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Pert was on SEN today and said we had 5k membership spike since beating richmond last week alone. thats pretty handy if ANB was a midfielder he would have been off an afl list before we'd even heard his name. the club acknowledged that tried to adapt him to another role, now we have more exciting options there and he is back in the wilderness. hunt similarly, club recognised his disposal wasnt good enough off HB at a time where we struggled to go i50 effectively and trialled him forward where he had some ok performances but was largely a passenger but new rules and stronger options forward of centre have reverted him back to HB and imo he was lucky it was a two year extension and not only 1

hopefully they flattened out his salary to help load up on clarry and salo

he's 25 and been on a list for what 4/5 years now? doesn't get more mature than that, i think it's time we move on i agree re jones but i'm having a harder and harder time believing any baker hype, last year i was keen to see him in sooner as we seemed to have too many undroppables and similar types each week (mostly melksham and vanders) but i don't think his disposal is afl standard and he doesn't accumulate enough of the footy or use his speed to its full potential, maybe he's more suited to HF where he seems to be able to find the goals but i don't think he's the long term or short term solution for that matter we're gonna trade our future pick every year for ever and ever, the draft has as it seems an infinite life time so every season you can bring a future pick forward so we did the right thing using two first rounders on jacko and kozzy when we did

im yet to hear a reasonable explanation for how this would be beneficial instead of training full time with us? he was very clear that we would carry a spot over and that hore hadn't been moved to the LTI inactives list but given the timing of the injury (x2 now) there is such a slim chance of the player(s) who are both considered outside best 22 making it back before finals and then less chance of actually being picked. the club should be filling at least two spots now and carrying two over. with news the eagles are passing on all 3 of their train-ons due mostly to not having a spot available i would be having a conversation with cedric cox who i believe has done some decent work at HB/wing as well as HF

alex johnson of sydney and dan menzel both did to some extent

the commentators kept screaming about the Egg being a level above in that second game and given richmond have one spot available and currently 4 train-on players as well as having already signed a running HB in mansell surely we ask him the question given we now have 4 spots to fill and we've lost another dashing HB/wingman option?

that was the worst notification i've ever received on twitter, can't imagine how he's feeling

there is no way the club goes into this season with 3 unfilled spots. how is he going to progress more training at casey when he could train daily in an afl club? surely that is the best place to nurture him and if he doesn't show enough then he sees the door come end of 21

they've ruined any chance they had in creating a good footballer out of him by swapping his ends every preseason and then not even playing him where he trained come season proper. poor player management really i think everyone is overstating the match fitness importance of players. they've just done a full preseason and guys like brayshaw are in full training already i expect he and pickett will be in from the start. haven't heard much on where viney is at but if he's training he's playing same with melky form allowing

this competition no longer runs, its back to VAFA/other local level leagues for the non-playing vfl players. or in farmers case he'd probably get a run as an overager in the tac cup competition

definitely too tall, and doesn't solve the pace&pressure problem we have in the forward line. also idk about everyone else but i think sparrow sort of makes these sides on merrit? has he actually done enough to make the team and does he offer enough once he's in? or should we pick someone more flexible/versatile, maybe he needs to play lockdown defence instead of jetta/lockhart as DD36 said below he's hardly a list clogger 21yo 204cm ex-basketballer being paid outside the salary as a cat B... give him a chance still. however i was dissapointed he didn't ruck more often, even in the fwd line he lurked outside the contest not in the ruck and not in the goalsquare melksham/anb/avb have all been busts in this role of recent, i think jones will play a lot of it and harmes too, probably baker is more suited than he is to a wing as well

wiz and maj will get spots and obviously hore misses the season so they'll make him inactive in time for MSD i think the reason deak smith was never on any SSP list during january is because the club wasnt actually ever intersting in adding him to the list this season they just wanted him to train and see what afl training is like before he goes back to TAC level which is U19s this season and hopefully puts in a shift, potentially wasn't even carrying a knock today just not ready for afl level scratch matches so they held him out. petty and bedford ive been keen on for ages and they duly delivered. bowey a massive tick and hunt should be nervous (rivers too after todays display)

