DistrACTION Jackson

Think there was 2, Ricky Mentha Jnr and Malaki Champion. Both rookie selections though, so non selected in the main draft….

We've now cracked 40k! 40,469

I think early in the season they are probably more influenced by team supporter bases. As the season goes on and the pool becomes bigger then it will revert to more the punters views.

Don’t forget Billings was coming back from two injury riddled seasons, so was probably lacking confidence in his body. His last three games playing off a wing were actually fairly solid. He looks super fit now and has done a full preseason, which I’m guessing he hasn’t done for a while.

I think Billings will get first crack on the wing based on training reports.

Fair enough… I guess if they’ve called themselves that it wouldn’t be an issue

Why?

Adding Roy George to this could also be important if the opportunity arises

She has been put on the LTI list unfortunately

I think I’d go with: Jetta May Lever Hibberd J Rivers T Rivers Langdon Oliver Yze Green. Schwarz. Fritsch Farmer. Neitz. Robertson Gawn. Petracca. Jones White. Viney. Davey J McDonald Sub: Brayshaw

Yep. Calsher Dear has the same thing and I think Phillipou from the saints

Bone stress seems to be pretty common in younger players. I assume for a lot of them their bodies aren’t fully ready for the increased training loads etc.

Nick Watson is 170cm and hasn’t stopped him. Prasad sounds like he could be a beauty. Will be interesting to watch him develop

Wow, if Dwayne’s saying that we should be flag favourites

No I think they could put him on the LTI now, which they could also do with Luker if they plan to go ultra conservative given it sounded pretty severe! From my understanding the supplemental signing period ends Feb 21.

I think Jai Culley

Goody will shoot it down

I’m most interested to know if greenwaves does in fact read and reply to responses…

Good to hear. We have definitely fallen behind other clubs in that space and clubs like Hawks, Saints and Giants have excelled. Whether you like social media or not (I hate it), it is ultra important to growing the club long term.

I would actually be for a shorter season, but there is zero chance the AFL will do that due to the broadcast money they would lose. Shorting the quarters you would think would also affect that, given it would be less available ad times....

I personally don't think shorter games will make me any more inclined to watch other games. I will generally watch a Thursday night and Friday night if I'm not doing anything and then maybe a Sunday arvo game. Do people really want to sit at home all day on the weekend watching 9 games? I doubt it.

Congrats!

I think the coaching issue actually comes back to the soft cap reductions the AFL implemented in 2020 due to Covid. They've never returned these to what they were before from my understanding. Given there is generally only one specialised ruck on each team and a part time back up, it is hard to justify using the cap on a full time ruck coach when the Mids, Forwards and Backs coaches are probably more important. I get what you're saying, I guess with Gawn and Campbell on our list we probably view them as player/coaches.

100%. One of the worst rule changes they brought in. Would be a simple change and reduce delays in the game.

I think Langford’s biggest strength will be that he can play anywhere on the ground. He will be a plug and play type player depending on what we need. Compare that to say a Jagga Smith, who will no doubt be an elite ball winner, but I don’t think he has that versatility in his game.