Very happy with the results . You could fill the previous forums with the criticism of Clarry ..Trac..Goodwin etc . Now we have a new coach …got rid of 2 former greats but not so great now players & bought in a whole raft of players that I am so excited to see what they bring. I’m saving any criticism till we!re well into next season. We got change in a huge way so put aside the negativity & let’s see what 2026 brings ..Go Dees

i was trying to find this thread @WERRIDEE

i am very curious as to whether may can get himself back into the starting xxxiii - i suspect he can, and will

i'll go...

mfc xxxiii
B: Jiath - May - Lever
HB: Bowey - Turner - Salem
C: Langford - Rivers - Lindsay
HF: Fritsch - Mihocek - Langdon
F: van Rooyen - Melksham - Chandler
Foll: Gawn - Windsor - Pickett
I/c: Steele - Viney - Culley - pick 7 - pick 8
Emerg: Heath - Tholstrup - Sparrow

casey xxxiii
B: Moniz-Wakefield - Adams - Howes
HB: Bonner - McDonald - Smith
C: Sharp - Sparrow - Sinnema
HF: Henderson - Kentfield - Mentha Jr
F: Johnson - Jefferson - Cross
Foll: Heath - Tholstrup - Laurie
I/c: McAdam - Campbell - White - Berry - Hardie
Top-ups: Baldi - Edwards - Yze

Edited 9 hours ago9 hr by whatwhat say what

I've noticed he's spoken on the website. Will listen later

Overall I think Lamb did a great job…! 👏🏻

If Dees did land Bailey we wouldn’t have Pick 7, 8 or GC 1st 2026. And we wouldn’t have our own 2026 1st because GC would have it…

In hindsight and after listening to Lamb’s press conference post trading, I think it was a big risk to have too many chips in for Bailey when Tassie is coming in. Lamb, Taylor & the board have the big picture and future in mind. This is best to support King in his coaching towards fast tracking success.

The key is to develop our list correctly. I think this has been our down fall as a club.

Fingers crossed 🤞🏼Pick 7 or 8 is Josh Lindsay…

Edited 9 hours ago9 hr by Dee Vision
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2 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

i was trying to find this thread @WERRIDEE

i am very curious as to whether may can get himself back into the starting xxxiii - i suspect he can, and will

i'll go...

mfc xxxiii
B: Jiath - May - Lever
HB: Bowey - Turner - Salem
C: Langford - Rivers - Lindsay
HF: Fritsch - Mihocek - Langdon
F: van Rooyen - Melksham - Chandler
Foll: Gawn - Windsor - Pickett
I/c: Steele - Viney - Culley - pick 7 - pick 8
Emerg: Heath - Tholstrup - Sparrow

casey xxxiii
B: Moniz-Wakefield - Adams - Howes
HB: Bonner - McDonald - Smith
C: Sharp - Sparrow - Sinnema
HF: Henderson - Kentfield - Mentha Jr
F: Johnson - Jefferson - Cross
Foll: Heath - Tholstrup - Laurie
I/c: McAdam - Campbell - White - Berry - Hardie
Top-ups: Baldi - Hardie - Yze

I don't think Hardie will be with us next year and the 23rd man has to be under 21. The Casey players I'd have in the team are Bonner and Yze. We will have pick 37 as well doubt Smith would get a game if we were fully fit.

Edited 9 hours ago9 hr by WERRIDEE

if we look at the actual picks in and out with the players in and out it looks something like this. (Not positions)

Steele for petracca

CJ for spargo

Miochek for clarry

Max heath for McVee

Pick 7, 8 and 37 for being ship in 2025

GC 2026 1st round making up somewhat for huge losses on all the players

Look I get it. We can’t be at the bottom when tassie come in. Had to make moves now and it’s unfortunate that it’s not on the back of another 2 flags with the list we had. Break ups hurt when ur in love. That’s how I’m feeling. Very sad.

Anyway my brain going through it again knows that being down the bottom has helped us get the picks we have had to bring in 4 first rounders the last 2 years - members of the next MFC premiership team we all hope.

The rebuild is being fast tracked and the emotion in the reality sucks but long term it will be better for us. Just not the clarry one. We got rolled there and that pisses me off. He will dominate next year and we will be the laughing stock.

So it’s essentially Mcvee our for Jiath in. Not sure if I would say one is much better than the other at this stage.

Tracc out for 3 first rounders. If it’s 7&8 and maybe 10-12ish next year, that’s good compensation.

Oliver out for Steele in. I’d have taken this at the start of the period for sure. At least it’s not Oliver out for nothing.

Heath in and Mihocek in.

Pretty good result I’d say. Could have been a LOT worse.

