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One assumes if you come to Byron it’s too get wasted right.. what’s the prob Gil it’s the holidays?

In advance...

thanks Saty and Kev for the great reports and insight...

when you are living the life of a retired hippie it’s hard to admit your one passion in life (apart from your wife).. is the Dees... the angst the hope the epiphanies the dread .. but we dare to dream.. Max stripped and training hard... stuff to dream on... 

Best small forward by a mile is Henry ...but not in the best ten..  so you go with the best footballer at 3 (Young) then the best footballer at 8 (Kemp) and then the best footballer at 97... ( .......)  then Bennell (rookie) then (Martin rookie or Murray psd)  .... and let Burgess loose on all 45 (incl. Bradkte) 

3 and 8 get the best Dees .. next generation chance which only happens now and again..

3: has to be Young (b/c we are crying out for penetrating attack from the back,  even in Serong highlights no.  17 looked better than no. 2, let Salem loose in mid or forward)

8. Has to be a midfield bull = Kemp (no crumbed at 8 Martin or Gray in PSD)

and both seem versatile.. unlike many current Dees

97: Still need a KPF backup ...Buzza, Moore, ...

IF... 

these 5 (6)

Smith, Kk, Vanders, May, Lever (and Nev) 

could get 20 games each they would be like new recruits .....

ADD

these 7

Thommo, Langers, Young, Kemp, Martin, Gray

and you only need 10 more for the 22.. Max, Olly, Melk, Trac, Salem, Tmac, Harmes, Gus, Viney, Fritsch 

(depth?.... jones, Hibberd, Hore, Weed, ANB, Hannan, petty, Hunt, no.97...that’s 31)..

and the others...

Spots 38, 39 and 40 left

pick 3 = young (defender who can kick)

pick 8 = kemp (versatile mid or forward)

pick 97 = where’s Wylie (198cm Forward nurtured at the cattery)

pick 2 in PSD if there’s someone better than JKH = Martin even if he’s inconsistent

DFA if there’s someone better than Stretch = Murray has pace even if a dh

A++++ .... took the initiative...did it quickly... didn’t screw others over.. enhanced our reputation as good dealers.. got two wingers ... for $$ and not many picks.. stared peter bell in the face ... ended with two top ten picks... still possible to deal with gws for pick three.. and dfa’s with Murray et al.. if only burgess can work some magic..

We could help them by giving 26 And 50 for 18. 

26 for Dougal And 50 for Paddy

we have 3, 18, and 79... then talk to gws

20 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Elliott is a RFA so Collingwood have the right to march a rivals offer and retain Elliott. There’s reports that Collingwood have increased their offer, are these perhaps incorrect given the above or are they attempting to get Elliott to re-sign before he accepts a rival teams contract? 

Sorry ET but he is unrestricted according to afl.com So pies have to join the bidding if they want him

Pick 9 of 22 Christian.. long time since Sandy and your bros Andre and James

Pick 24 of my 22 chunk... thanks mate and we will make sure you get the 14 ... and in the mid no [censored] as wing or half forward..

Pick 4 in my best 22 for 2020!

In the haze in which I dwell the two priorities seem to be

get the list balanced and be fit and competitive in 2020

The list: 

44-41: Chandler, Dunkley, Cwagner, Lockhardt

40-31: Draftee, Draftee, Draftee, Bedford, Neitchze, Jordan, Sparrow, Spargo, Jwagner, Baker

30-21: Hannan, ANB, Hunt, KK,, OMac, Petty, Weed, Preuss, Hore, Smith,

20-11: Jones, Hibberd, AVB, Jetta, Recruit (Frost CHB), Fritsch, Melksham, Viney, Harmes, Thomlinson 

10-1: Salem, Elliott, Langdon, May, Lever, Gus, Trac, Tmac, Oliver, Gawn

Outs: Lewis, Garlett, Maynard,  Stretch,  Frost, JKH, and one spare = 7

Ins: Langdon, Thomlinson, Elliott?, CHB?, Draftee Draftee Draftee = 7

22!

Jetta May Lever

Hibberd.  ???? Harmes

Langdon Gus Salem

Melksham  Thomlinson AVB

Elliott Tmac Fritsch

Gawn Oliver Trac

IC: Viney, Jones, Smith Hore

Seconds:

Neitshze OMac Jwagner

Kk Petty Jordan

Baker Sparrow Draftee

Hunt Draftee Hannan

Bedford Weed Draftee

Pruess ANB Spargo

IC: rookies

Better but competitive? The three draftees need to get in that best 22 quick and frostys replacement all need to gunslingers : 

Thought we had 38 +6 rookies = 44, we can have 40 + 4 =44

Lewis and Garlett gone = 36 (4 rookies are Wagner, Huntley, Lochardt, Chandler) if Frost JKH and Stretch go = possible 7 senior vacancies..

Langdon, Elliott, Thomlinson and ???? (GWS Caldwell) and three draft picks 12, 26, 38,!!!

