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Injury/Suspension List: Round 13 Max Gawn (knee) – test Braydon Preuss (hip) – test Alex Neal-Bullen (suspension) – 2 matches Luke Jackson (hamstring) – 4 - 6 weeks Marty Hore (toe and quad) – indefinite Harry Petty (groin) – indefinite Kade Kolodjashnij (head) – indefinite Aaron Nietschke (knee) – season

The list grows ... Injury/Suspension List: Round 12 Corey Wagner (wrist) – available Max Gawn (knee) – test Alex Neal-Bullen (suspension) – 3 matches Luke Jackson (hamstring) – 4-6 weeks Marty Hore (toe and quad) – indefinite Harry Petty (groin) – indefinite Kade Kolodjashnij (head) – indefinite Aaron Nietschke (knee) – season

Makes sense as we have yet to play either Freo or the Swans. If it turns out that we’re still in the hunt for the finals then playing teams that are close to the bottom and not much to play for can be an advantage.

It looked as if Grundy was being managed as he was off the ground a lot more than usual.

Dunny!!!

Fair dinkum - we are going to have such a different side this time.

The impact on the draft of academies and father-sons can be measured by this - Cody Brand 195cm/85kg 23/5/02 Calder Cannons/Vic Metro Tall defender Essendon NGA Tanner Bruhn 182cm/73kg 27/5/02 Geelong Falcons/Vic Country Midfielder Braeden Campbell 180cm/73kg 4/2/02 Sydney Academy/Allies Midfielder Sydney Swans Academy Heath Chapman 193cm/81kg 31/1/02 West Perth/Western Australia Key defender Nik Cox 199cm/82kg 15/1/02 Northern Knights/Vic Metro Key forward/defender Alex Davies 191cm/85kg 18/3/02 Gold Coast Academy/Allies Midfielder Gold Coast Academy Zac Dumesny 187cm/79kg 26/4/02 South Adelaide/Western Australia Midfielder Luke Edwards 187cm/82kg 12/1/02 Glenelg/South Australia Midfielder Adelaide Father-Son Denver Grainger-Barras 195cm/78kg 17/4/02 Swan Districts/Western Australia Key defender Errol Gulden 171cm/71kg 18/7/02 Sydney Academy/Allies Midfielder/forward Sydney Swans Academy Oliver Henry 188cm/76kg 29/7/02 Geelong Falcons/Vic Country Forward Elijah Hollands 188cm/85kg 25/4/02 Murray Bushrangers/Vic Country Forward/midfielder Joel Jeffrey 192cm/78kg 12/3/02 NT Thunder/Allies Forward/defender Gold Coast Academy Lachie Jones 185cm/88kg 9/4/02 Woodville-West Torrens/South Australia Defender/midfielder Port Adelaide NGA Finlay Macrae 184cm/75kg 13/3/02 Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro Midfielder Logan McDonald 196cm/85kg Perth/Western Australia Tall forward Reef McInnes 192cm/84kg Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro Midfielder Collingwood NGA Nathan O'Driscoll 187cm/76kg 17/5/02 Perth/Western Australia Midfielder Archie Perkins 186cm/77kg 26/3/02 Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro Midfielder/forward Will Phillips 180cm/79kg 22/5/02 Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro Midfielder Caleb Poulter 191cm/77kg 12/10/02 Woodville-West Torrens/South Australia Midfielder/defender Zach Reid 202cm/82kg 2/3/02 Gippsland Power/Vic Country Key defender Riley Thilthorpe 200cm/99kg 7/7/02 West Adelaide/South Australia Key forward Zane Trew 187cm/78kg 26/4/02 Swan Districts/Western Australia Midfielder Jamarra Ugle-Hagan 194cm/84kg 4/4/02 Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro Key forward Western Bulldogs NGA That’s nine out of the top 25 by Twomey including the player tipped to go at #1. It’s going to be fascinating to see how this pans out on draft night and how Melbourne will handle the situation whereby we don’t have a pick in the first round at the moment.

