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Lord: was he taken off to be held over? 9 possessions and wasn't seen during the last quarter. (I only saw maybe 20 minutes).
I presume Flynn Young is also held over.
Talor Byrne: not getting huge numbers, but 3 goals and making an impact.
But can't hid the side of the barn.
Can't carry someone that is that poor by foot.
May just need someone to come with the right skills to correct what Ben is doing wrong with his kicking. Fev or Mark Williams perhaps.
Footscray forwards aren't giants but Derksen and Young have controlled the skies.
Ben Camporeale has done some really good work at the contests
I didn't hear Murphys suggestion, but if i was to guess at why he was suggesting it, it would be because its in bad taste. Dancing on the grave of Vossy.I d suggest Murphy is in no position of credibility to lecture the Carlton Football club on bad taste...
We know that we have been competitive in most games this year. A few have commented about what happens if we do run out this game and win it - with the implication that it was Voss' inability to change things around, only has one game plan.
What happens if we are blown away - is this a sign of Voss' ability to get the most out of a group, but Fraser can't?
So we rate the stand in coach in one game over a bloke who had 4 and half years???
What has been our number 1 issue?
Culture.
Retiring blokes ahead of time, trading blokes for shiny new objects, simply creates the next batch of people who do a Jack Silvagni, Tom De Koning and Charlie Curnow.
WE as an organisation, need to prove that this is not a place for careers to come and die.
Yes, I believe we have a culture issue in the club too but it is coming from our leaders, not the rank & file.
Persisting with old players who are either past it or not playing to the level required (i.e. just don't give a feck) has a strong ripple effect too.
We kept gifting games to guys like Murphy & Gibbs when they didn't deserve it, everyone else became complacent & lived in the comfort zone.
Time to make a strong stand in this area.
Play some of the younger guys each week, give them 3-4 games and then back to the magoos, at the end of the season, the list management team will be in a much better position to make an informed decision.
I think we spoke about this the other day.
I say we keep those types and trade off ones we get value in - eg Cripps, Harry, Weiters.
No point sacking old blokes because they are old. It doesn't help.
You 'sack' (trade) old blokes who get you something via trade to help improve your younger crop.
No point giving the old blokes a contract extension too, if they are out of contract then there is nothing to be gained by keeping all of them around.
Derksen kicked 5.2 on the weekend whilst Kemp eked out 0.1.Yeah lets retire players early again, that will make players want to come to us and we can cut their careers short too!
Most people are completely missing the point here, winning games now is totally irrelevant, we are not going to make finals anyway.
However, what can be salvaged from this trainwreck is a clearer picture of what we have on our playing list.
There are 19-20 players out of contract this year (thanks Nick Austin) meaning that there should be some heavy axings, but who ??
It is imperative that we give some senior games to other players on the list to ascertain who genuinely has a future and who hasn’t.
Besides, we are going nowhere with Saad, Williams & Haynes and they are three of the out of contract guys.
Lets use the remainder of the season as a part building block for the future instead of doing the same crap we have done thus far this season with the same non-performing players.
Lemmey had 1 game where he kicked 7, with is the '1 game' Lods was referring too.
However, from the 16 games he played in 2025, he managed 31 goals (1 goal short of 2 goals a game). Thats an upgrade on anything we have currently, and hardly 'one-game'.
But yes, instead we train a guy up as backmen, then try and turn him into a forward.....who hasn't got as many runs on the board.
Who was training him into a backman then played him as a forward? Wouldnt be our head coach would it.
Of course not
Lemmey had 1 game where he kicked 7, with is the '1 game' Lods was referring too.
However, from the 16 games he played in 2025, he managed 31 goals (1 goal short of 2 goals a game). Thats an upgrade on anything we have currently, and hardly 'one-game'.
But yes, instead we train a guy up as backmen, then try and turn him into a forward.....who hasn't got as many runs on the board.
We're not training up a backman to be a forward.
He's as much a forward as he is a defender.
Derksen kicked 35 goals for GWS in the VFL in 2023.