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14 hours ago, Wells 11 said:

Kudos to Trac and the boys who joined him. Wonder who was there? shache, Salo, spargs… any others? 

JvR, Riv and Disco it seems

ESPN had us as C-, the same as Richmond.

2 Picks first round picks vs 2 picks in the 40s? 

On 19/11/2023 at 19:00, spirit of norm smith said:

26 in the academy. 5 of them are under team academy. Then 3 father sons.  That leaves 18/26 as “available”.  Harvey Langford was very good this year for Stingrays.   Strong taller mid with good left foot disposal.  Not overawed in the contest even as an underager this year.  

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 

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

I would love to know the background to WC attempts to get the Curtin pick from GWS.

Also I wonder if getting Curtin may temper Crows efforts to get Petty.

They now have Thilthorpe, Fogarty, Tex and Himmelberg with a few talls up back as well.

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.

53 minutes ago, Jibroni said:

2 nights of this, only in the AFL.

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

1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

In a parallel universe that didn’t have Gather Round this year, we finish second and play Brisbane in a week 1 MCG final.

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

1 minute ago, layzie said:

My phone battery is churning up fast due to maximum screen brightness here on this better of a day.

you'll need to recharge at the pub

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

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

i can't find digital (kayo) membership details on mfc membership pages

is it even available for 2024?

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

7 minutes ago, Jeremy said:

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

On 29/10/2023 at 10:54, Salems Lot said:

250k divided equally between 44 AFLM players = $5,681.00 ea

250k divided equally between 31 AFLW players = $8,064.00 ea

500k to the club but effects the soft-cap.

A good breakdown I reckon

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

2 minutes ago, Jjrogan said:

Ya. It's incredibly rare that player improve their kicking to a significant degree even if they want to. The muscle memory is too far engrained once they enter the AFL. Like a golfer who has to de construct his whole swing. 

I can't think of many players that went from horrible kicks to great ones just through training and practice. I can think of countless that remained awful, despite training their butts off I'm sure.  Jobe Watson became a very good kick over one off season but he was never that bad.   

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 

23 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Max has had 12 years in the AFL and won't suddenly, dramatically improve his kicking.

 

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