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Gawn, Langdon, Brown, McDonald, Neal-Bullen and Hibberd weren't disgraced on the day either!

Best not to get too obsessive over draft order! Here is the 2021 Premiership draft profile Petracca 2 Jackson 3 Brayshaw 3 Oliver 4 May priority selection Salem 9 Picket 12 Lever 14 Bowey 21 Viney fs 26 Sparrow 27 Spargo 29 Fritsch 31 Rivers 32 Jordan 33 Gawn 34 Petty 37 Neal-Bullen 40 Brown 47 McDonald 53 Langdon 54 Hibberd 4 pre-season Harmes 2 Rookie

Yep, Kossie will go to Port to be closer to Dogga and Toby… wait, what?

I watched every Casey game and recorded them for my research. Somebody must have been playing well down back! The average score against Casey for home and away, plus finals, was just over 56 points... less than 10 goals! Only one oppo player got off the chain across the season; Evans kicked 5 v Geelong. Only four oppo players managed 3 goals against Casey across the rest of the season. In 5 games the highest opposition goalkicker was a single goal! I think Tomlinson played 14 games for Casey. In those outings he was the Rock around which the full defence was built. Undervaluing his contribution to the VFL Premiership is mean spirited! Should he be kept on the list? Should he be playing for an AFL club in 2023? Time will tell, but his form in 2022 was solid.

Tomlinson is far from a spent force. He mightn't pull much interest from other clubs, but he progressed steadily from that ACL to the point where he was on the verge of a recall. His dominance at VFL level confirms his worth. He is ready to go if injury or player movements open up a tall defender opportunity in the next three years. I'd be happy to see him on our list over that time span.

G Lyon says his mail is that it didn't happen (yet)!

Lost me right there!

Bowey will get those extra 10 kg's.... when he is 55!

A comparison from most recent game, 2022 VFL Grand Final Kade Chandler 12 kicks 11 handballs 23 disposals 8 marks 7 tackles, dream team 107 Jake Melksham 4 goals 12 kicks 4 handballs 16 disposals 6 marks 3 tackles, dream team 96 Toby Bedford 1 goal 2 behinds 8 kicks 6 handballs 14 disposals 5 marks 7 tackles, dream team 84 Oskar Baker 1 behind 19 kicks 6 handballs 25 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle, dream team 82

While I'm at it...

I guess one out of three isn't bad when you're simply spraying erratically with a scatter gun!

Ridiculous historical negationism going on here over Jayden's career! Hunting Jayden | AFL Players' Association

Spargo will need to improve, but he brings a few excellent attributes to his role, and he ain't slow!

Our list includes 22 players that won the AFL Premiership one year ago and another 15 who won the VFL Premiership in 2022... Perhaps you continue to underrate them!

How dare Clayton Oliver try to squeeze Jarrod’s bare and helpless fingers with his vicious eye lid!

So, before the last quarter we were ahead?

You need to re-read your own member profile!

Ahhh, supporters! Take a breath. It ain't called a double chance for no reason. How do you think Bears supporters are feeling this morning? "oh, [censored]! Now we have to play the Premiers on the rebound on their own turf!"

Looking at the interview with Michael Hibberd on the MFC site, noticed Kosi in the training footage, knee heavily strapped and walking with a limp! Not wishing to alarm, but would appreciate an update from anyone who has been at training.

Best contribution I've seen from Weid for quite some time. He was outsized, but his second efforts were good. As the game progressed he made more hit outs to advantage. It seems, we get more from Weid if we aren't relying on him to mark! He is mobile and he played a good four quarters yesterday. If he remains on our list, I look forward to him getting his opportunity next year... just not as a key forward!

Great team performance! Dunstan is a beauty Tomlinson wasn't all bad... very effective around a few misfires Weids was definitely the most effective ruckman / follower on the ground JVR continues promising season Macca contributed Pleased to see the way Rosman, Baker & Chandler finished off after quiet starts

Where's Goldie?

The All Australian Commonwealth Games Swimming Team was selected by a panel of former swimmers and a couple of sports journalists last evening. While it is a great team, including several gold medallists and at least two world record holders, a few selections have raised eyebrows in swimming circles. The best 100 metre breaststroke position was filled by a specialist 100 metre freestyler... Selectors defended this unusual decision by pointing out that it was a particularly good year for freestylers and it was impossible to limit the squad to the three freestyle positions normally allocated. In another selection anomaly, the worlds leading backstroker, and current world record holder from 50 metres to 200 metres, was selected in the 10 metre platform diving position. Possibly the most contentious selection was that of the All Australian Swimming Coach for 2022. That position was filled by the chef de mission for the team, who has a background in lawn bowls!

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