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Spargo would be everything you don’t want in a Sub. First & foremost, you want your Sub to come on with fresh legs to outrun the opposition and provide a spark. Spargo comes on in the last quarter and he’s still the slowest player on the field. I spoke pre game with some mates about the Saints fielding a smaller, quicker team, and for that reason we all thought Sharp was a better Sub on the fast track at Marvel.

Dazz, all I do know is that Clayton is saying to a number of people that the game has got too fast for him. He’s saying he feels slow during games. I think most footy people would suggest that one of the bash brothers on big $ needs to go, and it really has to be Clayton because Clayton doesn’t add anything to the Club other than his personal performance, which as we all know is probably at a value of about 60/70% of what he’s being paid. Jack Viney is also only producing at 60/70% of what he’s being paid, however, Jack does at least drive standards around the Club and he puts a lot of work into the young blokes I’m not criticising Clayton, he just focuses totally on self and doest’t have that personality that leads & drives others. I think that if Geelong was to go out in straight sets, they might get pretty interested. I think that Adelaide might enquire if their lack of a big mid exposed them in the finals. Saints might also have a nibble. That said, Dees management are going to have to be tough enough to pay a considerable sum of salary and not end up with a startling pick after Father Sons & Academy selections push picks out, in order to start sorting this TPP & List problem. If they don’t do it this year, they may not get another chance.

I totally agree with you BLWNBA. 4 years for Viney ranks as a terrible list management decision. The player managers of Viney, and Gawn to a lesser extent capitalised on the extreme negativity around the club at the time with the Petracca, Oliver, Houston, ANB, stuff to do very attractive deals for their clients so there was something to announce for the fans. Viney should have been 2 years with triggers for a 3rd.

What I’ve been hearing for sometime now is that Luke has had a major falling out with a very close family member and they haven’t spoken for a while. Luke is a very popular teammate, but he’s a very simple bloke and probably didn’t understand the real motives for his family wanting him back in Perth on a big contract. His girlfriend is in Melbourne, and he certainly realises that it’s also better for his long term financial wellbeing to be out of Perth. At the same time I’m hearing that certain people at the Dees are getting weary of “walking on eggshells” around Kozzie The Club loves Kozzie and Kozzie loves the Club, but recently there has been a growing recognition from many in the Club that Kozzie needs to be in WA. There’s a lot to play out, but this swap seems to resolve the need for two players to move to where they want to live. The most fascinating thing will be what each Club will want as a sweetener.

Many thanks. You were correct, it was a password issue exactly as you described.

Getting an API error message when trying to download tickets for tonight’s game. Anyone else having the same issue?

There is a couple of our inside bulls that would be very resistant to giving up the centre square because they realise they don’t have the skills, smarts to play in other positions. TBH, what I’ve heard over many years is that Goody has been quite fixed in his beliefs and is very much about continuing to act on what has worked, instead of risking a step back in the name of development. But that is so obvious to everyone in the way the side has been selected and coached. It is probably the reason for a lack of development in some, and the departures of others. As we all know, success papers over problems, but those chickens eventually come home to roost. Sorry, couldn’t resist the double proverb.

Well, the current evidence is that it isn’t working. No depth, and the list lacks balance due to a severe lack of quick, skilful, athletic types. There is no apparent heir to Max, and no big young forward like a Treacy from Fremantle & Ollie Lord from PA who are just two examples that were taken with late picks. You won’t be a genuine top 4 team with a team of 6 A Graders and a bunch of C Graders and NQR’s.

Well, the current evidence is that it isn’t working. No depth, and the list lacks balance due to a severe lack of quick, skilful, athletic types. There is no apparent heir to Max, and no big young forward like a Treacy from Fremantle & Ollie Lord from PA who are just two examples that were taken with late picks. You won’t be a genuine top 4 team with a team of 6 A Graders and a bunch of C Graders and NQR’s.

Your Point 3 is exactly what I’m saying. This is no knock on Kossie Pickett, Tholstrup & Xavier Lindsay, but the issue is that when you end up giving so many reasonable draft picks to pick up just 3 players, you are sacrificing depth as well as denying yourself the option of selecting a number of the the type of young players that you need to invest in to develop a well balanced list. It also really hurts your depth when one of those players is so often suspended, and Tholstrup is suffering a medium term injury. Consider that in 2025 Kossie has played once and Tholstrup not at all. That’s effectively no return for all those Kossie & Tholstrup picks.

I’ve been concerned that the Club has not given themselves the chance to recruit some of those real gems that are very often found with Picks 25 and beyond through their regular strategy of paying very generously to get back earlier in the draft. To those few on this site that possess the time and great analytical skills, I’d be fascinated to see a report on what the Club gave away to select these players. For example, what players could Melbourne have selected that were available at each of the picks they gave away for Tholstrup. Not the players that were selected with the corresponding picks, more importantly, who was available? Only selected Tholstrup due to that selection now having had some time to look at it. I think Kossie was another who was taken in this manner, apart from these two and Xavier Lindsay, are there any others? I think this analysis might demonstrate why the list lacks depth, and is very unbalanced with nowhere near enough truly athletic players. I suspect some will say that you can’t assume that our recruiters would have selected the best players available at all those picks, but I would prefer for JT to have those picks rather than filling those spots with a host of discarded players.

Angus married his beautiful, long time partner, Danielle Frawley today in a beautiful ceremony on the Mornington Peninsular. Wishing this lovely couple a lifetime of happiness, plus a multitude of athletically gifted Father - Sons/Daughters.

I don’t believe an offer has been tabled, but they have certainly been active for some time and I suspect will ramp up their intensity should Judd commence the year strongly. Warner is their clear priority.

Thought some might be interested to know that the West Coast Eagles have tabled a 6 year offer to Chad Warner which is front loaded with the early years at $2million per year. WCE are stacked with Draft picks in next year’s Draft, so expect it to happen.

I get given the list of the final rating of all Draftees by an AFL club the morning of the draft. This particular club didn’t have a selection on night one, in fact, weren’t particularly active in the Draft this year due to trading players in. They rated Jagga Smith the best player in the Draft. In fact, 6 of their 8 analysts who watch Coates league games, rated Smith 1. In their “aggregated” ratings list they had Smith 1, Ashcroft 2, Langford 3. They had Murphy Reid a lot higher than he went, Taj Hotton a bit higher, and Travaglia a bit lower than he went. They rated Xavier Lindsay right about where he got picked. They tried to get up the board to get Ollie Hannaford, but couldn’t do a deal. Interestingly, they classified Riak Andrew & Ricky Mentha as not Draftable.