As an aside, Brisbane had like 7-9 injuries from their starting 22 and they still won the flag. That’s a deep, deep list. Hopefully we’re looking at some of those players for next years trade period.

B: May, Petty, AMW

HB: Lindsay, Turner, Bowey

C: Windsor, Viney, Langford

HF: Chandler, van Rooyen, Culley

F: Fritsch, Mihocek, Melksham

FOLL: Gawn, Rivers, Pickett

IC: Tholstrup, Langdon, Steele, Lever, Jiath

EMERG: Howes, McDonald, Salem, Sparrow

DEPTH / ROTATIONS / GIVE A SHOT: AJ, Sharp, Jeffo, Kentfield, Pick 7, Pick 8, Heath, Adams, Tom Cambpell

LEAVE AT CASEY UNTIL BANGING DOOR DOWN FOR SELECTION: Mentha, McAdam, Hendo, Sinnema, White Jnr

NEVER AGAIN: Laurie

Its actually not that bad a blend of youth and experience. I really hope we start to see the Duke, Bison and XL shine- show so real promise. Now with Claz and Trac gone, i think we will start to notice a lot more balance and poise with our midfield.

Edited 9 hours ago9 hr by GS_1905

2 minutes ago, hillie said:

if we look at the actual picks in and out with the players in and out it looks something like this. (Not positions)

Steele for petracca

CJ for spargo

Miochek for clarry

Max heath for McVee

Pick 7, 8 and 37 for being ship in 2025

GC 2026 1st round making up somewhat for huge losses on all the players

Look I get it. We can’t be at the bottom when tassie come in. Had to make moves now and it’s unfortunate that it’s not on the back of another 2 flags with the list we had. Break ups hurt when ur in love. That’s how I’m feeling. Very sad.

Anyway my brain going through it again knows that being down the bottom has helped us get the picks we have had to bring in 4 first rounders the last 2 years - members of the next MFC premiership team we all hope.

The rebuild is being fast tracked and the emotion in the reality sucks but long term it will be better for us. Just not the clarry one. We got rolled there and that pisses me off. He will dominate next year and we will be the laughing stock.

But if you say it’s Steele for Oliver, I looks much better, haha.

1 hour ago, BKKBooga said:

Screwed over on Oliver deal, but to be honest. Oliver made his bed and caused too many issues for the club. King needs clear air to work in.

So which one is it?

Screwed over? Or pragmatic trading?

I’d be playing May at Casey based on his end of season form

FB: Lever Petty Salem

HB: Bowey Turner Jiath

C: Windsor Viney Lindsay

HF: Fritsch Mihocek Culley

FF: Melksham JVR Chandler

Foll: Gawn Kozzy Langford

Int: Rivers Steele Langdon AMW Tholstrup

with potential for one or both of Picks 7 and 8 to come in

I was quick to criticise lamb but overall I think he did a pretty good job - 8/10 for the trade period

Edited 9 hours ago9 hr by Roddog

25 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

i was trying to find this thread @WERRIDEE

i am very curious as to whether may can get himself back into the starting xxxiii - i suspect he can, and will

i'll go...

mfc xxxiii
B: Jiath - May - Lever
HB: Bowey - Turner - Salem
C: Langford - Rivers - Lindsay
HF: Fritsch - Mihocek - Langdon
F: van Rooyen - Melksham - Chandler
Foll: Gawn - Windsor - Pickett
I/c: Steele - Viney - Culley - pick 7 - pick 8
Emerg: Heath - Tholstrup - Sparrow

casey xxxiii
B: Moniz-Wakefield - Adams - Howes
HB: Bonner - McDonald - Smith
C: Sharp - Sparrow - Sinnema
HF: Henderson - Kentfield - Mentha Jr
F: Johnson - Jefferson - Cross
Foll: Heath - Tholstrup - Laurie
I/c: McAdam - Campbell - White - Berry - Hardie
Top-ups: Baldi - Edwards - Yze

Petty? I reckon he’ll play back.

So 2 of our premiership players have been traded to the clubs that will battle it out for the expansion cup.

