1 minute ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Cannot see us "freeing" McAdam. I doubt anyone would want him as a trade with his injury history.

May as well let him see out next year and hope he comes on. Ideally he would challenge for Melksham's place by season end.

My guess is 2026 will be a tough year with at best an 8-10 ladder position outcome

We should look to pay him out

Lets do everything to keep Lever ,Trac ,Clarrie and May .Their absolute best might be behind them but they are indescribably superior to any possible replacement I watched last night .The chances of verrall ,brown,wowy kenterfield sestan tholstrup or adams making it are somewhere between nil and zero .Did JT even see Sestan play ? Looks more like a foreman at the steelworks than an AFL footballer .

6 minutes ago, adonski said:

We should look to pay him out

That's the alternative or we could trade him and pay 70% of his salary. With six or more ready made delistings I don't see it being of much value

(oh to think we gave up the pick we got back for ANB)

5 hours ago, adonski said:

We should look to pay him out

The only reason to do that is if we need desperately need the list spot.

Stating the obvious, but we need a tall key forward who can jump. We have lots of 192-195 types, but we lack the 200+cm key forward that other sides have.

Critical for the kick to a congested contest. I think a good forward mix includes a 200 cm, King type (Petty is not the guy) a 194cm roaming CHF (JVR could be this if he learns to mark and develops some forward craft, or Kentfield) and a couple of 188-190 types mobile, yet strong aerial forwards (Fritta and possible another one required to replace Melksham)

B: Lever, May, McVee

HB: Salem, Turner, Bowey

C: Culley (a), Rivers, Langford

HF: Petracca, Petty, Chandler

F: Fritsch, Miochek, Melksham

FOLL: Gawn, Windhager, Pickett

IC: Lindsay, Windsor, Oliver, Viney

SUB: Langdon

Casey

B: Derksen, Adams, Berry (b)

HB: Howes, McDonald, Moniz-Wakefield (a)

C: Sinnema, Laurie, Sharp

HF: Mentha (b), Johnson, McAdam

F: van Rooyen, Kentfield (a), Jefferson (a)

FOLL: Heath, Sparrow, Tholstrup

IC: White, Rookie (a), Rookie (a)

I'd delist Jefferson or Laurie promising to pick them up in the rookie draft.

15 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

B: Lever, May, McVee

HB: Salem, Turner, Bowey

C: Culley (a), Rivers, Langford

HF: Petracca, Petty, Chandler

F: Fritsch, Miochek, Melksham

FOLL: Gawn, Windhager, Pickett

IC: Lindsay, Windsor, Oliver, Viney

SUB: Langdon

Casey

B: Derksen, Adams, Berry (b)

HB: Howes, McDonald, Moniz-Wakefield (a)

C: Sinnema, Laurie, Sharp

HF: Mentha (b), Johnson, McAdam

F: van Rooyen, Kentfield (a), Jefferson (a)

FOLL: Heath, Sparrow, Tholstrup

IC: White, Rookie (a), Rookie (a)

I'd delist Jefferson or Laurie promising to pick them up in the rookie draft.

OMG

16 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

B: Lever, May, McVee

HB: Salem, Turner, Bowey

C: Culley (a), Rivers, Langford

HF: Petracca, Petty, Chandler

F: Fritsch, Miochek, Melksham

FOLL: Gawn, Windhager, Pickett

IC: Lindsay, Windsor, Oliver, Viney

SUB: Langdon

Casey

B: Derksen, Adams, Berry (b)

HB: Howes, McDonald, Moniz-Wakefield (a)

C: Sinnema, Laurie, Sharp

HF: Mentha (b), Johnson, McAdam

F: van Rooyen, Kentfield (a), Jefferson (a)

FOLL: Heath, Sparrow, Tholstrup

IC: White, Rookie (a), Rookie (a)

I'd delist Jefferson or Laurie promising to pick them up in the rookie draft.

Delist Jeffo!? Our greatest ever forward?

Maybe we should trade max and sign mark neeld as coach again while we’re at it

7 hours ago, Ted Lasso said:

Delist Jeffo!? Our greatest ever forward?

Maybe we should trade max and sign mark neeld as coach again while we’re at it

We are going to need delist and put at least 1 player on the rookie list now that Campbell has signed maybe 2. Don't understand signing Campbell if we are after Heath both will want to be the number 1 ruck for Casey. The first person I would delist then put on the rookie list is McAdam just like Melksham was when he was injured. The second could be either Jefferson or Laurie either one I don't care. We may have to rookie both. Unless we are planing to trade out the players that have been mentioned as possible trades like Lever, May, McVee, Petracca and Oliver.

