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Not even remotely close to being worth a first round pick. 18 goals in 20 games, please. One thing worth keeping in mind, with the current NGA rules the way they are, we should be very much into future picks.

Ben King was the player I wanted from last year's draft, ahead of Bailey Smith. Not to say I would trade Smith for King now, but I'd give up our first rounder + more in a heartbeat. Besides Petrucelle, some outlets are saying we're very into Alex Keath from Adelaide. I certainly wouldn't say...

If Richards goes out, be it for form or an unlikely suspension, another forward should come in. We're still way too inefficient to be omitting goalscoring power for players who aren't goalscorers. If Cavarra and Fergus aren't available, that means it might be time to give Gowers another go. No...

Argument for arguments sake? Because I dare have a different opinion on Naughton's position to you? Pretty pathetic and narrow minded.

What do you mean "proved over time"? It's more like, he was always a far superior defender than as a forward, despite having all the required traits to be a gun full forward, which is everyone's main argument for keeping Naughton there. No he isn't. He's played a few great games among over a...

Jack Darling. Jeremy Cameron. THat was easy. Because believe it or not, there's a fairly strong chance we're not getting the best out of him when he's playing up forward. I believe in playing players to their strengths. Naughton at full forward is not playing to his optimal capabilities. Are...

He can take a CONTESTED MARK? Wow, must stay in the forward line at all times. Can't make the same mistake those idiots at Richmond made. Rance is strong, fast, an amazing mark and great below his waist; every single rare quality you expect from a gun forward, and silly old Hardwick only plays...

So you're saying bafflingly stupid MRO decisions aren't made to this day? Pretty naive.

That's what everybody said about Chris Grant.

I thought he did get reported initially, but apparently not. Reminded me a bit of Jordan Lewis on Goldstein a few years ago, which he got 2 for. I think it'll at least be looked at.

Is Ben Cavarra still unavailable? If not: Out: Richards (susp) In: Cavarra

Minor concussion at worst.

I know it was a convincing win, but still not satisfied. Fremantle weren't running hard all game and we should've mauled them by 80+ points to boost our percentage. Shocking misses by Dale and Lipinski don't help. Part of the reason we have low percentage is because we tend to shut down and...

The fact that you're bringing this midfield thing up at all tells me you couldn't be less qualified to talk about us.

You can't read the future, champ. Adelaide are in putrid form right now, so every chance their % drops to around 100-102%, which is easily attainable for us.

LOL, you don't know anything about us.

This set shot kicking is disgraceful. Dale - Meant to be a great set shot, but then does a ****in Cameron Mooney from point blank range. How stupid do you have to be to try and thump the ball through from there? Lipinski - Not making the distance from 30m out. Just putrid. We badly need the %...

I'm not familar with the early part of Fevola's career. I brought him up because he's an example of a player who consistently scored goals in spite of poor delivery. For all I know he had a different physical development to Naughton. A more apt comparison to Naughton up forward is of course...

So? Those two missed games too, yet they usually kept McGovern in defence. See above, and apply the same to below too. From 2010-2018, Riewoldt was Richmond's sole good key forward, unless you want to include that spud Vickery. Why didn't Richmond throw Rance up forward to give him some help...

Why do people keep mentioning Schache? Or Naughton "taking the #1 defender"? Defensive matchups change all the time within matches. Schache was kicking goals at the same rate last year and didn't have Naughton to look after him in the forward line. If Schache is an AFL standard player, he...

Wrong. Neither you, nor anyone really knows how the game would've gone had he started in defence. Outright claiming he wouldn't have changed anything is ridiculous. That being said, you can logically conclude we would've conceded less goals, because Naughton has proven himself an excellent...

2016 isn't the norm? Yet you go onto reference 2008-2010 to support your argument? What do you mean it isn't the norm? It was good enough to win us a Premiership 3 years ago, why shouldn't it be the norm? Who delivered in the elimination, semi and prelim finals? Or the rest of the H&A season...

By that logic, why stop there? We don't have any better forwards than Bontempelli; should Bontempelli play permanently forward? Who was our forward line solution in 2016, before most of us knew who Aaron Naughton was? Tom Boyd? On the back of one game? Stringer? Even though he was abysmal at...

On the stupid subject of "point scoring", how about everyone who posted in this thread after his 4 goals against Geelong? Got to score those Bigfooty "points" when you can. If Naughton has another 3-4 goal game against a Hurleyless Essendon, I'm sure this thread will be flooded with people yet...

Spare me, he had a poor game from start to finish so you're clutching at straws. There's no rule about when people can make posts in this thread. Redundant point. Nobody can stop any type of scoring altogether. Would Naughton in defence stop scoring from balls out the back? No. Could he...

I could've posted it during or after Naughton's many quiet games up forward this year. Have you not watched Rance play? Or better yet, Easton Wood at his best? High quality intercept players have this skill that's known as "reading the play", part of which involves reacting quickly to...

He's not going back to the VFL. He's been in the best 22 all year. Beveridge always protects his personal favourites.

Is there anyone else who doubts we need a key defender? With Cordy being a key defender all year? I still say move Naughton to defence, but if the coaches insist he stay forward, the #1 target for us in the off-season should be a good key-defender. We need small forwards to, but key pillars are...

My point is the answer of where he plays long term isn't even remotely as clear as people like you make it out to be. He played a good game against Geelong amidst several quiet games, and you're all out on your high horse saying forward is clearly the answer. Today we have an example of a game...

It wouldn't have been so bad if we weren't so promising the last 3 weeks. We're basically exactly the same as Port Adelaide this year; a yo-yo club. Best is really good, worst is absolutely abysmal. Can't achieve anything like making finals because there's too much inconsistency. Can't look...