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Xavier Lindsay Update?

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2 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Xavier Lindsay will be a star. Showed it in his first two games already. Fingers crossed on his knee scans!

As many know, I posted numerous times last year that he was the player that the Dees needed. Has footy IQ, good pace and ballwinning, with elite skills. Imv Worth trading out our 2025 pick. What was strange was the add-ons in the trade. I think gave up too much

Bombers - pick 9 plus 2025 third-round pick to Melbourne.

Dees -2024 picks 28, 40, 46, 54 & 65 PLUS first-round pick in 2025.

We only had 3 list spots last year. We took Langford and Lindsay, and then AJ at 68.

So at most we could have used one of 28, 40, 46, 54, or 65.

And if we had decided we needed a mature body ruck option as one of our list selections, then we weren't going to use one of the early picks on someone better than AJ. So we are better off trading these picks under value to get something we would use.

All that being said, I reckon we could have tried to keep one of them and traded into this year's draft for points. But given theis is obvious to me, we probably tried it but there were no takers.

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    Fantastic news.

    (For the MFC good news is bad news that hasnt happened, and I'll take that.)

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    Who else thought that it was going to be the most Melbourne thing ever had he tore his ACL..

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    On 29/03/2025 at 17:53, monoccular said:

    MFCSS and Norm Smith curse strikes again. Already two in form small forwards done for the year.

    Some of course won’t blame MFCSS but rather Goody, fitness staff, selectors, doormen, board, President or Jeff Kennett.

    Nah, in this day and age, and amidst all the current angst in the world and totally bad luck, it is definitely a sign of Trumpitis.

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    1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Who else thought that it was going to be the most Melbourne thing ever had he tore his ACL..

    Guilty as charged.

    Things are crook when hearing a bloke isn't as injured as he might have been turns to be my footy feel good story of the weekend

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    4 hours ago, Bang Bang Bang said:

    It is good news of course but an MCL can still be several weeks, right? Seem to remember Gawn missing a few weeks from one and Salem missing half a season, but my memory is hazy!

    Melbourne will assess Lindsay during the week and don’t expect him to miss much football if he doesn't prove his fitness in time for round four.

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    It shows you where we're at right now that probably the only two good things to come out of this weekend were Langford's game, and this news that Lindsay's injury isn't major.

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    10 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Who else thought that it was going to be the most Melbourne thing ever had he tore his ACL..

    I was looking at the positives. Trac, Gawn and Lever all went alright in our premiership year

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    This news really brightened my day. Although, to be honest, I'd already been buoyed when on Sunday morning, during my kid's praccy match (during which I was sulking silently on the boundary, thinking about Saturday's debacle) I overheard another parent proclaim that the reason for Carlton's start to the season was they were "too woke".

    A fellow Carlton supporter, apparently able to comprehend what he meant, said "Except Patrick Cripps..." and the bloke responded. "No, he's woke as well."

    I quite literally had to stifle a laugh.

    Immediately brought to mind the "this engine is woke" meme.

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    Some Good news scans have cleared Xavier of major structural damage to his Knee. Diagnosis: Medial ligament strain.

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    On 24 hour delay here.🤫

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    3 hours ago, The Taciturn Demon said:

    This news really brightened my day. Although, to be honest, I'd already been buoyed when on Sunday morning, during my kid's praccy match (during which I was sulking silently on the boundary, thinking about Saturday's debacle) I overheard another parent proclaim that the reason for Carlton's start to the season was they were "too woke".

    A fellow Carlton supporter, apparently able to comprehend what he meant, said "Except Patrick Cripps..." and the bloke responded. "No, he's woke as well."

    I quite literally had to stifle a laugh.

    Immediately brought to mind the "this engine is woke" meme.

    It wouldn’t have happened at Carlton if John Elliot was around!

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    16 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

    It shows you where we're at right now that probably the only two good things to come out of this weekend were Langford's game, and this news that Lindsay's injury isn't major.

    Add Casey's encouraging performance. Talls and Smalls; Daniel 'Disco' Turner, Jed 'Jethro' Adams, plus Tom 'Cream' Fullarton. Bailey 'Bill' Laurie and Kynan 'Pup' Brown. All showed some promise.

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    4 hours ago, Dingo said:

    It wouldn’t have happened at Carlton if John Elliot was around!

    No, but spending over their salary cap happened when he was around and that's largely why they have been so bad since.

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    8 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    Thank goodness for Carlton. At least we have something to laugh about.

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    Sadly it’s laugh with.

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    23 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    Thank goodness for Carlton. At least we have something to laugh about.

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    A can of Melbourne Bitter would be appropriate

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    Look, I realise that this is meant to be a Xavier Lindsay Update thread but we now have the update.

    Just one more to help ease the pain, Demon fans.

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