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in relation to signing majak, i think its smart business given circumstances, its 12 months and honestly i can see him playing early when tmac lets us down and we need to protect LJ and get some continuity in our system with the 3 talls down forward. at the very least it keeps maxi honest and gives him a proper built big body to crash into at training coz yes we have some developers in LJ and Bradtke and pinch hitters in TMac and MBrown a genuine brute to challenge him physically will be good for him leading into the season. i say it every time but there is no reason not to fill out your list when these SPP players are cat A rookies with contracts paid entirely outside the salary cap. i think Majak and Wiz Jnr will get spots and we will carry one over to the MSD

Deakyn Smith - the NGA small forward we are never going to play finals if we think offering massive contracts to key defenders just to swing them forward and hope for the best is a smart way to go about it. how about we play forwards in the forward line, backs at the back and mids in the middle for once time to give dom tyson a call? tbf pedo was very stiff to get the chop, performed incredibly well and offered us insurances, those 20 possession games had me frothing

never heard of Weidman is he any good? what type of player is he? Any relation to the Weideman's?

i mean is frawley not a key defender, and you've seen how AA teams are picked teams of the centuries are picked similarly, just get the good players in and stick to a traditional ish side, no need for second talls and 4th rucks they don't actually have to play anyone

vince over moloney? and hard to include may after 2 years? bruce or johnstone instead

the role that springs to mind is similar to the role jamie bennell holds at WC in a relations/player welfare role focussing on strengthening ties with aboriginal communities and players. i know we have whelan at the helm at the moment and tough calls will have to be made with covid budgets but here's hoping we can fit them both in + im sure jonesy wants to stick around too

i mean if you saw what north did last year i think it was an 8 man group, they sold false hope to the VC and traded him, delisted two members - one of which had only been there 2 seasons - why was it so big and did everone who was in there deserve to be in there, i guess the answer was no. and Zerrett i rkn is still feeling let down after the 2020 season cut and probably disembarks a sinking ship at end of 21? does make u wonder what the hell gussy was on about in the poddy tho about langdon? anyones guess now really...

players regularly will sub out at HT/3QT in praccy matches, i'd imagine Brown would probably come out at some point maybe same as jackson to not over work them early on. Similarly hibbo and jones would feature sporadically allowing nietschke/bowey/laurie the likes a feel for it for a quarter here or there can also see viney/gawn sitting out say a final quarter to allow jacko to ruck and sparrow/jordon to feature inside

Kelly offers so much more as an outside player than Merrett imo

we have 3 spots on the list and all are unrelated to KK, we left two open for train on players and i think the club was eager to carry one over to the MSD due to the Covid affected victorian footy a lot of kids will have slipped through and now Hore's ACL has opened up a third spot potentially giving us the chance to sign Farmer and Deakyn Smith and still have that mid year pick

any idea which line nietschke is training with? hearing wing option? or HB?

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brayshaw has said on poddy he's on track and hibbo surely is considering idek what he's missing with (possibly just load management?)

we now have three spots available with Deakyn Smith and Farmer training on and the newly opened up Hore spot, chances r we save at least one for a KyleDunkley-esque who's the best 19yo we missed in the draft pool for the Mid season draft

SSP is different, yes freo can offer him a deal and he could sign it but they likely would have invited him to train if they had any firm interest

maybe when we get to round 6 and tmac hasnt broken into the side yet they'll swing him back there?

where was melky playing? seeing reports on where everyone else has moved to and currently dont see where he's fitting in. also anyone got a clue if he was blue or white?

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brayshaw said on poddy that he should be good to go for AAMI series/round 1 no issues also hibbo? surelyyyy gets in ahead of Smith imo

Marty Hore ACL confirmed ???? can't get any luck this man, hopefully they give him a gig at seasons end and give him a chance to get himself right coz i really like what he offers https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/852887/hore-suffers-acl-injury my thought process and its an unpopular one which i dont think i like but the club might consider, Cal Moore is probably the front runner for Carltons 1 SSP spot due to Curnow's injuries right, so does OMac get a last resort chance as a relatively like-for-like mature defensive option who knows the club in the knowledge that he's purely a depth player and is unlikely to be called upon? Other recently delisted similar options could be: Sam Skinner -swingman (delisted by BL training at NM) Hugh Goddard/Harry Macreadie (blues) Majak? Jono Marsh (StK) Lewis Jetta Suckling

this was confirmed in the afl.com.au report hopefully lookalike is the only thing they have in common and maybe speed? not ideal for baker as a 4th year player with basically a straight shot at the wing possie in the snr's to be in the 'B' side. i hope it doesn't take him 15 weeks to crack a game this year but i get the feeling he's gonna be a close but not quite type with Hunt's move to HB to free up Salo/Riv to move up the ground combined with the jacko/tmac wing possibility too

geez apologies i just remember seeing it in the background of a flick i scrolled past on some socials didn't exactly stop for a forensic analysis

gawny regularly stands up late in games and takes huge "come with me if you want to win" marks and is regularly seen working his [censored] off to get deep in defence and play a role for the team and work hard to cover the ground lay tackles etc. + he is relatable and personable and obviously gets along and is approachable to all the squad. also time and time again we have seen him look stern and confront the group before gathering with the coach when we're playing [censored]. and realistically thats all traits of good leadership and captain material imo

only one more year at best SONS! if the goody rumour mill is to be believed

if you exclude may who is obviously a strong leader and got past his injuries to play some seriously good footy in 20 then you need to have a next in behind him and from my POV i can't see who that is. lever's form whilst it improved was still patchy and not near what we gave up for him.