyone could possibly imagine how well he would have taken to his role when we picked him up. If we were a...

Also, to those people wanting Morton out and Bartram in, you must have very short memories. Bartram (along with Joel MacDonald) have been unbearable to watch with ball in hand this year. Bartram's match against Sydney was his worst in about 3 years. I know he had an injury cloud, but I reckon...

Oddly enough I thought it was his best game for the season up until his injury (and I'm sure it was a sub due to injury because he had ice on as soon as he hit the bench.) He had some leg and when the ball came his way he actually marked it for a change. When he wasn't inside the 50 he used it...

People need to watch the game again. Morton worked hard, won some of his own ball, ran with it more than once, and it wasn't as if every single one of his possessions resulted in an opposition goal - You can't crucify a player because he causes a turnover and the result is particularly bad...

Brent Moloney Should be excised from this team He is pathetic to watch. Useless with the ball, gives away holding the ball as much as Jones now, Does absolutely nothing when he doesn't have the ball, no defensive effort, just a lot of finger pointing and yelling when he once again lets his man...

No ability to keep up with opponents across the ground for the duration of the match. You will constantly see players standing still or meekly loping around while the player with the ball in the backline is struggling to find an option. When Neeld came to the club he said the fitness needed to...

This year I have the misfortune of having to consistently work Saturday afternoons, which rules me out from going to the Saturday matches at 1:45, 2:45 or 4:40. Anyway, I have happened to have the time to check the scores at around quarter time and half time, and then gotten to watch the last...

Its pretty clear to me that Collingwood were the real victors this draft, with what will go down as one of the steals of the century: SEEDSMAN!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Dockers, Sorry to invade your board, but I just noticed something and wanted a second opinion. On the afl draft tracker (http://drafttracker.afl.com.au/) it shows that you upgraded Alex Silvagni with pick 103. If you click on this, is the picture that comes up of another freo player? Who...

I think he got the 'their' and 'your' the wrong way around. Anyway this is completely arbitrary, but I'd say our posted list would be able to handle the other posted lists (bar Collingwood, although we wouldn't be far off them) Of course, our problem is that our posted list is only a few...

I reckon Trenners looks bigger too, also the Spencil is becoming less like his namesake. Lets not forget though that they've just started, the real interest in terms of growth will be at the end of the pre-season. Lovin the NB training shirts and singlets

Dunno if people have watched the video for the commencement of our pre-season training on the website, but I think I saw TMac on an exercise bike next to JoelMac. Video quality was poor so I might be wrong, but if he is training with us it could suggest we are going to re-rookie him ala Juice...

This isn't exactly a huge thing, but I noticed on the Melbourne website they've got a simplified version of the logo up. It is pretty much the same, just missing the gradients and the watermark writing. Also I believe the football and trident are simplified somewhat. You can see it here...