Nick Austin take a bow again.... Pick 45 is 'burning it up!' About time we found a diamond in the back end of the draft, and Austin did it.
Never had an issue with the individuals he picked.......but any danger you could get a balanced list together?
Meanwhile we have Kemp up forward who is too scared to take a shot at goal......and Young who we've shopped around but nobody wanted. Doesn't fill you with confidence in that area now does it.
GC were very poor, despite being good in front of goal.
Kemp not only has the yips in front of goal, he is scared to even have a ping at them. At least twice he passed to people in worst positions than him, just so he didn't have to shoulder the responsibility of taking a shot himself. Someone needs to get him a shrink, quick.
Lewis Young looked better in the air than Harry does.....maybe it was the opposition?
Talor Byrne continues to make the extra step which results in laying the tackle, rather than just touching an opponent....and is getting rewarded.
I can't recall how many free kicks we got for holding the ball today, but i'd suggest its our season high.....and there was still a couple that they missed.
Harry Dean is playing with the experience of a 100 gamer. He'll be telling Weitering what to do if he ever returns. Exceeded all expectations. Today wasn't his best game either, but his opponent is about the toughest he'll ever face, so you take that.
Jagga can not touch the ball between now and the end of the year and still win the rising star. His poise and balance is elite. He'll win a brownlow someday. IMO, he's aready overtaken Walsh in the midfield heirarchy. Jagga had equal most touches on the ground, and 2nd best disposal efficiency of the 46 players, despite having the 2nd most contested possessions in navy blue (behind Cripps of course)......and its effectively, his first year!
Moir's only kicked multiple goals on three occasions in his 13 games...including one where he kicked 4 That's what we need to see 3-4 goals a game to make up for the missing moments. He doesn't have to do it every game but at least on a regular basis.
Ison hasn't kicked 2 in a game yet.
Worse than that, Ison has kicked 3.10. We have enough poor kicks in the team already. Moir....15.7 over his career.
For a bloke who is no good and goes missing far too often, his numbers still stack up against some other 'favourites' who get more of a gig.
Without Harry.....who is going to cause more damage up forward? Moir or Ison?? If that who we are choosing between.....is it a choice?
I like what Moir brings, has the talent.to be a superstar but he kind of lost me in the first quarter of opening rd when he gave up a chase way too easily.
I would like to see him get a few games later in the season once we are officially done. Saturday is still a live game and he can't be trusted yet.
Ison is my preffered option at the moment.
Ison had 0 tackles in his last outing vs Hawks and averages 1.6 tackles /game and 0.4 goals/game Moir averages 1.4 tackles/game and 1.15 goals/game over his career.
That must be one hell of a 'half tackle' Ison brings every game by comparison.
Moir is becoming a caricature of himself. His output exceeds perception.
I've been wanting to see Derksen forward since he joined us, and I also noticed that he had a run up there at the end of the Collingwood game.
It needs to be an extended run though if we're really to see if it has merit. The absence of Weitering complicates things a bit though, and we may not have the luxury,
I think we trialled Derkson forward at some stage, may have been in a practice match? Might've only been briefly. It didn't seem to go well from what i can recall.
That being said, his time down back early on didn't go well either. Maybe now will be different?
My concern with Moir is more around the 'selection integrity'. Is the one or two goals a game worth as much as someone running, chasing providing pressure and turnovers. How do you justify giving him a game ahead of someone who might be busting a gut to get an opportunity and performing much better in the VFL. Blokes like Ben C and Charleson would have to wonder.
I go back tp fogarty. Bustjng a gut did not help us win.
In our area Tritons have become increasingly more popular with tradies, I see them on job sites everywhere. Rangers are now popular with the weekend warriors, they seem to have replaced the Landcruisers and Patrols as the weekend vehicle of choice.
Tritons are sonmuch cheaper than the holux and rangers, thats whybthey are popular. But they drive like a boat.
Rangers became the options because alternatively you were paying 10k more for a vehicle that had less. Thats an expensice badge the toyota were selling.
Everests are the same as the ranger, just for people who want to carry more 'inside things' (like kids) conpared to outside things (like tools) Mate took one on a 9 week holiday up central Australia with a caravan. Did its job.
Top-selling utes in Australia for 2026 (H1) Australia remains a ute-loving nation, but sales took a dive during the first half of 2026. In particular, the volume-selling 4x4 ute category dropped to 96,153 units (-11.1%). This impacted not only diesel models but the BYD Shark 6 PHEV, too, although the new BYD Shark 6 Performance and Cab Chassis variants now available should boost the Chinese brand’s sales during the second half.
2026 Top 5 utes in Australia (H1): Ford Ranger – 26,314 (-7.0%) Toyota HiLux – 22,607 (-13.9%) Isuzu D-Max – 12,908 (-8.2%) Mitsubishi Triton – 10,351 (+12.2%) BYD Shark 6 – 9493 (-8.9%)
Not sure what those figures are comparing, but sales for utes seem to be up on this time last year
If true, and you asked me to sum up why sales are down in 1 sentence, it would be relatively simple. People can't afford to spend that much on a new car nowadays.
Cost of living is going through the roof. Cost of these same cars are going up as well. People always want to upgrade, but maybe they can hold on for one more year.
