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He’s played 86 out of their last 87 games, in a team with arguably the best depth in the league, that’s a fair effort. Do you class him as a depth player for gws, or for us too?

What loophole was that? I know we picked the Swans Academy player (Mills?) and the Swans matched the offer so we then picked Clarrie. I don’t class that as a loophole though.

NAB AFL Draft Combine results day three Vertical jump (cm) Miles Bergman 77 Brady Rowles 73 Ben Johnson 70 Daniel Mott 70 Cody Weightman 69 Sam Flanders 69 Lachlan Williams 69 Sam Philp 69 Nick Bryan 69 Combine record: Jordan Gallucci (89cm, 2016), Aiden Bonar (89cm, 2017) Agility (seconds) Hayden Young 7.940 Elijah Taylor 8.005 Thomson Dow 8.061 Trent Rivers 8.100 Oisin Gallen 8.197 Chad Warner 8.203 Sam Flanders 8.206 Noah Cumberland 8.208 Connor Budarick 8.242 Dylan Stephens 8.245 Combine record: Stephen Hill (7.77 seconds, 2008) 20m sprint (seconds) Sam Philp 2.867 Ben Johnson 2.885 Malcolm Rosas 2.924 Mitch Georgiades 2.925 Noah Cumberland 2.931 Finn Maginness 2.957 Harrison Jones 2.963 Jeremy Sharp 2.966 Brady Rowles 2.968 Dylan Stephens 2.972 Combine record: Joel Wilkinson (2.75 seconds, 2010) Running vertical jump (cm) Brady Rowles 98 Miles Bergman 90 Sam Flanders 88 Cian McBride 87 Lachlan Williams 86 Hugo Ralphsmith 86 Jaxon Prior 85 Nick Bryan 85 Oscar Lewis 83 Kysaiah Pickett 83 Cody Weightman 83 Will Day 83 Brady Rowles 83 Cooper Stephens 83 Harrison Jones 83 Combine record: Kyron Hayden (103cm, 2017) Yo-Yo test (level) Jay Rantall 21.8 Cooper Stephens 21.8 Connor Budarick 21.6 Chad Warner 21.6 Oscar Lewis 21.5 Sam Philp 21.5 Lachlan Ash 21.4 Harrison Jones 21.4 Finn Maginness 21.4 Trey Ruscoe 21.4 Riley Baldi 21.3 Sam Flanders 21.3 Matt Rowell 21.3 Jeremy Sharp 21.3 Combine record: Andrew Brayshaw (level 22.4, 2017)

Only if he costs a bag of chips, with a lot of clauses in his contract that state we can drop him at the drop of a hat.

What I find interesting, as I understand it, the AFL don’t name a player until their second strike? Would suggest that Rioli has tested positive once already.

I read somewhere that GC have stated they’ll pick Rowell at 1, I suppose they could have lied but in this case I can’t see why they would. Rowell had a ripper of an U18 GF too. I agree that Young, or Ash, would suit us and be happy to use pick 3 on either of them. ??

Even without the latest allegations against him, he’ll be trouble for any team. Career most likely over.

Antonio Brown released by the Patriots after one game.

Yes. Not sure, but it is on Foxtel and I believe that’s where Kayo get a lot of their stuff from, same company.

Not even if we missed out on Anderson. I’d look at Ash or Young before Serong, Serong seems to be more of what we have, but not outstanding where you’d be stupid to pass him, like Rowell.

Only way I would think about splitting the pick is if GC got pick 2 and we missed out on Anderson, then only if we could get Lachie Ash, or Hayden Young, with at least one of those picks. From what I’ve read, Ash has the speed we lack and Young has the kicking skills we need, both will probably go top 10 though, without other deals done, we’d most probably miss out on either of them if we split for GWS’s picks.

Well, he got one spot closer to finals this year. ?

Although I don’t think it’s a certainty, I think Rowell would suit GC more. Hard inside mid who will probably average 20-25 possessions a game in his first season, touted as a future Captain too, leadership qualities that GC need. At 178cm he’s 10cm shorter then Anderson but that shouldn’t be a factor for GC.

