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One thing I forgot to say and I dont know how I overlooked it but Nibbler was in sensational form and has improved his disposal😁

Honestly I can see a version of events where Schache plays a lot this year. I have always been critical of his contest and mongrel and can't see that changing - and he could maybe be a liability in a final for that reason. But he has the height, skills and goal kicking ability our forward line needs. He's not a small body. He can chop out max reasonably well and is a good field kick whilst he plays ruck. If Petty spends the year injured and in/out of the side, I can see JVR being the bash crash forward and Schache being the more skilful one. They play together pretty well at Casey. Could happen imo....

Caleb Windsor looks to be the exact type of player we need through the middle.

Gee No. 6 looks good. Had to look up the player numbers on the MFC website. Its Windsor.

I headed down to Casey for a few hours this morning whilst I was “out seeing a client” 😉. It was hard to tell who was who on occasion as a lot of them didn't have numbers on the jumpers and were wearing caps. So go easy if I botch a few things here. I’ll do my best to share my observations. I arrived around 9.40 and the drills were underway. Clarry was running at a solid pace for most of the session and according to the man himself he thinks he is a “couple of weeks away” from joining the main group. Will Verrall did quite a solid amount of running along the boundary with Clarry and didn’t look far off. Viney wasn’t participating in the drills when I first arrived but joined shortly after and played through the entire match sim later in the session. Whatever he limped off with the other day clearly is no issue. Fullarton also jogged for about an hour and didn’t seem to be uncomfortable but was at minimal pace. Salem was hanging around near the interchange bench for a while during match sim, but he did not train at all to my knowledge. I didn’t see Petty, Bowey, BB, Hunter, Melky, or Smith at all. They may have been on the far side of the ground from me or inside on the bikes, but as far as I can tell none of them participated today. Jefferson participated in a few drills, but I didn’t notice him after the first 20 minutes. There were about 30 mins or so of ball movement drills before the good stuff started! Match Sim was made up of 3, 20 minutes “quarters” and there was AFL Umpires there to officiate. The teams started off with what seemed to be a mix of the best 22 and depth players on both sides, with the starting backs lined up on the starting fwds. Having said that the blue team was clearly stronger through the middle, even with Gawny and a few others on team white. After the first 2 “quarters” there was a changeup in teams and the blue team was stacked with our likely best 22. Interestingly ANB, Billings and Thommo all lined up in for the white team. Some interesting inclusions on team blue included Windsor on the wing and Howes and Macca playing down back. Macca looks fit and held his own today. Thommo and Disco might be stuck in Casey for a while longer it seems, although both did some nice things. Our key defensive depth looks great…. The key forwards on the other hand look very thin. Roo was quiet today but is a great focal point when moving the ball forward. However as good as he is as a target, we really need another Key Fwd to step up or it might be much of the same in 2024. There seemed to be a focus on scoring quickly and coming from behind in this period, The white team were given a 30 odd point lead for the blues to hunt down, which they did comfortably. At one point during match sim Laurie received the ball during a center square stoppage and blasted it forward in a hurry. Chappy then yelled out, “Connect Bill, Connect!” I liked this as it shows they are working on a major issue we have had for the past 2 seasons. A work in progress but at least a sign they