Tom Dyson

Our midfield has been incredibly one paced for many of the Goodwin years, which was not in itself always problematic but three midfield bulls doesn't seem to be what the game requires anymore. We've now got Steele who ticks the contested possession beast box, we have the dynamism of kozzy and then the third is a suprise packet. Rivers, Culley, Langford, Windsor and even the much maligned sparrow (whose best footy is played in the middle and not in some pseudo high half forward role he was shoehorned into), are all incredibly exciting prospects. We should not quickly forget that we still have the best ruckman in the game. I'm not contending that we will win every centre clearance for the whole year but i think we've got a lot more to be excited about than it might seem.

Hilarious, was grinning ear to ear the entire time i watched it. All the dees boys were fantastic, loved the swipe from Bro-dee.

In a similar vein to Bowzer's rise last season, i was hoping Culley would emulate that success this year. Absolutely tragic if its a serious injury but fingers crossed its minor.

My only concern is that all of his powers come from his backwards cap. Can we apply to the league to allow him to wear a cap in games???

It's eerily similar to how collingwood get looked after in the mens

Didn't realise north were such a dirty, snipey team.

This is the most biased fkcn umpiring ive ever seen. This is dean margetts at a west coast game sort of bad.

Thanks for the clarification ditcha!

Welcome Riley Onley!!

Thats curtains We could still in theory invite some potentials to train on and then consider them for ssp?

You'd have to think theres clearly league wide question marks on both if they havent gone by now??

Greeves and HH seem to have slid a fair bit, Not that it deserves too much stock in it but I saw a phantom draft by the true footy podcast that had us taking HH potentially at 12.

Do we just have the one list spot left for Kalani or can we go again and take another selection in addition to Kalani?

Left field? Greeves, Philiopou and Hibbens Hargraves available and going this route seems an interesting choice? Ah well, from dawn to dusk In JT we trust.

Seems like Kolt finally has someone to back him up when Kolt invariably starts a fight with some oppo player. Did enjoy the comment that he'll get a demon tattoo if he wins a flag. Reckon he's a rd1 inclusion and i'm keen to see him crack in.

JT isn't using a high first round pick just to make kozzy happy. We clearly rate this guy on his own merits as someone who will be a great player for our club. I remember there were demonlanders who rated cody weightman over Kozzy back in 2019. Can't wait to see some x2 Pickett magic next year.

We happy with that demonlanders????

Nice of JT to draft his son.

Home from Goschs and loved the buzz around the group, couple of quick observations from me; Before training had really gotten underway, Kingy looked like he had spoken to just about every assistant coach in a meaningful way. Don't want to overanalyse but it really does seem he is taking a collaborative approach at least initially which is nice to see. There seemed to be an emphasis today on disposal under pressure and disposal with a general intent of speed on the ball. The whole ground match sim looked to prioritise fast ball movement through the corridor or quick switches from wing to wing and the quality of disposal throughout this was i thought pretty good. Windsor looked very good in the guts and he looked even better running and carrying with pace on the ball. Kozzy did what Kozzy does, ultra impressive as per usual. You would have all seen the sparrow run down tackle on the socials but that really was chef's kiss, and given how quick leb was moving today it was an extra impressive effort. Oscar Berry might be a surprise packet next year, his footy iq in tight surprised and he had a great defensive stop in the handball keepings off drill. It was a very basketball esque rejection and the thud echoed around the whole ground. Definitely a watch and see how he goes for Casey early. I echo what has been posted throughout the week about kolt. He looked fast and explosive and he had an air of focus and slightly less jocularity then in previous years. I really hope this both continues and translates into on field form. Rooey looked more adept aerially and seemed to be flying for marks more confidently. Monnez was doing his runs along the boundary but was looking longingly at the main group like he badly wanted to get stuck in to the match sim. Backing him in to lock down a spot in the backline next year and fingers are well and truly crossed no more injury trouble. I also feel the need to reiterate that Max Heath is a behemoth of a man! Was a beautiful morning to watch the lads and it's got me feeling very excited for whats to come!

From the article on the club's website: "Keen onlookers at Gosch’s Paddock would see a change in jumper numbers throughout the group, but fans will have to wait until the guernsey digits are locked in following the finalisation of the full AFL list." The social media person must have been reading through this thread and wanted to put the conjecture to bed 🤣

New Social Media Team/Person continuing their run of good form, loved the article on the club's website and the short mic'd up video of King. Keep the content coming!

Disco will be an MFC captain, take it to the bank.

I liked the novelty of it initially and the potential that we could sneak into a 9th or 10th spot next year but after thinking about it for a little it just seems a bizarre move. Essentially this change punishes teams finishing 7 and 8 and rewards teams finishing 9 and 10 of which the former shouldn't be punished and the latter shouldn't be rewarded. How about fix the umpiring rather than trying to invent some sort of fictitious wildcard drama.

Not sure if there is a better thread for this but I walked past goschs this morning and saw 15-20 of the boys all in plain clothes doing an intense running session. was only walking past at a distance so can’t offer in depth analysis but a couple of things I noticed. Chin was moving well and fast! Max Heath is ginormous!! (Made some of the lads look like school boys)

When I said everyone looks good in a Melbourne jumper… I retract that statement.