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A smart pick for us. You would expect him to develop at Casey over the next 12-24 months, but he is just the type we need moving forward.

Classic pick for us - hard working, professional and will give his all for the side. Love that we are continuing to draft these types as it will pay dividends for us in the short and long term. Welcome Tom!

This one you posted earlier was pretty detailed... Training report from Facebook: TRAINING REPORT: It's training time - and what a time of year it is, especially if you're just coming off an impressive year that saw us make a prelim! Hard to believe it's only been around 10 weeks since then, yet so much has changed. First off - it's quite different going to training knowing that Dom Tyson, Dean Kent, Jesse Hogan, Bernie Vince and Cam Pedersen won't be there. All five have been mainstays since I was a relative regular at training. At the same time, it's exciting knowing that the likes of Braydon Preuss, Kade Kolodjashnij and Steven May will potentially join us on the track. As is the possibility of Jake Lever also joining us on the track - Lever might have already been with us but his presence was so sorely missed during the back end of the season. Anyway, the boys show up 20 minutes larer than expected, but a few guys worth keeping an eye on who is here: -Preuss: Like holy [censored] he's a big unit. I could tell who he was from the other side of the ground. He is bloody tall and still has a bit of development to do. Exciting times. -Viney: has returned early, which is good, genuinely wants to set more of a standard which he set during the finals. -Lever: back up and running and on track to return early in the season if early signs are to go by. Rather light workload at the moment - not that it's much of a surprise - but just a good boost to see him out there. Doing light stuff with Oscar McDonald. -Jones: Chunk is out there likewise, which again I think makes the younger lads a fair bit more comfortable settling back in with his influence. -Gawn: Famously set the track alight last year and is back for another go at maintaining his status as the best ruckman in the game. -ANB: The marathon man is back to set the track on fire again as he always does. As good a runner as I have ever seen in football. -Brayshaw: Fresh off 3rd in the Brownlow in 2018, he's also here to try and win it from the outset. -May: On track for the first time in a Melbourne jumper which is fantastic. The boys start off with a few running drills - small groups are the order of the day as they just run around the ground, doing small sprints here and there and just general 'keep running' stuff. A few of the impressive runners early (even though it's pretty straightforward stuff until the footy's come out - which is what I'm generally more interested in seeing who has kept sharp) - Kolodjashnij leads a group of runners, Gawn - in a group including Salem, Jones, JKH and others - stays up the front of his group. In a genuine group of runners, Preuss and May bring up the rear, but when you have an athletic group including KK, ANB, Smith, Brayshaw and the like that's no bad thing. Anyway, say what you like about May being at the back - he isn't here for his long-distance running ability. In any case - ANB genuinely takes the [censored]. He stays up front the whole time, before turning the jets on and putting about 40m on second-placed Joel Smith over the last lap alone. He really is a running freak of nature. Never seen anyone like him running around. Looks like the footy's are out. The first genuine test of pre-season is here (never mind the running) - let's see who is clean. Early doors sees a little 20m kicking drill - it is largely clean save for a few sloppy kicks here and there. Another drill happens at the other end of the ground - one of the groups has a chain of handballs before finishing with a goal, while the other group does likewise but it's a clearing kick from defense in effect. Skills seem quite sharp at the moment - all handballs are hitting the target, no loose balls on the ground, the running patterns are flowing and the kicks are hitting their targets on the run. Keeping a close eye on Kolo for a bit, given his status as a clean ball-user. He shows it early on. His second shoe - off a step, gloriously hits JKH straight on the chest. It's a bullet. Marking/one-on-one drill going on afterwards. Group nearest to me has Preuss and May in a one-on-one and it's clear that you can see May's one-on-one ability when it's his time to get it as he expertly creates space for himself. He is most certainly going to be an asset. The group is split into three for more running drills - with the time trial done and dusted, it's clear they split the group into top-tier runners (ANB, Smith, Kolo, Brayshaw, Wagner), mid-tier runners (Fritsch, Spargo, Maynard, Petty) and bottom-tier runners (Weideman, Keilty, Frost, Preuss, May). Meantime, the senior players have made their way off, content with their work. Running goes to schedule, Nibs leads the way of course, boys are done with their work but it's been a solid session nevertheless

Anyone training the house down yet?

