I thought there was an AFL rule that if you were called Archer, Archie, or Fletcher you had to play for Essendon.

Come here and say that!

An absolute no brainer this one, I feel a long range special coming on.

His old man was such a compact player. I hated seeing him play for Port although it was good for his career.

Hope his form continues to trend upwards.

On 22/06/2025 at 10:07, dazzledavey36 said:

Time to keep a closer eye on Archie.

Made his reserves debut yesterday for West Adelaide and had 26 disposals and 11 marks.

This is off the back of two straight week of 36 disposal game against Norwood and backed it up with a 38 disposal game a week later.

Like the fact he gets a lot of the ball. Something we have a lack of.

3 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

An absolute no brainer this one, I feel a long range special coming on.

Maybe

He's played one game in the SANFL reserves. The team lost but he played well with around 12 kicks and 15 handballs. (I rate him higher in a losing team)

Hope you're right but let's see

1 minute ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Maybe

He's played one game in the SANFL reserves. The team lost but he played well with around 12 kicks and 15 handballs. (I rate him higher in a losing team)

Hope you're right but let's see

I reckon he's worth a rookie spot.@Diamond_Jim

On 22/06/2025 at 10:45, Mouseymoo said:

Can we trade JT for a guy that can identify forward talent?

What a [censored] post.

On 22/06/2025 at 10:45, Mouseymoo said:

Can we trade JT for a guy that can identify forward talent?

Identify forward talent - what Kozzie, LJ, Fritta, and JVR aren't enough?

I guess you want JT to control the forward entry so it's not just bombs to dead pockets and loose men in defence as well.

On 22/06/2025 at 10:15, Mouseymoo said:

Can we trade JT for a guy that can identify forward talent?

1 hour ago, Adam The God said:

What a [censored] post.

without JT we dont have a flag and probably don't exist, zero brain cells this guy has this aint a pies or port forum

Like the idea of grabbing Walsh(hopefully late/cheap), from all the chatter this years draft crop won’t be as good generally so good to have our picks protected to a degree.

Hope we straighten out our draft hand for 2026 and let JT loose to mine the 2nd and 3rd round gems. If there’s any chance to bolster our hand next year because we know we don’t need to cover points matching (admittedly risky), would be good to trade picks to the teams scrambling to make up points. ie if we can trade our second rounder this year to a later second rounder and upgrade next years fourth to a teams third, might not seem much but could make a world of difference to both sides. That said we need to make sure we can pay for kalani sinnema and Walsh as necessary so hope they have a good read on where bids will come

17 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

I reckon he's worth a rookie spot.@Diamond_Jim

Could be.

I suppose I've had the gloss taken off by K Brown and Woewodin plus Stretch before that. All good solid VFL players but lacking that little bit extra

IIRC pick 54 plus is where Carlton picked up one of the Camporeale twins who were often spoken of as "hot picks" as they came through the juniors.

Good luck to Archie

Edited June 24Jun 24 by Diamond_Jim

Topped off a great year winning the under 18's Best and Fairest for West Adelaide in the SANFL.

27 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Topped off a great year winning the under 18's Best and Fairest for West Adelaide in the SANFL.

Do you think young whopper will be taken as a Rookie @dazzledavey36 . I'm interested to hear your opinion.

On 23/06/2025 at 14:47, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Is he a red head like his old man?

If so we'd be loading up our backline with a couple of them when you include Bowser.

He is indeed a redhead, but as prominent as his dad’s shade of red. I’m guessing his mum isn’t a redhead therefore the ranga gene is diluted. Incidentally, the ranga gene is the weakest of hair colours, consequently it’s expected that redheads will be extinct in a 100 years. More’s the pity, huh @Very Jaded ?

Oh and Archie’s a sweet, well-mannered boy who seemed starstruck training with our players.

37 minutes ago, Langers15 said:

Do you think young whopper will be taken as a Rookie @dazzledavey36 . I'm interested to hear your opinion.

Hard to know to be honest Langers especially with list spots and if the club sees fit.

But the fact he didnt get a selection for the South Australian 18 state team and not even a state combine invite, probably points to him not getting picked up at all.

On 23/06/2025 at 16:19, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I thought there was an AFL rule that if you were called Archer, Archie, or Fletcher you had to play for Essendon.

Not necessarily...

On 23/06/2025 at 16:19, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Edited Saturday at 09:214 days by Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

McVee replacement?

Our return from father/sons in my years as a supporter have been miserable.

Apart from Viney the last success I recall was Tony Dullard.

12 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

Our return from father/sons in my years as a supporter have been miserable.

Apart from Viney the last success I recall was Tony Dullard.

This deserves a re-post over on the 'When will Melbourne break these embarrassing records' thread, Cranky!

Hopefully one K.White does it for us, sooner rather than later!

Junior Whopper!

Peter Walsh eh, that goal from the members flank in that 2002 final vs Adelaide, I thought we were home and hosed, alas it wasn't meant to be!