We lost games even though we had more scoring shots, and we lost games after smashing teams with I50’s. The question is why? I believe, and I’m not a coach, that it’s a few things combined. 1. Our goal kicking needs a lot of work, we missed a lot of easy shots on goal with little pressure. (Pressure at AFL standed at least.) 2. Our mids and forwards aren’t on the same page, to be fair a consistent 22 would probably help. Hopefully our new fitness bloke will help with that. 3. Our skills and decision making need to improve. Either our players miss hitting up our leading forward or they handball to another player who is either under pressure or fumbles, or their handball is crap putting the other player under pressure etc. I believe this is causing the leading forwards to double back, abort leads or just be out of position when said under pressure player just bombs the ball in. Surely our highly paid coaches and players know this though, I’m just an armchair critic after all. ?

I will next season, mine is automatic anyway, but if next year is as bad as this one with no changes, then I don’t know after that? First change I want to see is an improvement in our fitness team now that Misson is gone, I want May and TMac fully fit. Second change is an improvement in our efficiency, turnovers kill you at AFL level and we are the champs at it. ??‍♂️ Third, a GAME PLAN B ?

I always thought he’d take longer, like Dusty who took about 4 years before he could run out a full game in the mid field. Trac was a big unit when he started, fine at TAC/Schoolboy level but at AFL level he needed to up his tank. He missed the first year and has had interrupted pre seasons, so I believe he’s behind where Martin was. We are finally starting to see him put games together and he’s starting to pick up his averages as a result. I agree that he needs to be a bit more selfish and back himself going for goal though...maybe not his set shots though? ?

I may have missed the Eagles players prior opportunity? ??‍♂️ I just flicked back over from checking the Saints game.

Well, Gloutfis just gave us a cheap goal there

Nice work by Salem, crap kick to Frost and then tries to knock him out too. ??‍♂️

I would be interested in seeing how many here, who want to get rid of Weid, would take Tom Hawkins? Tomahawk played about 5 very good games in his first 100, in a very good team, and was a man mountain to start with. Weid has played 30 odd games, between injuries, in a team that bombs the ball in to the fwd50 and refuse to lower their eyes and hit a leading fwd. ??‍♂️ We improve our fwd entries and Weid will look better.

I had heard Dylan Stephens (SA) was meant to be a decent prospect? He’s also ranked 9th on the link furious d posted. I’m hoping the Crows will think picking a local will offset the difference? ?

The Crows might lean towards one of the local SA kids with Carltons pick, so we might still steal Anderson or Rowell if we finish 16th?

Anyone know how this kid has been going? JEREMY SHARP Club: East Fremantle, Western Australia Position: Midfielder Size: 185cm, 72kg Champion Data player comparison: Andrew Gaff Foxfooty.com.au says: The WA wingman was one of the shining lights in the Under 18 Championships. Sharp runs hard on the outside and played his best game of the carnival against Vic Metro, where he had a team-high 26 disposals. The blonde haired midfielder was named in the All-Australian, with his ability to collect the ball around the flanks and hit up a target being a strength. He is clearly one of the best prospects in the west.

In regards to the free kick, I believe the original free to Lockhart would’ve been from the top of the goal square, because Freo were kicking out. The reversal against Jones though should’ve just been a free kick to the filthy diver where he flopped. I wasn’t aware of the rule, but the commentators did mention that if a team is kicking out from a behind and get a free, it’s 50mtrs. I believe this is where the issue may have come from, the Commentators mentioned that it was the umpire near the goals that gave the 50, not the umpire who reversed the free. I reckon the umpire near the goals has just heard the free kick to Walters, therefore paying the 50 when the other umpire didn’t, possibly thinking the other umpire missed it? The umpire who reversed the free kick probably assumed the other umpire gave the 50 for another reason, just an honest miscommunication that cost us a goal.

That’s the context he stated after the fact, I believe that if he stated he was going to do this before the game the supporters probably wouldn’t have unleashed as they did? Also, as I stated, he could’ve done it in front of Swans supporters, they would’ve loved it and it wouldn’t have blown up. So I stick to my point that in this case he could’ve handled it a little better.