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I was re-watching a few of last years games and this came up as usually it is a risky move for all the defenders and mids to bolt forward and provide an option. We saw last year with Impy just taking off from half back if we won the ball. One of the commentators mentioned that they run forward...

I'm sure they'll find a way to blame Andrew Russell for that too.

I think there is a difference between "being the hunted" and just being the opposition in a particular game. For instance you can tell that in 2025 many sides were very well prepared with a method to beat Collingwood. Probably based on how Hawthorn and Carlton beat them in 2023. So every side...

Edmund a bit silly there thinking we were lucky to make it. Had we beat Port when we were 42 points up we would have finished 2nd. If we did finish 2nd and had all finals at the G we'd have probably won the flag.

was robbed.

This is just opening the door to them saying Simpkin is the only reason we won in 2013.

Weddle would blow up pretty much every wingman too. I know Amon beat him in the 6 minute but for a full 4 quarters and his speed, endurance and also just his strength would absolutely exhaust opponents.

Great pics. I still can't get over how "full back" Tom Barrass looks. Has anyone ever looked more full back then him?

If you look at our form from the 0-5 start we lost 5 more but only Sydney and Geelong beat us comfortably, the 3 other losses (port x2, gws) could have gone either way. And most would think that the natural improvement, turning our weakness (tall defenders) into a strength with Barrass, Battle...

Up-skilling nicely there. Big improvement across the board actually. Just a less goals and less accurate than his 2022 season.

That would be a dream scenario. I don't expect him to be a forward or even a goal kicking mid type. Just that sometimes you get the ball forward and you need to kick a goal. Nash at the moment, it's like a guaranteed miss or a handball to someone under more pressure because he knows he isn't...

Thanks for sharing. Nash needs some of that forward coaching day is getting too. As good as Nashy is I have a nightmare of us needing him to kick a goal in a final. At the moment he just isn't a threat at all in the forward 50. Doesn't need to be great, just needs to know what to do if it falls...

Only way to make a 3 brownlow votes game a "base standard" would be to move to Carlton and change his name to Judd or Cripps.

IF and that's a big IF we actually did give West Coast a choice of our picks or Carlton's I don't know why they wouldn't go 1 of each so if the sides are at opposite sides of the ladder they could have at least gotten a higher 2nd round pick.

I think if we didn't get Battle and Barrass the talk would be about how exciting it is to get a real fullback in Blank back in, how exciting having Serong now with some finals experience ready to tear it up. McCabe with a full pre-season ready to make an impact in year 2. The what ifs of Frost...

I'm talking 2023 Sam Mitchell in his 2nd year coaching when Fergus was recruited. Don't get me wrong Fergus deserved his spot in the side, but he wasn't a key forward.

Many AFL clubs own or have access arrangements on the houses with Oval views. That will not be an issue in 6 months or so.

2 years ago it was Fergus Greene and Jacob Koschitzke.

Agree, I'd say Chol, Gunston + options of Battle, Sicily, Weddle and maybe a surprise of Serong, Scrimshaw or Frost up forward. However some of our best games last year were without Gunston and were Chol and Dear with 5 smalls (Moore, Ginni, Wiz, Macdonald, Breust) Moore, Macdonald and Ginni...

Yes Cyril did things as good or better than anyone. Yet from a Hawthorn perspective he sits between Ben Dixon and Paul Hudson for goals kicked and the latter played far less games for Hawthorn and kicked another 210 goals at the dogs. Tackles is one area Cyril beats them all out on though...

I think it was end of 2020 GWS came hard for Breust and he could have left and played some good football for a contending side. Clarkson perhaps through board pressure, had actually started committing to a rebuild starting 2021 and Will Day and Dylan Moore were about to become regulars for 2021...

Yep, there is no way the exact substances and dosages given wasn't recorded. And Demetrio tipping them off meant everything was destroyed. I'm sure it was all on a separate system but they certainly would have tracked it. As you said they know how far the players run in training and games, they...

1. Watson - superstar in the making. Will go to a new level now that he is passed the adapting stage and knows he can get it done 2. Battle - Many are sleeping on what a star he is. 3rd in saints BnF i can see him winning some with us. Him, Scrimshaw, Sicily and Barrass will own the air. 3...

I don't remember that but there was a phone ban on a Sydney trip once and he got the win.

Turf has been down for a while now, and construction sites are fenced off separately a bit away from the ovals. So could train there today without issue. They do this turf stuff all the time, Essendon just did resurfaced and started preseason a month later. That being said, getting players to...

Nonsense, Dear will be THE power forward of the competition. He's was 18 so a bit slight but still showed he could crash into and knock over packs, take pack marks at the highest point, win a standing wrestle 1v1, hit up on the lead, score opportunistic snaps and soccer goals. He's going to...

I Love the idea of a team that tried to take us over and wipe us from existence would be paying us rent for our hand me down training ground that is too small for us now.

Melbourne have been operating out of a shipping container for 20 years though. I'm staggered that they don't have a proper home of any sort. half the week train at goschs paddock which is just an oval with lights and nothing else. Then the other sessions they share casey fields with a bunch of...

Haven't seen a December update from the club yet. So here's some crappy photos I took. We've got roof finished and a lot of the walls done. AFLW oval grandstand roof and canopy also up but hard to capture.