are addressing it. I was pleasantly surprised with our game style today, I thought the ball movement looked much faster then previous years and they used the corridor quite often too, this had mixed results but that's to be expected. Although Blue dominated the session, I must say there were some good signs from our younger brigade and depth players. All the draftees took part in the match Sim and showed signs of what they could become. Really liked Kolts energy and attitude, a future leader in the making IMO. Kynan had some very nice moments and looks like an absolute work horse, just goes, and goes. And Windsor…. Ill get back to this lad. Taj lined up in quite a few CBAs and did some nice things when faced up against our starting Mids, He really stood out to me today, as did Laurie. Positive signs aside, Gawn, Track, Viney & Gus were our starring 4 for blue at this point, and they looked levels above the opposition. Overall, the standard was to good watch and I left with optimism for the season and our future with our youngins all showing a bit. Just some notes on individuals: ANB - Undoubtably starting 22, he was BOG for white by a country mile IMO. Great player for our young players to watch and learn from. Kosi – Everything he touches turns to gold. He really stands out with everything he does. He does stuff that no one else on the list can. Track - looks to be in extremely good nick and was just a powerful beast all day. Viney - Seemed completely unhindered to me and at times untouchable. Kicked a very nice goal during match Sim. Gus – Looks to be fine after his big knock. Played a mix of halfback and midfield. I really like the look of him in the guts and should stay there until Clarry is back IMO. Track, Oliver, Viney, Gus should be our priority mids in 2024. Elite! Windsor – I will be shocked if he doesn’t play round 1. It’s the first time I have seen him play live in any form and he looks like a ripper. Used the ball well, ran hard to give and receive, competed better than expected in the contest and just looked like he belongs. I may have just caught him on a good day and his consistency might not be there yet, but I am a fan already. A shoe in to take Hunter’s role, just a matter of when. Sparrow – I know some on here are big Tommy fans, but from what I saw today he is in danger of losing his spot to one of the young and hungry up and comers if he doesn’t improve. He just seems to have stagnated. Taj, Kynan, Kolt, Lauire could all push him out if he is not careful. Schache – Never been a fan of this bloke, however I must admit he impressed me today. Got bullied a tad in the ruck Vs Gawn but that’s to be expected. He shouldn’t have to go up against many starting rucks at AFL level and from what I saw today he may well be our backup ruck/fwd this year. He had a great moment when he competed in the ruck with Gawn, smothered an attempted clearance kick then followed up with a big tackle locking it in. The boys and coaches loved it! Laurie – Thought he was a mile off the pace in his AFL games last year but looks to have stepped it up bigtime. He found a lot of the ball and looked clean, calm, and effective. Howes – Not sure if he will play down back in the AFL but during the drills and match sim he had moments that made you take notice. The kid can play, just not sure how he gets a look in. McAdam – Took a few BIG marks, one on poor old Gawnys back. He must be getting sick of that! McAdam will add to our forward line potency for sure. He didn’t get a huge amount of it but he was impactful. Looks the goods. Spargo – Looks super fit and was his creative self. Big fan! Lever – Loved his voice and leadership, I still think he will be our captain one day. Gawn – Dominated the ruck and was never out marked as expected. Today did highlight how badly we need to ruck depth ASAP though. Anyhow, it was a great morning, and I am excited for the season to start! I’ll do my best to answer Any questions you lot may have! GO DEES!

