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i know theres always the argument especially recently about picking off other teans trash and it failing but sam butler should be on our whiteboard

On will verrall, i see little point persevering with him given s he can't usurp campbell. My case is this, looking around the comp at developing rucks the ones that stand out to me are Lachie Smith (WBD) and Nick Madden (GWS) who are good case studies compared to Verrall. Smith 19yo 203cm - VFL avgs: 14.5 touches, 2.2 marks, 4.4 tackles, 34.2 hitouts Madden 21yo 204cm - VFL avgs: 19.4 touches 3.8 marks, 3.7 tackles, 31.4 hitouts Verrall - 21yo 199cm - VFL avgs: 12.9 touches, 1.4 marks, 2.5 tackles, 16.6 hitouts we need to cut our losses and go again here, I'm not sure this years rucks are highly ranked but verrall is undersized and not impacting either in contest or around the ground which is concerning i think it is really obvious after even 12 months if you have found a ruckman who has an afl level ceiling or not and maybe we hedged our bets that he could be a FF but he isn't hitting the scoreboard either.

he just isn't a midfielder at the next level but seems unwilling to try something different to make the jump, its either that high HF sparrow/sharp role that we're crying out for (hello pre agent zac bailey please) or lockdown defender (seems zippy enough and is definitely tough enough think liam stocker and how his career has changed)

Paul Amy tweeted about him today as well, probably a train on or rookie option at the moment but looks to be one of those late bloomer types, what type of player is he? you say tall forward but then he's having 40?

really hope north don't pull there offer to charlie, this is the kind of move we need to make to progress.

adding a new name to the watchlist, was raised on sen today as a trade target for victorian clubs but actually has been on my mind a while (i know people who know) jordan butts is down the order at adelaide, good shep boy his mates are down here in melbourne, if he got 3 years security here i rkn he'd take it. assume north would have a look, maybe dogs/blues/dons/pies if we hadnt have been so set on may and mcdonald we mightve been able to have a look too. wont set the world on fire but billy frampton is a premiership player and he isnt 33 years old

staying -everyone going -brown, woey, fullarton, henderson, billings terrible waste of words that article.

HUN officially name dropped us amongst 5 clubs into mal rosas

if i was the eagles i'd be nervous drafting young willem, yasmin and xavier have both had trades back to Victoria early on in their careers, theyre a tight family, whilst he may be the best on the open market they surely dont want another harley reid story arc where it is just the whole narrative for 3+ years and wouldn't it be a disaster if they both then left in '28. I think they have to consider what a trade of pick 2 for 5 and 8 or 4 and a f1 looks like

thsts my concern too, look at how verrall is developing at a similar age which is pretty slowly, you'd just lvoe for them both to be 202-203cm at least

ahh yep woulda been the better thread to post in, surely ends up on an afl list, raw footy smarts and ability can only be enhanced within a professional environment, wonder what the knock on him last year was that let him slide through undrafted?

I'd be right into this guy, 18yo and dominating the forward line at brisbane, given melky's age he could develop really nicely behind fritsch and himself for 12 months. proven vfl player who seemingly would thrive in the afl environment

we need to stop recruiting in the 15-30 bracket f=of our list, you arent playing him ahead of bowey, mcvee, salem or rivers so whats the point? take a kid with upside not another 27yo average afl goer

Have had two go's at this so roughly a month apart and since the end of the season has arrived i feel its fair to give it one final attempt Retire: Hore, Billings, McDonald, Campbell Delist: Woewodin, Henderson, Brown, Fullarton, Verrall Trade: Petracca, May UFA: Spargo If we can pay out Laurie or McAdam then thats a bonus, dont think it saves anyone per se but they are list cloggers. McDonald or Fullarton could stay, and honestly I'd lean Fullarton now, but McDonald one game shy of 250 probably keeps his spot. May showed hes about to fall off a cliff, his assets are starting to fail him with age. We cannot enter 2026 with May and McDonald as our key defenders. Fullarton has shown in 3 weeks that maybe he can be a solution. I think one domino falls, for me it would be salem or oliver but i think trac to the hawks is a possibility.

it actually benefits the club as x% of their wage is paid outside the cap i believe, which is why some teams will leave spots open after the ND and then sign SPP players etc to overload their rookie list more so than their senior with a 36-6 split compared to a 38-4 on the issue of demoting veterans etc to the rookie list i would change it so that you can only slide players down (no DFA attached) as they come off their draft contract and theyve played less than 10 games. so they really are rookies, later ND selections who are taking longer drafted in the later rounds, dead set rookies that need an extra year or so to develop. none of this gunston marc murphy nonsense and also not your mcadam/laurie types being pushed down to hide contract years teh club would ideally like to get out of

may lmao 6 gawn 5 turner 4 fritsch 3 oliver 2 langford 1 petracca

no one better mention zaine cordy next i swear to god

no, lock this thread look at where our list is at, we're not in the 32yo injury prone wont get a game ahead of xyz camp at the moment, especially when 3 of the 4 you've listed as not getting ahead of have been linked to exits themselves as theyre performing below expectation

no, lock this thread

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screams of 2 years back at the weagles in his home state offering "leadership" with his tiges mates made of glass is hardly fair, he did an acl and has had some pain and setbacks related to getting strength and speed back in his legs as a result which seems entirely fair and after another preseason he will be right to go and will tear the joint apart again if we wanna look at the lions take pre-agent zac bailey, we need that hard working half forward who also kicks goals and can work up the ground, hes your guy, get him and mcreery and its a different discussion i50

given the vfl finals its either out tmac/howes in kentfield push petty back or out howes in fullarton for mine i know they arent super tall the pies but u have to change something and howes clearly isnt an afl standard defender

i was going to say the exact opposite, from all reports he's super loyal, seeing his housemate commit and choosing to stick fat surely only encourages him to do the same not push harder for the exit? coming up is generous, hes 25... cant wait for spargo and sparrow to start coming up too

can we keep this thread as an absolute bible and only update it on official MFC reports and not heresay and speculation? has been no word from MFC regarding a contract extension, the commentators hearing a rumour could just be coz they read demonland pre game to find out some words to sprout

soargo wont play so he can play the vfl finals, itll be basically unchanged, let casey have a proper crack at a flag, theyre red hot melky farewell?? hes been our best forward he's absolutely worth another 12 months if you want to make a change for sharp its either billings as a farewell afl game or lindsay if they havent shut him down for the year