Demons11

4 minutes ago, Demon_JB said:

This is my ideal scenario:
 

Draft:
- Top 6 pick 

Trade:
- ⁠Future first for Waterman and their 3rd rounder 
- ⁠2nd rounder and Eagles 3rd for Peter Wright (he’s on the outer) 
- ⁠Josh Battle Free agent 

Summary:

In: 
- Waterman 
- ⁠Peter Wright 
- ⁠Battle 
- ⁠Pick 6 
- ⁠Eagles 3rd rounder 

Out
- Future first 
- ⁠2nd rounder 
- ⁠Eagles 3rd rounder

Battle is an undersized key defender.  

On 25/07/2024 at 18:01, Sir Why You Little said:

Signing Grundy for 4 years and then giving up after 6 months. 

Josh Schache and Tom Fullarton as replacements 

billings for Jordan 

Letting go of Bedford…. (I was angry at the time, i knew he would become an very good player)

I think our trading since the Flag has been a big F

Jordan went for more opportunities and let’s be honest he would not have made us any better this year. Jordan is an average player and his numbers prove that.   As for the carry on with Bedford, he gets talked about like his Cyril Rioli  Bedford is a role player at best and very average by foot.  It was either him or Chandler.   Chandler is playing just as well as Bedford.  When you have a strong team you lose fringe players, it’s how the system works.  I agree Billings has not been great but he was taken as a depth player and he has stayed healthy which has held him back so I think he has hit expectations this year, I never expected him to be playing every week and he cost us nothing. 

3 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

If Clarry and Trac return to their best, our window is absolutely very much still open. Those two are good enough to build a premiership team around, and I am very bullish about a lot of the younger players who are already on our list. 

We absolutely need to nail this off season, not just from a trading and draft perspective, but from a fitness perspective too. 

And of course you need a lot of luck. Injuries will and do kill all teams.

I agree - Clarry and Trac are hitting their prime.   I have a feeling we will land a forward in this years trade period and I think our midfield depth is ok with McVee and Rivers developing nicely.  I like the thought of acquiring another half back in the Hibberd mould as I think we have missed that tough lockdown mid sized defender greatly this year. 

18 minutes ago, Sydee said:

If Caleb is out I assume Hunter gets another chance 

Not sure that would have happened if Windsor and Langdon remained available 

Has a lot to prove imho 

Hunter only played limited minutes last week, so I doubt they bring him in 

30 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

For those that think we're a young team and that's one of the reasons why we're struggling, then this article suggests otherwise.

 https://www.afl.com.au/news/1184405/the-young-and-the-marvellous-youth-spurring-hawthorn-hawks-hot-charge

8th oldest on average and 5th oldest on average for games played.

I think our fitness hasn't been as strong this year and/or lacking hunger compared to other clubs such as Freo, Hawthorn, Bulldogs, GWS who haven't tasted success in a while or ever.

Fitness is not an issue, the stats say that we cover more ground than any other team in the AFL 

People who think they will be giving up on the season are delusional.  We are half a game out FFS! 
 

Beat the Dogs and we are back in the running 

4 hours ago, Ungarieboy said:

Teams are starting to expose Boweys lack of height in the backs, but against GWS this shouldnt be a problen - so he gets a reprieve. What GWS had is speed and in form Hogan.  Salem should play in the midfield or be given a rest. We have to tag Tom Green (note they ate not a high inside 50 team, so restricting Green is a must).

On a brighter side, they wouldn't have a clue who Bedford should go and tag!!!!!

Get Howe in for Bowey! 

I’m going Fullarton, Windsor, Kolt, Turner and Bowey as sub. 

10 minutes ago, roy11 said:

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/bomber-best-and-fairest-peter-wright-could-be-dropped-20240716-p5ju8y.html

Will any clubs ask the question? Could the dons be tempted?

🤮🤮🤮🤮

Just now, Tom Dyson said:

Judd mcvee is a 200 gamer right? Right?? 
 

He is an absolute star and seeing that [censored] stringer getting absolutely towelled up was just so amazing to see. 

His best game, the kid is a gun! 

I hope all the haters are drafting their apology emails to S Goodwin. 

2 hours ago, Nascent said:

4th quarter, 11.25 minutes remaining, hip and shoulder with Chandler in the middle of the ground. All fair play.

Did he come back on? 

Does anybody know what qtr McGovern hurt his ribs?

2 hours ago, Colm said:

Someone suggested Jack Silvagni earlier in the thread. I don’t mind it. He will be very restricted for game time next year competing with Pittonet and De Koning for ruck and their forward line is well stacked with talent. Just off an ACL, there was lots of speculations before he signed 2 year contact last year that he might leave. 
Would be able to give Max a chop out and allow JVR to stay forward. 
Wouldn't think he would cost much either. 

I’d be throwing the kitchen sink at TDK rather than the hack Silvagni 

2 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

With king's output and injury history he is worth nothing more than 1, late 1st round pick at best. He's a big chance IMHO to end up in the schace, weid group of high draft pick key forwards who showed talent but ultimately fail. He's higher level than them Even  produced a 50 goal season but I don't see him being a gun forward in the afl

You have got to be kidding, don’t you? King is so far ahead of Schache and Weed, they would have been lucky to have played 6 good games each.   King has kicked more goals than Hawk, Curnow at the same age.   The other 2 combined have not kicked that many combined and they are at least 3-4 years older 

Gawn should be knighted

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1494185/angus-brayshaw-career-reflection?videoId=1494185&modal=true&type=video

30 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Man that was a hard watch! 

Good luck Gus! 

So sad 

I believe he was very highly rated last year but did drop away this year. 

3 hours ago, 2021 said:

Any idea who we might take instead?

Not that I’ve heard. 

9 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

God your a sensitive individual.

I actually wasn't bringing you down. You've made a big statement stating that we've gone cold on Tholstrup. So what's that based on what exactly? Some have asked the reasoning why and you haven't to responded to those enquiring? Considering Taylor made such a huge effort to go and meet the family personally I am even more intrigued why we have gone cold all of a sudden?

All the mock drafts in the past 24 hours seems to still point to the Dees as being a strong consideration for Tholstrup. 

I brought up the Caddy comment because you confidently stated that If we still hold on to pick 6 we will select Caddy... which seems like it won't be the case as Windsor looks to be our main preferred option.

This is why I'm half struggling to believe we've immediately gone cold on Tholstrup consideration what you confidently said about Caddy.

Whatever champ. 

1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Clubs don't lock in players weeks out before the draft....

As Jason Taylor stated today, there has been about 15 players that they have interviewed for that pick 11 range and are continuing to assess how the top order falls.

Exactly!  I am just passing on what I am hearing as I know others are like minded and interested in what’s happening in the background.

Why don’t you just keep your comments to yourself, does it make you feel like a bigger man to bring others down or to potentially throw things back in the face if they get something wrong?  

15 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Weren't you saying only a few days ago that if we keep pick 6 we'll be taking Caddy..

Same time that that it was only reported yesterday by Jay Clark that the Dees will NOT be trading a future first to WC?

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