Windsor won’t be playing a game until he shaves those sideburns!

This must be your first preseason 😜

Your training reports are getting more over the top by the session! At this rate we’ll win the flag and a first year player will own the members wing, Schache will win the Norm Smith and Nibbler will become the most loved Demon! Keep it coming!

A YOUNG ROBERT FLOWER?🥰

I'm just going to add to the Windsor love in, I've been on long service leave so I've been able to attend most sessions and he's just got better and better as each week goes by. The confidence he has to take on the game is great to see, he's an exciting prospect.

The two words I like seeing in the same sentence are ‘Oliver’ and ‘training’.

I love the enthusiasm for new inclusions but I suggest, with respect, that any time we nominate a new face we also have to say who this new player will displace. Otherwise it looks like we'll have about 22 players on the field for Round 1, which would be handy but I suspect might be objected to.

Windsor looked great. Getting excited.

Agree, Ive never been one to understate things, I mean how boring is that?😂

@TheWiz I have most of the stats from that article. Here are the top 10 rucks across the various stats in 2023, and I have also included a table at the end comparing all rucks in 2023 with 10+ matches (note the text in the table may wrap on a mobile device). Rating Points 1 | 16.5 | Tim English (WB) 2 | 15.3 | Rowan Marshall (St K) 3 | 15.0 | Kieren Briggs (GWS) 4 | 13.9 | Max Gawn (Melb) 5 | 13.8 | Todd Goldstein (NM) 6 | 13.3 | Luke Jackson (Frem) 7 | 13.3 | Jarrod Witts (GC) 8 | 13.2 | Sean Darcy (Frem) 9 | 13.1 | Oscar McInerney (Bris) 10 | 13.1 | Toby Nankervis (Rich) Score Involvement % 1 | 26.7 | Luke Jackson (Frem) 2 | 25.5 | Sean Darcy (Frem) 3 | 22.7 | Rowan Marshall (St K) 4 | 22.6 | Tim English (WB) 5 | 21.2 | Sam Draper (Ess) 6 | 20.9 | Hayden McLean (Syd) 7 | 19.8 | Max Gawn (Melb) 8 | 19.4 | Darcy Cameron (Coll) 9 | 19.2 | Jarrod Witts (GC) 10 | 18.9 | Mark Blicavs (Geel) Metres Gained 1 | 280.7 | Rowan Marshall (St K) 2 | 263.4 | Kieren Briggs (GWS) 3 | 262.4 | Max Gawn (Melb) 4 | 255.0 | Tim English (WB) 5 | 221.3 | Mark Blicavs (Geel) 6 | 210.0 | Sam Draper (Ess) 7 | 200.2 | Oscar McInerney (Bris) 8 | 199.1 | Luke Jackson (Frem) 9 | 182.1 | Tom De Koning (Carl) 10 | 175.6 | Toby Nankervis (Rich) Marks 1 | 6.3 | Tim English (WB) 2 | 5.2 | Rowan Marshall (St K) 3 | 4.6 | Max Gawn (Melb) 4 | 4.4 | Hayden McLean (Syd) 5 | 3.6 | Mason Cox (Coll) 6 | 3.4 | Mark Blicavs (Geel) 6 | 3.4 | Darcy Cameron (Coll) 8 | 3.4 | Sean Darcy (Frem) 9 | 3.4 | Luke Jackson (Frem) 10 | 2.9 | Reilly O'Brien (Adel) Contested Marks 1 | 2.3 | Max Gawn (Melb) 2 | 1.5 | Sean