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Competes well, I think we have done really well identifying young talls that are good runners and can influence at ground level in Caddy and Jones.

Counterpoint. Why, if you have a good coach should you move that person on? Why can't a good coach be given a chance to rebuild a list, change a game plan, evolve with the game? What is the reason to move a coach on if they are a good coach? From a pure statistics point of view, if you have a...

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Someone with his history there's no such thing as a standard tear. God I hope they are careful with it

Abundance of caution needed with Caldwell with his history

I don't think he is totally hands off no, but I also don't think he's driving the vision for the club, I think that would be Vozzo. Mitchell is driving their vision imo. In my ideal world our coach would be a bit closer to the Mitchell end of things

The right time for us is probably next year when he's a FA instead of having to give up draft capital this year. Whether that hurts our chances of getting him or not is besides the point. I'd love a butters type in the club, but can be right player just wrong time for the club, I'd argue it's...

I think bolded is basically the answer. Until we get an idea of what we have picks wise, what a full year shows us is lacking in players already on the list, whether draper leaves, what players might be available with our picks, what those picks could be turned into more picks wise. Just don't...

Nah a comment of free kick hawthorn and saying they will ride it to the flag is a bit more than " wanting consistency" especially when everything is viewed through essendon coloured glasses.

I'll also add he's not alone in the senior group that does these half hearted chases expecting someone else to make the play. Ridley did one, assumed the ball was going out, took the wrong angle and they scored a goal. This type of thing is why I do argue youth and first gamers so often. You...

Is he choosing to not go at times or he just can't physically? Feels like when I see him behind the play (often when he's been caught out of position) he gives a token push effort than just dials it back and jogs lazily thinking he can't impact. Then you have guys who yes make the mistake, but...

Probably the team where you can actively point to the coaching being the cause for a lot of their success. It's very impressive to watch. They are a good well coached team, if they have any success this year it will be because of that not some tinfoil hat theory about umpire favouritism. Umps...

The conditions were unique.

Lindsay :'(

I think they have moments where they can do it. Though when they lose control of the game it drops away very very badly. They are capable of playing at the required level and when the game is on their terms they can put it on anyone in the league, My main pushback is on that they don't have...

What are you talking about lacking match winners? They have probably the best spine in the league and a star match winner in every area of the ground (curnow, weitering, Cripps, TDK throw in walsh/McKay as your next tier down). Their top liners keep them in games, their bottom tier role players...

They actually looked quite good from a pressure and defence point of view in the first half, dogs could not move the ball through them. But they just run out of tickets. They had a wretched injury run last year and there is seemingly an issue with their coaching departments relationship with...

That's the type of one that makes you want to understand the process. Was it seen live and just noted down as a staging fine with no review. Did someone actually review any film? Did Christian even look at it or was it an intern? Is there an angle that shows no impact to the players leg...

His point was their top line players so often get them over the line, on a night where they were struggling it would have been nice if someone had of stood up. Was a fair comment

Saw the right signs from the right players to really enjoy the game. Shout out to some guys who cop it in Shiel, Prior and McKay who after rough starts steadied and held up their end as the guys further up the field did their jobs. Reid, congrats young man, for all the hard work that was quite...

Kako below his knees and kicking it to space heading into 50, Caddy making the contest on the wing, the effort to chase but also the athleticism to influence. They are what we need more of. It's why the list is in such dire shape, little things they do, basic fundamentals stand out when they...

I think part of it is not playing their guys that would be playing a bit into it. My question would be, yes he may not have the physical make up to play AFL games en mass. But you would think, a few games at VFL level and then sprinkle them in through the year, that's what I think we need to...

I liked the questions. Kept asking for more info as to why. I'd rather that then Brad sitting there and saying we lost because we were beaten. No shit. They manged to get out of him that we need players, that our current players are not good enough. That's good work by them

The annoying thing is those kind of reports are often when a player is struggling with a groin complaint. Would not be surprised if there is something going on in a similar vein here. He doesn't look the same player so far this year.

People also memory holed our actual form early. We won games by playing wholly unconvincing football, yet by the end of the year the narrative was we were good early and bad late. No we played bad football all year aside from a patch against gws, and won despite the style of football we played.

I'm pretty sure he's not 100% physically. He didn't look right last week early and I don't think he has managed to back up after a week back.

Id personally be playing the newly drafted youth to beef up the games they will have played by the time their older. Shiel should not touch the side unless absolute emergency or to give a young guy a break to freshen up. Or we can have these guys sit in the 2s and by the time they are 23-24...

Which means for the first time in a long time someone making decisions was able to accurately evaluate the list. Seems like positive news there

Should have been traded day one of last trade period. If there was really no interest, that should have been the message that he played in the vfl unless absolutely necessary