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As a net result, Jordon out for McAdam seems a positive one for us. Liked JJ - good depth and good bloke but we were waiting for (prolonged) breakout performances, never quite got there. Guess it's hard when you're down the pecking order a bit. As usual, wish him well apart from games against us.

last time he didn't go he polled pretty well though!

I love sporting trading/transfer whispers, thinking about how teams could play and the flow on effects etc. Happy for any whisper to be shared, won't begrudge if they turn out false. There's incorrect news but also also news which is correct at the time but things change or things that would happen if not for X occuring.

2021 - Games Played 13 (11-1-1) - 25.13 2022 - Games Played 19 (12-0-7) - 30.19 2023 - Games Played 7 (5-2) 11.4 If his knee is right, what do you consider a pass mark for games played in 2024.

Re: BBB His wife did say on social media that his knee is ''looking better and ready to get moving' , granted neither she or us are medically trained. Guess its one for the coaching staff, medical staff and BBB to sit down and have a chat.

All the best ooze. bout time he got the opportunity. joined us when there was a lot of pressure on goody, maybe he had one eye on the job! Thanks for your work for that 2021 flag!

He had a bit of a up and down year, but its also his first year of consistent senior football. So perhaps a dip understandable. In 2019 he played in the last game of the season and was a tackling beast that game. In 2020 he was consigned to the VFL/COVID In 2021 he was sub for 5 games making it onto the ground once. In 2022 he was sub 4 times making it onto the ground 3 times. So quite a jump playing 23 games this season, plenty to build on. 3rd at the club for goal assists, 5th at the club for goals, 9th for tackles etc. Fully agree he dipped a little at times but also hard to judge the forwards when the forward line rotated as much as it did (due to injuries or what not), a lack of cohesion didn't help. I like both Spargo and Chandler, yes they have things to work on don't really want to fob either of them off But as stated above, who knows what the greater plan is for drafts/trading etc.

Was playing well v Hawks and North in games he was injured in. Provided his foot heals well/promptly, expect him to do a good job next year.

Our Key forwards were generally pretty accurate this year, just a shame everyone took it turns being injured (or suspended in JVRs case) Still plenty to build on from this - Smith 11.4, BBB 11.4, JvR 28.9, Petty 12.1

Back to Back VFL team of the year and won a flag with Casey. Unlucky a little bit with selection and sad to go out with an injury.

Luke ended up making the side as did ex-Dees OMac and Marty Hore.

Tom Lynch is turning 31 in October. basically same age as Tmac and BBB - but yes body in a better condition. Wonder how many years he'd have left.

I can sort of see the rationale in picking Schache. We went a bit smaller against Carlton so the height as the sub made sense. You'd have to assume internally they rate Josh as the better forward. Is he more mobile? They've seemingly drawn a line through either Max and/or Grundy as a forward for anything more than a slight rest. To me the confusing part was not activating the sub when there were candidates and opportunity for the change. Know it's not really the thread for it, but the sub in the first final was ineffective and the sub in the second final wasn't used. Seems we haven't mastered this fully.

Miers also also kicking it to more consistent forwards. Wonder what Spargo stats would have been like if we had a well oiled forward line.

Is 'worst kick' based on accuracy to teammate and not clangers etc? At the same time the game plan of lumping it into the f50 won't do much to improve their ratings.

Reminds me of a chat I was having with a friend on the weekend, with the way the competition is at present, will we see dynasties of teams winning multiple flags or will it be a bit more of an 'even spread' going forward?

Correct call, Some curious selection issues this year but still played 9 and allows us to be flexible with Petty/Smith. also gives Turner/Adams time to keep honing their craft

Agreed 'Gun forwards hard to draft' , in terms of out of contract on the horizon at this stage Logan McDonald, Ben King, Naughton, Ugle-Hagan are out of contract end of 2024. Not saying any of them will go to Melbourne, but no doubt Geelong will pick one of them up for a bag of dirt and a pair of socks after one last year of Tom Hawkins. But Re: Point 1 - with some luck with fitness and maybe addition of McAdam I think our forward line will be fine for 2024. Especially if they find a suitable forward/ruck option. But sort of in line with @The heart beats true with some concerns re: Petty - Lisfranc recovery timelines not always great. Wonder what the timeframe will be for H

Thread had me reviewing all our losses, our biggest loss was against Essendon. Need to absolutely pulverize them next year

It happened it front of me and the Carlton players signaled touch to the umpire immediately on the night and seemed relatively confident they touched it. So my celebration was short-lived. Just life is cruel giving us two incredibly close calls against Carlton with huge ramifications - 2nd spot and place in a prelim.

Similar thread to last year, try keep the doom and gloom to the sad threads! 2023 didn't play out how we would have liked but there have been some positives to build on for 2024 - to list a few. Rivers had a tremendous year after a bit of an inconsistent 2022. What the future holds for him positionally will be an interesting one. Some people were critical of the Petty forward experiment and questioned whether it would work. Despite his wretched run of injuries, i think we can all agree the experiment works! Unfortunate to go off injured in games against the Hawks/North when performing well but that 6.0 performance against Richmond was a clinic. Hopefully he can get his foot right for 2024. Speaking of forwards, we finally saw van Rooyen and whilst still a little hot and cold a good development year for him. Plenty to learn and build on, hopefully another AFL pre-season in him has him firing in 2024. Finally speaking of Pre-Seasons, the work McVee must have put in last pre-season. He took a lot of us by surprise, there were calls for him to be rested, but he kept his spot in the team and didn't miss a game. Got that rising star nomination for a period of good work. Hoping for an even bigger and brighter 2024. Petracca a solid chance at the Brownlow. That win against Brisbane was one of the most enjoyable Melbourne wins I've seen in person. And if we look broader picture, signed some key contract extensions (May, Pickett, Lever) and got hit that 70,000 membership mark.

Went for a 3 hour walk this morning to try relax after last night. We've been unlucky this year with injuries, especially weighted towards the forward line. I know Clarry was injured but we covered that pretty well i reckon. But despite our injuries, we've consistently been our own worst enemy with accuracy - and that's the frustrating part with a lot of our losses this year. 2023 was a golden opportunity, it feels more thrown away than 2022.

May was elite last night, a real privilege and joy having him in our team. Hopefully all the young defenders are taking notes from him. And Hopefully Mayzie has a nice rest and incident free off-season! aha

Onya @layzie. Legends behind and on this site. I only really have one pal who goes for Melbourne so enjoy reading/interacting on here.

23 minutes before I Log of, these people with their head start!