How the need for a key backman wasn't bleedingly obvious to Pelchen and watters both before and after we lost Zac is an absolute mystery. That, and the absence of a second ruck, is going to hurt us throughout the year and could have been avoided

Not consistent enough for mine. He could do worse than ask Gilbert to be a mentor. Sam has played exactly the same game week in week out for 18 months. Mr consistency.

Such a shame it never occured to our recruiting dept that we might lose chips and Maca to injury at some point over the course of the season. Clearly Depth is over rated, we just need to avoid getting any injuries, easy

List management.... It was highlighted preseason that we are light on in both areas and two injuries away from trouble... Gets worse three years down the track unless it is addressed So true. Gilbert has been a liability all year but stays in the side because we only have one genuine key position d...

Was almost like he was playing for the wrong team. If he stays in the side there is something seriously wrong at the selection table. Although I did say that about Blake five weeks ago and he has well and truely proven me wrong so hopefully gilbo can do the same

Hmmmm, our recruiters have a lot to answer for if you ask me. Blind Freddy could see we were short on rucks and short on defenders going into this season. A couple of key injuries (Sam and Ben) and all of a sudden we are like hey we need mid-season draft! We could never have predicted we would lose ...

Seriously, who is Sam Gilbert playing for?

Gilbert single handedly losing us this game

Spud02 wrote:Is hesitating and hence getting nailed. Still value his marking power, just need quicker decisions when the ball hits the deck.

Marking power? You have to be kidding me. Has he taken a mark tonight? Has he taken a mark since 2010?

Newnes? Really? I'm all for giving kids who deserve a game a go but the kid is hardly worth keeping a premiership player out. Or Raph if you need a defender. Not only has he coughed it up every te he's touched it, I am suspicious he is on nahas

Im not sure when he last played a good game, maybe the first gf 2010 , but he is an absolute liability at the moment. Can't kick, can't mark, can't defend.

Take Gilbert, newnes & cripps out of this side and bring in Schneider, Raph & ledger and we would be a five to seven goal better side

damn his inconsistency! being in the best 5 players every second week just isn't good enough imhfo! from now on, every player should be in the best five every week or they get dropped.

midfield looked good last night but I was dissapointed there was so much space left unmanned. maybe we could redraft R Eddy. We would need to better the contract he got with Coles where he helps people fnd parking spaces.

Dal, fisher and Milne all well held. Bj too really. Lyon knew what he was doing

Jason Blake. Hmmmmmmm......

203cm, mobile and well skilled. Watched him over the preseason and the cats game and the kid can play. Question is, who do we play on him? If sandilands drifts fwd it will be like land of the giants in our defence and I am talking about the tv show not GWS

Lyon rated robert eddy higher than luke ball. That is all that really needs to be said on the subject.

Judd & Roo in the same side? That's $2 mill out of your salary cap right there.

I never said he was the worst out there tonight. My point is he is no longer anywhere near afl standard and has not been for 12 months. Based on that assessment, if he is in our best 22, and I guess he must be if played round 1, then we are no where near the top echelon of clubs. Simple. I also aske...

I like cj and believe he us a walk up start in our 18, both for his shut down efforts and ball winning ability.

He had a horrifying game tonight

f*** off. Just f*** off. I just watched that kick again and twelve months ago, we would've killed for him to kick it long like that. It was a good idea to kick it there and he probably didn't realise how quickly the port player could get there to spoil. geary probably should've held on to the mark ...

If you thought he had a good game, by afl standards, then you are easily pleased. He has not got the pace or the height to compete and so gives away countless frees. His kicking has always been a liability and if he can't spoil David rodan as the loose man in defence then surely questions need to be...

Has been a great servant of this club and from 2008-2010 was a very effective defender. However The writing was clearly on the wall 12 months ago to the day. He is so far past it now he is catching up to Damien kitchke. He would not get a game at 17 other clubs and if he is in our best 22 with no in...

just because have theoretical options doesn't mean they will do any7 good in reality. how do you reckon we will go in the event archer and stanley are our number one and two. in say.. a prelim agisnt westcoast? that would have to be the weakest ruck combo in either the AFL or the VFL or WAFL or any ...

I am staggered about the naivete in this post and from the club frankly, in thinking with McEvoy, Kossi, Stanley and Blake "we'll be right". All it takes is one serious injury to McEvoy and we are certainly not right. Kosi, with luck, plays about 16 games a year at the moment with injury a...