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@WERRIDEE @Demonland if you're actually doing this weekly can we just merge it into one thread?

Just saw this in the CODE Sports article on the Talent League, haven't heard as much about him as other FS eligible prospects, anyone know his build and position? "One for the future, Harry McDonald, son of former Melbourne star James, is in the Bushies’ under-16s program but has spent time with the U18 contingent over the pre-season. James has also been doing coaching work with the Bushrangers."

I wouldnt be so quick to lump Mihocek into the wins column, its a long year hes 33 and done no preseason. Like most of these signings they were all wins on paper Hunter had better disposal than Harmes McAdam added spark and goal nous when we lost Nibbler Schache and Fullarton replaced other depth duds like Mitch Brown and Majak Grundy was an older Jackson Billings could play Jordons wing but kicks better hindsight says they were all busts Mihocek and CJ could be next time will tell, for now lets temper expectations

Such a massive player for us for a decade, both defensively and with ball in hand, thankyou for '21 mayzy, always part of the red and blue family

Balta, Miller, Gibcus, Trainor, Vlastuin, Broad, Gray mainly the reason he and Tylar Young were pushed out, list balance. Agree blight showed some signs. Hopefully cross proves his worth, i think similarly to henderson it will be obvious early on whether he has it or he doesnt at the next level. given his age i think he probably has secured himself 2 years on the list and a full pre-season, we're pretty lenient when other clubs like cats/pies know in 12 months and move on

General Fwd: Fritsch, Chandler, Sparrow, LPickett Melksham, Johnson, Cross (A), McAdam, Henderson (A), Mentha (B), Matthews of this bunch only 2 (our latest draftees Pickett and Matthews) are contracted beyond this year. Will be plenty of movement. Good luck Paddy, showed plenty in the intraclub. I think he flips his VFL 64 for no. 46 at AFL level

hes from up there so quite different to others who have played a season or two for cash in some regards

for me steele was by far the best plauer on the ground followed by koz JVR i thought was really strong today but up the ground, he doesnt have the height or reach to play deep, he gets crowded out too easily but he hit the wings and high flanks superbly and had sticky mits there Luker looked so so good, we need to give him a go, hes a big solid lump of a boy and he works hard and has agility, that spoil on sheez on the wing after the centre bounce was awesome Moose was great more than held his own and doesnt look as unathletic as a lot of rucks in the league on top of also not being a beanstalk either. good combo and elite clunk on the near wing chin was great, fritta closer to goal was a positive, but no melky probably helped him lindsay was much improved on the intraclub my concern does lie in our key defenders, Adams no minutes, TMac struggled and i dont think lever dominated + we will have harder fixtures so im a touch worried there. I dont think kolt and howes hold there spots once CJ and Salo can get a full game in have had my concerns with langdon for a while, his skills arent to the level of some others and hes a great endurance runner but does lack speed and burst, so might struggle to remarkably, keep up with the ball movement of the side

6 steele 5 koz 4 kentfield 3 chin 2 moose 1 langford

disagree after the game yesterday, they recruited ainsworth, hayward and drafter byrne in that HF spot, derksen was one of their best too

AH-Mu is like Yze, nice story but not enough strengths to make the next step, no one has worried about what yze is up to since he kicked 7 once

the surprise was Kolt playing there i definitely dont think he did anything that stood out or even looked like a sign, certainly not with ball in hand, he made maybe 2 good spoils in the air but it was probably the bare minimum of a defender in a game of football hardly anything amazing also I must be watching a different game to everyone else on Howes, i really don't get the DL love affair with him, all his possessions come as a sweeper type deep operator switching the play, he has no defensive accountability and no contested game, he took an uncontested intercept mark or two but i really don't see it with him I agree Spaz was good Friday, issue being once Koz and Riv are back in mix and hes sent back to HF is that we get the same old same old, maybe he can run that culley/brayshaw narrow winger role and he's definitely more suited to being up the ground then say Fritta is despite their constant willingness to try it but i think even a latrelle would be more damaging as a HF up to stoppage than sparrow is I agree he's not up to it, but harsh to say did little, he played maybe 5 minutes maybe 10, not a large sample size out of 90mins

LTI 6 weeks plus used to be the old rules when Cat A rookies werent eligible for games until a senior spot opened up, there used to be instances of a player being in outstanding form but not being able to be called in because there were no senior injuries that met the criteria, or an inform player in the seniors having to be dropped because the LTI player was returning and no one else had been injured yet to effectively replace them on the LTI list. those rules were around 2006-2010 when i was learning footy iirc @dazzledavey36 @M_9 I just dont see why TC couldn't fulfill all the same roles this year (effectively a ruck coach) from teh inactive list, when hes 34 and in a neck brace so that we can get a 12 month head start on a younger developing player or grab a HB type whos ready made (although the Kolt move, and their continued selection of Howes sort of alleviates this concern of mine) we must be seriously pressed for salary cap though (paying Gus, Clarry and Goody in '26) to not have space for another 100k a year rookie to take either May or TCs spots Derksen will play afl footy at carlton almost immediately, its a shame we couldnt find a spot because Adams got so well beaten by Ah-Mu that theres almost no coming back from that plus May and Mcdonald are 34 and ooc this season, we will go from lots of depth to nil depth in the key back ranks between this year and next

tommy campbell should be getting the biggest tap on the shoulder ever

whos these two casey boys, orange boots tall at HB and the athlete HF leading up with the tan

can we start calling that fella shane and then he just takes mcadams spot, they look similar enough

so so good athletic profile was lacking

you know that age old debate about which player would be the best to have 22 of to win a game, ill go with 22 of anyone named pickett

kentfielf has played all three lines now already, definitely no sign of AJ since the second contest

big ah-mu looked strong there, hes the NGA we passed up on last year younger brother is 2027 eligible and supposedly better from reports

melky onley matthews moose mentha on blue kentfield chandler -white second period looks like forward lines have flipped has johnson gone off and not come back on? havent seen him since opening bounce

moose has swapped sides really i think hes been a bit fumbly

moose has swapped sides with kentfieldf at qt

jeffo ahead of melky is the other big selection call i can see so far melksham is playing hes in white

in the 39 no? and latrelle is blue