From Dan Hannebery’s megabucks deal, to Billings-over-Bontempelli and McCartin-over-Petracca, it makes for grim reading. FFS, can the Billings/Bontempelli choice be killed once and for all? Nobody...I repeat Nobody would have taken Bont at pick 3. Rather than continually bagging the Saints for taki...

FFS...is this for real At the risk of sounding callous (which I’ve done before)… Why would you or anyone be surprised. He’s injured coming back from injury this week… like he was during the preseason, like when he came back to to play seniors mid last year, and 7-8 times before that. I called this ...

It almost feels like Lyon has his plan for the year and he's not actually too fussed whether we win or lose. He should've been more aggrieved after that loss than he appeared but maybe he was behind closed doors.. My most concerning part of the game (and its already been mentioned) was the lack of f...

Knowing our luck we'll be bottom 4 just as Tasmania start getting their draft concessions

Didn't see the game (can you watch outside of Vic?) Keeler 3 goals, all in the first half. Connolly looking promising without being world beating. How did Membrey play haven’t seen him mentioned??? Not much to mention unfortunately. Watched the 2nd half and besides a gimme goal he hardly got near it.

I don't get the hate for Howard and Battle. We lost the game in the middle rather than inside our defensive 50. They had 58 inside 50s to our 43 and yet we were still leading the game with a couple of minutes to go. I would consider those stats to reflect favourably on our backline. Battle had a sh...

I hope we concentrate on recruiting and drafting the best midfielders from now on ... no second stringers. Id rather we lose whilst playing Windy and/or Bytel and seeing if they're upto it then trotting out this current midfield who as a coolective haven't been getting it done for weeks now. It put...

Wow. This this was rubbish bordering on gutless with a heavy dose of stupidity.

Otiman wrote: ↑Sat 27 May 2023 4:23pm I think we went too hard on being a running side, lost too much bulk and are not physical enough to win contests and clearances.

Steele has certainly never looked his normal self pre or post injury.

Hawthorn midfield dominating Will Day, Jai Newcombe, Connor Nash and James Worpel What an opportunity missed where Windy and Bytel could have gone head to head with 2 of their young blokes We needed to mix it up 5 weeks ago. Nothing has changed and instead of competition for spots we see mediocre p...

Midfield getting smashed again. Been struggling fir weeks and its been blatantly obvious for weeks we need to change it up a bit, even just for a week or 2.

Wow, this is woeful. We should be 35 points down.

We're just not good enough to turn up to a game with this level of desperation and commitment when we show such a low level of smarts and skills.

Wow! Thought a couple more changes may be on the cards but great to have stability in the first 22 and confidence in getting the job done Also drives real competition for spots Yeah but competition drops off if form isn’t rewarded Personally I’m very frustrated that Bytel, Windy and now Billings ar...

If it's for this season then yeah, another ruck in case of emergency would be reassuring.

Not really in the spirit of 'mid season' draft but i dare say like when we got Heath we'll approach it with the intention of getting the best young prospect regardless of position they played.

SydneySainter wrote: ↑Sun 14 May 2023 4:32pm Not at this junction anyway.

To be fair, i created my user name in 2004!

We are too weak in the forward half. Unfortunately, we need Marshall down there in the short term. Campbell has been an emergency every game this season and must play next week. Even if King comes back, we need to be less predictable going forward and Marshall is both a good pack mark and leading f...

Biggest non issue ever... i didnt boo but who gives a crap.

Force your way out of a club after 1 year and tell people it was courageous ans you deserve it...

Not sure thats where we lost it but it was certainly a turning point...

Such a missed opportunity.

Membrey is either one of the best kicks for goal in the AFL or he looks so unsure you can tell he's gonna miss before he even kicks it... I think kicking a goal early helps settle him but to be fair he hadnt played a game for a fair while.. In regards to Cordy, he's obviously playing the role Lyon h...

Bytel to be the sub again. Cordy, Cooper & Campbell to miss seems the logical line-up. So your outs are Caminiti and Cordy? That leaves us a severely short in the forward line.... Wasn't Bytel the sub last week? OUTS: Caminiti & Cordy INS: Steele & Membrey If you look at our "exten...

Ghost Like wrote: ↑Thu 20 Apr 2023 7:37pm Bytel to be the sub again.

Cordy, Cooper & Campbell to miss seems the logical line-up.

So your outs are Caminiti and Cordy?

That leaves us a severely short in the forward line....

When it comes to St.kilda FC and the tribunal i was expecting 5-6 weeks so in that regard its a good result but bloody hell, 3 weeks for that is ridiculous. "Severe Impact"! What a crock. Murphy has concussion issues, anyone bar him and Paddy McCartin and it would be low impact. The fact t...

bigcarl wrote: ↑Mon 17 Apr 2023 12:56pm

samuraisaint wrote: ↑Mon 17 Apr 2023 12:44pm 1970s Dad's advice #101
"If someone hits you, give them one right back"

That should be his defense.

I guess we could make a plea around bullying or young players. Lol would put the AFL in a hard spot, given it’s activism on social issues

Love it!

And yeah, Bytel probably got subbed on too late, id like him to get more game time in coming weeks.

Gresh turns 26 this year, he's the same player now that he was when he came in the league. Same poor kicking technique and disposal, iffy decision making, knack of kicking a nice goal. At this stage i wont mind if a club comes to him with a decent contract and we take the compensation. I just get th...