I have very few worries about Kolt as a prospect, i think there are similarities with early Petracca in his trajectory, once his training standards and fitness base catch up with what's being asked of him i think he'll become a really solid AFL player. Probably not a superstar, but i think Sam Powell Pepper could be a bit of an insight into the player i think he can eventually become.

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

I would be surprised if a club doesn’t approach Laurie.

I'll be shocked if they do.

1 hour ago, Ted Lasso said:

I have very few worries about Kolt as a prospect, i think there are similarities with early Petracca in his trajectory, once his training standards and fitness base catch up with what's being asked of him i think he'll become a really solid AFL player. Probably not a superstar, but i think Sam Powell Pepper could be a bit of an insight into the player i think he can eventually become.

Temu Rayner

On 18/09/2025 at 13:47, Dr. Gonzo said:

If we got Fogarty for Trac I'd take it and run, Adelaide would laugh at us though.

Me too, but no way the crows would go for that with Walker likely retiring

The overrating of Trac on this site is quite unbelievable. He is a banged up soon to 30yo and people reckon he is a straight swap for Thiltorpe?

11 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Me too, but no way the crows would go for that with Walker likely retiring

The overrating of Trac on this site is quite unbelievable. He is a banged up soon to 30yo and people reckon he is a straight swap for Thiltorpe?

What if he grew a beard...?

2 hours ago, BangBnagBang said:

Temu Rayner

Rayner didnt take the next for quite a few years, tbh he was meant to be the next big midfielder and he has never got there.
Kolt has a few more years to develop and get better... or not.

4 hours ago, The Jackson FIX said:

Come on Demonland this is a rumours thread! Not an opinions nor a musings thread… Give me some filthy footyrumours!

Rumour I heard is that Trac is staying 😂

1 minute ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Rumour I heard is that Trac is staying 😂

Same as McVee 🤣

2 minutes ago, doomsday dee said:

Same as McVee 🤣

R u Judd's mum ?

3 minutes ago, adonski said:

R u Judd's mum ?

[censored] no,just a friend of a friend that has friend,etc etc🤣

4 hours ago, Ted Lasso said:

Probably not a superstar, but i think Sam Powell Pepper could be a bit of an insight into the player i think he can eventually become.

Talk about setting the bar low.

2 hours ago, DubDee said:

The overrating of Trac on this site is quite unbelievable. He is a banged up soon to 30yo and people reckon he is a straight swap for Thiltorpe?

Lol. Bit rich, @DubDee , given your defending of Salem all year.

I have heard Adelaide is the most serious trading partner for Petracca and Dees are targeting 2x within the top 15 of this draft (for which Adelaide will have to get creative).

47 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

I have heard Adelaide is the most serious trading partner for Petracca and Dees are targeting 2x within the top 15 of this draft (for which Adelaide will have to get creative).

I wonder if that means Adelaide have said no to Rachelle or he has.

21 hours ago, Ted Lasso said:

I have very few worries about Kolt as a prospect, i think there are similarities with early Petracca in his trajectory, once his training standards and fitness base catch up with what's being asked of him i think he'll become a really solid AFL player. Probably not a superstar, but i think Sam Powell Pepper could be a bit of an insight into the player i think he can eventually become.

From what l have seen he already has healthy training standards and fitness. Just looks a bit lost at AFL. level

On 13/09/2025 at 18:28, Coolx2 said:

If Merrett leaves Essendon perhaps we can off load Oliver or a direct swap play we need to throw in gold plated stake Knives ( 2nd rounder)

WASH UR MOUTH OUT!

15 hours ago, The Jackson FIX said:

I have heard Adelaide is the most serious trading partner for Petracca and Dees are targeting 2x within the top 15 of this draft (for which Adelaide will have to get creative).

Adelaide can trade a future first and a bunch of junk picks this year to Gold Coast for pick 6 since the Suns will be taking academy guys anyway and can use the points.

14 minutes ago, picket fence said:

WASH UR MOUTH OUT!

Well said Picket.

I see Oliver being like Newcombe, getting the ball out to other players from the clearance.

He is only 28 and has plenty of footy left in him and we saw signs he is getting back to his best.

Get a bit more pace and skill into the side and he becomes even more important, to give us first use of the ball.

He loves the club, will have a new Coach and will be really invigorated to get back to being the best contested player we have and one of the best in the AFL.

Others may leave, but Clarry stays and is ours.

We will be cheering him on next year and for years after.

I'm surprised so many people think Oliver can get back to the player he was. I was hopeful at the start of the year but we're now two and a half years since seeing him play at a consistently high level. His best this year was just okay and I tend to think that's the player he is now.

I hope King can get him back but I'm not holding my breath.

On 19/09/2025 at 10:42, binman said:

I'm glad you're not involved in our trading decisions then.

If I were we wouldn't have traded in Schache, Fullarton, Billings et al I would've prioritised guys like Peter Wright and Mabior Chol over the last few years as well. But yeah, Tim Lamb's doing an excellent job 👌

Does anyone know who we were aiming to draft when we traded up and got Tholstrop?

At the moment the only thing that suggests that we weren't going to get Tholstrop is that we did a late dash to his home in W.A which suggests we got word that our target wouldn't be available.

18 minutes ago, BAMF said:

Does anyone know who we were aiming to draft when we traded up and got Tholstrop?

At the moment the only thing that suggests that we weren't going to get Tholstrop is that we did a late dash to his home in W.A which suggests we got word that our target wouldn't be available.

I always had the impression that the trade up to 12 was originally for Windsor. As draft night grew closer, it became apparent he wasn’t going to make it that far so we had to take him at 7. I also think we wanted to throw the kitchen sink at Harley Reid and probably thought getting up to 12 would be a juicier proposition for West Coast combined with all our other picks. So I’m only guessing, but I doubt Tholstrup was really a ‘target’ and just the way the cards fell in the end unfortunately

I always thought we traded up in that draft to get ahead of Wet Toast.

48 minutes ago, BAMF said:

Does anyone know who we were aiming to draft when we traded up and got Tholstrop?

At the moment the only thing that suggests that we weren't going to get Tholstrop is that we did a late dash to his home in W.A which suggests we got word that our target wouldn't be available.

I think I remember Taylor saying that they felt there was a significant drop off in talent after that pick, so they thought it was important to get two picks inside the top 13 or so

Kolt might not have been the specific target but seems like he was in a group of players we rated higher than the remainder of the draft

2 hours ago, KozzyCan said:

I'm surprised so many people think Oliver can get back to the player he was. I was hopeful at the start of the year but we're now two and a half years since seeing him play at a consistently high level. His best this year was just okay and I tend to think that's the player he is now.

I hope King can get him back but I'm not holding my breath.

I'm the same. I think the best we can hope for is about the same but with much less nervous nowhere handballing.