That back line makes me slightly aroused.

He plays for Freo... he's gawn.

That was the year you turned 70, yeah? I think I'll end up sitting either at the ground or on a couch in absolute disbelief for a while. I think I'll call a few people, double check if it actually happened and so forth. Then I'll cry. Then I'll run around like a madman, high fiving people, giving over the top fist pumps, singing the song till I'm hoarse. Then I'll write myself off and wake up on Sunday in a ditch, still in my Melbourne gear and ready to celebrate again. I'm with you, Ron. 2019 is our year!

Give it to 'bub and he'll have it done in 15 minutes.

So you're basing how we're being 'repaid' for making a Prelim on Round 1? I'd suggest we will get more prime time games, such as Friday and Saturday nights, throughout the 2019 season. It's a bit short sighted to suggest otherwise just going on our Round 1 fixture.

I get what you mean Steve. The Geelong game from this season was a ripper and a great way to kick off the year. On the flip side, I'm stoked we're at home again and we have every opportunity to kick off the season with a win. I think that's more important than who the opposition is.

Home game at the 'G to kick off the season. Don't give a stuff who it's against, I'll take that every day of the week. It will also be great for Weideman to kick his first bag of 7 in front of the hometown fans. Dees by 10 goals. I can feel it already.

Got a gun key back, added some outside run and also got the perfect back up for Max... and it's a C+? Hogan is a decent loss, no doubt about it, but we have the coverage. In the end, he can rate ours all he likes, but we won't know how we truly went for a while yet. These grades are meaningless really.

Can snag a few for sure, but his defensive pressure is the worst in the league, and this goes against everything Goodwin stands for. No chance.

I came into this thread expecting a '2019 Free Agent Best 22'.

I haven't really bought the notion that he wasn't invested in the club, or questioned his passion to win, but the above does put it in the spotlight. For reasons we could all understand, perhaps footy isn't first and foremost in his life anymore? Maybe getting himself around family and friends is the most important thing right now, which under the circumstances you couldn't blame him for. Either way, I agree that we have done well out of this, and while I understand why others might be disappointed in the overall deal, I'm happy with how it turned out and I hold no ill feeling whatsoever towards Jesse. I wish him well at Freo, but I'm also super excited for what our clubs future holds!

Collingwood gave up Pick 18 and, if they finish high again next year, the same pick in 2019. We got 6 and 23. We actually got a better deal than the Pies.

That makes the most sense. We may go for someone in the pre-season draft, sign a delisted free agent etc as well. I like the deal, though - we now have two picks in the 20s, and trading up to 28 to go with 23 suggests that we have a few players in mind that we felt wouldn't make it through to our later picks. Or, we are looking to trade further up the draft into the teens, although I don't see that as a highly likely outcome.

Spot on. They hope Weideman takes the lions share of those goals, but Trac, T Mac, Fristch, Hannan, Melksham, Oliver, Spargo etc. etc. will also share the load a little as well. I'm not worried about it at all.

Add Salem to that backline as well. It's looking very, very good.

And you're the biggest waste of space on the board, posting negative tripe every chance he gets. Works both ways, you big sook.

You know it's a good deal when the usual posters are the ones melting down, while the rest see this deal for what it is. Always comforting.

Hogan for May, KK and Pick 23. I'll take it. I'm sad to see Hogan go, but this pushes us further towards a flag, which is the ultimate goal of any footy club.

Depends how their picks work out. What if they want in two years time, or turn into average players? What is May and KK are part of a premiership side in the next few seasons? I'll hold off before saying Freo got 'more' for Neale than we did for Hogan. Too subjective.

Neale announced as officially a Lions player. We aren't far away now.