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To me, he plays a bit like a taller Owies. Solid in the air, positions well. Easily pushed off the ball and struggles at ground level.

Likewise, but I wonder how much of that is the injuries to Saad, McGovern and to a lesser extent Weitering. Teams are hemming us in and refusing to give us the short kick out of D50. We've lacked the players to be able to penetrate over the zone or to the fat side. Williams has struggled when...

It's not an apples-to-apples comparison when comparing speeds at Marvel to those anywhere else. No GPS at Marvel, they use an indoor positioning system which can throw up some strange numbers. That said, very bullish on Motlop. His form in the back half of last season was extremely encouraging...

Yeah, that's fair. Even if he's not quite at the level he was at previously, there's an uptick just by replacing the worst-performing player in the side. It's why I struggle with the argument that certain injured individuals aren't stars or even best 22. The likes of Cottrell, Motlop, Fogarty...

In his defence, he did miss a couple preseasons and what hampered by a serious back injury / slow recovery post surgery.

Its interesting, the Swans and Pies have both done it brilliantly with their defensive system. Granted they structure better than most other teams in the competition, but we haven't been able to counter their their tight zones. Seems if we're able to control or break even around the contest and...

The way I look at it - Moir's current output in the 2s is worse than what Durdin and Fantasia are dishing up in the ones. Similar disposals, similar number of goals, much less defensive intent.

It's my observation of the supporter base as a whole. It extends to far beyond footy. We're attracted to narratives and stories, where the reality is that there's a lot of complexity we're not privy to, and not enough data points to form strong opinions. Nevermind numerous confounders that we...

Absolutely. We as supporters are extremely reactive. The adage holds - "Things are never as bad or as good as they seem". Hard to be flexible when so many are missing through injury. Do we risk upsetting a settled line to sure up another? As it stands, we're 6-4, having just come out of an...

He kicked a goal and setup another in the last.

To be fair, not many players get drafted as lockdown defenders.

Had to sit down for 10 mins after the Melbourne game before I could slowly waddle out of the ground. Glad this one's away for my heart's sake.

Not sure there's a spot for him with Ollie and Acres, but on last week's 2s game he's not far off the mark. He's a very smart winger, ball use is underrated, workrate is elite and won a few loose balls when he moved onto the ball in the last. Sydney at the SCG is a tough ask but can see him...

My take - there's just too many unknowns from the outside to be able to form a concrete conclusion. We don't have the data to draw valid opinions. The obvious - terrible list management under SOS, who constantly went for the injury-prone players at a discount. Even Cerra was questionable at the...

By all reports it wasn't a high intensity session.

With Martin as an example, what's Russell to do? He gets back in after a conservative build up, spends a couple weeks extra to make sure he's right to go. Gets through the first game but then the very next game is injured. Where was Russell to intervene? Unlikely to be excessive load, given...

Binns was phenomenal. AS Both O'Keefe and Lemmey are second year players. 19 and 20 years old respectively.

Is this confirmed? Good news if true, as another strain would probably see him miss 4 at a minimum.

Just finished watching the replay and paid particular attention to Binns. That's not quite how I saw it. He took the short option early but adjusted after half-time. His disposals were effective and tidy. At VFL level, he looks uncannily like a young(er) Sam Walsh, in his wingman days. He's...

Ridiculous, sensationalist journalism. Had his left knee taken out, his left arm pinned. No way to brace himself once JVR fell into his back.

Only saw the last two minutes, but it was a lot wetter than it looked at the ground. Seems that we struggled to adjust to the conditions. Barely took an uncontested mark in the last quarter.

2nd hamstring in as many games,, doubt we see him before the bye.

Wonder if Williams is an option in the midfield with Cerra likely to miss a chunk of games. Saad close to a return, and both Boyd and Cincotta doing well down back. Hewett decent but looking about a bit slow.

Might need to call it quits on Melbourne games for the sake of my health. In tears round 22 last year, shaking after the semi. This one hit me hardest of all, had to sit down for 10 minutes after the siren just to catch my breath. Not even relief, dunno how to describe after the game. Never...

Weitering killing it now that he's got the monkey off his back.

Cottrell back to half forward with Hollands back in the side might have squeezed Cuners out. Perhaps club thinks he'll benefit from a run in the 2s after a lengthy lay off, especially with Martin coming back in. Plenty of run up forward between Martin, Cottrell and Eli.

Marchy returning via VFL.

They come out like clockwork because it's been mandated by the AFL. The AFL has made it clear that injury updates are right, not a privilege. Every club now releases their updates by Tuesday evening. Not a massive deal and I half suspect the club under Cook see it as a leg up to the opposition...

We've gone from weekly video updates from Andrew McKay, to weekly in-depth updates on every player, to semi in-depth updates on some players, to 1 word updates on players returning that week. Not to mention the very vague updates on players like Fogarty. What does "return to play to be...

Injury updates getting lazier by the week.