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Any up and coming key defenders?

As a result of Jaguar leaving I can confirm the next car I buy will NOT be a Jaguar. Purely out of respect to MFC and not due to my sad looking bank account aha

Re: Curtain North Melbourne offered up two picks in the teens, Essendon was willing to part with its future first-rounder or picks 9 and 31, Hawthorn was willing to trade its future first and West Coast had its coveted 2024 first dangling. But Adelaide's offer of picks 10, 14 and a future second-rounder trumped the lot. Tex is turning 34 in 2024 - so assume they'll be knocking on the door again.

at least it doesn't seem like we need to tune into Night 2.

Some of the Phantom Drafts have Jed Walter at 3, others at 4. Any reason they think North won't bid at #2 ? GC surely want the kid so it'll be matched. I know doesn't really impact us, but still a bit confused.

Fox Sports - Order of Fixture Difficulty (Easiest to Hardest) 1. Gold Coast Suns 2. North Melbourne 3. West Coast Eagles 4. St Kilda 5. Geelong 6. Richmond 7. Fremantle 8. Essendon 9. Melbourne 10. Western Bulldogs 11. Carlton 12. GWS Giants 13. Adelaide Crows 14. Hawthorn 15. Collingwood 16. Sydney Swans 17. Port Adelaide 18. Brisbane Lions AFL Order of Fixture Difficulty 1. North Melbourne 2. West Coast 3. Gold Coast 4. Geelong 5. St Kilda & Dogs 7. Richmond 8. Essendon & Fremantle (Equal) 10. Adelaide / Hawthorn (Equal) 12. GWS / Port Adelaide (Equal) 14. Carlton 15. Melbourne & Sydney (Equal) 17. Collingwood 18. Brisbane

Gold Coast in August might be a nice little weekender

At least Jackson avoids the Boo Boys again

In that Parallel Universe we play one less game during the regular season and Melksham doesn't do his ACL

you'll need to recharge at the pub

Weather today, a maximum of 31, even mother nature is showing respect.

yep, I was debited GFG and Kayo late October.

Yeh we stuffed up a bit.... but that Brisbane win was one of the greatest wins ive seen in person.

As a fan of symmetry, would much rather 2 blocks of 2 for the front 4 logo/badges

Interesting, not sure Collard is a route we should be going down given our needs/future needs.

Assume the recently departed players still get paid, a nice little exit bonus for them.

Sort of relevant, if you read the comments the internet are now crying that old mate Dwayne listing Viney at 7

The October Rankings from Twomey https://www.afl.com.au/news/1054452/cal-twomeys-phantom-form-guide-top-draft-prospects-october-ranking 1. Harley Reid (Mid/Fwd) - Vic 2. Jed Walter * (Key Fwd - Vic) 3. Zane Duursma (Mid/Fwd - Vic) 4. Colby McKercher (Mid - Tas) 5. Nick Watson - (Small Fwd Vic) 6. Daniel Curtain - (Key Def/Fwd WA) 7. Ryley Sanders (Mid - Tas) 8. Nate Caddy - (Key Fwd/Mid - Vic) 9. Ethan Read * (Ruck - GC) 10. Connor O'Sullivan (Key Def/Fwd - Vic) 11. Caleb Windsor (Mid - Vic) 12. James Leake (Def- Tas) 13. Jordan Croft ** (Key Fwd - Vic) 14. Jake Rogers * - (Mid - GC) 15. Darcy Wilson - (Mid/Fwd - Vic) 16. Koltyn Tholstrup (Fwd/Mid - WA) 17. Lance Collard (Fwd - WA) 18. Riley Hardeman (Mid - WA) 19. Will McCabe ** (Key def/fwd SA) 20. Ollie Murphy (Key defender Vic) 21. Harry DeMattia (Mid/Fwd Vic) 22. Archie Roberts (Defender from Vic) 23. Tew Jiath (Defender from Vic) 24. Charlie Edwards (Mid from Vic) 25. Will Green (Ruck from Vic) 26. Mitch Edwards (Ruck from WA) 27. Archer Reid (Key forward from Vic) 28. George Stevens (midfielder from Vic) 29. Phoenix Gothard (small forward from Vic) 30. Taylor Goad (Ruck from SA) if we dont trade up, imagine O'Sullivan will be gone by our 2nd pick - Will they jump to Ollie Murphy for a big defender?

These posts are always interesting looking back, Last year FoxSports had the following for example Melbourne (A-) IN: Grundy, Schache and Hunter OUT: Hunt Jackson Bedford Weideman Geelong (A+) IN: Bowes, Tahun and Ollie Henry. OUT: Cooper Stephens Collingwood (B) IN: Mitchell, McStay, Hill, Frampton OUT: Grundy, Ollie Henry

Well if the technique can't be changed and he remains a little inconsistent then hopefully a fit and firing forward line with the addition of McAdam will reduce the necessity of rotating Petracca there, although he was there "resting" at times etc

The funniest thing about Gawn being inconsistent is the fact he managed that clutch goal in round 23 in 2021 and then followed that up by booting 5.0 in the Preliminary final a few weeks later. Think he used all his goalkicking luck up in that short period.

The article is more about getting JvR and Petty (two relatively inexperienced key forwards) firing early and cohesively more so than our real issues. A lot of our woes in 2023 were caused by the injury crisis, inaccuracy and decision making. Whether we like it or not the game plan is the game plan and I still believe if we have the cattle on the pitch we'd have had a much better end of the season. Hopefully McQualter can address some concerns though re: delivery with some fresh ideas though. These 3 will be the main threats in 2024. JvR - 20 years old kicked 28.9, he will build on this. Fritta kicked 35.25 missing a huge chunk of the season, two seasons prior he kicked 55.22 and 59.24 so he was a little off this year. Petty kicked 12.1 in a injury ravaged season, if his foot is good, he will be good. They should all kick a bag in 2024. The Depth options weren't that wasteful, they'll chip in this year, as will McAdam Melk Booted 20.11 Joel Smith 11.4 in limited game time BBB 11.4 in limited game time We had a decent return from the small forwards, but this is where it gets a bit more inefficient Pickett was 37.30 which was a bit wasteful but he's still kicked 120 in the last 3 season Chandler kicked 24.13 ANB 19.11 Whoever is forward coach, needs to get Petracca sorted as he has kicked 28.34 and 19.31 in his last 2 seasons. He can definitely win a game off his own boot but needs to be more clinical.

My fav thing about Kane is how much energy he put into the Petty discourse this week, to then say he is the 2nd most overhyped player of the trade period etc. Just calma Kane lol

My friend is on a fitness kick at the moment and he's sent me a few messages saying "Ben Brown is in the gym again". Can't comment on the extent of his exercises but BBB seemingly doing the work and will be up and about in 2023. Even if we get ~15 games out of him next year that is a win compared to the 2023 season

Schache as the sub gave more options and tactical flexibility than Grundy as the sub. The more flexible option the better choice than the specialist role IMO. Would love the AFL increase the Sub options to 2 on the bench and you can only make the 1 change.