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Commentators around the nation are salivating at the thought of another AFL player with a 'basketball background'.

Agreed. Looking at the season as a whole, and even my perception coming into it, I always thought it would be strange to see an MFC team take the field without him. I'm shocked by how smooth the transition was. Sparrow and Jordon were kicking down the door in the end.

Thanks - really appreciate it!

Absolute tragedy. Heartbreaking.

Happy New Year!

Unbelievably talented but, sadly, undeniably lazy on the field. Hope he can turn it around, but he has so far wasted his opportunities.

It took Jack Viney 39 matches over three seasons to notch up 7 wins. Timing is everything!

Fair call - thanks for giving it a go.

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It’s completely subjective - many players peak at 19, others aren’t even considered by recruiters until they’re 22. Its seemed over the years, the general consensus is 26 - 29 is the sweet spot for age, strength, durability and experience. Looking at recent Brownlow winners, though an imperfect metric, gives us some idea… Dangerfield 26yo Martin 26yo Mitchell 25yo Fyfe 27yo Neale 27yo Wines 26yo

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And the Northern Territory - when they’re released from WA, they need to go there to face the music all over again.

Mitchell is attempting to do what Clarkson did when he took over; trading senior players for high picks. Problem is that, unlike last time, the market values early picks a lot higher than it did 04 and 05. There's either a lot of Clarkson or a lot of Neeld about what he's doing...

It’s a cult; you’ll never convince any of them.

I think he’s got massive upside and would gladly bring him in. He’s a quick, agile, mercurial forward and doesn’t compare to Chandler. If anything, Chandler is being kept out of the team by ANB and Spargo. Hill is more akin to Pickett, and two such players in the team allows them to hunt further up the ground and rotate through the midfield. By the time it comes up, our first pick would be around 20, which wouldn’t be too far off the mark for him.

We had a blessed run with injuries this year, yet AVB and Jones still got games- I’d rate Dunstan as at least their equal. Even as a ‘depth’ player he’d make our list better. No brainer.

I'm shocked that the Saints would be moving him on; seems to blitz it for them every time I tune in. I have heard their supporters being highly critical of his disposal, but would seem to be a decent fit for a developing team like the Kangaroos or GCS. If he was interested coming to us, I don't see him in the best 22, but he would be a decent upgrade on our 2021 midfield depth (AVB and Jones). This'll be important if our current blessed run with injuries doesn't last forever...

We're going to get A LOT more free kicks!

Even if we had access to him within the top 20, he'd wipe out an entire draft's worth of picks just to get up the points to select him in the top 10. Hopefully a big slider on draft night.

I find this one to be strange. The club clearly has a better idea of what’s going on than I do, but I would have thought both AVB and Lockhart were both closer to senior selection than Brown. Lockhart especially as small defenders is not an area of great depth for us. He must be an excellent trainer and presence around the club, but I would have hoped we’d be looking to bring in a young KPF at the draft and have B Brown, McDonald and Weideman, along with Fritsch and Jackson as our primary KPF stocks. Good luck to him!

With that said... the players, particularly Lever and the defensive team, gave glowing endorsements of training at Casey Fields due to Covid restrictions. Training on a full (MCG) size oval gave them the chance to better rehearse their defensive set-ups which strangled most teams this year.