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You're not going to get this every year at every finals. But what it does show is that you've got to continue to stock up on elite young talent when the opportunity presents itself and as it stands it does with us this year. I do hope Matthew Jefferson was watching Calsher Dear tonight. No reason why he can't come on next year and make a sudden impact for the year.

Yes had you said the current 23 then it would make sense. They're in good hands for the next few years. Gunston and Bruest chalk up a lot of the games and experience on tonight. Both of them only played a half pretty much as they subbed each other on and off. This is a team that won without two of their younger stars in CJ and Will Day on top of Watson and Dear combing for 7 goals in total. Not bad for a couple of first year players.

If it's the 23 playing then yes that makes more sense.

Lesson to be learnt here @DeeSpencer.. Do your research.

You're forgetting Tarion Ah-Mu who's shown a lot more as a key forward then White has. 198cm key forward/ruckman who's built like a powerhouse already for such a young kid. His school footy performance and Coates League level form is setting him up well going into next year.

Looks completely cooked. Hasn't had a touch this quarter and yet they have McRea sitting on the bench as a sub..

Watching Hawthorn tonight brings back so many happy memories of watching the Dees in the 2018 finals. Noisy crowd, young team full of attack and and momentum. Smash em Hawks!

Smith track records speaks for itself BBO.

He's still fairly raw mate. He's missed significant amount of footy over the last couple of years due to injury and he's finally had a good run over the past few months. His footy IQ and decision making is sound and will need some work but it's his athletic profile and raw potential is what would excite Jason Taylor. If I had a choice between Andrew or Noah Yze I'm picking Andrew every day of the week and by a fair length. His upside is pretty high just because he's missed a fair bit of footy. He's got some similar traits to CJ from Hawthorn who was a category B rookie listed player by the Hawks mind you.

Yeah see ya. Brought in as someone with a wealth of experience in being able help secure a home base and yet, here we are no where near any close to having a home base 3 years on. Whatever she did, good on her. Then to have Brad Green step in doesn't fill me with that much confidence either. The sooner Steven Smith steps in the better. It's incredibly crucial we get this right.

Agree, I'd take Simmo anyway over Ken.

Ahead of Bo Allen?

Interesting that we will be targeting experienced midfielders in this up and coming trade period. Parfitt and Will Brodie certainly fit that description.

Interesting because I heard the opposite. I heard we chased him hard during 2018 and Dom Tyson confirmed this on a podcast with Shane Crawford and it was one of the reason he was pushed out of the team as they were targeting a genuine wingman which Gaff and Josh Kelly were our prime targets. Turns out we couldn't get either across the line.

[censored] off would ya.

Stephen Rowe on SA FIVEAA radio did mention that Adelaide will be going after Oliver again this year.

Maybe because it's no coincidence that soon as Petracca has raised issues with the club we now find ourselves that Clarry may be on the trade table.. If the right offer is there then do the trade.

Prefer Riak Andrew over Yze.

Because he's not exactly what we need. Our prime targets this off season should be midfield talent and depth. With pick 5 you're getting a potential 12-15 year player instead of a 29 year old half back flanker. He's good, but he's still not worth pick 5 imo and that's exactly what Port will ask for.

Yeah I do recall you saying this a few months back. Good get.

I personally don't see the burst of speed from Hynes at all from some of the games I've watched.

He said its based of no inside information at all but more so just his own personal thought.

Someone did mention here a while ago that we had interest with Derksen. Pretty sure he's childhood friends with Andy Moniz Wakefield