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 14 hours ago14 hr 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 !!!