Good to see him backed in to win his proper position rather than being wedged in to a forward line that barely sees the ball.

Rubyjo wrote: ↑Sun 07 Jul 2024 7:13pm Wow what a game from The Pou ..looks bigger for sure ..

I don't think he is any bigger in a few weeks, just playing on smaller mids rather than bigger backs.

Almost like the correlation with free kicks is who infringes the most not who gets the most stats.

Need to play in rainbow socks every week

We got lucky the swans forgot how to kick goals in that last quarter but we will take it

Marshall cost us there. Needed to square to the two guys running in to goal

Pou going had to head with Heeney at center bounce/stoppages. He might not win the war but it is good to see him being backed in and doing some damage

generally when you have close relationships with people at a club you want to be around the club no matter what, even when you are injured. When you are physically injured sure. If he needs to get his head right then getting out of the environment is going to be a helpful break. Given the insane pr...

Where did pick 4 and 5 come from? According to the AFL's rules, compensation can be one of 5 places • 1st round • end of 1st round • 2nd round • end of 2nd round • 3rd round Not two high 1st round picks https://www.afl.com.au/about-afl/free-agency We wouldn't be getting 2 x 1st round picks for Batt...

Rebuilding means nothing- it's a word used to cover lack of success and give a window for being unsuccessful until something works properly. Clubs recruit various players all the time through whatever means, and coaches come and go as well as off field personnel. My concern is that we are not getti...

You could put forth an argument that currently Battle is our no 1 defender though this along with McKay being North's prime defender doesn't factor into the compo handed out .... well .... as far as we know!! As stated and most would agree Band 2 compo for Battle would be a horrible outcome.... a p...

All this talk about matching if its a end of first round compo, he is unrestricted so no matching is available. If he decides he wants to go to the hawks, thats what happens and we get what we are given. Hopefully we have a solid understanding of what the 1st Round comp pick level is so at least If...

King is still a good young forward, his problem is being left to do it alone. The other marking targets in our forward line are a tall mid and a couple of 30 and 40 gamers.

He kicked 3 goals 2 weeks ago and is still tracking well statistically for his age. He needs support, not to be thrown out

Given this thread started on 1 July, did anyone actually listen to what the Coach said post match, including that Owens and Sinclair were deployed to the midfield with Clark back Guess not Kind of my point. He doesn’t win enough ball to be a mid. I’ll stick my hand up and say I had no idea he was p...

Yeah the problem is he is a mid playing as a second tall. I don't mind the idea of him playing down back a bit but he needs to improve his kicking or I will be getting flash backs to his speccie/turnover in the d50 against gws

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More detail over on SEN from Morris and it is exactly what I thought. “Several clubs told me he was unsettled despite having a long-term deal to the end of 2027." So the agent is shopping him round to other clubs, hard to believe it isn't at the asking of Rowan. Seems like he isn't completely r...

He took a few good marks and got beat a few times. Worth experimenting with to develop for next year.

He can cut the cross field passes out though, a couple of times he was a meter from a turnover and walk in goal.

Or replacing Howard? I don't think Howard is any threat of going, or that the club would be eager to get rid even if he was keen, at least without an immediate equivalent replacement. Battle they have no control over so planning for that happening makes sense He means replacing Howard at full back ...

Josh was really good mates with Jack Scrimshaw at Haileybury, wonder if that comes into calculations for him as well as the money obviously What about the 20 or so mates at St Kilda. I wonder if that comes into calculations? What the 20 or so new mates he might make at his new job where he gets pai...

Devilhead wrote: ↑Fri 28 Jun 2024 4:47pm Or replacing Howard?

I don't think Howard is any threat of going, or that the club would be eager to get rid even if he was keen, at least without an immediate equivalent replacement. Battle they have no control over so planning for that happening makes sense

Interesting that Caminiti is being tried down back and will be there for an extended run, maybe testing the waters for a Battle replacement.

That he was unhappy was news to him. Said he is not going anywhere. I enjoyed watching Ross single out the journalists who ran the story. That was good to hear, though I wouldn't expect Ross to come out and say 'oh yeah Rowan isn't feeling committed'. It was also interesting Ross said that Rowan wa...

Dump kicks? Question How many kicks out of stoppage or CB are 100% effective? Ie/ scores from stoppage?! There is about 80 odd stoppages per game - teams normally generate 2-8 scores from stoppage Point is - a lot of kicks from stoppage are under pressure. Another point Is a dump kick only ever mar...