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PRESEASON TRAINING: Wednesday 29th January 2025

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5 hours ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

You can if the player chooses to retire. The club won't force him off the list, but he may have told them he isn't up to AFL anymore and wants to go back to WA.

Anyway it's all speculation at the moment.

Not sure on this, think they take up a list spot as clubs have been burnt in the past. Something like this happened when Castagna retired from Richmond half way through pre season 

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    19 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said:

    Not sure on this, think they take up a list spot as clubs have been burnt in the past. Something like this happened when Castagna retired from Richmond half way through pre season 

    my understanding is this is correct

    the lists are finalised and any changes - e.g. retirements, cas-related suspensions, etc. - thereafter the player effectively remains on the list until the next list lodgement period

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    21 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said:

    Not sure on this, think they take up a list spot as clubs have been burnt in the past. Something like this happened when Castagna retired from Richmond half way through pre season 

    I'm pretty sure that if it comes out that Kentfield has decided not to pursue a career any further, then the club places him on the inactive list which means this opens up a list spot for us. 

    He can't be off the list completely until he is officially delisted and paperwork is lodged through to the AFL which doesn't happen until the first list lodgement at the end of the year.

    I could be completely wrong.

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    9 hours ago, picket fence said:

    Let's not speculate anything at this stage!

    Fair enough

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    1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

    Just get George in the list pronto

    …. Or someone else will. 

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    10 hours ago, Slartibartfast said:

    The things we know are that he hasn’t been at training for weeks at a critical time of the year for a young player, we have three train on players with no list spots available (why would we be showcasing players to other clubs if we had an interest in them) and he’s probably behind JvR, Turner, Johnson, Petty and Jefferson for a KF position.  
     

    For mine, what’s as telling as the things you mention above is the fact that Luker wasn’t in the 2025 official team photo which was taken yesterday. He was the only one absent. It’s undeniable that that’s huge. IN MY HUMBLE FLIPPIN’ OPINION. 

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    On 29/01/2025 at 17:02, Slartibartfast said:

    Okay, idle speculation but I think Kentfield is off the list and one of the three train on will be selected in the draft.  My pick would be Roy George.

    Other observations. Sestan worked very well off half back, he's a very good kick. McAdam was a star in a lot of the drills.  If he stays fit we have something.  At one stage Windsor had the ball running to goal.  Lingers decided to run him down. Did manage it despite Duke going at 85%.  Windsor and Kossie, as Scoop said, stand out with their physical attributes.

    Roy George continues to impress.  Does some special things.  I was on his bandwagon at the end of last season but I am now.  He's got some special attributes.

    I disagree with WW.  The match sims are not all that physical.  It's tackle with care and little contact in the air but Tmac might have a word with JvR.

    Addition: had a long chat with Kingy, was really approachable and happy to talk.  He's a big fan of Windsor going back "because you don't get enough of the ball on the wing". He thought as a team we had the greatest highest and lowest variance.  He had a long chat to Trac, I love to know what he thinks now.

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    Hope a few feel a bit silly. 

     

    Poor kid has been through the wringer. 

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    On 29/01/2025 at 22:14, Ghostwriter said:

    That’s always a possibility as it is with any player but it’s been for a while now. I chat to Kolt a fair bit and oftentimes he talks about him and Luker living at Geoff Porz’s (how it’s working out etc.) but Kolt hasn’t mentioned anything about Luker for quite a while now, and there’s no way I’d ask him why that’s so. I just sincerely hope Luker’s ok. He’s just a kid really. 

    Apparently bad case of pneumonia over Christmas break and still recovering with family in Perth. But back soon.

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    4 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

    Apparently bad case of pneumonia over Christmas break and still recovering with family in Perth. But back soon.

    The poor bugger 😥 I hope he’s back to full health soon. He’s a lovely kid. Thanks for the info. 

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    15 minutes ago, BC_1718_DC said:

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    Hope a few feel a bit silly. 

     

    Poor kid has been through the wringer. 

    Why would anyone feel silly? In the absence of a reason people are gonna talk about possible reasons. It’s called being a human. 

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    2 hours ago, BC_1718_DC said:

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    Hope a few feel a bit silly. 

     

    Poor kid has been through the wringer. 

    Yeah you'd think so..

    So now that the club has officially announced the reason why he's been missing its a good lesson why we shouldn't jump to conclusions and think of the worst the proper facts come out.

    Poor kid alright.. pneumonia is a pretty serious illness and I hope he takes all the time in the world.

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