4 yrs at $600k 

fritta weed elliott

gray tmac melksham

langdon trac thomlinson

zac jones petty Salem

lever May harmes

gawn oliver Gus 

inter... jones Anderson Viney avb 

gone senior list ...Lewis Garlett Frost Hunt Stretch JKH ... so 8 vacancies 

4 rookies .. Dunkley Lockhart cwagner t smith

ins.. Elliott thomlinson gray langdon z jones

draft..2 39 43 (Frost).. Anderson .....

Sounds like JElliott at $600k over four years..

Serendipity...karma... all you need is love, love ... 

sorry my chillum was overloaded!!

Drunkn... hell man be proud ..... he made it ... wow how many of us Park footballers had the dream ... and didn’t really get close... The captain in my first game of football (a grand final) was Francis Bourke and I played against Fred Way and Lance Oswald .... he’ll mYtwo sons were wonderful players.. one played with Juddy and Ted Richards and with a Salem.. the other against Goddard .. and with a Salem and Dawes.. tell he has made it to the highest level.. well done ..and to you for your conviction...

Some Velvet Morning When I’m .......................sttttraight...

Lee Hazlewood!

Fix the midfield

pick 2 Anderson or Rowell

pick 3 Green

trade anyone (bar Max) for Coniglio and ZJones

I watched the filth game and completely changed my view on what’s needed for 2020 and a more competitive Dees... ( not forgetting better pre season preparation, better luck with injuries and some learnings in the coaching department) ... I was pushing a cull and Hill, Langdon Butler, Cutler, Patton Thomlinson, ZJones etc.. but I’ve had some sort of epiphany or lobotomy or was it that bag of gunya I picked up last week in Upper Main Arm...

now my thinking is that what we desperately need is at least 2 A graders in the middle.. You can’t win unless you have someone who can tear the game apart (and there’s your leadership factor as well)... The guys we have who we thought might do it have plateaued.. Oliver doesn’t take the game on but racks up meaningless handball stats (he is no Martin, Danger, Coniglio, Yeo, Treloar, Boak, Neale...)Salem racks up 15 metre soft kicks sideways (cf. Houli, Wilson, Hurn, Crisp...) Trac although improving still isn’t winning us games etc for Viney, Harmes, ...

What about Max you say... indeed we have Max and we should be pounding every other team especially with 666..

And so my take on the draft is that we have to use pick 2 (we are not going to be this low again..ever) on Anderson or if it’s 3 on Green ... see Knightmares summaries ... potential match winners.. even if they take 2 years to start showing their class..

But our big play must be for an A grade mid ... and we pay whatever it takes... Coniglio is my preference and the Giants can have anyone they want bar Max, and our 2020 first and 2021 first..or whatever.. 

Then we embellish our issues within the list ... RUN... with Langdon and Zac Jones, for players or picks. FORWARD PRESSURE ... Butler...and so it goes on..

Sorry but perhaps too much Tempranillo... much of this sounds as though we are miffed at missing out on pick 2 ... give the suns the first round entirely... as long as we get ... Langdon, thomlinson, Roughead, zjones, cutler, .......

The gloom is not all black... Melksham comes in for ANB.. now that’s a big improvement... Preuss comes in for Smith now that’s at least bigger... JKH comes in for Jagner ... now that couldn’t be any worse... and Dunkley comes in for Nev... now that’s younger..

its not black but very grey but I’m gonna watch with my bottle of Chivas... (somebody stole my chillum)... and I reckon we can scrotomise these tiggggers... go Dees 

Ya know contrary to many I think the first thing I would fix is our defence... and that might ripple through some other areas... I only have three certainties in my 2020 line up...

xxxx May Lever

Frost xxxx xxxx

i would target Keath and ZacJones for the half back roles and someone quick and a good kick for the pocket from GWS... Jetta Hore and Hibberd are depth not best 22... wildcard is Hunt to pocket

Then I would look at the one pace midfield... 

Gawn Oliver xxxx

xxxx Brayshaw xxxx

Langdon for one wing seems a given with Jack Martin in the middle and someone quick and a good kick on the other wing ???? ... or rotate TMac and Tomlinson ..depth here is shin deep... Harmes, Viney, NJones, Baker, Jordan 

The forward six are shrouded in mystery...

Salem TMac/Thomlinson Melksham

Xxxx Petty xxxx

Get a little Tiger Butler Bolton or Baker or two tigers or another little Giant but they have to be QUICK ...depth up the pointy end is not that sharp with Weed Hannan Spargo Bedford Lockhart .... 

so in order .. get more run and rebound from the back 6 ... get more run and attack and defence from the mid 6 ...get more run and run and run and goals from the front 6...

come on Dees, we can do this...

Clearly OMac has to go ...there were 11 times on the weekend where he only tried one percent... Max Lever and Frosty had 5 times and Nev 3 but everyone else had only 2 or less , so they must all be safe...

and for the Tiger Grimes and Astbury were the only guys in double figures, bludgers, and Martin and Houli not far behind on 8...