B: Lever, May, McVee

HB: Salem, Turner, Bowey

C: Culley (a), Rivers, Langford

HF: Petracca, Petty, Chandler

F: Fritsch, Miochek, Melksham

FOLL: Gawn, Windhager, Pickett

IC: Lindsay, Windsor, Oliver, Viney

SUB: Langdon

Casey

B: Berry (b), Adams, Derksen

HB: Howes, McDonald, Moniz-Wakefield (a)

C: Sinnema, Laurie (a), Sharp

HF: Mentha (b), Johnson, McAdam (a)

F: van Rooyen, Kentfield, Jefferson (a)

FOLL: Heath, Sparrow, Tholstrup

IC: Campbell, White, Rookie (a)

Update on prior post from last week

I had Sestan as staying and Woey jnr as the unlucky one

But it was actually Sestan as the tough call and I think unlucky to be delisted, as he had shown good form at Casey until injured

Changes are still on standby imv … awaiting new coach to arrive 

Keep

Oliver 

Petracca 

Uncontracted

McVee ✅Hope a new coach and a good contract offer sees him stay 

Billings ❌

Fullerton ❌

Sestan ❌

Spargo⭕️UFA Trade or allow to leave 

(R) Verrall ❌

(R) Hore❌.

(R) KBrown💔❌

(R SSP) Henderson❌?

8 off the list - Spargo, KBrown, Fullerton, Hore, Verrall, Billings, Henderson, Sestan (Henderson was top up so we can add 7) 

I cannot see Henderson being retained He had some chances but ultimately is another very good VFL player who probably couldn’t step up to the AFL standard

Contracted 2026 

McAdam⭕️sure he has mercurial talent but can’t believe he was 29 yo and injury prone and he got 3 years Maybe he gets to see out his final year 🤞he can stay on the park or I think he’ll have to retire early 

Laurie⭕️ elite at VFL Level Just wish he’d got more chances at AFL game and shown something He has been on our list 5 years now Might just seek opportunity elsewhere .

Contracted. One more year …

The Veterans.  Melksham Tmcd May McAdam Campbell

On the edge.  Must prove themselves Laurie Woey jnr Jeffo Adams Johnson rookies: Kentfield Culley AMW Mentha

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7 additions 

• Add Culley as upgrade from SSP to rookie 

• Add Derksen + add another mature player 

  Draft… 

• Add White (likely list) and Sinnema (likely cat b rookie)

• Add 2 quality youngsters in the draft

I'd like to keep Hendo for a year

19 minutes ago, adonski said:

I'd like to keep Hendo for a year

i just remember his stutter step approach to tackling in the north melbourne game and i put a line through him from that point onwards, was scared to hit blokes, he would slow down and corral his oponent instead of running through them, not what i want my small forwards to do, also dont think he has the goal sense required or has the speed of mind to make the next step from vfl - slow to dispose

B: Lever, May, McVee

HB: Salem, Turner, Bowey

C: Culley (a), Rivers, Langford

HF: Petracca, Petty, Chandler

F: Fritsch, Miochek, Melksham

FOLL: Gawn, Windhager, Pickett

IC: Lindsay, Windsor, Viney, Oliver

SUB: Langdon

Casey

B: Berry (b), Adams, Derksen

HB: Howes, McDonald, Moniz-Wakefield (a)

C: Sinnema, Laurie (a), Sharp

HF: Mentha (b), Johnson, McAdam (a)

F: van Rooyen, Kentfield (a), Jefferson

FOLL: Heath, Sparrow, Tholstrup

IC: Campbell, White, Henderson (a)

I think Henderson will get a second year, players normally get 2 years to prove themselves. It will be interesting to see where White and Sinemma go in the draft if they don't get picked up they can go on the rookie list meaning Laurie and McAdam don't have be delisted then rookied. If only one falls through the draft then it means Laurie won't have to be delisted then rookied.

Here's hoping White and Sinnema don't get drafted and we land Flanders and Miochek.

B: Lever, May, McVee

HB: Salem, Turner, Bowey

C: Culley (a), Oliver, Langford

HF: Chandler, Petty, Pickett

F: Fritsch, Miochek, Melksham

FOLL: Gawn, Petracca, Flanders

IC: Lindsay, Windsor, Viney, Rivers

SUB: Langdon

Casey

B: Berry (b), Adams, Derksen

HB: Howes, McDonald, Moniz-Wakefield (a)

C: Sinnema (a), Laurie, Sharp

HF: Mentha (b), Johnson, McAdam

F: Kentfield (a), van Rooyen, Jefferson

FOLL: Heath, Sparrow, Tholstrup

IC: Campbell, White (a), Henderson (a)

2 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

Here's hoping White and Sinnema don't get drafted and we land Flanders and Miochek.

