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My take on Preuss is that he is a number 1 ruckman only. If we had a player of his calibre on our list in 2017 when Gawn went down with that bad hamstring injury, then we would have played finals that year. Preuss is insurance for Gawn going down; something that is definitely going to happen from time to time over the next few seasons. When Gawn misses a match or two, we can’t just forfeit the ruck contests, we need someone with the size, strength and experience to step right into that spot. If we can find a good ruckman through the draft to develop alongside them, then we’ll be very well placed in that area.

Zero chance of a 1st round PP for Gold Coast. Gold Coast’s issues have nothing to do with a lack of young talent and Brisbane’s turnaround will be looked upon as the model.

The guy’s a jet and we’ve been ‘linked’ with him for a while. He’d be worth a first round pick- don’t know about a top five pick though...

I’m sure we’d find something in the 2017 pre-season drink driving thread.

Jakovich traded or delisted? Including free agents like Rivers? Andy Lovell was an underrated loss.

Demonland does not have a good strike rate for predicting contract renewals. There wouldn’t be a single player on our list who hasn’t been a ‘delist’ or ‘trade for zero or nearest offer’

Or the selection of an overweight country kid who couldn’t even get a guernsey for the Nationals Champs at pick 4.

Always room for discussion, but I would think that the Melbourne and Carlton football clubs have conclusively put this question to rest.

Still we un-sighted... should we worry..?

FWIW... that's literally exactly what he did (and many would say, continues to do 2000 years after his death)

Saw him commenting on the Demonland instagram this morning - great to see a past player contributing.

I assume Winmar was being a divisive, virtue-signalling, social justice warrior, provoking a crowd who were exercising their freedom of speech in the spirit of true blue fun and banter...

Well outside 50... wonder if the team rule is to put it to the top of the square or to have a ping..?

Being available for finals is outrageous. When I first read the headline I though it was the whole season, which is swift and appropriate action. Being available to play finals for a top 4 team is completely unjust and sends the wrong message.

You provided the example - I'm asking for the context of your example. Godfrey retired 2007, so I'd suggest that your example has absolutely nothing to do with the booing that Goodes received in the last 18 months of his career.

Simon Godfrey..? What year was this? Is that when you think the ‘booing’ started?

Feeling much better with Rawlings back in the coaching group; I’d say we would have had to top-up his pay to get him to give up his senior coaching gig at Casey.

Maybe we could throw in Oliver as steak knives to entice a trade..?

My take on Goodes was that he was quite literally the 'perfect' AFL player. He could play Ruck, Forward, Wing or on the ball; and whilst I don't remember him ever playing there, he could have dominated down back as well. He was strong, fast, had great power and acceleration, incredible endurance, clean hands and was extremely skilful. One of the things that was lost in the complete poo-storm that was his final year, was just how good a player he was. If you were to design a perfect Australian Rules Footballer, he's pretty much what you'd come up with.

Has always had the talent, but never seemed to have the heart for it. Is playing well though for this season - my fear would be that it's because it's a contract year. Doubt Saints would let him walk - they have very little quality on their list.

All about the development heading into 2020 from here! Want to see some wins, confidence and synergy in the team so we can hit the ground running next season. - Would love to see Baker getting some more games into him; Baker and Hunt roaming the wings of the MCG could be a dangerous proposition. - getting some quality game-time into Lever, May, Hibberd, Salem, Hore, Jetta, Lockhart, etc. Let them learn how to predict and play off each other in the second half of the year so there's no growing pains round 1 2020. - Sparrow and Dunkley starting to get some form at Casey and start to beat down the door for seniors. - AVB to make a full recovery and get some games in, before a quick rest and ready to go for day one of pre-season. - Petracca playing full time in the mid-field with little spells up forward. Let him feel the heat and intensity so he knows how far his endurance needs to improve going into the next pre-season. Want him built like Jobe Watson round 1 2020. - Weideman is looking like Max Gawn in 2014. He's reading the ball and getting to the right spots, but it's just not sticking. When they start to stick, then we'll have a real player on our hands. - Brayshaw in the guts. - Harmes to continue with his current trajectory; he is a gun and one of the most underrated players going round. - Oliver, Brayshaw, Petracca, Viney, Harmes with Gawn in the center square - we really shouldn't be losing many clearances.

Demonland has changed a lot recently.

So do you fire the Carlton recruiter for missing Oliver or praise him for getting Curnow..? Fire the Brisbane recruiter for getting Schache or praise them for getting hipwood? Fire the GWS recruiter for getting Pickett or praise him for getting Himmelberg?

Reactionary post. Four weeks ago everyone was saying ‘how did we not take McKay instead of Weid!?’ McKay was starring and Curnow couldn’t buy a goal. Now Harry plays badly and Curnow stars and there’s a flip. Thats why operating in hindsight is so easy.