On 07/04/2026 at 08:41, Adina88 said:

Exactly this. One of King's key philosophy is flexibility - our 'best 23' will change week to week, and be entirely dependent on who we're facing.

It's one of the things I'm enjoying even at this early stage. No more "Let's try Jack Billings on a wing again. It didn't work last time, but this time...?"

All I can say it's great that Sparrow's name is pooping up.

6 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Viney might get a few weeks at Casey to find form and match fitness, but providing he recovers from his injury he'll definitely find a way back into the senior squad sooner rather than later:

1. He's too good for VFL

2. He's too much of a competitor

3. He's vice captain and provides great physical and spiritual leadership of the side

He's too slow. We are not playing contest to contest football it's all about speed and outside run he is also not a great mark or decision maker if Steele was out, maybe but not now.

Realistically it will be a few months until the Viney dilemma surfaces and a lot of water under the bridge by then.

All else is speculation - but why not.

No way can you play Cross as a key forward Jeffo and Luker will fight that one out and as previously stated Van Rooyan needs to kick some goals

On 08/04/2026 at 12:18, DeeSpencer said:

It’s a big if but if Sparrow can routinely produce 20 touches (with decent efficiency) and 10 tackles he might offer more than Viney in this new game plan due to his outside running.

Viney and Steele in the same midfield gets us right back to a lack of speed and spread.

If by some miracle Viney was back this week fully fit I’d be rationing him and Steele plenty of half forward time so we don’t disrupt the balance. If Viney could basically play a chunk of Laurie’s half forward minutes plus a few midfield rotations when fresh we’d be maximising his skillset.

Viney would

On 31/03/2026 at 00:12, Simon Port said:

Howes Petty Lever

Bowey Turner Rivers

Lindsay Steele Langdon

Chandler Mihocek Sparrow

Fritsch Van Rooyen Culley

Gawn Pickett Windsor

Viney Langford Sharp Salem Tholstrup

I would love to see us run out with this lineup. Long term I think all of Latrelle, XT and Matthews are in the team but, for now they are all raw. The other 2 I would like in the team are Kentfield and Andy. I think Luker has the heighest ceiling of any key forward on our list and Andy could become our best lockdown small defender once he gets match fit.

Rivers to half back, Lindsay to the wing, Culley deep forward to use his aerial craft. Main 5 centre bounce attendees. Interesting to see how the midfield develops long term with Langford and Tholstrup replacing Steele and Viney long term.

Take Viney and Salem out...

On 08/04/2026 at 14:47, Dee Vinci said:

All I can say it's great that Sparrow's name is pooping up.

It's supposed to be lucky ☹️