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If Butts is out, then Curtin should come in. Whoever comes in for Crouch will be the sub so it makes no difference. Sholl, Pedlar? Probably Pedlar as it wont expose his serious lack of fitness.

If I had a CBA with Dawson, Laird and Berry then yes. If it was Rankine, Soligo and Dawson.... Id take the first 2, not that Dawson is in any way bad but he is a better long kick IMO.

-Ball movement, when we move it quick we are a completely different side. It takes the entire team to do this, hopefully we click from now on. -Soligo, since is first couple of games everyone has been on board with this guy, just a continual, linear improvement from a winger having a good game...

Also a midfielder who let Ben Cousins run riot has a coaching plan which allows midfielders to run riot ie. Rowell, Parish, Young, Gulden, Tom Green, J Kelly, McLuggage

I don't even recognise this team which is playing every week at the moment. We let players run riot and don't seem to do anything about it. Coming out of the backline is a fumbly, panicked disaster, hacking the ball out with no direction. The ball strolls at a leisurely pace out of our forward...

Good: Butts and Worrell are holding up well, anything but top quality entries were thwarted quite well. Burgess is ok. We play our best footy with a bit of chaos, taking risks and shooting from the hip. We look so much better when Soligo and Pedlar get around the footy. Bad: How many times...

Good: Matt Crouch? I dont know, Racheles goal from 50, good stuff. I dont care about fightbacks when they spend 3 quarters playing the most inept football when everyone knows how good we play with dare and stop kicking long down the line close to the boundary in the *ing wet protecting the stupid...

Richmonds pressure and midfield took a big step forward and GC turned to water in that 3rd quarter. We have much better pressure and scoring power than the Tigers so we should put on a much better performance. Gold Coast have played us well since 2020, even at AO they haven't been pushovers...

The rebadged VFL would be fuming at this top 8, only VIC game is St Kilda vs Freo in Week 1. GWS vs Port and Brisbane vs Freo semi finals on the cards, can't have 2 finals at 4.10/4.40 on a Sunday :D

I only saw the 2nd half in full but from what I saw: Soligo, Worrell and Berry have all improved. McHenry just isn't great, he is the most un-natural footballer sometimes like a reverse Darren Jarman. Berry is the new Sloane Racheles goalkicking is still bad Rankine is a gift Why is Fogarty...

The first 6 weeks are crucial for us, all against clubs either around or above us last year. I would expect us to be 3-3 at the very least. I think having that extra home game against Melbourne for GR should get us to hopefully a 13-14 win season. 10/13 home games need (1 is GR, 1 is Port...

I sincerely hope we treat this as a non important fitness test in semi match conditions. Round 1 is what matters, just get through it, try some things, work on structures and go half pace.

Does this count as an away win or an away loss?

Malcolm blight denies it but winning the first final in Melbourne put Adelaide on the North Melbourne (easily the best side in 98) prelim track. Losing to Melbourne had Adelaide on possibly scarred, perhaps stage frightened Western Bulldogs track (assuming they beat West Coast at the MCG)...

Geelong games are just full of old people knitting scarves so they can drape them across 8 seats at once when the gates open at 10.30am, hogs.

Curtin Hurtin awareness appreciation post.

At least if he is a gun and about to win a Brownlow we might get pick 13 for him like P. Dangerfield.

Looking at the draft order where West Coast had 1, then 30 and Freo had 4/5ths until mid 30's he definitely knew he would be leaving the state, probably to NSW. VB, Scott Stevens, Tyson Stenglein, Betts, Charlie Cameron and Macadam were all WA based, so we're a 33/67 shot at keeping him :D

Nice Ladder, it basically upsets everyone. 10/10

Poor Crows, 2 away games in the same round to start the season.

Agreed, 2 first round draft picks ruins our future for a very good player. I think a slow burn, getting more talented players in and building long term is the best strategy for our club. Our maximum offer should be this years first rounder, Shane McAdam and possibly a pick swap for next year...

Liked: From a neutral point of view the umpiring was fine, some horrible nonsense which went both ways. Overall largely unobtrusive. Learnt: Collingwoods 6 finals margins over the last 2 years are 4, 1, 7, 1, 20 and 6 points, with a 4-2 record. Belief personified Hated: Whinging about the...

2005 was the worst, we were the best team in the back half of the season with 10 wins in a row. BUT the AFL being the AFL we have to travel to Perth continually on the last round of the season and did so this year. We beat West Coast away in the final round to cement us not facing our bunny...

Yeah, I have only had to call once during the season and it was fine. They just never call me, surely some campaign staff to call old members or try to get partners/children added on would increase numbers? Ie. if they called me and said "do you want to sign your kids and wife up?".

I have noticed our 2024 Membership options look a lot better/more flexible than they used to. Our numbers belie our standing as a club, we should be around the 85-90k mark, not mid-high 60's. How does a team like Geelong get 82k? West Coast 103k? A quick scan of other clubs shows we all are...

It's probably going to come down to a bit of luck. The gap has closed significantly this year despite Ports major move up the ladder Port's glaring weakness is Ruck and defence, the defence can be bolstered with Ratugolea and Zerk-Thatcher. The Ruck is going to be hard, they need to find a...

He hasn't been dealing with reality for a very long time.

Didn't Kane Cornes have us in the top 5 sookiest clubs a couple of weeks ago? List might need an update.

I think we all can acknowledge Matt Crouch's improvement in his game. That kick to Rachele through them middle in the Gold Coast game when everyone looked cooked was top shelf. Deserves 2 years and more based on his form. Perhaps Nicks can coach and read players, maybe Sloane is actually good...

Jack Gunston and Fergus Watts