Surely we'll get gold coast & gws twice

This is the top 23 plus Casey 23 including Casey players

B: Jiath, Petty, Salem

HB: Lindsay, Turner, Bowey

C: Culley (a), Steele, Langford

HF: Chandler, van Rooyen, Tholstrup

F: Fritsch, Mihocek, Melksham

FOLL: Gawn, Rivers, Pickett

IC: Windsor, Langdon, Viney, Pick 7, Pick 8

EMERG: Sparow, Howes, Laurie

Casey

B: Lever, May, Adams

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

C: Sinnema (a), Laurie, Sharp

HF: Henderson, Johnson, Mentha (a)

F: McAdam (a), Kentfield (a), Jefferson

FOLL: Campbell, Sparrow, Pick 37

IC: Heath, White, Berry (b), Bonner, Yze

EMERG: Cross, Smith, Baldi

1 hour ago, The heart beats true said:

Petty? I reckon he’ll play back.

good call - completely missed him

may out; petty in

mfc xxxiii
B: Jiath - Petty - Lever
HB: Bowey - Turner - Salem
C: Langford - Rivers - Lindsay
HF: Fritsch - Mihocek - Langdon
F: van Rooyen - Melksham - Chandler
Foll: Gawn - Windsor - Pickett
I/c: Steele - Viney - Culley - pick 7 - pick 8
Emerg: Heath - Tholstrup - Sparrow

casey xxxiii
B: Moniz-Wakefield - May - Adams
HB: Bonner - McDonald - Howes
C: Sharp - Sparrow - Sinnema
HF: Henderson - Kentfield - Mentha Jr
F: Johnson - Jefferson - Cross
Foll: Heath - Tholstrup - Laurie
I/c: McAdam - Campbell - White - Berry - Smith
Top-ups: Baldi - Hardie - Yze

3 hours ago, BKKBooga said:

Screwed over on Oliver deal, but to be honest. Oliver made his bed and caused too many issues for the club. King needs clear air to work in.

Do you think Lamb put Clarry on the trade table? He was dealt a [censored] hand. The memo was to get Clarry to any club that would take him. It wasn't about "winning" the Clarry trade. It was about following orders.

2 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

Trade week is done and dusted still not overly happy with Lamb I think he's too soft. 3 average picks for a star doesn't seem right. If we got Humphrey I would have been happy. Oliver is damaged goods, he was a champion but he's tarnished his rep the last 2 years. I think we should delist McAdam then put him on the rookie list. No room for Woewodin with May staying.

Mihocek is a star but is he too old? He'll at the very least teach the young kids to play the right way. Heath is an unknown only played 4 games. Jiath could be a good pick up but he sounds like a bit too much like Hunt and we got rid of him for a reason. Steele could also be a good recruit but like Clarry his last 2 years have been ordinary, but before that he was a star easily St.Kilda's best player back then, he adds leadership something Clarry never had.

B: Jiath, Petty, Salem

HB: Lindsay, Turner, Bowey

C: Culley (a), Steele, Langford

HF: Chandler, van Rooyen, Tholstrup

F: Fritsch, Mihocek, Melksham

FOLL: Gawn, Rivers, Pickett

IC: Windsor, Langdon, Viney, Pick 7, Pick 8

EMERG: Sparrow, Howes, Laurie

Casey

B: Lever, May, Adams

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

C: Sinnema (a), Laurie, Sharp

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

F: McAdam (a), Kentfield (a), Jefferson

FOLL: Campbell, Sparrow, Pick 37

IC: Heath, White, Berry (b)

Not happy with things, but still managed to bust out another two best 22s. Thanks for that.

FB: ???? Adams Petty-Lever
HB: CJ Turner Bowey
C; Lindsay Rivers Windsor
HF: Chandler Mihocek Langdon
FF: Fritsch JVR ??????
Foll: Gawn Pickett Langford
Int: Salem, Steele, Viney, Kolt, Jeffo-Kentfield

Backline: May, McDonald, the leftover from Petty-Lever, Howes, AMW
Midfield: Culley, Laurie, Sparrow
Rucks: Campbell, Heath
Forward: the lesser of Jeffo-Kent, Melksham, AJ, McAdam, Henderson, Sharp, Mentha

Would love a back pocket. Not sure Howes or AMW are the answer. CJ is better roaming up the ground.

Someone who can contribute right away would really help. A small/medium with tackling and some energy.

16 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

FB: ???? Adams Petty-Lever
HB: CJ Turner Bowey
C; Lindsay Rivers Windsor
HF: Chandler Mihocek Langdon
FF: Fritsch JVR ??????
Foll: Gawn Pickett Langford
Int: Salem, Steele, Viney, Kolt, Jeffo-Kentfield

Backline: May, McDonald, the leftover from Petty-Lever, Howes, AMW
Midfield: Culley, Laurie, Sparrow
Rucks: Campbell, Heath
Forward: the lesser of Jeffo-Kent, Melksham, AJ, McAdam, Henderson, Sharp, Mentha

Would love a back pocket. Not sure Howes or AMW are the answer. CJ is better roaming up the ground.

Someone who can contribute right away would really help. A small/medium with tackling and some energy.

I don't entirely agree with what you've got here, but Josh Lindsay could shift to CJ's half back and CJ moves to the back pocket to play deeper. And Dovaston takes the forward pocket role next to JVR.

Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by Adam The God