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McDonald looking set for a big year. Looks fit and sharp.

Finger dislocation for Oliver by the looks of it.

I can see 50 goals from Ben Brown this year.

May's ball use has been horrible

Watching the Saints game. They're in for a year of pain going off this performance. They're absolutely horrid.

I watched a bit of the Essend and doggies game yesterday on Kayo. The service was [censored] and kept blurring and cutting out. Hopefully it's much better today. Got approval to work from home today 🙌

Definitely a future captain in my eyes. His maturity in the past 18 months has been through the roof. I'm also a big Jake Lever fan in terms of being a future captain.

In fairness we were missing some pretty big names against the Dogs whereas they were full strength.

This is the feeling I get also. Pretty sure it was @picket fence who mentioned that Dunstan was doing extra running after match sim not long ago. Dunstan might have gotten a big culture shock with some of the training standards early days and maybe he's put up his hand for extra work knowing the standard that our midfield operates.

Great to see Daniel Turner get a gig. This to me says that he's put in a pretty strong pre season on the track. Was blown away how extremely fit he looked when I bumped into him at the gym over the summer. Had lost all the puppy fat he had prior to being picked up and looked like he'd stacked on the muscle.

I actually got it off the MFC website lol

Viney on covid isolation. Lever rolled ankle and Fritter had a sore calf.

I'll microwave my membership if we lose.

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Could not disagree more. If you want more evidence to prove this further then go watch the Grand Final again. Bontempelli cruises out from stoppages like Pendlebury and uses his football smarts in getting around his opponents. Oliver's ability to explode from the stoppages and break away with speed and power is more significant then Bont.

Surprised there has been no mention of this yet. This article was posted last week which talks about the Casey Academy Match against St Kilda few weeks back. In this game we had father son prospects playing such as Kalani White (Jeff White), Kynan Brown (Nathan Brown), and Charlie Newport (Stephen Newport). Melbourne Academy | Highlights aplenty for young Demons I know for a fact Kynan Brown is going through the Oakleigh Chargers program and should play some games this year. Does anyone know much about Charlie Newport?

Don't think so

This game was very eerie to the men's game against Brisbane last year..

My God what a game!!!

Geez Daisy Peace has had some poor moments this quarter.

Commentators just said Harris has taken 7 contested marks for the game 😳

Wowee I did not see this coming! Tayla Harris is one of the best contested marks in the game.

But those clubs have still lost players overtime. Good role players who would be in the same bracket as Brayshaw have gone on to other clubs while those teams have maintained their star players. I can easily names that would be equivalent to Brayshaw Buddy leaving was certainly the biggest move since plugger maybe? He got a 8 year offer? I don't think Gus is getting an 8 year offer from opposition clubs. Buddy leaving also freed up cash for Hawthorn to recruit Frawley, Lake and McEvoy who all have made significant impact in their premiership success. For what it's worth I actually want Brayshaw to say 'Demon17'. But as @Hannibal Inc. has already said, we don't want to be paying too much in retaining good role players like Gus who are easily replaceable.

Agree. What it showed though that JJ was more then capable of playing that wing role. He's ones of our most disciplined players alongside Tom Sparrow and I have no doubt Goody and Yze would like to see JJ on the outside as well.

I don't think anyone is doubting his off field work. I think you'll find most people will agree that he'll be more of a loss off field then he is on field. Footy can be a ruthless business and right now our windows of opportunity to win another flag is wide open now. Brayshaw got a significant pay rise off the back off his 2018 year playing as an inside mid. Right now he'd need to take a significant pay cut if we are wanting to fit in Jackson and Oliver. The on field discussion also comes into it. Overpaying a defensive winger is not something I want the club doing. Someone pointed out that he finished 14th in the best and fairest last year after playing every single game. Is that a sign that maybe the coaches didn't rate his on field performances as we thought? I think that's a significant way of explaining what the coaches thought of his year. Also, I think history will tell you that when you're winning flags it's hard to keep all your good players together. Sometimes you need to make tough decisions to let go of a good player just so we can maintain the star factor within the team. Losing Brayshaw would hurt indeed, but losing Clayton Oliver would be a bigger culture killer.