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I take it Tom is a bit confused. Doubt we’d take him at 3. But perhaps if we split the pick we’ll take him. Kind of player we need.

Today was probably the best we’ve played for a while. Really dominated the clearances and contested footy at times. Just lacked the polish. And that’s what cost us in the end. Maxy was huge and should be the next captain of this club. Fritsch will be a perma forward. Trac played some good footy in the middle. Hopefully spends more time there next year. The end of the game summed our season up. I was not looking forward to watching the game but as I mentioned probably the best we’ve played for a while.

I think we are going to still lack experience next year. If he’s happy to also play some footy at Casey then I’d be happy to bring him in for a year. Doubt he’d want to do it though.

I doubt we’ll give up anything more than our second rounder.

The AFL wouldn’t admit that being a reason. But if it is then the current administration need to step down.

I’m not a fan of them getting a PP after their first. Should be end of first. They have enough young talent. Gil and co need to put work into player retention.

Out Maynard Lewis Garlett Keilty Tim Smith (May retire I heard) J Wagner One of JKH and Stretch I’d hang on to T Smith if he isn’t retiring. I think we’ll land Langdon. And I’d be using our first hopefully on Anderson.

Personally I’d rather May back. Not only a much better defender than Omac he’s an extremely better ball user. For Omac was a bit of a liability down back. Also he can’t match up on a smaller quicker type May can.

Absolutely not tanking. Omac forward as we legitimately have no other options. Unless they went with Keilty again. Hore in the VFL I don’t agree with. He’s best 22. But we already had Frost May and Lever. So I guess they didn’t want to go too tall. We just don’t have the depth to cover mass injuries. I also think the confidence levels and fitness levels are quiet low. The inconsistent effort week to week is very frustrating.

I’ve thought the same re Townsend. Not sure if I’ve mentioned here or another forum. But we lack the solid citizen types. Guys that can play a role even if they are depth. Look at Collingwood. Players like Mayne Varcoe Greenwood Aish Roughead. That’s how you absorb injuries. Not with first or second year players.

I’m all for immediate results if it’s a flag. I’m just worried we’ll overpay and fall horribly short.

I am concerned about this. Goodwin wants immediate results. Hopefully Mahoney and co are smarter than that.

Butler will be a good pick up. He’ll cost a 4th rounder at most and he applies forward pressure. Won’t kick 40 goals but he’ll be handy.

They only have one tall. I assume frost gets Mihocek. May to Elliott. Omac is surely surplus to needs this week. Hire hopefully late in for Omac. Although I suspect Lever a chance to miss.

We should have some room. After we signed Lever Mahoney said there was room for another. We got May but lost Hogan. So realistically money should not be a concern.

We’ll also hand over the rights of Nathan Jones first born.

I’d say if King was on the table saints would throw their first at GC to reunite the brothers. So we’d have to part with pick 2/3 which would rule out a downgrade.

Freo managed to turn Lachie Weller into pick 2. Here’s hoping we’re a little smarter.

I agree with this. The AFL surely realise they have enough young talent. They just need to keep it. A second rounder is far more likely. AFL also need to stop playing with the top end of the draft compo picks aside. Even they might come under scrutiny at some stage. There is a theory AFL will hand over pick 2 so they can secure Rowell and Anderson as best mates. Handing over a pick on the premise it has to be used on a certain player is effectively draft tampering. Yes I understand those two are at this point in time the standouts.

Perhaps I should have said season to date. Richmond with destroy us. It’s going to get ugly.

IMO easily our worst performance for the season. Last 3 weeks we’ve been in games until the end. Not sure how though last night. Saints scored 85 of 104 points from our turnovers. That’s outrageous.

We have credits in the bank. Last years finals and the injuries this year. If this happens next year pressure will come early.

Fantastic signing. And he’ll have them early now we’re not in finals. Hopefully gets this group up and firing come round one next year. Interesting to see what he can do with AVB.

To be honest I think Freo will play hardball but he won’t attract anything more than our second rounder.

We certainly played some decent footy. But some of the turnovers and missed shots on goal killed us. Clarry back in form was great. But he’s still got to work on not handballing to a teammate about to get set upon. I thought pre game Lewis should get a defensive job on Hurn. With him out it surprised me he went to McGovern. But he did a decent job as a forward. Fritsch is such a natural forward. He played a fantastic game but missed a couple he could have kicked. His late turnover killed us. The backline was good. May has been an excellent addition and Lever started to get back to his intercepting best. Unfortunately Preuss isn’t a forward. Smith or Weideman in for him next week. We had some really good patches through the midfield and if we can carry that on throughout the remainder of the year we should be competitive. We clearly ran out of gas in the end but hopefully we can carry a bit of momentum into next week. Although the saints will be buzzing.