KingDingAling

Hunter can afford to dip off early. Wealthy lad, don’t need to be out on a footy field. 

1 hour ago, No. 31 said:

I think Bont was hard done by not to garner more votes but also Treloar had a great season and would have taken votes off him. IIRC Bont had a quiet start to the season but was huge in the middle/later part of the season.

As for the Bont v Cripps question raised by some, I would always take Cripps. He carried Carlton on his lonesome in the disastrous years, Bont was playing in a Premiership winning team as a 3rd year footballer. Cripps has definitely faced more adversity in football. This isn't a sleight on Bont either, just recognition that Cripps has travelled a very bumpy footballing road in the early years.

Bont is the best I’ve seen since Ablett jr. I wouldn’t have Cripps anywhere near that discussion. 

Some good former Dees on display. Jordon was massive. 

I love St Kilda

10 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

McVee copped a lesson but it was the exact lesson he needed.

In patches of the 2nd and 3rd we actually hit them the other way.

Asking Nibbler to hard tag Daicos would’ve been just cruel and we don’t have anyone else on the list who could do it. 

Sparrow would blanket Daicos. Not sure we have anyone else who could. When Oliver and Trac are up and running, Daicos would find less opportunities. I’d nearly even run 3 dominant mids through next year and not tag Daicos again.

1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I actually don’t mind him.

Same. He’ll be a player 

33 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

Best defence would be that he was trying to kick the ball off the ground.

I’m not convinced he did a lot wrong. Bumps are unavoidable when playing are competing for a loose ball. But the AFL will punish him on the result. 

Best defence would be that Kozi never goes to ground and always keeps his feet. Ablett Jr was the only other player I’ve seen do this, but Kozi does it even more so. 

Laurie is a good signing if he can be a depth mid. 

1 hour ago, SPC said:

They play a style that destroys our zone, as do Freo. 

Freo is different. Freo make us look like witches hats. Pies we can lose humble usually. Freo make Simon look the way I see him. 

Impressive in fast time. I just think Kozi is the best I’ve seen. Ablett Jr was, but [censored], I have never in my 40 years seen anything like Kozi Pickett. 

8 hours ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

I think we need a bit of perspective, most of the suns best players are all late 20s and solid afl level players, similar to what we had in 2021/22. A few like sexton and Fiorini will probably be off their list next year

That’s what I was thinking. Fiorini is too good for that level, as is Sexton. 

Good riddance. We need to replenish our youth, and continue to inject some high level kids into our system. We got Windsor in last year, and he’s already a top 5 player for us. 

I like Verrall as a back up. 

Only pro-Goodwin posts are allowed on that forum. 

I wouldn’t be trading 6/7 for a guy who will be 28 next year. We have improvement in Windsor and McVee, who next year, won’t be far off Houston’s level. 

Get rid of some big contracts 

12 minutes ago, Colm said:

Mac Andrew playing forward tonight. Has kicked 3 so far and is doing some rucks. 

More like it. We definitely need to look to the future. We won a flag. And now need to come back down to earth. Fantastic someone has made the call on Rivers into the midfield. Sam Mitchell tagged him off of the backline last year. Rivers was our top 3 last year, he’ll be our best this year. McVee and Windsor have both been top 5 players for us this year. I like your Mac Andrews call. Those are the type of players we need to chase. 

Put Howes on JUH

We should win. GWS started too late. They’ll drop off this quarter. They needed to capitalize better that quarter. We really should be able to simply stream roll them in the last. Briggs also injured won’t help.

On 24/07/2024 at 11:03, DiscoStu17 said:

This has not been the case recently. Fullarton has been starting in ruck for 20+ minutes then Verrall gets 5min at the end of the quarter. They’re obviously trying to see if Fullarton can do the role with more exposure, but all it’s doing is stuffing up Verrall’s development and the clearances.

Fullarton is a back up for Verrall. That’s how it is, and should be. Verrall be ready next year to replace Max should it happen. Hopefully it doesn’t for a couple years more. Fullarton is a VFL back up ruck. It’s why he hasn’t played whilst Max was injured. Fullarton isn’t much chop, and sometimes that happens. Lesson learnt by the list management - do your homework next time. They’d have got their serve. 

Laurie will be a player.

1 hour ago, gs77 said:

Yeah, he'll be 28 in May next year. Coughing up two first rounders for someone who could start slowing down and succumbing to soft tissue injuries after only a couple of seasons for us would be crazy.

We wouldn’t do that. We won’t be giving up two firsts. We do need to replenish our stocks with quality young talent - whilst acquiring high class players like Houston. We do have Sparrow to move on, and other players who could potentially have us only give away a 2025 FF.

Any time a top 5 player in the side commits is a good thing. Definitely an up and coming AA level player. Most definitely the best talent I have seen at the club in the 35 years I’ve been supporting us. 

I’m not a Lamb fan but see nothing wrong with offloading Grundy, Harmes and Jordon. Grundy was an expensive VFL player at the time, Jordon not getting a regular position in the side, and Harmes was down on form. 

Is this the elephant in the room?

We have Petracca and Oliver on very big contracts. Aging warriors like Gawn, May, and Viney, would also be on above average coin.

Given our list demographic…

Are the contracts of Petracca and Oliver, going to anchor us down?

Petracca will be 29 in Jan.