Darcy (Frem) 3 | 1.5 | Mason Cox (Coll) 4 | 1.5 | Hayden McLean (Syd) 5 | 1.5 | Rowan Marshall (St K) 6 | 1.4 | Reilly O'Brien (Adel) 7 | 1.4 | Darcy Cameron (Coll) 8 | 1.3 | Tim English (WB) 9 | 1.2 | Luke Jackson (Frem) 10 | 1.1 | Sam Draper (Ess) Intercept Marks 1 | 2.0 | Tim English (WB) 2 | 1.9 | Rowan Marshall (St K) 3 | 1.5 | Reilly O'Brien (Adel) 4 | 1.4 | Darcy Cameron (Coll) 5 | 1.4 | Max Gawn (Melb) 6 | 1.3 | Kieren Briggs (GWS) 7 | 1.1 | Todd Goldstein (NM) 8 | 1.1 | Brodie Grundy (Melb) 9 | 1.0 | Sean Darcy (Frem) 10 | 1.0 | Luke Jackson (Frem) Clearances 1 | 6.5 | Kieren Briggs (GWS) 2 | 5.6 | Oscar McInerney (Bris) 3 | 5.0 | Rowan Marshall (St K) 4 | 4.3 | Toby Nankervis (Rich) 4 | 4.3 | Jarrod Witts (GC) 6 | 4.3 | Max Gawn (Melb) 7 | 4.2 | Bailey J. Williams (WC) 8 | 4.2 | Mark Blicavs (Geel) 9 | 4.1 | Sean Darcy (Frem) 10 | 4.0 | Scott Lycett (Port) Tackles 1 | 5.5 | Toby Nankervis (Rich) 2 | 4.8 | Rowan Marshall (St K) 3 | 4.6 | Mark Blicavs (Geel) 4 | 4.5 | Kieren Briggs (GWS) 5 | 4.3 | Tim English (WB) 6 | 3.7 | Scott Lycett (Port) 7 | 3.6 | Lloyd Meek (Haw) 8 | 3.5 | Luke Jackson (Frem) 9 | 3.4 | Bailey J. Williams (WC) 10 | 3.2 | Darcy Cameron (Coll) 23 | 2.0 | Max Gawn (Melb) Hitouts 1 | 39.2 | Jarrod Witts (GC) 2 | 39.1 | Sean Darcy (Frem) 3 | 38.6 | Reilly O'Brien (Adel) 4 | 33.8 | Oscar McInerney (Bris) 5 | 32.5 | Toby Nankervis (Rich) 6 | 31.2 | Tim English (WB) 7 | 29.2 | Todd Goldstein (NM) 8 | 28.3 | Rhys Stanley (Geel) 9 | 28.2 | Ned Reeves (Haw) 10 | 27.6 | Bailey J. Williams (WC) 14 | 25.7 | Max Gawn (Melb) Hitouts Win % 1 | 56.8 | Sean Darcy (Frem) 2 | 50.7 | Andrew Phillips (Ess) 3 | 50.0 | Ned Reeves (Haw) 4 | 49.6 | Mason Cox (Coll) 5 | 49.5 | Jarrod Witts (GC) 6 | 49.5 | Reilly O'Brien (Adel) 7 | 49.0 | Max Gawn (Melb) 8 | 47.9 | Brodie Grundy (Melb) 9 | 47.7 | Toby Nankervis (Rich) 10 | 46.6 | Samson Ryan (Rich) Hitouts To Advantage % 1 | 38.0 | Samson Ryan (Rich) 2 | 35.0 | Marc Pittonet (Carl) 3 | 33.8 | Tim English (WB) 4 | 33.4 | Todd Goldstein (NM) 5 | 32.7 | Kieren Briggs (GWS) 6 | 31.6 | Jarrod Witts (GC) 7 | 30.7 | Ned Reeves (Haw) 8 | 30.4 | Ben Miller (Rich) 9 | 30.4 | Brodie Grundy (Melb) 10 | 30.1 | Sam Draper (Ess) 11 | 30.1 | Max Gawn (Melb) Ruck Stats, 2023, 10+ matches Legend Mt: Matches TOG: Time on ground % RP: Rating Points D: Disposals MG: Metres Gained CBA %: Centre Bounce Attendance % CL: Clearances Mk: Marks CM: Contested Marks IM: Intercept Marks G: Goals SI %: Score Involvements % (out of all team scores) T: Tackles RC%: Ruck Contest % HO: Hitouts HO Win %: Hitouts win % HO Adv %: Hitouts to advantage % Mt TOG RP D MG CBA % CL Mk CM IM G SI % T RC% HO HO Win% HO Adv% Tim English (WB) 23 85.9 16.5 19.1 255.0 83.7 3.2 