DistrACTION Jackson

I get what you are saying, however don't forget these journo's are there to get clicks....

Binman this conversation got me thinking about our plans for the season and if the 0-5 start would potentially change the high performance teams thinking? With that start we essentially had no wriggle room regards to dropping many games, so I wonder if we would forgo heavy loading phases to an extent to give us the best chance of winning every match to make finals. It also brings up an interesting argument about whether it is better to do some loading in the hopes you peak in September and miss finals completely vs not doing it and actually making finals. Keen on your thoughts!

It's all about the cost and also if the Jackson trade is actually in play or not. Our first priority is getting Kozzy signed up and he can have almost whatever he wants... The next will be seeing if Jackson does want to come back to Melbourne and if so, how many picks and salary it takes to get him. If the Jackson thing falls through, then we need to be looking at alternatives at the right price and McKay is probably going to be the best option for a KPF/2nd ruck we will find.

Last year he kicked 49.21 from 21 games, though granted there were probably a few out on the full. If he was available for a decent price we would be crazy not to go for him, given we are crying out for a 200cm forward who can average over 2 goals a game. He would also help accelerate JVRs game I think, given he would be the main focal point of the forward line and JVR would play second tall.

@Demonland What a get with Jeff White next week... assume he is making the big announcement of Kalani choosing the Dees and doing it on the Dland podcast?

Was Lever at training?

I'm glad my belief they are cheats has been confirmed....

The one outcome which shows me their current system is a failure is the Viney concussion. Bo Allan got a week suspension because at the time Viney wasn't declared to be concussed. He then had delayed symptoms later in the week, however as the AFL have already handed down the punishment they couldn't change it. Outcome based systems don't work and it needs to be action based. With that Mills should have got a 2 week minimum suspension.

I'd like to see Adams get a few games throughout the year so he knows the level he needs to get to next season. I've liked what I've seen at VFL level this year

Agree with this. I'd maybe give May a rest next week v Saints for TMac and have him cherry ripe for Kings Bday the following week. These guys will need some weeks off to get through a full season!

I think with F/S they should increase it to minimum 150 or even 200 games, but I hope it stays at some level. The NGAs will be important to grow the game in minority groups and when used in the right way, is an important tool in growing the game. The issue has been that the AFL bring in rules and then flip flop and change things regularly. It sounds like they are getting back to making them more fair and also fit for purpose, with teams having to register players to their academies 2-3 years before they are eligible to be drafted.

How can you take someone with a higher draft pick? The way the draft works you would have used your pick before the player gets bid on.

Zeke Uwland is the best of them. Expected to be top 5.

Has been fantastic the last few weeks and deserves huge applause from the fans this week. A win for Trac would be huge!

Happy wife happy life as they say...

Which is exactly why we were happy to trade out first pick to get Lindsay. Lindsay would be a top 5 pick in this draft I heard one recruiter say.

100% agree... plus he's not overly quick for a small player. Kynan Brown could potentially go past him, though he's probably a worse quick but quicker and better pressure player.

I think it's different for different players. Gawn - just not a good kick in general Trac - similar to Gawn Fritsch - he is mentally stuffed atm JVR - good kick but currently can't get the ball Spargo - generally a good kick from within 40m but missed a sitter on the weekend, suggests a mental thing Sparrow - good kick but doesn't get enough of it

I think Oliver Green has been showing elite signs from what I've heard...

I think Jeff spoke about this in an interview and said he didn't sign them up as he wanted them to just enjoy their junior footy atm. But I agree, fingers crossed the family do think about moving back to Melbourne!

This should win comment of the year for 2025...

Similar to the F/S rule, if a player is in the Suns academy they get priority to them but must match the points applied to that player with the picks they have. Kalani is part of the Suns academy so could nominate to go to them and then when he is bid on they would have to use their next picks allocated points to acquire him. There are two things in our favour with this: The suns have two other academy players who are expected to be top 10-15 picks, so they will need to allocate a decent amount of points to acquire those two. The AFL has tightened the points system by allocating less points as the picks go on (pick 54 is the last pick that has points applied which used to be pick 73). On this basis I think there is a decent chance Kalani will nominate Melbourne as we are very likely to have the points to match, while the Suns may not have him in their plans. The other thing he needs to consider are the players on each list. With Ethan Read, Mac Andrew, Jed Walter, Ben King and Ned Moyle all on the Suns list it makes his prospects of getting a game early with the Suns lower.

I did send this in March... agree at this stage he has earned another year

100%. The AFL need to prioritise setting up a genuine 2nd tier competition and if the SA and WA teams want to also join then work with them as well. Unfortunately sides like Southport, Frankston, Port Melbourne etc. will need to find a different competition. It should be seen as the second best competition in Australia and the best non-AFL talent should be in these sides. This would mean having a higher level of funding and also higher salary caps to pay non-AFL listed players to ensure the talent is elite for the 2nd tier competition.

I get what Gerard was saying, but as mentioned in other posts there are news outlets who actually write an article and site other articles about the same thing....