Hes turned out well and he was very tough today, taking many hits by the hawks and is one of our best in recent weeks. I can sort of see him becoming a kp defender, but like everyone else - needs a big preseason

I think we really really need to get a permanent full-forward, had Fraser been fit this year, we would have boasted a powerful and destructive forward line wiv kosi/roo doing their thing at centre half-forward and gehrig doing his one-on-one contests

other than that, your thread's spot on mate

been tagged heavily but thrived when let free. he has great natural ability and i'd like him to get a big preseason in him

Fiora, i am so surprised in his change, i remember him in great form last year, taking absolute rippers and i think he was even 3rd on our goal-kicking list. His kicking skills are great at times and he has good speed as well. Delist or keep? tough one but i honestly think birss should have had a go...

goddard still had a good game tho

mitchell still got 33 poss, obviously he didn't get too hurt

jeez king's been good, hes a welcome change to the 2nd-rate ruckmen we used last year.

King + Hayes + Ball would win us so many crucial clearances.

Was excellent - But didn't have a player on him all day. Don't expect this to happen against Geelong - or even Hawthorn for that matter. he played on swan for the 1st half and both racked up high numbers, just shows you that dal might have always been in form but was always tagged very hard - certa...

so to support riewoldt, bring in allen? or persist with charlie gardiner?

was reading the age, champion data actually says we won the tackles count, by something like 14 if i remember right

yeah but the point is actually using the ball well after winning it

Exactly what the title says. He has been in hot form over the last couple of months and that is why we won 8 out of the last 10 games. Surely yesteday he had a very poor day, getting double or triple teamed by the Geelong calvary. The question is, say if right now we lost Roo, would we have any chan...

exactly the point, we rely on riewoldt too much to lift us, expect at least a couple of goals from each if they're playing as forwards

then again, geelong were wivout key players, bartel and a couple of others

hmmm... what was the last game of competitive footy he played? WAFL or AFL last year?

speed? accuracy at kicking?

i thought birss was still pretty decent in the crows game, shutting down van berlo i think

going to the game! LETS GO SAINTS!

Peverill's been axed as well
http://sportal.com.au/afl-news-display/ ... rill-55252

Bombers looking to the future

milne, gardiner out

x clarke, birss in ?

COME ON ROSS GIVE BIRSS A FAIR GO!

Well I do agree that we lack a key defender, and in particular if Maguire cannot recover. However while it is a need...I think our biggest need is another really classy mid (and particularly next year with no Banger). Though with another key defender it would release Sam to play more midfield time....

yes we need a mobile medium sized forward and birss fits the frame perfectly but how long before ball comes back? we need him to win clearances and hard ball gets

yeah can't take tooo much from this, it was against Freo, even though they were in a bit of form - they didn't have j carr or tarrant

good win boys

what a surprise, i'm listening to the radio and just checking the stats, DAL SANTO has 5 TACKLES at half time!

does anyone else think that birss might fit the role of the medium sized forward? i mean hes kicked a few goals in each of his games and could just be what we need

oh i remember this, yeh it was also the same time goddard came off on blood rule - in fact double blood rule (fisher +goddard)