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I wonder whether D’Angelo has the same follicular impairment as Baldi has because it would otherwise not be the same.

A lengthy injury list for the time of year Pre-season update | Demons sidelined Jack Viney - Achilles / expected to return to full training in the next few weeks Max Gawn - broken finger / in a splint for three weeks Bailey Laurie - broken hand / expected back with the main group in the next couple weeks Jake Bowey - foot injury/ long-term Tom Matthews - meniscus / rehab Brody Mihocek - toe / rehab Shane McAdam - Achilles / rehab Tom Campbell - torn ligament in neck/ in a neck brace for a month Harry Sharp - hamstring/ expected to return to full training in the next few weeks. Jack Henderson - stress fracture to the sacrum / expected to return to main training at the end of February Andy Moniz-Wakefield - ACL / rehab

Yeah, nah. The banter among the players, their nicknames and even their interests all add to the atmosphere at training. It’s good to read about these things and frankly, if you’re not interested, you can always move on to the next post. Easy … peasy.

Great. I know that we have a good few talls on our list but I would like to see see Tairon Ah Mu try out at Casey next year.

What about Corey Ah Mu? Will they now be including the Samoan and other south seas islanders into the acadamies?

Mentioned in the local Shepp News Shepparton NewsShepparton United’s Riley Onley selected with third pick...Onley’s AFL dreams have come true.

Time to do my annual early phantom draft for next year (picks based on current placings) - 1 West Coast Eagles (Arki Butler - Vic Metro) 2 Port Adelaide* (Dougie Cochrane - SA/Port NGA) 3 Carlton* (Cody Walker - Vic Country/Carl F/S) 4 Richmond (Archie Van Dyk - SA) 5 North Melbourne (Lewis Houndsome - Vic Metro) 6 Essendon Harry Van Hattum (Vic Metro) 7 Melbourne (Jack Pickett - Vic Country) 8 St Kilda (Gabriel Patterson - SA) 9 Brisbane Lions* (Caylen Murray - Brisbane Lions Academy) 10 Western Bulldogs (Wil Malady - Vic Country) * matched bid As you can see, there are a few matched academy/father son bids and Melbourne’s pick was an automatic selection based on the name only 😀 Pick 1 has a great first name but he wins the honour because he’s been compared to Tracc …

Almost twelve months out I got close with Duursma and a few of the northern academy players but I was way out with Ollie Greeves and Riley Onley. He’s still good Demon fans but the exercise shows how hard these things are to predict from a long way out.

The list is shrinking 🙏 Injury List: Preliminary Final Melbourne Eden Zanker — concussion / Test Maeve Chaplin — hamstring / TBC Olivia Purcell — knee / Season Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

Best thing apart from the win is the “Nil” in the injury column.

6. Kate Hore 5. Elizabeth McNamara 4. Shelley Heath 3. Thalia Gillard 2. Megan Fitzsimon 1. Sinead Goldrick

Injury List: Semi Final Melbourne Sinéad Goldrick — eye / Test Eden Zanker — concussion / Protocols Maeve Chaplin — hamstring / TBC Olivia Purcell — knee / Season Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

Injury List: Qualifying Final Melbourne Grace Beasley — knee / Available Gabby Colvin — wrist/ Available Molly O'Hehir — shin / Test Sinéad Goldrick — eye / 1 week Olivia Purcell — knee / Season Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

6. Tyla Hanks 5. Tayla Harris 4. Eden Zanker 3. Shelley Heath 2. Maeve Chaplin 1. Kate Hore

Injury List Round 12 Melbourne Georgia Gall — ankle / Available Sinéad Goldrick — eye / Test Grace Beasley — knee / 1 week Gabby Colvin — wrist/ TBC Olivia Purcell — knee / Season Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive