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Playing Devil's advocate here, but we picked 1 less last week in the 22. Kennedy got a rest and will be better for it. Anyone who doesn't think Hewett looked a step off last week wasn't watching. He has only had a 6 day break (2 in a row) and certainly doesn't get any sharper when he is sore...

Rolling the dice our way to try and win it for us? It's ridiculous that our best attacking mid is expected to man theirs. Waste a negating player on Daicos, not our best chance of bursting forward our way. If he was left as the match-up then other players have ****ed up.

Not going round in circles. You believe one thing, I believe another. To pick out 3 moments in a 120 minute contest is cherry picking to suit yourself. I believe the biggest factor in who won was their dominance in the second half of the second quarter. We looked relatively comfortable up to...

Against certain teams it is the major issue. I'm not asking for anything. I'm posting an observation on a game already played. Where have I said that? All other things being equal, the quicker sides have the advantage. You don't think other sides are capable of blocking, being on the move...

You call the opinion opposite to yours nonsense, but what you have written is equally nonsensical. Yes, leg speed is only 'a' factor, but with Collingwood and Carlton it is 'the' factor that enables them to match or better us. We have them covered in most areas, but they are significantly...

I'm only replying to your post as it's the last one. There have been a number of comments on speed around the contest, with arguments for both sides. What I would ask is, which team would have won the game if you swapped Nick Daicos with Hewett? They both win the ball, they both have good...

Anyone being honest would agree with this. The tough close loss looked a monty when Saad couldn't hang on to the greasy ball and spilled the mark. Unbelievable effort really. You and others have butted heads over Russell, but to have us fit enough to do what we did is a real credit to our...

It's almost like the AFL made us play a practice match 6 days earlier, in the middle of a 38 degree day. Look what happened with GWS and Adelaide the week after they played in that round 1 stinker last year. Flat as buggery. Cerra, Gov and Cotts the best examples, just didn't want to be there.

With the 6 day break between rounds 0 and 1, plus potentially hot and humid conditions, it just makes sense to leave borderline players out. Martin and maybe Marchbank might be looked at the same way. We have the depth, so use it to our advantage. We already have an advantage over Richmond with...

You will only have a purchase confirmation email at this stage. I ordered a number of multi-day tickets on behalf of others last year, and they weren't available until days before the round started. Someone else copped that job this year, but I did order a ticket to the GWS v GC game. I just...

Yeah I remember receiving letters to upgrade in years when we were doing well. I wonder whether anyone used the 50 year rule to enter the ballot last year as a priority 1? The 4 prelim clubs obviously all enlisted for the ballot, so whilst we missed making it, you still needed to know your...

Has anyone ever tested this option? I raised the bat this year but I'm not game to risk giving up Legend's Lounge (having only got it 2 years ago). I'd imagine you'd have to be at least 80 to have used this option in '99 and maybe it didn't exist then?

My assessment was only that we preferred not to play the 3 together, particularly after Adelaide ran all over us in Gather round. We had been winning, but not impressively in the first 4 rounds. If Pitto was emergency in round 1 then he was technically available, but I will concede he was...

How is it misleading, it is what actually happened? You are right that Jack's worth is in his utility value. He went forward to replace Martin and Pitto came in for round 2 to ruck with TDK. When either of TDK or Pitto missed, then Jack played as a ruck/forward. I've got nothing against Jack...

I think that's a bit misleading because of the injury to Jack Martin. We didn't play all 3 in round 1, then Martin got hurt. Even in rounds 2 and 5 we subbed Jack and Pitto off, so it was pretty obvious we didn't see it as ideal to play the 3 together.

Good summation of Hewett. I see him as in a similiar situation to Adrian Gleeson in '95. Same age, roughly same number of games. Both great servants of the club - in Hewett's case 2 clubs - but vulnerable to being superceded by younger and better. Parkin said delisting Gleeson after '96 was...

After 2022, we identified a lack of run. Went and got Acres and Hollands and played both immediately. After 2023, we identified a lack of scoring power from those not named Charlie or Harry. Went and got Fantasia, EH and drafted Moir for the future. That says to me that some of 2023's...

I don't disagree with that, but we had 4 guys who played in those elite running roles that mixed and matched a bit - Acres, Doc, Ollie and Cotts (not counting the true mids). Certainly Acres and Hollands were more "wingers" than the other 2. But when faced with leaving one out for the first 2...

This is not directed at you, but I am seeing most teams include Ollie Hollands on the wing and not necessarily having Cottrell in the team. Up until the finals they both effectively played every game they were available for. It was Hollands who was left out for the first final (in which...

He did and was very important in that period. The trouble is, he has gone backwards since then. He was poor in some games last year when we were losing, and dropped. From round 14 onwards when we started winning, he didn't play another game for the year as a defender. His only games were when...

and was overtaken as emergency in the finals by the bloke who has played 1 game in 48. He has dropped a long way from what he showed in '22.

It makes sense to wait. We are in it up to our eyeballs and covered for most areas. We are most vulnerable in key defence and ruck if things go wrong - but we don't know what we most need until (if) it actually happens. Jack gone and Pitto's ongoing knee, mean that TDK is vital. Same with...

Sad for Jack and we all hope he gets back to his best, but point 4) above may have some relevance. That doesn't mean anyone warrants criticism, but it may have been a ticking time bomb, particularly given the innocuous way he did it. The following posts are from the injury thread in October...

We all see it differently, which is fine. That scenario will no doubt be used at times, pending match-ups. Our best footy last year was at the start of our unbeaten run. The ruckmen then were TDK and Jack, which only changed when Jack did his knee.

You specifically said' "This stuff comes up every year, but with the 6 6 6, sides that play 2 genuine ruck options, fair far better than 1 ruck + a Grigg type chopout". 6 6 6 is only relevant at centre bounces - nothing to do with around the ground and forward presence. The fact is, none of the...

The main job of a centre bounce ruckman is to hit the ball to a team mate (HTA). On that basis, Collingwood's 2 ruckmen are way better than any other combination. Both can ruck and both are effective when forward. None of the other finals teams had an effective second ruckman. McLean did pretty...

Isn't that where the goal umpires sit for Crows games?

I agree on the surface, but you never really know. In our best season ever we had 5 players play in the premiership that were not a big part of '94. Clape and Manton were new, Rice played 1 game in '94 (knee), Pearce 2 and Whitehead had played 8 career games. That's a quarter of the team...

Not much talk here re Gather round? Anyone else getting tickets today? Prices have been hiked up considerably for this as well. Last year I got 4 day multi's for the Adelaide Oval games at a cost of $140 for the family. They have added categories this year, and similiar seats will cost at least...

When the squad as a whole gets to the stage we are at, you have the dilemma of continuity versus utilising the depth. To pick a best 22/23, we really need to know who we are playing against, on what ground and it what conditions? We will have 32-34 that can easily play without losing much...