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I made no comment on selection. Just quoted who was available after injury. It’s up to the selectors now to decide the makeup of the team.

According to today’s Herald Sun ~ “While the Dees will lose star forward Kysaiah Pickett, they have four reinforcements likely to be available from their 2021 premiership side - Christian Salem (thyroid), Jack Viney (knee), Steven May (calf) and Bayley Fritsch (foot). “The quartet successfully completed the Demons session at Gosch’s Paddock on Monday.”

Charlie Curnow is 192cm and the media touting him as the Coleman Medallist.

Dazzle reported yesterday that Seston had a bandaged left hammy. How’s he looking?

Any news on Max?

What are his options for 2023? Can he be released to play in the VFL and potentially be selected in the mid season draft?

FWIW, Toby Bedford won the 2k time trial at GWS training yesterday.

Elementary my dear Watson

That’s because Kynan Brown is a schoolboy and he was amongst men. He played with the Oakleigh Chargers as an underage player this year. He will be one of their mainstays next year and is already in the Vic Metro hub group of 19 elite players so it’s a great start for him.

Unless this is an optical illusion then I would suggest that Will Verrall is still growing and would be up around 202cm.

Harley Reid can just about play anywhere but if anyone wants a midfielder and they can get hold of the #1 pick, he'd be the one. I reckon a few mids will emerge over the season and some of the players mentioned might go into the midfield. Chaser J posted a 23 in 2023 above and there's not to many mids in that lot either. Looks like 2022 absorbed some of the good ones going around.

Cheers, well done and thanks

This year’s early top 10 1. Harley Reid 186cm Utility (Bendigo Pioneers) 2. Jed Walter 194cm key position forward (Suns Academy / Allies) 3. Daniel Curtin - 195cm key position defender (Claremont) 4. Ashton Moir 186cm forward (Glenelg) 5. Nick Watson 169cm small forward (Eastern Rangers) 6. Zane Duursma 188cm forward (Gippsland Power) 7. Archer Reid 201cm key forward (Gippsland Power) 8. Jack Delean 181cm small forward (South Adelaide) 9. Nathan Philactides 180cm defender (Oakleigh Chargers) 10. Mitchell Edwards 205cm ruckman (Peel Thunder)

Well, I did my best but 5/10 plus Hewett at 14 is just about a pass mark. However, a disappointing three of these players missed out and Lemmey dropped down the list on the second draft night. I'm trying again this year.

What makes you think that?

How many players usually get invited to draft night?

“Every AFL draft is a high-stakes game of educated guessing and projection, mixed in with various risks and rewards. With that in mind, Brayden George is this year’s most-coveted mystery box. Scouts know he’s a powerful athlete, a leader, highly skilled, disciplined, a good character and already compare him to big-name stars Jordan De Goey and Christian Petracca. What is there not to like?” The ultimate risk v reward prospect: Why Brayden George has AFL recruiters salivating

And if not, someone else will be.

There are many ways for a club to take forward steps from one season to the next. One of them is for a player or players to have breakout seasons and show great improvement in the way they play and their influence on the team’s performance. Who at Melbourne do you think can take the next step up?

Does anyone know if that tall kid from SA with the funny name is going to get drafted?

Bigger than Merv Hughes - no chance.

Frankly, this thread doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Tommo doesn't seem to have any suitors and he's a contracted player so unless there's evidence of actual outside interest, he stays. End of story.

Is Melbourne doing anything? It’s some random players wanting out and a couple wanting in. The club’s like the rest of us, eating popcorn and waiting for something to happen.

About Knightmare, you’re right - I was being sarcastic and in that respect, a tad clever too because, although he’s all over the place at times, he’s spot on in rating this kid highly. This thread opened with the result of the Oakleigh Chargers B & F which was won by a player who you’ve said “looks poor”. You’re entitled to your opinion but in five of his NAB Cup games he was voted their best four times and second best once. In the only other competition game he played this year - the NAB Under 18 Championship final - he was named second best for Vic Metro. In reflecting on your last sentence, I can only conclude that you’re taking the [censored].

Could have reached an in principle agreement already.