White will miss at least one game. Whiley isn't fit yet. Graham isn't ready yet and is playing the role Ellard did in the VFL a few years back; needs to show more than the ability to accumulate with the benefit of AFL training schedules behind him.

Watto didn't do enough on the day and needs more time to find form. We can afford to lose two talls without hurting our structure.

No love for Byrne?

After watching us for 2 weeks in a row I just can't see how we're going to manufacture a winning score.

Bombing it forward to pack situations is 50/50 at best. No Betts, No Garlett to feed off any packs leaves us with who should a mark fail to stick?

But if a mark does stick, the likely candidate is Casboult. Again 50/50 at best if he kicks it or not.

Why does any of this matter?

Because if the game is won and lost in the center, and you've worked your backside off to get it forward and it comes screaming past to the other end, as a center player, you'll find yourself running to both ends of the ground repeatedly.

Besides the obvious physical exhaustion running forward and back for 4 quarters will have, the psychological impact of hard work moving the ball forward for zero return, will also take a massive toll.

As an example, the Eagles center do the hard yards to move the ball forward and are rewarded by watching their full forward slot through 10 majors. You think that doesn't lift players understanding that their hard work is worth the effort?

Yet we put in exactly the same workload in for a 50/50 at best, and watch the ball come screaming back the other way and that's not going to impact players ability to maintain their composure and cost them physical energy (without reward) chasing the other way?

Its about reward for effort.

The current structure we have forward is not offering much reward for effort. Continual 50/50 chances that more often than not resulting in points, or worst, coming back the other way does absolutely nothing for our confidence or belief the effort is worth the reward.

We can shuffle team lists all we want, but until we have a working forward set up that produces results, imho, we'll just continue this merry-go-round of ins & outs and humiliating loses.

Make us work hard moving the ball forward for little reward, and make us work harder chasing it back and we'll throw in the towel pretty quickly. Two weeks has shown this thus far.

Betts, Garlett, and Waite provided reward for effort. Casboult 50/50 at best. Who else do we have? Like I said, I can't see us manufacturing a winning score.

Reckon we could do with some lube-all-plus next week but these flowers have all the stash.

are we the worst team in the comp right now?
that's an honest question... the only team i can think of that could be as bad as us right now is Collingwood..

early days i know, but after 2 rounds it'd be a brave man to honestly suggest there is a team worse then us right now.

White will miss at least one game. Whiley isn't fit yet. Graham isn't ready yet and is playing the role Ellard did in the VFL a few years back; needs to show more than the ability to accumulate with the benefit of AFL training schedules behind him.

Watto didn't do enough on the day and needs more time to find form. We can afford to lose two talls without hurting our structure.

No love for Byrne?

Out: Curnow, Ellard, Jones, Wood, White.
In: Buckley, Whiley, Boekhurst, Warnock, Watson.

Just do it for Flower's sake. We are not going anywhere with those players omitted. Watto kicked four on them last time, Whiley helps the inside mids to release Murphy, and Vuckley and Boekhurst have leg speed. Who cares if we lose, we can't bet any worse surely lol.

Warnock's injured MIL. Whiley's not running out practice matches yet. Armfield kicked 4 in 100 minutes of football. Walker gathered 29 touches in 3 reduced quarters.

Will Graham be ready to come on as the sub by 2019?