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Let's look at Richmond and see what they are doing compared to us. 1. They have players who are super quick over 10 metres (or know where to go to, instinctively) which enables them to impact when they don't have the ball and release effectively when they do have it. A preseason of drills? The...

If other clubs are willing to pay significantly more than we are, and we lowball him below what he would consider he is worth, then surely he'll be gone. Why would he stay if we don't rate him? I'd say he is angling for a better deal from us, hence his comments about wanting to stay. What...

Jong

Suckling

Keep provided we think he can fully recover. If there are doubts, then no. Love his endeavour, but for it to be productive, he has to be largely injury free.

I'd go for Carlton's Ist pick in a strong draft if it was believed there is a once in a lifetime 200 game champion there. And to do that we'd have to give up something big. Much as I like him, Tom Boyd might be that player. Maybe we would have to offer more than one player, but I am of the firm...

Beveridge is on the move https://www.realestate.com.au/news/top-dog-luke-beveridge-selling-bentleigh-east-family-kennel/?rsf=syn:news:nca:hs:article

I actually liked the camera work and close ups. It added variety to the narrative. For the most part it worked for me, apart from the occasional Wow from Bob which bordered on cringe. The stories were interesting, the repartee great and I found myself smiling at the good nature of it all.

Roberts and Jong for pick 13? If they are that good, we'd keep them.

Out - JJ, Naughton, Dale, Libba In - Suckling, English, Bont, Schache

Schache just isn't ready. Golly, if you didn't like Dale's attack on the footy, you're not going to be well pleased with this guy. I'd leave him in the 2's for a sustained period - to give him a thorough grounding in defensive aspects of the game and how to stay involved in the game, and to...

Adelaide have developed the technique of effective short kicks out of congestion. They take less time to dispose of the ball but do it accurately over 10 metres or so, often deliberately with a side kick to a player in the open. The time from pick up (hand to foot) was super quick and accurate...

Some head scratching coaching for mine. Why was Nahas allowed to play a kick behind the play all day on his own? He set up so much play. Why was another Port player allowed to run from behind when they took a mark, with none of our players anywhere near them? Why were they able to double up...

No change to the ruck. Boyd to ruck for as much as he can, English to play forward. However if Boyd's fitness is not up to major duties in the ruck, or English is in need of the week off, then Trengove to come in and share the ruck work with Boyd. I like big Tom but I can't see how the Lions...

Yes, I agree. I used to be involved in minor league football and Sat avo was an institution where people such as whole families, farmers etc came together for the social event as much as the football and netball. In a small town where there isn't much else to do, the weekend footy was a meeting...

A very poor game of football. If the blues had not dropped so many marks we would have been in trouble. The kicking for goal is now beyond excusable. How can we not have improved? Clean ball handling below the knees is becoming a concern. English needs a rest. If you remember, a sure sign a...

I can tell you what has happened. We had a group of players who played out of their skins to win 4 finals using a method that surprised everyone. The handball club, the small forward line, the swarm.....have since been used and perfected by most other clubs. The 3rd man up rule is also gone...

I'd be very surprised if Shaun Atley goes anywhere. I knew him when he was at school and a nicer kid you couldn't hope to meet. He was good then, could cover the ground effortlessly. I would hazard a guess that he values loyalty very highly. Would expect North to get a deal done. Seems a...

Haters gonna be haters with Jong. He played well as a link up player. His disposal efficiency was 78.3%, only 2 were better. He had 10 contested possessions, equal with Macrae and behind only Bont on 11. He had only 2 clangers out of a team total of 55. Almost everyone made mistakes, yet it...

Worth noting that at boundary throw ins, Sandilands would hit the ball towards the boundary. This was, I think, a measure designed to crowd us. It worked as we found it hard to get out, fell for the trap of going all in and did not defend the player(s) on the outside. Our real failure on the...

In the first half we were constantly on the move, that is running from behind in numbers, running up the field to create options, running away to create space for a forward. That has to be taxing, eventually. But we also make more unforced errors causing even more running to catch up. The...

Wow. The criticism of Jong is once again over the top. The team had 43 clangers but Jong had only one. Only JJ had fewer (0). Which means that everyone else had at least one, yet it is Jong who cops the bad rap. Jong had 17 disposals for a disposal efficiency of 76.5% compared to say the Bont...

We stopped running in the second half as the Swans pressured the ball carrier a lot more and started to win clearances. We need to be fitter to sustain the first half run. Teams can wait for us to slow down, pressure us at the source and force us into our kick it anywhere strategy as we...

I think it is really exciting that we are developing 2 venues with different markets and clientele. Whitten oval looks like it will become part of a social complex that will meet the needs of many and varied groups all of whom should add to our coffers and status as a community club, as well as...

If Bevo was the one wanting Schache and also says we are to be patient with the kid, then that will do me. Some players take more time to mature and develop their minds and bodies for AFL football. If we know nothing else about Bevo it is that he believes that players are on a developmental...

Well, having watched On the Couch last night I expected some decent analysis of our game, but all I got from G Lyon was that we pick and choose when to play well. Really? Is that what we are doing? I get the feeling he sure hates to see us doing well, especially having bagged the sh*t out of...

It was noticeable in the last quarter when we needed to stop Essendon's run and make the game tight that Jong went into the middle and immediately took possession leading to another ball up. As mentioned above his other big tackle created the opportunity for the the match winning goal to occur...

Football is a game of keepings off. It won't matter who plays where if we kick to the opposition X times in a game. The cardinal sin in today's football is to just give the ball away because we end up out of position and having to work harder for longer. It just makes it almost impossible to...

This sort of stuff always raises its head when you start losing matches by as much as we have. Why would the players say they love coming to work if there was such conflict and division? And wouldn't Bevo know? and do something about it? He is a relationships man so it seems odd this would be...

Bombers are a quick team. If we bring in underdone players we will get whipped. Gotta be confident they are ready to crack in!