Dee Boys

22 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

He actually stepped aside after the season.

PORT ADELAIDE assistant coach Nathan Bassett will depart the club after being advised his contract will not be renewed for 2024.
Bassett has spent eight seasons at Alberton, initially as defence coach before taking on the forward line in 2019.

This season he returned to the backline, where he made his name during a 210-game AFL playing career.

Port Adelaide General Manager – Football, Chris Davies thanked Bassett for his dedication to the club since 2015.

“Nathan has worked tirelessly for our club in an extremely demanding role,” Davies said.

“He has offered a unique perspective across his time with us and always operated with the utmost professionalism and diligence.

“We wish Nathan and his family well with his next career move.”
 

After being highly regarded a decade or so ago, he was axed by Port Adelaide at the end of 2023 and spent 2024 out of the AFL system.

He might be fantastic but it wouldn’t be an overly inspiring appointment on face value.

27 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

The good thing out of this is we are building a group of youngish talls with potential that we have previously lacked. Petty 197cm, Fullarton 200cm, Verrall 200cm, Adams 196cm, Jefferson 196cm, van Rooyen 194cm, Turner 194cm, Kentfield 194cm, Derksen 194? Maybe. This group have the potential to grow together and cover all KPF and KPB positions at VFL/AFL level given we have Max, May, Lever & TMac as our 4 tall leaders. We desperately need a mature tall to fill in for Max in an emergency.

Whilst not disagreeing, how many of these are actually any good? Or good enough for us to challenge for premierships?

57 minutes ago, FreedFromDesire said:

Must surely be frustrating for Fullarton after a tough year. The difference perhaps though is that, in my view, Fullarton was taken as a forward/ruck option where Campbell seems to be more 'pure' ruck. Different roles maybe? Campbell also seems more likely the true Gawn backup in case of injury.

Of course in saying that, seeing Fullarton toil away for Casey for some genuinely good returns while Petty was allowed months to find form at senior level was surely as frustrating to him as it was to a lot of us supporters. So even with the different roles argument, the selection is still truly baffling.

Mate Fullarton’s appalling. The players have all been gobsmacked at his level in training. There’s a reason he didn’t get picked, no matter how injured or out of form others were. 

2 minutes ago, hardtack said:

I think you’ll find that by ‘shut down’, he means that it should not be trade-able, but rather kept to be used in the draft.

But how is that at all relevant when discussing Wade Derksen?

20 hours ago, Deespicable said:

I'd say we'd have to give up our second rounder or the pick we receive from Adelaide for ANB - any deal involving our pick 5 should be immediately shut down.

I don’t mean to be rude but this is one of the most insane things I’ve ever read on Demonland.

A bloke who was picked up in the mid-season draft two and a half years ago, who’s never been selected to play a game for his club, and you’re talking about first and second rounders? 

2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

We (one of the worst skilled clubs in the AFL) would be nuts to overlook a 2023 and 2024 All Australian and confirmed top 5 best kicker in the league.

I am astounded by the lack of disappointment around here in falling out of the race for the services of an absolute marquee player.

 

We know mate. You’ve said so about 400 times throughout the thread.

Just now, Deelectable said:

'Impeccable track record'? Please repost. I'll kick it off with Will Hayward.😉

From memory he said we were interested in Will Hayward. Not that we’d definitely land him. Do you know how many players clubs show interest in that don’t end up getting done?!

As previously stated, if you don’t like it then don’t read it. It’s like that famous Ricky Gervais stand up line about guitar lessons - if you don’t like it then move on! Why on earth would you try to censor something that other people appreciate and doesn’t adversely affect you?

24 minutes ago, Deelectable said:

FWIW I do believe it and, with all that's happened,  why some here want to post totally unsubstantiated rumours beggars belief. Nothing good can from it .

But it’s clearly not totally unsubstantiated. @goodwindees has a pretty impeccable track record with his mail. 

Getting the inside word on what’s happening within the four walls of the footy club is a big reason for a lot of people being on this site and the actual thing that beggars belief is why on earth anyone would want to censor that, or abuse anyone who’s providing that. Genuinely cannot for the life of me understand it.

If you don’t like it then ignore it, like people do with a bunch of other topics and posts. 

14 minutes ago, demon3165 said:

Well you clearly no nothing about football so I will leave it at that...