i think you've hit alot of nails on the head here, on your hunt point i think his performance today was nothing to write home about and was more of what a bang average performance for a running defender should look like, i still think he's not the answer and he must watch out because bowey looked fantastic. agree re baker that that second wing is still really problematic for us. agree re rivers, chandler and jordon. didn't see as much from sparrow as i anticipated, reckon jordon has passed him in that midfield queue i was only listening to audio as i was working, so would have benefitted from more play-by-play like we got in the first quarter particularly and less interview-style which could have been saved for the breaks, but it was still informative and enjoyable to hear, did mean i didn't get a perfect read on how each player performed petty is so much better than tomlinson, wake up goody! i think tim lamb gave away most of his plans in that third quarter. was very stern on saying we have two spots and hore has not been made inactive and that we will carry one over. he also said that deakyn was only allowed 1 session a week unless he was officially added to the SSP program so i think it was meant to just be work experience for him and he'll play overage TAC cup this season, with farmer and maj to get the spots and hore's place going to the MSD. also did we hear anything re neitschke's knee? i know he went off and was getting it looked at... no news is good news? just a jar? Likes: his coathanger/ear massage on lynch in the first quarter!

surprise: petty at CHB, and farmer debut, jetta reclaims spot (i dont believe it myself even!) whipping: anb, avb, tmac, hunt are in my sights i think a left field whip target could be salem/hibbo by mid season from a lot of DLs

just a bit of humour... i also had him on a wing but i didn't have a defender on the bench INT: Sparrow Brayshaw Jordon Jones these players will rotate through there/hunt or riv might spend time there too. ik we want to settle the position but no ones claimed it yet

ainsworth is settled in that suns side and serong is off the table too i'd imagine i think Tippa is getable out of the dons as they sink down the ladder, lipinski is too good to be playing 2s at the dogs and suits that melksham role (or vandemeer) and jelly could be the big fish we need for the non langdon wing. ik its unrealistic we get all these options but one maybe two improves our side tenfold

what was the point of this

i think this is one of the big flaws in our list structure, we dont expose our draftees early enough and we dont like seeing Jones, Melk, ANB, AVB, MBrown on team sheets but we've got Baker (12 games at 22yo), Sparrow, (7, 21), Bedford (2, 20), Nieta, Jordon, Chandler (1, 20) who are just as unproven and they've had 3+ years on the list. can any of them really be trusted at senior level consistently who knows? but 3 years on the list without any real form at senior level is a big punt that they're going to come good soon- and soon it has to be. imagine if port held rozzee, duursma and butters back or bailey smith at the dogs coz their midfield was too stacked. yet we consistently turn to old reliable and i'm scared we'll be exposed for it this year. maybe our list isn't as consolidated as we all believe it is.

fun police - let us speculate, it fills the time

i see Majak in the 40 Farmer has 48 and if deak gets listed give him the 47

R1 -expected B: Lever May Lockhart HB: Hunt Tomlinson Rivers C; Langdon Viney Salem HF: Fritsch TMac Harmes FF: Pickett Jackson Spargs R: Gawn Oliver Petracca INT: Sparrow Brayshaw Jordon Jones E: MBrown Baker Jetta Rosman R2 changes OUT: TMac, Jordon, Lockhart, Hunt, Baker, Spargo isnt that how it goes?

nieta should get a run at it at some stage and jordon, maybe baker could be a HFF? doesnt get enough of the pill to play the wing or execute his kicks but could find the goals and has speeed

harmes to HF jordon in? plz no nibbler/vanders goody plz

didn't even mention spargs coz he's so locked into that round 1 side. i really want to see harmes play that high HF role, i remember the day of him kicking 4 and taking some hangers

i am unashamedly not an ANB fan, i think he's just billy stretch with a tank. personally i'd be picking laurie or bedford as the 7th and definitely one of them if pickett misses too. or chandler. these guys were recruited to play small pressure forward so lets give them a chance to show it