I think if Kerridge was to come in he should be played at half forward. He tackles and gets the football and by god we need anyone who can hold the ball in the forward line.
Besides getting murdered out of the middle, the Dogs got it out of our forward 50 far too easily. Hes also a decent shot for goal.
And don't let anyone tell you umpiring doesn't influence results. Aside from the the Bontempelli fiasco, it would be nice if there was some consistency with the holding the ball or incorrect disposal decisions. At critical times when we had momentum we got dudded on a few obvious ones and the Bulldogs got goals at the other end.
Dow's free when he put us in front was the only crucial one that went our way all day.
As painful as it feels now, we need to give these guys a chance to see this through.
The reality is we've had alot of key injuries to our personnel, that we as a club given our limited depth could ill afford (much more that most). Yes, our recent performances havent been great
We are headed the right way, but we just need to dodge the numerous icebergs we are encountering.
I have promised my 9 year old son that we will keep going to games until at the very least he sees a win in the flesh. We are 0-4 so far but I am a patient (albeit crazy) individual.
How is it that a club who has multiple salary cap breaches doesn't have this history factored into any penalty related to their drug cheating, especially since it was a penalty based on governance breaches.
What also infuriates me is that, for instance, a 12 year old gymnast who would probably put more trust in his/her coach given their age would be subjected to the standard penalty for any drug offences without any uproar, but the Essendon players were victims of trusting coaches and management and have no responsibility for what they are injected with.
This is the logic of our media. Its absurd. These players are legal adults, and are educated on PED's etc and who they need to contact if they have any queries. And its conveniently forgotten that these players were deceptive in reporting information when questioned by ASADA. And this makes them victims.
How can you take the AFL seriously, when they treat the general public like fools.
I think the part where BB asks Jamo (as a 140 odd game player of the club) about what he would expect a guy like Viojo Rainbow to say to him if he can see Jamo doesnt adhere to team structures on the field was interesting.
Jamo replied that he would expect to be called to account on it, even by a first gamer.
If everyone is on board with this line this will be a significant shift in the club's mindset.
I remember that moment shadesy and felt your frustration.
If you even have a half traditional forward set up to anticipate the quick clearance you can at worst break even in a 50/50 contest and have the ball sit in your forward 50.
Graham won a few clearances like this, kicked the ball in quickly given he had limited time and space but because everyone cleared out of the forward line, the ball just bounced right back.
My view is if you know that you will win more centre clearances than not, you need to keep forwards in the the 50 metre arc.
Geez the 2015 stats say that even though we were crap we were still 3rd in the comp for clearances.
Clearly we can get the ball, we just dont take advantage of it when we have it.
