General footy chat Round 9: the other games and other stuff.

[dejavoodoo44]

Thought I might as well start the general discussion thread now, since the Festival of Footy starts in about twenty minutes, with the Tigers v Bulldogs game. Probably should be a fun, open and attacking game to watch. No idea who I would rather see win, though?

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Whoops, that should be Round 9. Could somebody who knows how to correct it, please do so? Ta.

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It's okay. I worked it out.

[mcs]

Thought I might as well start the general discussion thread now, since the Festival of Footy starts in about twenty minutes, with the Tigers v Bulldogs game. Probably should be a fun, open and attacking game to watch. No idea who I would rather see win, though?

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Whoops, that should be Round 9. Could somebody who knows how to correct it, please do so? Ta.

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It's okay. I worked it out.

Hope they both lose haha.

[Markwebbos]

Hate to say it but Dogs

[dejavoodoo44]

Hope they both lose haha.

Two very unhappy coaches and a challenging new controversy for the AFL?

[Markwebbos]

Richmond playing with a very un-Richmond-like gameplan

[longmile]

Both teams absolutely just throwing the ball. Blight on the game utilised heavily by the Dogs in 2016

[Sandridge]

Richmond ain't my "second team" by any stretch but more than happy to see them smash the Fairypuppies.

[Ludwig]

Marbior Chol just had an excellent mark and goal followed by a very good goal assist. I'd give our first rounder for him, but it won't be easy to get him off Richmond. He's just the player we need.

[dejavoodoo44]

Richmond ain't my "second team" by any stretch but more than happy to see them smash the Fairypuppies.

Dogs seemed that they might be a bit nonplussed: the free kick count is going against them.

[Markwebbos]

Marbior Chol just had an excellent mark and goal followed by a very good goal assist. I'd give our first rounder for him, but it won't be easy to get him off Richmond. He's just the player we need.

And another. He does look handy, but he's a fwd/ruck not a fully fledged ruckman, right?

[Sandridge]

Dogs seemed that they might be a bit nonplussed: the free kick count is going against them.

Certainly unfamiliar territory for them.

[Ludwig]

And another. He does look handy, but he's a fwd/ruck not a fully fledged ruckman, right?

That's my theory about how to deal with the ruck dilemma. If you can't get a Max Gawn of a NicNat, then get a few good tall utilities to share the load. Then you don't fall apart if one goes down with injury. I figure we have Sinclair, Reid, Amartey, McLean (maybe) and Aliir. Chol or someone similar would give us a solid group of players who could play a key position and ruck part time. I believe we can develop a successful game plan around this kind of stoppage group.

[Nico]

That's my theory about how to deal with the ruck dilemma. If you can't get a Max Gawn of a NicNat, then get a few good tall utilities to share the load. Then you don't fall apart if one goes down with injury. I figure we have Sinclair, Reid, Amartey, McLean (maybe) and Aliir. Chol or someone similar would give us a solid group of players who could play a key position and ruck part time. I believe we can develop a successful game plan around this kind of stoppage group.

Hello, hello, hello. You have gone from no good to a maybe with McLean!

Powerful performance by the Tigers. A wealth of talented players.

[Melbourne_Blood]

Video up on the AFL discussing the swans and giants scramble to get out of Sydney. Harley was discussing Buddy heading North with the team. He Stopped himself from actually saying it, but almost said Buddy could be back in a couple of weeks.

[Ludwig]

Hello, hello, hello. You have gone from no good to a maybe with McLean!

Both McLean and Amartey are out contract this year. My feeling is that we will keep 1, but not both. McLean has been okay, but not overly convincing and Amartey hasn't played a game. So it's still unclear how things will end up with these 2. I hope we get to see Amartey get a senior game soon, so we can make a comparison.