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Would be surprised if May plays so soon, Salem will need a game in the VFL to get some touch. I have from time to time overactive Thyroid, takes quite a few weeks to normalise and running even 500m can cause exhaustion with elevated heart rate. Hope he has either done radioactive iodine, or cut it out, as a long term fix.

Spot on.. big dollars mean an instant return. Kosi will be an instant return if he leaves, but won’t get Dogga dollars.

Dogs have the worst defence and on last nights form, the worst forward line in the top 10 teams. Not reading too much into form just yet.

2 weeks is what he deserves and what he will get.. Fritta to replace him.

Pies are good to watch, love the brand of footy they play. As much as Demons supporters we loath certain sides, Pies being one of them.. slick, attacking footy is good footy! If last nights game is an indication of the way footy will be played this year, then I’m keen to watch.

Compared to Bowey, Rivers and Judd, they are not going to be able to compete on the spread. Neutralise the contests and we win easy

Do not discount Max playing back for a portion and taking out all aerial threat.

One thing that people overlook- is that Grundy coming over will likely prolong Maxy’s career. Getting another year or 2 out of Max or even an extra 4-5 games a year without injury is invaluable. All hypothetical, but with Jackson gone Max would have rucked 80% of games for the next 2 years at least while developing the young rucks. Teams target him physically because of his importance.

Tommy Mac will kick a goal and Luke Darcy will mention that he was out the door at Melbourne and stayed as no one else wanted him

Much more physical than Max. Will support Max well throughout the year, which was an issue last year as Max was Bullied and beaten up..

Some poor skills in the 2s. Tomlinson is a mile off a senior spot, Tmac is even a better option down back.

Watching Eddie’s son Xander read the story on the news was a treat to watch…

Disposal is an issue. Can’t remember the game this year, but streaming forward with Oliver clear and he handballed behind him and the opposition went on to score. Summed his last half of the year up. He is an ‘almost’ player.

90% of what has been said on this thread has gone over my head.

I’d love to see if on our list. Half back would replace Hunt nicely.

Could see Freo missing, Pies also. Port could improve quite a bit and still not make it. More of a post trade observation on others who have improved their lists.

I would say absolutely yes…. But… As we know premierships require a lot of things to click and fit players is one. Do we have the depth, I’d argue we run a bit thinner than some. We certainly don’t expose enough depth players to see if they meet the standard, this will need to change. Port, Bulldogs, Tigers, Brisbane will all improve next year. We need some growth from below to feature on the last game in September.

Hunter, McRae and the Bont always made me nervous against the Bulldogs. Now only the 2 to deal with.

Is it all over now… or are the AFL giving clubs an extra 3 hours to complete deals like last year?

It’s nice of GWS to continue to offer to incubate players for other clubs. Can they develop a key defender for when May retires.

Stengle was a pretzel- no way Geelong do as well this year without him. Understand it’s a lesser risk, but fortunate favours the brave and we need improvement in our forward half.

Are we making a play at him? He would be unbelievable if we could straighten him out.

The good news is, we will win next year.. take it to the bank!!

Will Chris Scott celebrate by finally washing his hair?

They will.. it will be called the good bloke award