The Dunning Kruger curve in full effect.

”McQualter can’t be blamed, he needs some cattle to work with” as if the blokes under his tutelage don’t have FOURTEEN All-Australians between them.

But yes, let’s leave it at that.

1 hour ago, demon3165 said:

Every game starts with how you want to set up first, so you are saying that the 2 main midfielders in Gawn and Viney cannot change it when things go wrong? Remember you only have 4 times to send a runner out a quarter and after goals but the players would would have the ability to be able to change it don't put it all on McQualter remember he was in charge of the midfield at Richmond when their midfield was flying so he has credits in the bank for that.

You also seem to forget we had the same problems with Yze and he wanted to play a different game style for the midfield when he was there but he couldn't because of the gameplan, our midfield is one paced, lack foot skills, lack of decision making ability they are grunt players and until they change that we will struggle next year McQualter needs cattle to work with so to speak.

You are talking absolute drivel. Richmond’s midfield was never flying. Even during their golden era their supporters used to lament the fact that they got annihilated at clearance every week, which is why they brought in Taranto and Hopper in an attempt to rectify that.

You’re also talking as if our midfield is a group of plodders which is clearly absurd - it’s the best group we’ve had in the club’s history.
 

People’s issues with the midfield this year is largely down to the structures around stoppages. It’s incredibly evident when you’re at the games how nonsensical and reactive our starting positions are. That’s down to the midfield coach. In the game against Freo they won the first EIGHTEEN clearances of the game. There is no excuse for that. None. That is abysmal coaching.

The bottom line is a previous strength of our game has become a glaring weakness in the space of a season since McQualter took over the reins. 

1 hour ago, Abyssal said:

Bedford GWS   this season

What I have seen, not only has he been an influential player for them but someone who would have easily kept his spot in the 22 each week with us.

I agree with you on Chandler.  
Think he lacks a bit of pace and spark, does try hard though.

Chandler’s got some weaknesses but pace isn’t one of them. He’s the fastest player at the club, as confirmed by Windsor who said in an interview that Chandler “smokes him”.

32 minutes ago, JJJ said:

We haven’t given up.

Christ, that’s bad news. If we give up pick 5 for him I’ll be apoplectic.

6 minutes ago, Bonkers said:

I wonder if there is any chance the club may consider trading next years first rounder into this year to have another pick in the first round? Probably depends a little bit on what we would require to draft Kalani White next year I presume. 

Convincing Kalani to come to the club was always going to be a challenge, and will be even more so after the last month or so that we’ve had where we’re probably on the nose more than any other club in the competition. 

People seem to think that just because he’s grown up as a Dees supporter that it’s a done deal that he’ll choose us. I hope they’re right. But the lure of being able to play in front of his family and friends in his home town with mates that he’s grown up playing footy with every week would be really significant too.

These kids aren’t nuffie supporters like us - they’re becoming more and more professional at a young age and he’ll play where he and his family see the brightest future for himself. Keep in mind that Nick Daicos wasn’t even a Collingwood supporter growing up, he followed Carlton! Rightly or (largely) wrongly there aren’t many mothers who’d want to send their kids interstate to play for us at the moment with the amount of scuttlebutt floating around about the off field culture of the club.

So I’d suggest those thinking Kalani to the Dees is a fait accompli might be advised to lower their expectations a little just in case they get burnt.

30 minutes ago, Flowergirl said:

That's pretty messed up to report that a players mother is still alive when she has passed away. 

Can’t pretend I’m any sort of expert on indigenous culture but the woman who died was Kozzy’s “old mum” who was in fact his aunt (Byron’s sister).

His birth mother is still alive.

He’s at the pub today with the other players 

15 hours ago, hardtack said:

I’d prefer they lure Brad Green across from wherever he is currently employed (Pies?).

Huh? Brad Green is the managing director of a fire safety company and is on the MFC board.

6 hours ago, goodwindees said:

Hi Foopy. It’s a bit delicate for me to say much about this one other than to say CP did ask Robbie the question about the possibility of him breaking his contract and being traded.  I repeat, it was just the possibility of it being able to happen. 
Robbie shut it down straight away!  I can assure you his Management are not promoting the concept of a trade. 
Not certain how Tom Morris became aware of it.  FYI, it isn’t uncommon for contacted players to ask their manager could they get them out of their contract.  

