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That’s where him and westy should be playing. High half fwd, rotating as 4th and 5th mids. Both can snag a goal and bring a bit of cu$t to the middle when required whilst providing fwd pressure when fwd. Sent from my iPhone using BigFooty.com

When I spoke with him at the b&f he said his body was struggling. Didn’t mention anything about next year tho Sent from my iPhone using BigFooty.com

Sometimes coaches can have winning records and still need replacing. Take the Toronto maple leafs for example. Made the playoffs the last 8 years in a row but only made it out of the first round once. Coach has one of the highest winning percentages of all time at the leafs but couldn’t get them...

Might be a bit far left field and will prob get lambasted, but given our fwd structure, what would we get trading Cody? I’m not advocating it at all, more just a thought. We have 3 tall fwds that can mark or bring ball to ground and a sml fwd that flys against them rather than roving to them...

Agree with both you and mrchristo. The press, when executed properly is and should be a big part of our game. But like u say, it relies on high pressure and is sticking tackles. If not it creates overlaps and too much space. But it all again goes back to bevo not having a plan b. We play a...

Love this. For one we need to stop pushing our fwds so far up the ground. Yes, that’s how the game is played now, within 75m. But if we’re going to do that, our fwds need to reset quicker and make the ground bigger so they can come at the ball rather than lead away. I also think our fwds...

100% agree on the whole English topic. Worst decision we made resigning him. Unless it’s a sign then trade scenario. He is great around the ground as another mid, but Jesus h Christ he sucks balls as a ruck. I would be more than happy, if he could get his body right to do a straight swap for...

100% correct. What we also don’t do is reset the ground quick enough. Because we tend to try push numbers deep into defence with a full ground zone, we have no forwards to kick to. Once our players are not in the contest they should be setting up for the next play ie starting to slowly work back...

His only role should be as a high half forward rolling up and playing as a fifth mid. That way he can use his kicking into the forward line without being responsible for an actual man at a stoppage. Basically plays the qb roll out of stoppages out the back and can be a link player around the...

Got a letter from the club today about my 2024 membership, saying that my player sponsor membership is going up by $500 this year. Basically saying it’s because of the redevelopment on level 2, so guessing any l2 reserved seat members will also have theirs go up. Also talked that they’d kept...

While I agree with most people saying we need to add pace and grunt to our team, it’s not the be all or end all. I think we need to look at a team like geelong 2007-2012 for what to aim for game style wise. The cats were by no means quick at all. They were well drilled and guys played their...

100% agree re everyone in sync. Also just need everyone to play a role. We don’t need 22 players that can all use both sides (although it helps) or players to be able to play 12 positions. Why can’t we just have two tall defenders that actually just lockdown and defend and one intercepting tall...

This isn’t directly at u, but I don’t get people who say his kicking isn’t good enough for defence. Yet in the same sentence will say he should play high fwd because he has good skills for a tall. Whoever said defenders needed to be able to kick? U just said he can intercept mark. That’s all we...

Yeah prob a bit harsh as I think he’s been amazing for us. But I just think he is too slow now. We have bont, libba, ads, smith, west that will role through there next year without looking at Garcia or a top draft pick/recruit. If u start bont, libba and smith, west plays forward and treloar...

Caleb should be no where near the midfield…ever. Yes he gets a lot of the ball but his size and lack of pace absolutely screw us when he is in the centre bounces or at stoppages. The amount of time he gets pushed off the ball, his man gets the clearance because of a broken tackle or he is too...

A zone is hard to kick through if the zone is constantly on the move in a specified area to make the zone look bigger. If the players are stationary, you can dissect it with short angles kicks just like most teams did to us all year. Your correct about running the ball through in numbers though...

Campbell has reportedly spoken with essendon briefly and would prefer to stay in melbourne. His missus apparently goes alright coin wise so he doesn't want to move interstate and jeopardise that for her. Will play vfl/local if only interstate clubs show any interest.

Agree its weird, just what ive heard. Wallis and Libba both inside mids early in their careers, both average pace & size. Granted Mitch added goal kicking to his craft a bit this year, but still seen as an inside mid. club wants more flexibility, speed and skill. Liked Wallis forward too, can...

Also think Libba is a better player, think the decision is more based on off field issues that have been mentioned previously.

Should of explained better, my bad. Wallis is not part of that group. What i was told was that if wallis stays, they will look to offload libba. Libba is the last of the group that was supposedly causing a few issues. they're basing contract on players roles/game style. Club has realised we...

From what im lead to believe, Libba staying or going depends on the outcome of Wallis. If Mitch stays, the club will look to offload Libba which will get rid of that whole clique ie biggs, dal etc. If Mitch goes, libba stays.

Club didnt really try hard to keep Dal as there was no point. He was heard at Anglesea v Geelong Ammo's game earlier this year pissed as a fart with his mates saying he was going and wanted out of the club. Also had the fact he wants out confirmed by the player i sponsor.

if this happens as above, then what do we take to the draft? 4, 6, 7, then a bunch of 20's?

flipped from carlton as part of their trade for jaksch.

on the plus side, i'll be on a footy trip for the next 4 days so i can drink away the pain!

Are we worse than melbourne atm? There is seriously something terribly wrong at the club with all of these players wanting out. Have always understood what the club is trying to put in place and had no prob with higgins, jones & tutt wanting out, but this??? questions need to be asked now.. On...

Shit i started something here with the hendo thing. Firstly, this "rumour" wasn't just floated to make my friday afternoon go quicker, it was something that one of our current assistant coaches told me. Secondly, like i said, we had spoken to him BUT, the coach didn't say how it went, so for all...

id take both in a heartbeat. would fill chb & chf quite easily for us. like i said though, dont know how the meetings went, just that we've met/talked to them.

This will start some guys up again, but just spoke to same coach that i spoke to yesterday re Tutt and Jones, he may have let slip some interesting tidbits. 1. we have spoken to Carlisle twice in the last 2 weeks but didn't say how it went and 2. which i thought was the interesting one as it has...

Dont know if this has been mentioned already, am about 20 pages behind, but thought id post now cos people would want to know, and catchup later. Make of this what you will, but Tutt wants to be traded. Got that from an assistant coach. Didnt stipulate where, but wants out. Re jones...