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Agreed - genuinely hasn’t kicked a goal in over a week now.

He kicked 3 as a wingman running forward and beating his man to the spot. Different story playing as a forward with a defender assigned to you than as a mid/wing running forward. Having said that, I don't really have a preferred position for Cox at this point. Happy to try it.

Running out of options a little bit here. We almost have to play small up forward out of necessity, which is nice. I think you're behind the times if you're not playing 3 small forwards these days, and I'm not sure we would be if we were fully fit. Kako, Gresham and raffle the last spot between...

I don’t think they should tbh. It’s not the nice thing to say, or the thing anyone wants to say. Maybe the day he’s literally done his acl isn’t the right time to say it either. But he’s already 23? 25? 24? Can’t remember exactly. He’s now going to miss a whole season, and the season after...

Good thing he’s a free agent then.

He’s welcome to do that from the wing, pushing into the backline and then providing run out of there. As an actual defender and those instincts, he’s got a long way to go.

Wonder if the issues surrounding Ben's sibling could be impacting him?

Nic Martin is as good of a player as Reid straight up. Okay, now that we’re at equally opposite points of unreasonableness, the negotiation can begin.

I mean, great? Even if we do, genuinely, what does that mean for us? (I know this is a very defeatist/pessimsitic outlook). Port are better than us, full stop. Maybe we get a few lucky bounces, a few lucky calls. Maybe a few guys play their best game of the season, and a few port guys are...

Which/how many draft leagues do you have him in?

Agree that this genuinely does probably deserve it's own thread. I've gone back and forth on my stance a few times on this one already. Currently I'm a yes to 2x first rounders and change. And a no if it's 3x first rounders. Whether Reid himself is worth that or not isn't even really the...

Just could not be the less correct mentality to have. How good was our recruitment of McKay! Prevented hawthorn from getting him.

No he shouldn’t. The media are a pack of grubs looking to quote out of context any few words they can for their next headline. Press conferences are genuinely a waste of time. He had to even clarify in yesterday’s one what he meant when he said after the game Saturday “this is not a wake up...

Probably true, but probably also unnecessary. As out of fashion as 2 genuine ruckmen are in the modern game, their skillsets genuinely do have the ability to complement one another. Draper as a genuine target to kick to, and someone who can at least bring the ball to ground in a contest, is...

"Essendon weren't willing to pay the price for Dunkley" is one of the most common "misremembering the situation"s that goes around. There was no price that bulldogs would accept. Dunkley was under contract, they wanted to keep him and any picks offered were going to get eaten up by a Jamarra...

Adelaide gave up defending after a while. Tends to happen when you’re 60 up and the other team is walking - you play down to the competition.

I take it you haven’t been reading haha? A lot of criticism for the lack of effort. But also (and this has been said a few times) the overall IQ of our team is shocking. For instance, we might have guys run back but then plug absolutely illogical holes. Or we might have 2-3 guys determined...

Ah yes, I did forget Davey. But yeah even ruling out positions, like-for-like etc… We currently have 2 fit players who have played AFL before who aren’t getting a game. That’s it. So as wonderful as an axe through the team would be…you’re only doing that if you’re committed to doing a...

Literally someone has to don’t they? Perkins and Tsatas are out. Assuming Ridley comes back in, we need to bring in at least a 2nd. Outside of Goldstein, I don’t think we have a fit body who has played afl before.

We can’t score or defend. Two pretty big hurdles to overcome. Literally doesn’t matter what uniform the other 18 are wearing.

I really like Draper, I think it’s undervalued dramatically what he brings. But I’ve started thinking of re-signings this way. Imagine Draper wasn’t on our list. Would you be actively going out and trying to get him on a 6-year deal with the sort of money that comes with it? When you then...

Any projecty-type players who “could be anything” but also seem likely to develop fumbling capabilities in the next 3-12 years?

Oval-shaped ovals seem to be our Achilles heel.

Tricky one to read. He looks like he’s got a body and cardio level that isn’t AFL level (understandably). But - very much took his chances. And one thing I’ve always critiqued our forwards for, but he was constantly in the right spot, which is the knack for a natural forward. Keep playing...

Need to win this to really maintain our top 4 chances.

He’ll fit in nicely.

Our lack of ability to score or defend probably hurts us. Besides that we’re a chance.

Yes but we seem to miss 105% of the shots we do take, including scoring in our ring.

I genuinely don't think there are a lot of options at this point. Despite not an insanely lengthy injury list, we're pretty much playing everyone available who isn't youth, Goldstein or Setterfield (Think there is even a ? on his fitness too).

I have concerns about our ability to succeed.