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Petracca “very much one paced”. Have a good weekend demonlanders!

Petracca one paced? 🤨

No probs at all mate 👍 And I think we’re kind of on the same wavelength anyway. The fact he didn’t seem overly enthusiastic on the idea doesn’t mean it’ll never happen, just probably not in the short-medium term. I do worry about our young midfield depth but there’s no doubt that Windsor and Tholstrup are natural footballers. Really solid athletes too but natural footballers who you’d think will be able to play multiple positions.

Certainly can’t be bothered reading all that mate. I was being facetious too. All I was doing was passing on a direct conversation I’d had with Jason Taylor, thought people may be interested, no skin off my nose if they’re not or if they disagree with what he said. I’m merely a humble supporter, not an exalted Herald Sun journo or podcast contributor! And I do have a feeling Tholstrup will be a fantastic pickup for us.

Haha asking whether someone might go through the midfield eventually is hardly asking for the nuclear launch codes. If you think he’s going to be more candid on a publicly available podcast listened to by thousands of people than he is to one supporter watching training with his 2 year old son, then that’s your prerogative!

Yep this would’ve been almost my exact reply. He’s not as developed physically as KT but one thing he does have is blistering pace. Agree also that he just doesn’t have Tholstrup’s aura. It’s not just the hair, he has a real presence which is extremely rare at 18 and having known his teammates for 5 minutes.

I’d hoped due to our almost non-existent young midfield depth that they might have earmarked Tholstrup as one who’d eventually move in there. Had a brief chat with Jason Taylor today at training and asked him whether he thought that’d be the case. He ummed and ahhed for a while and eventually said “yeah, maybe”. Was less than effusive which I was a bit disappointed to hear. But that aside, he’s definitely a player. I’ve only been to two sessions but you can tell straight away.

The thinking is obviously that it would impact Jefferson’s development too much. He can’t progress and improve if he’s never targeted because he’s in the land of the giants forward line at Casey alongside Brown, Schache, McDonald, Fullarton and Joel Smith. He’s been a terrific servant to the footy club TMac and is a favourite of mine but, bluntly, he’s now clearly past his best and is purely on the list as depth. Whether he plays forward or back is now immaterial for us and only affects Casey.

Odd post. Senior WAFL footy is a far higher standard than all junior footy competitions around the country, so not sure why that would be a concern.

Tom McDonald training forward or back?

Braved the elements for half an hour or so, couple of observations. Sestan did a couple of things that made me raise my eyebrows, in a good way. He’s just a smart, clean footballer who makes good decisions. Just needs to build his tank and there’s a real player there. The bloke in 26 is definitely Jed Adams. He looks a hell of a lot like Petty, and has filled out to a similar size, hence the confusion. Petty watched proceeedings from the sidelines but isn’t in a moonboot or anything. Rivers and Woey have gone to new levels physically. Really excited to see where Rivers can get to this year, he was a real standout while I was there. Sparrow was often fumbly, and annoyed at himself. We need him to step up next season. Lever is just an outstanding leader. He's got a great mix between barking orders, giving a spray, and putting an arm around players when needed. Great talker too, for me it’s him and Trac as our next leadership duo. Kept a close eye on Jefferson as I’m really keen for him to him to have a big season, especially if Petty ends up leaving. With the caveat that it was very much not a day for key forwards, I was left a little disappointed. He’s definitely put on a bit of size which is promising but his competitive instincts and follow up play compared to JVR is chalk and cheese. He has a strange posture, sort of hunchbacked, and he just doesn’t seem to relish body contact at all. Another thing I noticed was when Selwyn Griffith had set up a little 30-40m sprint between cones for players rotating out of a drill. He’d bark at the players to go flat out during that time but was half distracted, getting things prepared for the next drill. So nobody was really watching them to make sure they did it properly. EVERYONE, including Windsor, Tholstrup etc did this at 100% and really pushed themselves. Everyone except Jefferson, who took a quick first few steps and then cruised the rest. It probably sounds like nothing, but for me attitude is what often separates the good from the excellent. Hoping I just got him on a bad day, and as I said it undoubtedly was a tough one for the bigger boys.

Bang on. Seconded.

From memory Tapscott did play a decent chunk of senior SANFL footy in his draft year but I was largely being facetious anyway mate.

Getting real Tapscott deja vu with the reports on this bloke. Hopefully plays about 200 more games! 🤣

Think about what you’re saying. The club clearly only rate him as rookie worthy, otherwise they’d have made it work. I love the romance of father/sons and have a connection to the Brown family through my local footy club. I’d love nothing more than for him to make it. But the reality, as I’ve tried to hint at a few times from watching him play personally a number of times, is that he’s unlikely to have enough AFL level attributes to make it at that level. There’s a reason not a single expert has him in their top 50 rated prospects. Would love nothing more than to be proved wrong but some people need to temper their expectations.

What an odd post. He’s right on the borderline of being good enough to get drafted, the club are just getting their ducks in a row about whether he’s picked up as a rookie or just invited to train over summer. Why on earth would something have “transpired between the Brown family and the MFC”?!

How? If he leaves he’ll nominate a team, and WCE would then have to take what they can get from that team. And it’d be incredibly unlikely the team would have 3x first rounders, much less two in the top 11 like we’re offering.

Dotting i’s and crossing t’s. He’s agreed terms with them.

Huh?

Mate as in groomsmen at each other’s weddings. No idea when it’ll be announced but can confirm with 100% certainty, straight from the horses mouth, that he’s staying at Geelong.

You’re half right!

Hawk’s a mate of mine. Sadly he’s just re-signed with Geelong this morning. Would’ve been a brilliant get for a couple of twilight seasons. He and his family are moving into their Melbourne pad next year as they’ll be doing renos on their place at Gnarwarre, so logistically would’ve been perfect. Can confirm he was getting fairly frustrated at Geelong and if they hadn’t come to the party, he’d have been at Melbourne next year. Club was lurking in the background interested.

#9 in the rookie draft!

Kozzy doesn’t have the tank for 25% midfield game time at the moment let alone 80%. Pie in the sky stuff.

Great intel @WalkingCivilWar. Please keep us posted when results come through!