Thanks for the update @goodwindees. I was interested to hear on the channel 10 report tonight that the club was unhappy with some of the advice Petracca’s been getting “from people close to him”. 

Would this be his management, his fiancée or his parents do you think?

11 minutes ago, layzie said:

As in trade to us or trade somewhere else for currency? The latter would be preferable!

Archie Perkins would be nice though, good explosiveness and power. 

Archie Perkins?! The same Archie Perkins who currently can’t even get in the Essendon side?

1 hour ago, drdrake said:

100% correct, I had this discussion with a few years back, after about the age of 13 or 14 years old it gets hard to retrain someone to be a better kick.  You can mask it but as soon as the pressure comes on the poor biomachanics kick in.

It is a lit easier to build a players running capacity then try to improve their kick.

Just on Williams, never been the same since Alan Richardson joined the club.  Was front and centre in 2021 and now seems to be hidden in the back pocket.

Richardson joined the club before the start of the 2020 season, a year before Choco.

On 08/08/2024 at 14:21, ChaserJ said:

Not this year’s crop, but if anyone’s interested in having a look at our highest profile NGA kid in next year’s group, Tairon Ah Mu, he’ll be lining up for Vic Country in bottom age trials this weekend (will be streamed):

 

Hi mate, did you (or anyone) happen to catch these games? Keen for a bit of good news and hoping he and Kalani continue to progress along nicely…

13 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Anyone post full article please.

 

Petracca, 28, attended Saturday night’s match against Port Adelaide at the MCG as he recovers from a lacerated spleen and was walking laps of the tan in the hours before that clash.

The 2021 Norm Smith Medallist is still not allowed to get his heart rate above 110 and the family was disgruntled with his medical treatment following internal injuries sustained in the King’s Birthday blockbuster against Collingwood, where he was allowed to return to the field.

A major part of the Petraccas’ frustration was the isolation. In the first 10 days following the injury he had not seen anyone other than his parents and his fiancee.

But senior club sources were at pains to stress that Petracca was not going anywhere despite reports he was disillusioned with the club’s direction.

While Petracca was disgruntled, it is understood there is no bad blood that would result in the four-time All-Australian demanding an exit.

Petracca is contracted until 2029 on a $1 million per season deal and remains critical to the club’s hopes of rebounding up the ladder in 2025.

The Demons are confident they will remain in premiership contention and have rejuvenated their playing list this season.

The club has handed five players their AFL debut – behind only Richmond, North Melbourne and Collingwood (all six) – and have repeatedly fielded one of the youngest line-ups in the AFL.

New players Blake Howes, Caleb Windsor, Koltyn Tholstrup, Kynan Brown and Andy Moniz-Wakefield have all displayed encouraging signs.

Petracca’s injury also opened the door for Trent Rivers to shine as an onballer while Judd McVee has also had brief stints in the midfield where he has shown similar promise.

4 minutes ago, Ollie fan said:

WCW, what is your take on this?

Haha newsflash if needed - players don’t communicate their future plans or disgruntlement with the club to members of the cheer squad!

19 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

Of course he’s not Cameron but the point is the 3 first rounds Geelong gave up turned out to be next to nothing when they got 2 early 2nds back.

If we gave up 2 late firsts and got at least 1 early second back it would be a similar kind of result where the price isn’t really the price. 

We aren’t getting value for Oliver but if we pay a bit of the contract I still think a team takes the risk for an early 2nd. Geelong, Adelaide they aren’t going to get an A grade midfielder in his prime age any other way.

Net result, Oliver out, Houston in and we’ve shuffled back in the draft from late firsts to early seconds. Doesn’t read well on paper but could be really good for the team. 

But we’ll see if Port are willing to accept that deal and it relies upon us bouncing back next year and the year after. So it’s still less likely than likely. 

Well you're right about one thing - that certainly doesn't read well on paper. It reads absolutely disastrously on paper.

11 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Mids mids and more mids should be the key focus for this year's draft.

We've got Kalani White and Tairon Ah-Mu in next year's draft who are both key position players which will help with our developing forwards and backs tall stocks.

 

With the obvious caveat that a lot can change in the space of a year, where do you see their draft range at the moment Daz? Sort of 15-35 for both?