B: Lever, May, McVee

HB: Salem, Turner, Bowey

C: Culley (a), Oliver, Langford

HF: Chandler, Petty, Pickett

F: Fritsch, Miochek, Melksham

FOLL: Gawn, Petracca, Flanders

IC: Lindsay, Windsor, Viney, Rivers

SUB: Langdon

Casey

B: Berry (b), Adams, Derksen

HB: Howes, McDonald, Moniz-Wakefield (a)

C: Sinnema (a), Laurie, Sharp

HF: Mentha (b), Johnson, McAdam

F: Kentfield (a), van Rooyen, Jefferson

FOLL: Heath, Sparrow, Tholstrup

IC: Campbell, White (a), Henderson (a)

Stop Already 😂

1 minute ago, Roost it far said:

Stop Already 😂

NEVER!

23 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

NEVER!

Oh Lord!

I'm seriously concerned about the age profile of our list when breaking it down positionally. Looking at Freos list they have 10 players 196cm+, a few developing, a few regular seniors and Omac and Reidy (who wants out) as depth. We have 3, two of them are 34yo rucks and one is Jed Adams.

OOC in 2026: May, McDonald, Adams who all on form to date would be more unlikely than likely to be signed on (Adams probably gets a 5th!! season as depth due to lack of options. Alongside Turner who is the priority signing of the group

then at the other end you have: Jefferson, Kentfield, Johnson, McAdam, Melksham, Fritsch, of which Fritsch definitely deserves 2 years and Kentfield either 1 or 2 depending how he progresses, and then you're either going into year 5 with Jeffo or year 3 with Johnson who have not shown any AFL gamechanging ability, plus a 35yo vet and a 30yo who's injury prone

Plus our 34yo only backup ruck.

I know that Heath, Derksen, Berry and White somewhat replenish our talls + anyone we sign next year. but we are going into next year with such an inbalanced list profile i think it's one of my larger issues with our list management team.

EOS24' we lost Brown, Tomlinson, Smith, Farris-White, Schache all at once, none of them obviously deserved another season but the waves at which we seem to be alternating tall and small and the rate at which they go out and are obviously replaced isnt there. Geelong have for example played Kolodjashnij in the 2s for large parts of teh season because OSullivan has taken his place, Hawk went out Neale came in, Stanley breaks down they have Conway and 2 other developing rucks behind him.

We have the guys in the seniors and then no one, if Adams and Jefferson turn out to be busts, we would have one tall under 22yo being Kentfield.

We also seemingly threw all our post gawn/jackosn ruck eggs in one 199cm rookies basket rather than taking a few 200+ beanstalks to nuture which seemed like a really odd choice at the time and a bit of a hedging of the bets to either regenerate LJ or repurpose into a KPF. Imagine if we had a Moyle or a Dodson just tearing up the vfl and knowing maxy had trained them up

But also Petty is our only tall between 33 and 23 as well, its a bad mix is all im saying. Tall players are some of the most exciting and dominant players and prospects clubs have on their lists and i think the lack of that for us has me quite demoralised, would love a couple of tall 198+ prospects who really attack the footy in the air at vfl level and kick truly to really get behind and get me up and about

Edited September 16Sep 16 by Turner

Henderson signs up for another year as a category A rookie. Ok it’s getting tight for list spots available.

Pending … buffering… on standby … but we now have THE KING as our new coach

Keep

Oliver 

Petracca 

Delisted

Billings ❌

Fullerton ❌

Sestan ❌

Spargo⭕️UFA Trade or allow to leave 

(R) Verrall ❌

(R) Hore❌.

(R) KBrown💔❌

7 off the list - Spargo, KBrown, Fullerton, Hore, Verrall, Billings, Sestan

????!!question marks 

Contracted 2026 

McAdam⭕️sure he has mercurial talent but can’t believe he was 29 yo and injury prone and he got 3 years Maybe he gets to see out his final year 🤞he can stay on the park or he’ll have to retire early 

Laurie⭕️ elite at VFL Level Just wish he’d got more chances at AFL game and shown something He has been on our list 5 years now Might just seek opportunity elsewhere 

Uncontracted

McVee ✅Hope that King convinces him to stay and a good contract offer sees him stay 

Woey jnr ⭕️maybe he seeks a trade back to the west with Freo or Weagles Not sure he’s been given the chances however he was very inconsistent at Casey He was starring one week then was drifting the next !!

