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Windsor looks like the sprinter of the two. Given Tholstrup is from WA, I'm hoping he's a 'stayer'. 😉

Very ungainly kicking style but boy, love her run and carry. Great attack at the contest too. I really liked her Dad as a footballer and had the pleasure of meeting him. She's from good stock.

With such insight, it's a wonder he hasn't got his own SEN timeslot. Maybe pair him up with a cereal grain (serial pain) we all know? 🌽

Hhmmm....not sure now whether to back him in the Rising Star or the Vic Derby. 🤔

Isn't great to get the forum back on track. I'm talking to the 90% of Demonlanders who come here for the right reasons. The other 10% (we all know who) can stop reading now. As is so often the case, WCW leads the way again. Like a lot of us post season, I couldn't bring myself to visit DL for a while, knowing the vitriol and poison that you have to troll through to try and get some understanding of expectations not met. Then you see a post from WCW and others that are hurting just as much but don't feel compelled to kick the dog or point the finger at everyone and everything. I must admit, every time I visit here I am hoping to see a WCW post. Her positivity and insightful humour often changes my mood and day. Hopefully, the naysayers here can take inspiration from her view of life and DL can eventually remove those cigarette package warnings about respect and behaviour.

Sorry Andy, didn't realise you'd said exactly the same thing. I should have read all before posting. I reckon it's confirmed as fact then. 😉

Best training report I've ever read. 🤣👏❤️💙

Your red and blue face will turn purple in this rain WCW. Better wear a hat so they don't think you are a Freo spy trying to pinch another of our young guns. 😉

I posted a replay of the Vic Metro vs WA game a few posts back. Do yourself a favour and go to around 51 mins into it. From a WA kick in, you will see Windsor tackle an opponent to the ground. A WA player picks up the loose ball only to have Windsor get up and tacke him also. From this spillage a Vic metro player picks it up and delivers to Watson who kicks his 5th. He's not just a running outside player. Love his work ethic.

Yep. I was there and he immediately became my favourite player. Pretty sure Gerald Healy called it the best debut game he had ever seen.

It might be the hair, but also the way he plays, he reminds me of Buddha Hocking. I could live with that. Nickname - Whiskas? 🤔

https://www.afl.com.au/video/968936/national-boys-u18-championships-match-replay-vic-metro-v-wa?videoId=968936&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1688862900001 May have been posted already somewhere, but this replay of the Vic Metro vs WA has all 3 (hopefully) young Melbourne recruits. Eg, Windsor, Tholstrup and Brown. Worth a watch.

If the draft was another week away, we might have been able to rookie him. 😉

What I find myself doing (since mid year) is getting sucked into the 'talk' of who's the best draft prospect etc, etc. I then find myself disappointed we may not get A or B or even C! Then I look at our track record as a club and realise, they know a helluva lot more than me, and most other clubs. As has been said by many of the more rational posters. We have to trust Jason and the people involved here. They have a proven track record. I wait and will applaud whatever they do Monday.

I heard that too. Has that happened in the past? Would clubs show their true hand then? Seems high risk, especially with people like Dodoro around.

Hahaha. He said Harley....I think 🤔

Cal asked Jason who we will take at 6. He replied 'Reid'. You heard it here first!

Of course he will. I was very much tongue in cheek. But will be worth a listen anyway. Even if it is just confirming we haven't a clue. 😆

Jason Taylor is on Gettable at 12.45 today. I'm sure we'll know exactly what we will pick then. 😉

As a fellow 'Fosterican' I have a great deal of respect for Dean Duursma. However, if we are talking football pedigree, Kynan's dad has him covered. 😉 I dare say the tables will turn next generation 😁

How does the team that won the flag by 81 points 14 months ago get the 4th easiest draw?

I don't like either scenario!

We will get the chance to knock the Pies out of the finals, and Maynard out of the park!

I bow to your more intimate knowledge of him as a player, and you may be right in that rookie level is the right assessment of him. I have only seen 4 full games of him on TV eg. National Champs and Casey (where he impressed me more than Duursma did). I like his attitude to the game and seems to have a pretty good footy IQ. He also had a blinder later in the year for his local team, 25+ possessions and 5.2. I certainly rate him higher than I did Taj in his year. Anyway, if we get to rookie him then everyone will be happy. Fingers crossed.

Yeah, there has to be logic to it. Maybe a rookie spot is our only real choice if we want him. I'd just hate to lose a father/son that can play.