Culley looks good but he needs to stop providing soft drop crumbs in the backline. He did that twice on the weekend and it cost two goals.

That said, he looks like an AFL player.

Perhaps Culley will become a forward

Could imagine Culley and Langford swapping over from deep forward to wing

No idea if Culley will be a long term best 22 guy but crazy how the Eagles delisted a midfielder with his height and aerial game

On 11/08/2025 at 10:15, Gorgoroth said:

…..

Speed of thought and delivery is better than pure speed.

Greg Williams says “hi”.

And he looked pretty quick to me at the G on Sunday.

14 hours ago, picket fence said:

Anyway out for Dinner with Mrs Fence for Black Pudding, Haggis, Dirty Faggots, Ditties, Toad in the Hole and Lobscourse,

Sounds like 'dinner and show' at @Bitter but optimistic's manor

Edited August 14Aug 14 by Stiff Arm

What an unsophisticated fellow you are Stiffy !

The Manor's resident Michelin Man would never serve up such "horrible nourriture " when local delicacies such as Alpaca Bourguignon and Kookaburra under glass are available!

5 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Kookaburra under glass

Tsk tsk. Kookaburras are a protected species and it is against the law to kill them or, your deity of choice forbid, eat them.

However, I have to confess that I did try some roasted kookaburra at a dinner party one night.

It has a most unusual taste, somewhere between platypus and orange-bellied parrot.

12 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

What an unsophisticated fellow you are Stiffy !

The Manor's resident Michelin Man would never serve up such "horrible nourriture " when local delicacies such as Alpaca Bourguignon and Kookaburra under glass are available!

I'm glad it isn't Alpaca (beef) wellington!! 🙃

Edited August 15Aug 15 by Lucifers Hero

Had a look around but couldn't find anything so i'm putting it out here: any news / reports on Jai after that shocking landing?

Edited August 23Aug 23 by Maximum
Punctuation

Glad he's got another gig with us next year. There's something there to work with

On 14/08/2025 at 15:50, adonski said:

Could imagine Culley and Langford swapping over from deep forward to wing

No idea if Culley will be a long term best 22 guy but crazy how the Eagles delisted a midfielder with his height and aerial game

He had a year out from the ACL, obviously hadn't regained his pace easiest delist for any list manager.

Don't know anyone who doesn't take a season to regain speed, spring and form until a year or so after ther return from the year off. It takes time, something of a massive commodity in list terms - unless you are an absolute gun time isn't on your side. Hes not the first to be strung out after an injury, and definitely won't be the last. Fortunately he was able to have some redevelopment time and then get onto our list. You never know what a full preseason will do for him - we might have something here

Jai Culley has HUGE potential!

Will be exciting to see how he goes after another full pre-season.

On 15/08/2025 at 10:12, Demonstone said:

Tsk tsk. Kookaburras are a protected species and it is against the law to kill them or, your deity of choice forbid, eat them.

However, I have to confess that I did try some roasted kookaburra at a dinner party one night.

It has a most unusual taste, somewhere between platypus and orange-bellied parrot.

I would NEVER eat a kookaburra, especially the beak. Unless, the beak was done to a crisp and perhaps with a dash of lemon and pepper.

8 hours ago, Maximum said:

Had a look around but couldn't find anything so i'm putting it out here: any news / reports on Jai after that shocking landing?

I did a rewind on that, he was actually tunnelled by Petty as a Collingwood player had shoved Petty fair in the back in the marking contest.

The hands in the back legalisation is making this practice incredibly dangerous and has the potential to see someone end up with a broken neck.

Collingwood player that caused it. So nothing to see here

2 hours ago, Brownie said:

I did a rewind on that, he was actually tunnelled by Petty as a Collingwood player had shoved Petty fair in the back in the marking contest.

The hands in the back legalisation is making this practice incredibly dangerous and has the potential to see someone end up with a broken neck.

Collingwood player that caused it. So nothing to see here

Nothing to see and crickets out of the commentators.... how surprising.

2 hours ago, Brownie said:

I did a rewind on that, he was actually tunnelled by Petty as a Collingwood player had shoved Petty fair in the back in the marking contest.

The hands in the back legalisation is making this practice incredibly dangerous and has the potential to see someone end up with a broken neck.

Collingwood player that caused it. So nothing to see here

The coach mentioned that he was sent to hospital to be checked out but haven’t heard the results.

Loves to launch at the footy.. I love it!

29 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

The coach mentioned that he was sent to hospital to be checked out but haven’t heard the results.

And Chaplin mentioned "whiplash", so I guess they will have checked out his neck/spine. I was watching him closely after it happened - as he stayed down for a while. As he started to run - expecting to stay on - he grabbed at his lower back. and then headed off the ground. Over to the medical experts on here.....

This guy has cult hero written all over him.

Brute.

He is very hard to tackle, seems to shrug off anything that comes his way

Jai certainly appears to play taller than his height.

Could he become a deep marking forward like Frittata, and or a big mid?

Appears to have footy smarts

Edited September 8Sep 8 by monoccular

11 hours ago, monoccular said:

Jai certainly appears to play taller than his height.

He's taller than van Rooyen.

Culley has so much potential, he just needs to tidy up his defensive positioning and work rate. A full pre season with the group should help in this respect.

I reckon he’s a high half forward. Quick, powerful, unreal in the air. If he rotates between there and the wing he has the potential to be a mason wood type headache for opposition given virtually all of his opponents are going to be a mismatch either in the air or on the ground.