Contracted. One more year … 

The Veterans.  Melksham Tmcd May McAdam Campbell (retire end of 2026)

On the edge.  Must prove themselves next year Laurie Adams Johnson rookies: Henderson Kentfield Culley AMW Mentha

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7 additions 

• Add Henderson and Culley as upgrade from SSP to rookie 

• Trade in … possibly Derksen + Flanders and Mihocek

  Draft… 

• Add White (likely list) and Sinnema (likely cat b rookie) 

Ummmm where’s our two draft picks !!!

1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

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7 additions 

• Add Henderson and Culley as upgrade from SSP to rookie 

• Trade in … possibly Derksen + Flanders and Mihocek

  Draft… 

• Add White (likely list) and Sinnema (likely cat b rookie) 

Ummmm where’s our two draft picks !!!

Trade in. we are also looking likely for Heath

Sinnema we can not add to cat B rookie unless we delist or promote Mentha.

6 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Henderson signs up for another year as a category A rookie. Ok it’s getting tight for list spots available.

Pending … buffering… on standby … but we now have THE KING as our new coach

Keep

Oliver 

Petracca 

Delisted

Billings ❌

Fullerton ❌

Sestan ❌

Spargo⭕️UFA Trade or allow to leave 

(R) Verrall ❌

(R) Hore❌.

(R) KBrown💔❌

7 off the list - Spargo, KBrown, Fullerton, Hore, Verrall, Billings, Sestan

????!!question marks 

Contracted 2026 

McAdam⭕️sure he has mercurial talent but can’t believe he was 29 yo and injury prone and he got 3 years Maybe he gets to see out his final year 🤞he can stay on the park or he’ll have to retire early 

Laurie⭕️ elite at VFL Level Just wish he’d got more chances at AFL game and shown something He has been on our list 5 years now Might just seek opportunity elsewhere 

Uncontracted

McVee ✅Hope that King convinces him to stay and a good contract offer sees him stay 

Woey jnr ⭕️maybe he seeks a trade back to the west with Freo or Weagles Not sure he’s been given the chances however he was very inconsistent at Casey He was starring one week then was drifting the next !!

Contracted. One more year … 

The Veterans.  Melksham Tmcd May McAdam Campbell (retire end of 2026)

On the edge.  Must prove themselves next year Laurie Adams Johnson rookies: Henderson Kentfield Culley AMW Mentha

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7 additions 

• Add Henderson and Culley as upgrade from SSP to rookie 

• Trade in … possibly Derksen + Flanders and Mihocek

  Draft… 

• Add White (likely list) and Sinnema (likely cat b rookie) 

Ummmm where’s our two draft picks !!!

We have Berry as a cat B. If White gets selected and Sinnema doesn't then Sinnema will be a cat a rookie. I can see us then delisting McAdam and redrafting him as a rookie a. I can't see Woewodin getting another deal unless we don't get Miochek. If we don't get Windhager, Flanders or Simpkin we will use our 2nd round pick or we may use a future first round pick for Windhager or Flanders expecting to go up the ladder like this year which didn't work out. Simpkin is only worth a second rounder.

These guys are putting together pretty detailed draft profiles for what looks like a top 50 draftees countdown? Anyone we like at our picks here?

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10 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

7 additions 

• Add Henderson and Culley as upgrade from SSP to rookie 

• Trade in … possibly Derksen + Flanders and Mihocek

  Draft… 

• Add White (likely list) and Sinnema (likely cat b rookie) 

Ummmm where’s our two draft picks !!!

Future 1st for Flanders

2nd rounder for Heath

3rd rounder for White

4th rounder for Derksen

Free Agent Miochek

Rookie Sinnema

10 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

Future 1st for Flanders

2nd rounder for Heath

3rd rounder for White

4th rounder for Derksen

Free Agent Miochek

Rookie Sinnema

Looks like we are all set.

Build.

The.

23.

13 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

Future 1st for Flanders

2nd rounder for Heath

3rd rounder for White

4th rounder for Derksen

Free Agent Miochek

Rookie Sinnema

geez i would hope heath doesn't cost us a second round pick

• unrestricted free agent: mihocek

• delisted free agent: derksen

• 2025 3rd: heath

• rookie: white

• rookie: sinnema

• 2026 1st: flanders