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Breust is a freak / absolute superstar. But doesn’t mean he wasn’t slowing down last year. When you have footy iq off the charts you can still kick goals. His effiency is underrated - only needs a few half chances to score. Look at Gunston - his body seems cooked but give him the right...

. Yep. Membrey and Owens far too mobile for Philips on a big ground. Serong also bog at BH so deserved the call up.

Will we show up with the same intensity? Both the Roos and dogs wins came after big losses where we seemed fired up and cracked in. The saints good outside users may be an issue on the bigger Tassie ground. We also managed to push extra bodies around the contest vs the dogs to win the ground...

For someone with supposed elite skills he butchers it a lot. Kicking at 46.5% vs Moore at 70.7%. Career average of 55% by foot.

Just seems to have footy smarts - knows when to lead and find space but also attacks the contest. Dunno how he lasted to a pick in the 50s.

Let’s hope it’s just first year yips. But was probably expecting he’d be a low possession sharpshooter at afl level. But he’s getting a decent amount of the ball (which is a good thing) but not executing (a composure issue?)

He’s currently doing the work of a role player (eg Morrison) As a top 10 pick you’d hope for more upside/impact. Let’s see how the year pans out but seems a fair bit off getting a decent look as an inside mid.

Nick Holland played 3 games in afl in 2005. He didn’t support buddy/rough at all. If we traded Lewis and got two top end tall talents is an interesting question of if we could get by in the following 12-24 months. Ramsden will have another preseason in him, Chol will be 28. Gunston probably...

Anyone know what happened to HH? (Ie why he didn’t play after half time)

Let’s see what we put out tomorrow (and if it works) but does feel at times like we may be trying too many things for a relatively young and inexperienced group.

Which at this stage looks like a very good mid with pick 2. Which then makes the need to trade a F1 for smith less a priority (other than it being well overs) given our kpp issues.

Interesting to see how we manage the combo of chad, Breust, Gunston over rest of year. Arguably playing all 3 isn’t helping our development. Just no chance chad plays this week - we are conservative in recovery. Will need to get through a full BH game to even be considered.

Anything we get out of from now seems like a bit of a bonus given he’s struggled/underwhelmed to date. If he has put on size interesting to see how his contested work goes as historically has had a habit of overcommitting to contest and giving away silly frees.

Need to get more out of Ward, McDonald and butler (obv now injured). Reckon croc should be trialed off hbf (prob at bh first) - he’s just a naturally attacking player with ball in hand. His defensive side is an issue - if Amon can learn then he should be too. But also harder to hide your...

Feels like Ward should be trailed in a high hff role (as would maximise his strengths - run, workrate, clean skills). His stoppage craft doesn’t seem quite there and doesn’t seem quite suited to the wing.

Looks like the afl side will be back to basically full strength in a week or two (ex the season ending injuries). Will be good to see CJ and DGB back out there soon.

Would be good for Ramsden to get a full game in his preferred spot. One of weddle or Sicily to go forward. Not sure it’s worth keeping Gunston. Dunno if we swap Phillips for serong. Massimo might come instead. With west and weightman out outside their 3 talls rest of forward line looks average...

We’re crying out for players ahead of the ball that can contest and demand opposition attention. Unless Lewis is fit playing Chol and Gunston just doesn’t work. Ramsden is a way off. Sicily hasn’t been very effective down back this year - he’s getting pinned deep and opposition playing through...

Spot on. Which is why contested possessions and clearances stats looked okay as they sat off and were happy to pick off the errant hand pass or poor entry inside 50. The fumbling is an issue. Often just a basic sign of lack of class. We’re a bit stuck at present as we lack genuine speed...

I imagine they are working on his defensive side. As it was poor last year (especially deep inside 50 where his intensity could lack) but has been less noticeable in recent weeks. He’s also spending time on some elite players (eg Cameron) to likely learn about running patterns and getting to...

Sam may prove be a great tactician but with the role he inherited his success much more defined by his ability to build a list, culture etc. Yes a lot of this is on the list management team but coach has a role in defining what he needs. (The talent piece has been done to death so won’t...

Norths backline was an absolute shambles. Corr and Nyuon just leaked goals (nyuon couldn’t match up with Gunston who had previously struggled at vfl level). Hard for any team when defence is a shambles as structures just break down. Losing Logie to injury and McKay has stuffed them short term...

T4P - have you seen enough focus on the contested side of the game at training/preseason? Feels like we’ve spent a lot of time sharpening our uncontested transition game over past 2 years (including list management decisions). Hardwick appears to have but a premium on the contest at the suns -...

What would you classify as a surprising change? Any combo of Lewis, serong, Morrison Gunston coming in would not be. Guys like Ramsden, butler, Mackenzie, even Nash (given form) going out would also not be surprising.

Cumming would arguably slot straight onto hbf and be an upgrade on impey, Massimo etc and allow Amon to go back into midfield. Can also play wing. He’s a UFA and hard to see giants paying up to keep him (if he wanted to move for $$). Feels a little like the Amon from port situation.

Whatever form we had in the 2nd half vs the pies didn’t carry over to the suns. Dunno what happens this week. Is both teams best chance of a win. And loser will get a heap of media scrutiny. Would be highly disappointing if we don’t crack in. Harry and Gunston likely come in but that’s largely...

Two weeks in a row our best forward has been a non-forward (Hardwick and Finn) - but also two guys who love to compete, contest and be physical. Most of our forwards look good with easy ball coming in but do they scrap, fight, contest when the delivery is poor or when have to win 50/50...

Witts will be a good challenge for Meek. A big physical ruck with height.

Seems to be playing one good half then fades massively. Didn’t think his tank was an issue from last year or preseason?

With no BH game, a good 2nd half vs pies, and no one coming off injury list hard to see a lot of changes. Possibly HH gets a full game at box hill, would think butler gets 1 more, possibly we bring in serong to free up Hardwick going forward - but all minor tweaks.