Odds on, we play North in Tassie.

This is my unofficial Round 7 Out of Hub and Injury List*:- Oskar Baker (out of hub) Toby Bedford (out of hub) Austin Bradtke (out of hub) Kade Chandler (out of hub) Kyle Dunkley ((out of hub) Braydon Preuss (out of hub) Corey Wagner (out of hub) Josh Wagner (out of hub) Tom McDonald (eye ) – test Marty Hore (toe and quad) – indefinite Harry Petty (groin) – indefinite Kade Kolodjashnij (head) – indefinite Aaron Nietschke (knee) – season * Based on various reports from the club and posters.

This is my Round 7 Out of Hub and Injury List (not official):- Oskar Baker (out of hub) Toby Bedford (out of hub) Austin Bradtke (out of hub) Kade Chandler (out of hub) Kyle Dunkley ((out of hub) Braydon Preuss (out of hub) Corey Wagner (out of hub) Josh Wagner (out of hub) Tom McDonald (eye ) – TBA Marty Hore (toe and quad) – indefinite Harry Petty (groin) – indefinite Kade Kolodjashnij (head) – indefinite Aaron Nietschke (knee) – season

Of course 35 touches by a classy disposer of the footy isn’t good enough for our selectors.

Injury List: Round 6 Charlie Spargo (ankle) – Test Marty Hore (toe and quad) – indefinite Harry Petty (groin) – indefinite Kade Kolodjashnij (head) – indefinite Aaron Nietschke (knee) – season

Here’s the 1964 calendar which matches the 2020 calendar so the days of the week are the same in both calendars.

Kobi George is 19 years old and only played a few games with the Dandenong Stingrays last year. I’m not sure that he’s still a next generation academy prospect. Even if he is, not sure that he’s good enough to get drafted.

Why are people saying he won’t play in Round 2?

I’m guessing that Geelong fans wouldn’t be too thrilled about getting Jack Steven.

So tonight’s game could be the grand final?

Melbourne Football Club: Injury List: Round 1 Kyle Dunkley (heel) — available Sam Weideman (ankle) — available Nathan Jones (Achilles) — test Braydon Preuss (knee) — test Joel Smith (quad) — test Mitch Hannan (groin) — 6 weeks Harry Petty (groin) — 6 weeks Aaron vandenBerg (foot) — 3 months Kade Chandler (finger) — TBC Harley Bennell (calf) — indefinite Kade Kolodjashnij (head) — indefinite Aaron Nietschke (knee) — season

Pardon the interruption but I didn’t get a chance to watch the game. Where there any Injuries?

Thanks for that. I just rescued the season's ticket as it was starting to melt.

First praccie match of the season and we lose by 74 points at home. Season ticket going into the microwave?

PLAYER INJURY EXTENT Angus Brayshaw Elbow TBA Kade Chandler Wrist TBA Kyle Dunkley Ankle TBA Max Gawn Knee TBA Mitch Hannan Groin TBA Steven May Knee TBA Harrison Petty Groin TBA Corey Wagner Knee TBA Braydon Preuss Knee 7-9 Weeks Harley Bennell Calf Indefinite Kade Kolodjashnij Head Indefinite Aaron Nietschke Knee Season

The San Francisco 49ers are in next week’s Super Bowl and they have an offensive guard called “Tomlinson”. How’s that for an omen?

Bad luck Aaron - frustrating to say the least but he can take heart from Maxy - the two recos didn’t stop him from being a multiple AA.

There’s a theory that when clubs trade their picks, they usually discuss and agree among themselves as to who they won’t take with the picks swapped. If that’s the case, it’s feasible that we have some consensus from Freo that they won’t select certain players with #7 & #8 leaving Carlton as the party that could spoil our efforts to select who we’re looking at with #10. We could also have agreed with them that we’re leaving Jack Martin alone. This could leave open a clear path for us to get the man we want. This wouldn’t be so easy or clear cut if we then split 10 for 14 & 17 etc. Anyhow I think we’re done doing splits.