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Bit of a hot topic at the moment. Caveat: Suffice to say most of us are all ignorant loudmouths with opinions. Thats fine, its a football forum. This is a safe space. However, if you do have some level of exposure to real tactics, probably in a recent playing capacity or whatever, please...

Arty Jones Dom Bendendodnendo Vanda Booookoooo Cleary Garcia Baker Poulter Where do we see these guys in 24? They survived the cut, and have all played at least a handful of games without cementing a spot. So they are showing something

Im assuming these 5 are locks Jones, JOD, Coff, Ed, Dale Maybe Im expecting more of Coffield being a top 10 draft pick than he has proven, but presumably people used to think he could play football a few years ago Personally I dont want to see Keath, Gardner, Daniel or Duryea as locks for the...

Live and die by the surge: The lasting impact of the Richmond revolution summary: we are too defensive, timid, indirect when we bring the ball forward - our gameplan too mired in the stoppage to stoppage grind of our 2016 campaign. We have good forwards now, if we can get the ball to them...

Talented, but inconsistent fringe player with weaknesses -> dependable lock in the space of a preseason. Who can do it in 2021? Schache? Dale? Le young? La Young? Richards? Lipinski? Vandameer? McLean? Im including those last two because even though it seems like they have it all together...

Very interesting to see how this situation develops this year. I reckon Bev has dialled in 'mids to play mid and forwards to play forward' rather than the revolving door of mid/forwards we played earlier. I like this attitude. Goal-kicking mids will kick some from the midfield anyway. This...

What can we do to improve? Naughton needs a foil - he wont have games like last night very often if he is the only one the opposition talls have to mind I still dont think we have an instinctive crumber which we do need Moving Dunkley OUT of forward line to midfield seems like a done deal...

we know hunter and macrae have the ability to rack up the numbers but can someone tell me why all of a sudden Bont and Daniel are racking up career bests by a fair margin? well I know daniel has gone back, but specifically, what is it about him that allows him to play the sheep dog role very...

I think we have seen enough of Jake now to know his strengths and weaknesses. We can put to rest the notion he is a KPP. He is timid in the air unless he has the sit, and he doesnt hold on to his hangers anyway. He is a terrible set shot. On the flip side, I would back him on the run from 55...

No need to drift to other boards and respond to bleating about umps, sour grapes and salt. Read it if you have to, but stay classy and dont feed the trolls! go dogs!

Is a very good player. Like Morris - will do whatever is required, instinctively. And since he was freed from his tagging role, is not a campaigner to the opposition players any more either, because that is not required. His contested skills are of the highest order - focus is purely on the...

Seems like Williams and Webb are likely candidates for best 22 next year, particularly with Wallis out, and the possibility of a couple of the older fringe mids possibly being traded. How is Lynch and Dale going? Are these guys going to make it?

is a good player.

Got the opportunity and took it. Said before he reminds me of Stevie J and he showed on the weekend he can work like him to. One thing I noticed particularly is he gave off a number of very good, offensive handballs that really set up some play.

Ive always thought the ability to take a mark was was a primary asset for a ruckman. If youre one of the tallest guy on the field and you dont have an opponent on your hip for at all times, you should be demanding and taking marks. Which is why I like Campbell - the guy can take a mark...

Theres no doubt our skills have improved a lot. Talias kicking action looks 100 times better than when he came to us with his Forest Gump ball drop. Picken seems to be trying for, and hitting passes as well, when I think previously he was more of a bomb it long kind of player. Im kind of...

Havent given Clay much of a notice before, but after seeing him play last week in the VFL, I must admit I like his awareness and the fact he doesnt go to ground. He was more evasive with the ball in hand than I gave him credit for. Libba and Wally are coal face type of players who can get...

Finey just went over the Suns list and shitcanned it. Yes, they have a few injuries to their topliners at the moment - no ablett, no omeara, martin still an injury prone flyweight, and now with Harbrow also injured. They are actually going to struggle bigtime this year until those players...

And now for something completely different. Whats the rule about pushing an opponent who doesnt have the ball when you dont have the ball - I mean a fair push in the side or the front, not in the back. Its just sheparding, right? Its OK if its within 5m of the ball. If that is the case, why...

Not happy with Simons picks? Think YOU could do better? Heres your chance, become the big footy bulldogs virtual DRAFT HERO (in the fullness of time). Simply list the players here that you would have taken from those that turned out to be actually available at our picks. Over time, points will...

Simon Dalrymple has been given the sack and YOU are replacing him. After the real draft, simply list the players here that you would have taken from those that turned out to be actually available at our picks. Over time, points will be awarded to determine the VIRTUAL DRAFT HERO! scoring...

Thought this was interesting enough to warrant its own thread. Lets not turn this into Macca could or couldnt coach, gameday tactics, in-fighting etc... there is another thread for that. go to http://www.sen.com.au/audio and its about halfway down the list of audio tracks.

vote only, there is no need to discuss here.

A thread not about list management! (not that theres anything wrong with that) Read this: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-09-16/wings-are-flying It seems endurance is essential, and speed a nice to have. I think being a decent kick would also be essential. I reckon Macrae is our obvious...

There is no doubt that we were instructed to move the ball forward by whatever means possible and do it as quickly as possible against the pies. Question - has that always been the instruction and we haven't been following it, or did the instruction change? IT seems to me a similar 'switch'...

Interesting article. I think Sydneys approach is : Why use a first rounder on a ruck and wait 5 years to see if your investment paid off when you can use a first rounder to trade for a proven mature ruck that can play straight away? (This is also their approach to tall forwards) At his age...

Have we reached this stage already? We have lost the contested possessions and clearances in both games this year.