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The 3 things I said would beat us did. The yips infront of goal, the running game and smalls (Schultz eg) would swamp us and the home ground free kick advantage. I was very wrong about the margin, 30+ I called. Free kicks were 23-20 to the Pies in the end. 11-2 in the last qtr. Complete...

Don't feel good about this one. I fear the yips in front of goal will continue, Collingwood's outside run and smalls will cut us up as running teams do, and I fully believe the home ground umpire advantage will go against us. Hate to say it, Pies by 30.

I don't think we are going anywhere anytime soon either. We are evolving nicely, getting quality draftees when our ladder position suggests we shouldn't, locking in our best players for the next few years at least. Injuries this year, while devastating for a title shot this season, has given...

I think Lane goes, there's no obligation to keep him because of the injury. His contract is up, he'd be on the long term injury list or unavailable for most of the season if kept on anyway. I'm not saying we abandon him, leave him to recover on his own. I think our only obligation to him is to...

I'd happily swap Kiddy for Brain or Prior this week, Gardiner for Joyce. McCarthy for Ah chee I'd consider. Even a fit and in form Doedee I'd swap for Lester.

Bit unfair on Joyce in the preview. Thrust back in after a broken jaw in foreign headgear, against a very good team and one error makes him untrustworthy for ever. That's pretty hard marking. He was going good before the injury, not great not poor, but certainly a pass mark. Gotta remember this...

Not just confidence i think. Just like a golfer can lose his swing or a batsman can have a problem with his stance and movement, it doesn't take that much to be out of sorts. It's millimetres between perfection and failure. Millimetres between a good drop to the foot, the pendulum swing of the...

Hippy back I hope. Smith has been OK, shown promise but I think we're better with Hippy. We have to stick with Joyce. He was good b4 the jaw injury, offbeat n probably a bit shy because of it last week. I can't imagine the head gear is good for hearing or vision at times. Training in it would be...

Mmmm venison.

We lost. It's not the end of the world. Some of the negatives posted are a bit over the top. Good players beat our young or inexperienced on occasions, shocking. A cpl of our good players weren't at their best when they should be perfect every game. The players don't want it, threw away this...

The knee clean up is to remove any floating bits of bone or cartilage. It can also smooth off any rough edges on the cartilage itself. Reduces pain and discomfort. Nothing to worry about, a good thing really. Recovery will be better, pain decreased and running will be easier. Shouldn't add any...

Did sauce Merritt wear one for a bit? Can't think of too many that have worn helmets as a once off or regularly. Did Andrews wear one coming back from the whack from Cameron? A picture of him in one flashed in my head. Good brain teaser.

Ah the mutton chop head gear. Don't reckon it'll do much for the hearing either. It may be enough to deflect glancing contact. Dampen a bit of that kind of impact. Can't imagine it being any good for a full on whack.

It won't be like the Saints game. We won't be able to control or be on top for 4qtrs. Giants are a very good side, they will have their turn with momentum. As Fages has said many times, we're going to have to beat them a few times during the game, or something like that. This is where, I...

When you can only have a certain number of players on a squad and a salary cap to deal with, decisions have to be made on how many players you carry as starters, depth and developing. It would be lovely to have unlimited depth just in case of disasters, injuries, poor form etc, but ya just...

When players are put on a long term injury list while still contracted they aren't able to play for the rest of that season. They are able to be replaced on the list for that season if those injuries occur before the preseason draft or the midseason draft to equalise player numbers. Lanes injury...

The task of picking our best 23 for next season isn't going to be easy. My thoughts should all players be fit and in form. Starce, Payne, Doedee Kiddy, Andrews, Wilmot Clug, Neale, Fletcher Big O, Dunkley, Berry Rayner, Hippy, Bailey Morris, Joe, Charlie W Ashcroft, Ah Chee, Lohmann...

We're keeping McLachlan so if Linc struggles or there's injuries, between Charlie, Bailey, Lohmann, Ah Chee, Reville and McLachlan, and the likelihood of L Ashcroft or Marshall playing a sm fwd/mid role to start off, I think the sm fwd stocks are OK. If Kiddy doesn't come back strongly as you...

Hippy in for Smith, Bruce starts, Brain to sub. It wouldn't surprise me if Joyce comes in for Prior. If he was back training last week wearing head gear, he may have the confidence in the jaw to play. It will be 3 weeks this weekend, time enough to heal a minor break/crack. I'd like Joyce to...

Absolutely no problem delisting Craven and Beecken. Superfluous to needs. Don't need another hb or sm fwd. Didn't we list an ex giants player midseason that was coaching as well or did we leave a spot vacant? Gotta have list spots for Kiddy, Doedee, McCarthy and Gardiner. And also apparently...

Saints played as well as we let them. Pressure was elite the whole game. We're getting better at that. We were miserly in defense. Higgins, Membury, etc kept very quiet. Excellent team win. A team that really looks like they are enjoying the challenge and enjoying their football. Rayner has...

Regarding Zorks, that's the respect for experience and the ability to inspire thru actions he has. A veterans influence. Like Pendles at the Pies. We may miss that when he retires although Andrews will soon have that veteran respect and he does lead by example. Wilmot and Lohmann are bringing...

Well earnt, well deserved for both of them. Whoever is to replace them will have to be playing extremely well. It's funny, before this season started I was probably thinking Doedee would take Lester out, Zorko squeezed out by Lohmann or when Ashcroft returned. Both could retire proudly at the...

Yeah I'm thinking that too. I'm leaning towards Andrews not being 100% as the late out. Bruce comes on to bench/sub, Hippy back, Smith fwd as per last week. I'd rather play it safe if we need to.

I'm puzzled as to the reason also. If it's to cover Andrews because he is still feeling minor symptoms from his concussion. Andrews shouldn't play if that's the case, and Smith a replacement from the emergency list. Rather than subbing Andrews out in a game. Does Big O have a niggle, is he...

I think the squad has taken a big development step this season. We've had young players emerge into first graders, Wilmot, Fletcher, Lohmann, Morris. We've seen rookies turn into capable depth, Brain, Reville, Smith and Sharp. We've seen the reaffirmation of some depth players...

Re Joyce, I saw a quick sliver of footage of Joyce at training. He was wearing this goofy looking head gear with mutton chops. The mutton chop padding adding a bit of collision protection for the jaw I guess. The head gear would offer no support to the jaw for jarring or pain from running and it...

The 3 you mentioned I'm sure could do it at a pinch. But they are half backs, that's their strengths. Ashcroft, Bailey or Clugg could fill in down back but you'd rather use Answerth wouldn't you? If Berry and Dunkley were both out for 6plus weeks I don't think you'd be selecting Prior over Dev...

Yeah we do, with Levi n Marshall it's deeper. But looking at that list, how many would you describe as a defensive mid. We imported Dunkley to do it, Berry has been reborn into it, after that the cupboard is bare. We've seen how much better we've been in the midfield with a cpl of bulls in there...

Andrews for Smith, Hippy back to the fwds. Probably the only changes necessary. Smith out is expected, but kudos to him. He's gone from an untried 4th year to capable depth in the space of 2 games. He maybe unused for the rest of the season but with that confidence and another preseason with...