It's not about how many goals Max is kicking off his own boot, at the end of the day, it's about improving our team, overall. Where can we get the most bang for our team from our buck (pardon the pun ... at 23 he's still a buck), the most benefit for our team, anyway. CHF, CHB ... the surface of the...

We've had a chance to see how our forward line functions with or without Max in it as FF.
Plus or minus Max at FF, we're kicking 9 goals.

It could mean that Max could be better utilised elsewhere (other than at FF)?
Try something different ... a bit of lateral thinking?

Start with CHF, for example?

Max has the athleticism to play CHF where he might be better suited? If he has more space to move around in, he'd be harder to cover? In theory. He's doing okay at FF ... but he might do better than okay elsewhere? Even CHB ... Roberton as a pick 49 was averaging 25 possessions and was arguably our ...

Our stoppage clearance numbers are actually okay.
Our centre clearance numbers only need to improve by 3 or 4 per match.
I'm looking forward to Dow in a couple of weeks.

Our stoppage clearance numbers are actually okay.
Our centre clearance numbers only need to improve by 3 or 4 per match.
I'm looking forward to Dow in a couple of weeks.

Our recruiters chose Ben Long over Shai Bolton ... go figure.

Why not Stewart Loewe as goal kicking coach?

Nic Martin B.O.G. .... Be Our Guest!
Just help yourself.

(To put Sicily's 46 and Martin's 44 possession count in context, Jack Steele as a midfielder has only ever managed to get to 38 possessions, once, over his career).

Good game plan, not.
It needs a rethink, a rejig, IMHO.

Nic Martin had 44 possessions ... that's twice his average - playing as a half back yesterday. His average last year was 22 playing in the midfield. Sicily had 46 possessions record breaking possessions against us. Half back flankers love playing against us ... let's not beat around the bush. Does o...

I reckon we should Tony it down.... too much Tony this, Tony that.

Mate Give me two elite mids and 3 gop over 5 good players anyday You need quality to beat quality Watched Oliver and Petracca dominate again today! Seb Ross beat De Goey and Windhager beat Naicos ... so our good players are pretty damn good. :wink: The fact that a decent, skillful player like Stock...

Mackay rushed in from 5 plus metres away ... he was not realistically "in the contest." Even if he was a chance to lay a finger or fingernail on the ball is not the point ... he had no right to rush in like that and endanger someone who only had eyes for the bal It only takes 5 metres from...

We won our opening 4 last year. We should do at least that this year. In Ross (a fit Seb) we trust. We should have too much run for Geelong and maybe even Collingwood ... if we shut down Daicos this time. I hope RTB comes up with a plan for both N.Daicos and Crisp to stop/curb/limit their run ... so...

12 of the regular Geelong players are the wrong side of 30 ... including Hawkins 35, Isaac Smith 34, Dangerfield 34, Tuohy 34, Stanley 33, Blicavs 33, Rohan 32, Duncan 32, Stewart 31, Guthrie 31, Cameron 31, Bews 30. I think this will count against them ... especially late in the game ? Saints by 30...

That was a 10 week suspension even back then. It was an unrealistic attempt - he could have tackled, but he elected to go in full-bore when he was nowhere near the ball. The thing is he protected himself, turning his back towards Clark who only had eyes for the ball. He had time to do that!! What ha...

Mil (on interchange) = NWM?

Let's have a look at the year before last when Seb Ross was not playing injured and do a comparison with Brad Hill (I just chose him at random). Seb Ross vs Brad Hill Season 2022 ... averaging 5 more possessions and with the same metres gained as Brad Hill, plus more tackles. Disposal efficiency was...

Seb had knee and hamstring issues last year.

Hopefully, he will have an injury free run this year.

Last year Jack Higgins kicked 35 goals in the AFL Collard kicked 20 odd in the WAFL Colts I think Jack is a smidge ahead of Collard right now In fact ... Collard kicked 32 goals in only 11 games for the Colts! He kicked 10 goals in 2 final games. Collard could be the next Bobby Hill, who knows? ......

Lyon (and any hidden puppeteer/s) will keep erring on the side of playing the kids and giving them more game time. Wilson is certain to play opening round - he's training the house down. I include Hunter Clark in the kid category ... he averaged over 18 possessions with only 58% game time last year,...

Webster was apparently an unruly kid who had a reputation for settling his arguments with fisticuffs, but Richo managed to channel that aggressive energy in a positive way, that benefitted both Jimmy and the team. So. I'm sure Harvey, Hayes, Lyon, etc... will smooth any lingering rough edges or disc...

I have it on bad authority that Schoenmaker will also debut early.

Our top 30 players score 46 and above ... I wonder what the average is, and how we compare with other teams? I can't be bothered adding the individual player ratings up and dividing by 30. Not that it really matters ... it is just their opinion. I think our overall strength, is our strength. And my ...

Stewart Loewe's kicking coach, Peter Hudson, deserves a big mention. What a turnaround. Who was the senior coach back then? But, anyway, Stewart Loewe still deserves the credit. If you get DIY tips from YouTube, or google, should you be crediting them for the projects/renovations that you complete?

But the point is Lovett only has himself to blame. It's all on him.

Tremendous ability gone to waste.

At least Essendon managed to get something out of him - enough to make us interested in him.