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We'll have to wait for R21 for NicNat vs Gawn. I do think you guys are doing something more sustainable though, based on a limited sample.

This will be fascinating. Cats have no match-up for Max Gawn. But I reckon the Cats' defence could make it hard for you guys to score. Do you guys reckon you're in better shape than in 2018? On paper I think so. Petracca's improvement is massive. Pickett is a great addition. And the...

That's disappointing.

Has this lad re-signed yet?

He was quite clearly the most deserving ruckman this season. Not sure what his injuries have to do with it.

You "get one back" for missing out through injury?

Behind Goldstein this season, surely.

Yeah, and your answer underlines my point. For a team aspiring to play finals, you have an acute shortage of proven top-line talent in your forwardline.

Like I said, still a big hole in terms of proven top-line talent.

Who is your best forward? Who is best equipped to be named in an AA 40-man squad this year, next year or the year after? I can answer that question for the back six and the midfield. You say it's not all about the forward line but that's where you have a gaping hole in terms of proven talent...

How would you like to see Melbourne improve its forward line quickly and relatively cheaply? You are presumably in something like a "premiership window", right? You made a PF two years ago and Max Gawn turns 29 in December. How much time do you think you have up your sleeve? Look at your...

You can find my suggestions/opinion in earlier posts. You don't have to search too far. It's on the previous page. I get it, you have some strong views and interlopers are unwelcome but why pretend I haven't outlined "an opinion"? You're right that I don't have a "solution". Who does? You're...

Any assessment of any list as it stands involves some degree of hindsight. It involves an assessment of decisions that were made in the past. That's hindsight. You've got a forward 6 that isn't up to scratch. Any assessment of why involves a degree of hindsight. How else would you answer that...

Well, you were arguably in better shape in 2018 than you are now? I've acknowledged this. But look at your first-choice forward 6 in 2020. That's why you're not nailed on to play finals. I'm not criticising the performances of Lever and May per se. I'm saying you loaded up on defensive talls at...

I'm not saying you should get rid of either of them. I'm just saying that you've loaded up hard in key defensive posts, paying through the nose, while neglecting the forward 6. What do you think NM will demand for Ben Brown? I reckon your pick in the 20s could get it done, maybe with a future...

I take your word for it and I don't presume to understand the intricacies better than supporters. But it may simply be the case that your first-choice best 6 isn't good enough. That happens. Back in 2004-2005, WC were trying to win a flag with Andrew McDougall as our first-choice key forward...

I think you have enough talent to be playing finals but your forward 6 sucks, even in a best-case scenario. Look at what you paid for Lever and May. Maybe some of that should have been diverted into the forwardline. I get it - you guys thought T-Mac and Weidemann were solid. I'd be offering...

Not top 8? How can that be? You were top 4 in 2018.

Surely this suggests there is a problem with the cattle and it's not just the coach? Like, you have no one in your first-choice forward 6 who is even close to being AA squad quality. Nor is there an Aaron Naughton or a Max King who is young but we can see they're going to be a gun. Man, T-Mac...

In a perfect world, what would your best forward 6 look like?

Or is it just sometimes easier to blame the coach?

You guys have the talent to be playing finals and holding your own. Your injury list isn't that bad, from what I can see. So is it the coach?