Essendon* cheated, simple as that

Good chance to win it, even as a defender.

Nope

The rumour mill said he was gone last year, and yet he still stands, and he still contributes. You're flat out wrong.

Went last night

Murphy and Gibbs are the least likely senior mids in the competition to pull their team mates out of the abyss when needed. The antithesis of Hodge/Mitchell/ Lewis

Why can't we kick a ball 30-50 m without it entering protected airspace? Same with handballs.

Casboult is NO GOOD. Play him second ruck and follower. Drop Phillips and play Rowe at FF. White can take his spot in defence

Gut running non existent. They found space. We found them

Running patterns woeful...We kick to 2v1 in their favour, lose the ball and they kick to a 2v1 in their favour. F%%^ if I know where our sparee are...oh yeah, there are 3 of them chasing one bloke who always had the time to dish it off

We have to be the easiest side to tackle. We rarely survive a tackle without a turnover or a free kick against

No it's not
He's not a consistent contested mark.
He misses more than he takes them
Play him as a follower where he can roam around the ground, go forward, press back etc

Patrick Keane ‏@AFL_PKeane 19s20 seconds ago

Congrats Carlton's Jacob Weitering on being named the rd3 #NABRisingStar after his 26 possession / nine mark game against the GC Suns.

Name one forward in the league who takes more than 50% of contested marks. It's a bloody hard thing to do, the odds are stacked against anyone trying to take a mark, especially when 3 or more are involved in the contest.

Being in Sydney I see more of the Swans and Giants than any other non-navy team combined, and I would say Casboult comfortably holds his own against the likes of Tippett, Franklin and Lynch when it comes to the contested grab. Of course, he is miles behind in every other aspect of the game, but we're talking specifics here.

So casboult is now going to be Tippett?

I might as well be talking to myself in a large room

Or he always was, and we've been far too desperate for a big forward.

He is probably our best centre bounce ruckman, and he is one of the best contested marks in the league. Booming kick when he actually connects and an excellent work rate for someone of his stature.

You keep looking at him as a forward, I've only ever seen him that way contingent on his goal kicking, which is currently way ward again. Without the focus on the pressure of a set shot, his field kicking has always been fine.

If we had a secondary ruckman of at least the quality of Hampson, I'd be looking at it differently, but we really don't. The drawbacks on all the other options aside from Kreuzer are shitful, and the game has changed. Casboult offers a skillset that works well in light of said change.