6.3 1.3 2.0 16 22.6 4.3 76.8 31.2 39.5 33.8 Rowan Marshall (St K) 24 84.5 15.3 20.5 280.7 86.7 5.0 5.2 1.5 1.9 8 22.7 4.8 74.9 26.6 40.0 27.9 Kieren Briggs (GWS) 17 75.6 15.0 15.4 263.4 80.0 6.5 2.8 0.7 1.3 4 18.2 4.5 74.4 25.9 38.4 32.7 Max Gawn (Melb) 22 81.1 13.9 16.9 262.4 64.9 4.3 4.6 2.3 1.4 10 19.8 2.0 57.5 25.7 49.0 30.1 Todd Goldstein (NM) 20 79.3 13.8 13.0 134.9 73.7 3.6 2.2 0.9 1.1 4 18.6 1.9 70.0 29.2 44.7 33.4 Luke Jackson (Frem) 23 82.6 13.3 15.0 199.1 44.6 2.6 3.4 1.2 1.0 22 26.7 3.5 45.5 17.7 40.3 30.0 Jarrod Witts (GC) 21 82.8 13.3 13.8 156.6 84.2 4.3 2.4 0.7 0.4 4 19.2 2.6 83.7 39.2 49.5 31.6 Sean Darcy (Frem) 15 74.5 13.2 13.8 165.2 77.7 4.1 3.4 1.5 1.0 4 25.5 3.2 69.5 39.1 56.8 28.3 Oscar McInerney (Bris) 25 82.6 13.1 12.4 200.2 80.8 5.6 1.8 0.9 0.6 9 13.5 2.9 77.0 33.8 43.7 27.8 Toby Nankervis (Rich) 15 80.3 13.1 16.7 175.6 78.6 4.3 2.5 0.3 0.9 3 18.3 5.5 74.1 32.5 47.7 26.5 Reilly O'Brien (Adel) 23 81.3 12.8 12.4 85.1 82.6 2.9 2.9 1.4 1.5 4 17.9 3.1 75.8 38.6 49.5 29.2 Mark Blicavs (Geel) 19 76.9 12.4 15.8 221.3 71.9 4.2 3.4 0.9 0.5 12 18.9 4.6 30.0 10.6 36.0 26.2 Darcy Cameron (Coll) 19 74.2 10.9 13.1 129.7 62.6 3.2 3.4 1.4 1.4 5 19.4 3.2 65.1 25.8 41.7 30.0 Tom De Koning (Carl) 19 78.4 10.7 12.0 182.1 51.1 3.5 2.8 1.0 0.8 9 17.9 2.5 49.0 17.7 39.8 28.2 Sam Draper (Ess) 14 76.7 10.7 11.0 210.0 66.1 3.1 2.6 1.1 0.6 10 21.2 2.0 60.7 20.1 39.8 30.1 Brodie Grundy (Melb) 17 69.9 10.7 14.3 152.8 54.4 2.9 2.7 0.8 1.1 10 16.5 2.9 47.7 20.5 47.9 30.4 Bailey J. Williams (WC) 23 81.8 10.4 12.8 165.2 83.7 4.2 1.9 0.7 0.8 5 15.8 3.4 73.5 27.6 37.9 24.1 Rhys Stanley (Geel) 13 77.5 9.6 11.9 147.2 79.3 2.3 2.3 0.2 0.5 0 12.3 2.5 65.3 28.3 45.0 21.7 Tom Hickey (Syd) 12 73.7 9.5 12.2 134.3 78.0 3.2 2.2 0.6 0.4 0 14.6 2.4 66.5 23.7 35.9 22.2 Ned Reeves (Haw) 21 74.0 9.3 8.1 63.0 65.6 2.4 1.5 0.4 0.8 2 15.4 2.7 62.7 28.2 50.0 30.7 Hayden McLean (Syd) 22 79.5 9.1 12.3 150.7 28.5 1.3 4.4 1.5 0.9 21 20.9 2.5 31.0 9.7 32.9 23.5 Marc Pittonet (Carl) 18 69.2 8.6 9.5 69.4 69.5 3.1 1.3 0.4 0.8 0 13.2 1.8 63.0 24.8 42.0 35.0 Scott Lycett (Port) 14 69.1 8.6 10.6 103.6 73.3 4.0 1.0 0.1 0.1 0 13.9 3.7 62.9 24.7 41.4 28.9 Lloyd Meek (Haw) 16 69.9 8.5 9.6 72.0 46.4 2.1 2.2 0.8 0.7 3 13.2 3.6 48.6 18.0 42.7 29.5 Mason Cox (Coll) 19 66.4 7.7 8.2 121.7 40.6 1.2 3.6 1.5 0.8 17 16.4 1.4 37.2 17.1 49.6 27.2 Ben Miller (Rich) 13 73.6 7.6 7.3 94.9 22.2 0.8 2.4 0.5 0.5 6 13.2 2.2 23.2 8.8 40.2 30.4 Samson Ryan (Rich) 14 69.5 7.1 7.1 139.2 29.5 1.1 2.9 0.8 0.4 12 14.6 0.8 28.5 12.2 46.6 38.0 Andrew Phillips (Ess) 20 69.9 6.6 7.6 105.0 47.4 1.8 2.3 0.8 0.6 5 14.7 2.4 48.5 20.7 50.7 28.0 All these stats are available at: https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_stats.html?year=2023

