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Kynan Brown put in a mammoth performance yesterday in their wildcard round against Northern Knights. 25 disposals, 5 tackles, 4 marks and kicked 5.2 for the day. We have a beauty on our hands I reckon.

I think this is why I was equally shocked with this selection. We know Goody has a love for bringing in recruits who are genuine competitors. Watching his draft highlights and then most games at Casey this year he is far from the competitive animal that the likes of JVR possess when we were watching him last year. I feel like I've learnt my lesson from writing off McVee last year after watching some underwhelming performances so fingers cross he has a big summer.

And Hibbo's declining the same way as "might Nev Jetta" was in his last year. You're simply not replacing him from anyone from our back 6 unless there's an injury to our smalls.

I'm sorry @Demonstrative did my comment somehow upset ypu to warrant a facepalm?

He was down at Box Hill yesterday watching Casey and wasn't wearing a moonboot and at all and looked fine.

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He's got 1 game before he potentially gets a week off then 2 after that. He'll be fine.

You do realise the last time Hibberd played on Elliott was last year round 21 and Elliot taught him a lesson and kicked 4 on Hibbo right... So many are so fixated on Hibberd playing when he's clearly just about done as a footballer. Goody not playing him in a full game since Geelong where Gary Rohan also taught him a lesson is why he hasn't been able to break in. Some serious lack of respect for McVee who's done the big jobs on the likes of Dusty and Charlie Cameron. He'll play on Elliot and do the job just fine.

Blake Howes also missed significant parts of the season due to injury and was never near full fitness. Jefferson has played all year.

Huge upgrade on McDonald and Brown. I would.

Even if it rains, me thinks we still win.

Gawn is an adult. He's copped the physical attention all his career and has 6 All Australians to back up his performances. He'll be right.

No but maturity and experience can and this is where I hope the penny drops eventually.

Huh? This doesn't make sense.

You've completely missed my point.

Would you say this if it was a Charlie Spargo performance.... 😉

Yes, bit like 2021 hey?

Source? Dodo will ask for two 1st rounders anyways.

No worries. Point taken Imo I just simply dont see him as a fit for us during the finals series and think it would be a backward step in terms completely putting our forward mix out of shape with his inclusion.

Who's he replacing first up? Weather wise it's leaning towards being a wet Thursday night game, so already I'm putting a line through his name. His last performance under slippery conditions against Carlton was sub par hence Goody dropped him the following week. I know Goody has said he's in the mix but to be honest I think that's his way of wanting to deflect from all the Grundy talk as he's obviously sick of it being brought up every week. Imo they'll choose McDonald and only way Grundy plays September is if Gawn is out injured.

Look, I was disappointed the moment we drafted him purely because I wasn't a fan of his draft highlights as he looked timid and lacked the physical competitiveness that Goody loves in players, so I was honestly shocked as well with this pick. But I was wrong about McVee last year at VFL level and thought he'd be delisted. So I'm super reluctant to write the kid off early. Based on my observations this year I haven't really been impressed that much. Hopefully a big pre season will change all that just like it did for McVee.

"We need to make Grundy work" Since when? Just because we made a sales pitch and it didn't work, doesn't mean we owe Grundy [censored]. A club doesn't owe a player anything.. ever. Players come and go but the footy club will always be there. That kind of poor mentality gets you no where. He could be the greatest bloke in the world for all I care but if Goody sees fit that he isn't in our best 22 for a premiership then I'm taking the coach over supporters who are caught up in romance in sport. He's not in our best 22 for a reason and I'll back the the premiership coach supports who purely want him in the side because he's a "good bloke."

Yeah nah he wasn't star