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To be fair, North were missing their 3 best mids in Cunnington, Simpkin and LDU. At full strength, North aren't that bad.

Very average. His defensive pressure acts are miles behind Spargo, Kozzie and ANB. And when there's a contested possession, he struggles to get off a clean disposal. I'd like to see Bedford and Laurie given a game in the next praccy.

Do what I'm doing. I've just subscribed to Kayo, but will cancel after the 14 day free membership period.

From reading the training reports, Dunstan was doing additional running. His omission could be due to a minor injury, although that would have been reported. Or they could be preparing him for a particular role, and he hasn't reached those standards yet in match sim. Ben Brown was given a specific training regiment before his recall. Dunstan maybe in the same situation.

Harmes is irrelevant to this discussion because he's probably on a relatively modest contract. Brayshaw has had his big payday, so if he wants to test the open market, you are prioritising Brayshaw against players coming out of contract who will definitely seek bigger deals.

Daisy is fantastic, but with BT calling, it still makes the Ch 7 Friday night games unbearable to watch unless you mute.

I think that getting Cerra was dependant on finding a home for Melksham, and probably not re-signing Hibberd.

Spot on. He was great in the GF but didn't finish top 10 in the BnF. I'd imagine that he was well paid after his 2018 season, so there are more valuable players that should be financially looked after. I doubt that he leaves, especially to move interstate, when his parents and girlfriend are in Melbourne. I wouldn't read too much into this headline.

I'm not against holding events in regional centres where existing facilities exist, but let's not build some monstrosity of a facility that's rarely used by the general public. I'm talking about the baseball centre in Laverton and the harness racing facility in Melton. There's no reason why regional centres can't hold events such as lawn bowls, T20 cricket, cycling (road race, time trial, mountain bike), but we have existing facilities within the CBD precinct to hold all the other events.

I've heard Gus and Gawny talk about the golfers at the club. From what I recall, Hunt is off 1, May 6 and a few others are lower than Gus.

Distant relative. Laurie was Lily's grandfather's cousin.

It's on there now.

The thought of an inner suburban council removing trees is inconceivable. You'd have to get the bolt cutters out first to cut the chains off the protesters.

How can you say that it's hard to build a tank during the season when Ben Brown did exactly that? The coaching dept showed enough faith in Weid to give him a block of 5 games last year. Weid didn't repay the faith. That's on him. Even if Brown or T Mac got injured, I could easily see Weid still missing out, because both Max and Jackson are developing as forwards. And Fritsch essentially is a key forward.

It was difficult to find wide options on that ground. The dimensions of Norwood Oval width wise was 110m compared to Casey Fields 145m. This week they trained with cones on the ground to mimic the size of Norwood Oval, but they basically had to unlearn everything they'd practiced all preseason. But that was no excuse. They had to win the contested possession to beat the Crows on that ground, and they were soundly thrashed.

Getting smashed in contested ball. We're miles behind the Crows, and we're almost at full strength.

Spot on. You could tell in his Grand Final comments as an analyst on SEN that he wanted the Dogs to win. When every other commentator thought the Kozzie got taken high in the 3rd qtr, Healy yelled out "that's a throw", and a free kick should have been paid against Kozzie.

One of the best posts on Demonland. The detail on each player is fantastic. I was initially surprised that Brian Wilson was rated so highly, but I didn't realise he played 154 games for us, so that was fair enough. I share your feelings about being rapt for Greg Wells when he won a flag at Carlton. As I was for Stan Alves at North.

If you can't remember Paul Prymke, then I suggest you didn't follow the Dees from 1994-1996. Played 24 games in his debut season, came 3rd in the BnF in 1995, and retired in 1996 due to back issues. Was a gun CHB, who's career was ruined by injury.

I agree with everything you've said other than the last paragraph. The club isn't going to factor in homesickness when recruiting, even if they had an inkling that Jackson may want to go home. I'd be more concerned with Dogga being tempted by a crazy contract offer elsewhere than the homesickness factor.

You left out Paul Prymke from the 1994 side. Barring injury, he would have made a huge difference. Todd Viney raves about him. Also Jako was gone by the time Wiz arrived.

Not often do I say this, but I have to agree with DeeSpencer in regards to Paxman. She was slow to move the ball on, and when she did, she invariably took the wrong option. Hanks is elite. Along with Monique Conti and Erin Phillips, she is the best kick in the comp.

From the rare times we got to see him for Casey, Turner looked really assured down back. The club must see potential in him as he was re-signed, whilst our other midseason draftee Declasse was delisted. We are well stocked down back, but I fear Covid ball will hit most teams at some stage, so he may get a gig in the seniors at some stage.

Jackson, Rivers and Pickett all played in their 1st season. As did Bowey. If he's good enough, JVR will play. Age is irrelevant.

Great post CHF. I think the term "depth" is often misconstrued. My definition of a depth player is someone who has shown that they can perform a role at AFL level. Just because a player at Casey is playing in a particular position, he may not be adequate AFL depth. An example would be Baker, who from what we've seen at AFL level, isn't currently adequate AFL standard depth. Outside of the premiership 23, this would be my depth chart: Proven depth: Dunstan, Tomlinson, Hunt, J.Smith Adequate depth: M.Brown, Daw, Melksham Questionable depth: Weidemann, Chandler, Bedford, Baker Unproven depth: Laurie, Turner, D.Smith, JVR, Woey, Howes, Rosman, McVee, AMW Jason Taylor said prior to the draft that we would be drafting for needs in areas where we need backup. He's gone with a KPF in JVR, a wingman in Howes, and picked up FA Dunstan as a mature aged inside mid. Dunstan provides cover for the loss of Jones and Vandenburg. JVR is backup for the aging Brown, T Mac and questionable Weid. Howes is backup with question marks over Baker and Rosman. I haven't included Woey, McVee and AMW, who as late picks, I'd consider best available development players.