Some much better forward entries and some good pace on the footy in those highlights. Playing on inside 50 too which might be an example just to get used to sharing the ball. Windsor looking more comfortable than I’ve seen him the last 2 Wednesdays. That raw pace could really open things up

Caleb’s aunt is a QLD-based Demon Army member. When the fixture was released I asked her if I’d be seeing her at opening round. She said no because she’s saving her money so as she can come to Melbourne home games to watch Caleb “if he gets a game in the firsts next year (2025) hopefully maybe even the end of this year.” I just messaged her “Might be seeing you at opening round after all.” 😁

Some electrifying moments from Windsor 😳

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Schache should have been on the ground instead of Tmac in the finals full stop.

That’s why he stood out in the film highlights weeks in advance as to his style of game and our needs. Our Guru JT didn’t muck around with Curtin ( who I still would have loved) but Caleb (The Duke) Windsor looks just fine from the recent reports. So pleased with the overall reports from yesterday by all the track representatives on his form. He is coming along fine. Which wing Warne Stand or MCC Members ? And Lingers he will make a comeback to his best. He is too good and proud not to.

He really moves well - reminds me so much of a young R Flower. No pressure on the young lad or unrealistic expectations this year but boy he looks to have great balance

That leap from Moniz

I loved training today and i thought it was lot more intense and more full on than it has been previously. Wouldnt be surprised if theres one or two debutants in windsor and howes early in the season. Very pleased that the gates are open to the public now, and it was lovely to meet you today Ros.

Windsor on about 250 supercoach points judging by those highlights

I found this (doubtless well-known to many') but what you said looks very true. Delay is particular bad for a player https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/melbourne-demons/afl-2024-melbournes-joel-smith-facing-minimum-twoyear-ban-for-using-cocaine-before-2023-game-drug-test-ruling-latest-news/news-story/3bd3e7f9ede9df8638c98a2ec44caa5b

All these stats are well and good, but the one that counts most for me is the centre clearance rate from about the 27minute mark of the third quarter, till the 5 miniute mark of the last in the 2021 GF.

Wouldn’t that be grand

Agree with those who say that Windsor looked great in that highlight reel. Hard to draw solid conclusions from clips like that but promising signs IMO.

Ollie Florant, Will Hayward and Tim English would be my 3 targets.

Yes wwsw I must admit that I had forgotten that 3 mth break between R1 and R2 in 2020 and those three boys debuted in R1 & R2, how strange was that year? And just shows that we can’t place limitations on our new recruits.

Sestan showed some good reading of play in a number of instances and kicked a great goal, development in progress. Jed Adams likewise had some good gather and judgement awareness as well

What’s the role? He’s not going to be playing forward pocket or back pocket and every other position is flat out running these days. I’ve only seen him used on a wing in training. As long as his time on ground is kept around 65-70% he shouldn’t be burnt out immediately. Rested or back to the 2’s if he fatigues.

Can't speak for other trackwatchers but usually if I don't mention somebody it's not necessarily because they weren't noticed or aren't training well it could just because they are doing exactly what is expected of them by training hard and diligently. Judd is exactly that. He's a kid that trains hard and does all the right things. He is one of our better users of the footy. I haven't been to the Friday Casey match SIMs, which I guess is the closest thing to match conditions at training as opposed to the Wednesday 13 on 13 end to end "circle work", so I haven't had a chance to see Judd the defender in match conditions at training so I can't critique his defending abilities under the closest thing to the pressures of a game. Having said that I have no doubt he will continue on the trajectory we saw him begin last season. We have a good one here in Knuckles.

100% agree! Was just referencing Gawn as I think he is the best ruck, a known player to us, and also Preuss moved from Melbourne to GWS so a relevant comparison to my previous point about GWS’ ruck coaching and recruiting.

Free agents ? Only Sydney’s Ollie Florent is realistically any target in my view. Others are too expensive, too old , not good enough , not a good fit or not required. Florent has skills and pace. Offer him a 4 year deal and press the Swans into serious coin to keep him.

Thanks Picket Reckon we might have 30 starting round 1 at this rate! 😊

I love the bloke. I hope he finishes top 10 in their B & F. But I do also hope he hits Fritsch on the chest again when we play them. 😁