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We will have to agree to disagree DC .

Poor Jordon no matches to even keep his place!!

Agree Titan My point is that no one of the 23 have done anything ( or not done anything) to deserve being dropped. If we have no injuries and no genuine form issues all 23 deserve their chance of "immortality" even being enhanced on the night we unfurl our long awaited and astonishing Flag. The position of the 23 is that it's their spot to lose and a great effort only will be needed to break in yo the team. We all know deep down that their will be changes due to injuries and form snd Covid during the season especially as competition for spots appears the most contested ever for our team. 2022 can't come quick enough!

No it's a triple not 2 by back to back so 4 it is not 6.

Looking at it back to back is only 4 as indicated previously 3 is a three peat not 2back to backs You can't double count.

Angus is so highbrow isn't he at times !!!

No the issue was of six or four back to back snd it was 4 not six IMO.

Understand your point which is a good one but Lethal is a no nonsense person and tells it like it is! Maybe ok in Brisbane but not in Melbourne perhaps. BTW I saw Travis play this games for the skiing and reckon we still got the better out of him. What a player he would be with either Trac or Clarry or both now with our culture.

This just might be his year !! See his training photos looks by far the fittest ever and deserves a change of luck with his body. Time will tell but I am backing him in after 4 years of frustration !!! Such is our culture and competitiveness for spots.

With great respect to both Daniel and Kyle I believe that if their ages were reversed we would have gone for the younger player every time. Only my observation as it would not have worried me if we resigned both. Look at the training photos from yesterday and go back to Mid year 2021and see the difference in Turner. Big and more bulk no puppy fat now with a real footy players body to compete with.Also he has been doing running with Spargo extra workout so is very serious about this opportunity. Kerping the pressure on all the larger defenders is a good game to play and he deserves recognition for this alone.

Went back and had another look at toddy's Training photos. What I should have said was he ( Daniel Turner) looks more muscly and fitter and as indicated by DD lost his puppy fat.But overall he looks a bigger unit ready for some serious footy. Love the story how he has done extra work running etc. with Spargs. That's the great thing about our Club there is always a mate to help you go the extra mile. also Joel Smith looks by far the fittest he has been ever. The test will come when the real body work and match practice to see if his body can survive and give him a belated chance for a career in the defence in 2022. There are no vacancies now but it's amazing how they can in a full season esp. with Covid capers going on! He deserves a change of luck and this Year is his last chance. Another who looks much fitter is Rosman with a full first preseason under his body. May be the key to his form also with this base giving him confidence. Might also be the fact that one Blake Howes will be fighting like hell to challenge for a senior spot if one arises at any stage in our centreline. Wonder how much weights work JVR Howes Taj Juddy AMW are doing at this stage. If much at all. These players are really along with Dunstan starting their career but so much excitement as we look for more gems from the JT factory. Bring on a full Casey season so we can give these future players a decent chance of adjusting to an AFL Club already on its way to potentially its greatest modern period of sustained success.

Hibbo was his fittest since he joined us in 2017 last year and carried no extra weight at all and very good season by the end of year when the cards fell for him and not Hunty. Will still be handy this season to mind Martin snd Johanissen!!

WA would have had more concern for missing their BBL Scorchers games than the Test Match. They are only interested in WA not Australia for their sport and any thing they can divest themselves raft of Ceduna. But boy no boy were they not remarkable towards the AFL in 2021 and our Dees were very lucky to be the receiver of wonderful good Will and support from them in the month we stayed there as we bulldozed one and all to our magnificent 13 th Flag!! Thsnk you again WA.

I wouldn't be playing THOSE FOUR!!! all together as we get too tall and no one stays down. Refer Dogs first goal in the Granny!!! Either Petty or Tommo should be a no 3 tall defender then Hibbo (orJoel Smith if he earns it and we need a taller option) plus the balance including Riv Hunty Salo Bowery to mind mediums and smalls, depending upon the opposition. Greater balance ensures each player can stick to his role more easily. This assumes all players are playing at their best of course!

Actually Rand B realist I was at that game and clearly Cwood's win was largely due to their DELIBERATE and DI RECT low and hard approach into their forward line. Nothing chaotic about it.same game plan that Buckley upset us with in the last round in 2017, and caused us to miss the Finals. Be interesting to see if McRae learns from Buckley when we play them. Bowey should solve our small defender problem as Salem can also do that role if necessary and maybe Hunt. But those wanting May Lever Petty AND Tommo all in defence EACH WEEK have it wrong, occasionally yes if needed. Our balance is best suited with 3 talls plus a selection of Riv Hibbo Salo Hunt and Bowey and I imagine others like Deakyn Smith and Judd McVee will aspire to join the AFL's best defence of the last 50 years.! No holes in this Dyke like defence.!!!

Swap Jordon for med sub and Dunstan for mid duties with Majak and Laurie. Taj Will I hope be played on the ball but he is a versatile option. Love JVR on the forward line!!

Agree SONS

Yes but James Jordon is the other name!!

Wonder if AFL ( CEO) will be making a statement at all ? Surely they have to eat humble pie and recognise this incredible artist and his extraordinary popularity.

We now want to go under the radar!!

Wow Reckon Turner has put in size and weight to his frame pre season which is great news. Also how much has RIV developed in size and bulk in 2 seasons ? A big lad developing before our eyes !! A big tick to our development programs of the last few years ! PS bet Bowser has put on weight and size just can't see it yet!!

Great photo we now expect ALL our recruits to be AFL players such is JT and his teams record recently!!

That's the ONE BIG weakness with Robbie excitement machine and all if he didn't mark it we never had the small forwards to capitalise on the crumbs. !! He never mopped up his own mess in other words also.

Yes and just as LM is in a casual conversation not highlighting or emphasising the major reason for the transfer. I would not have known this unless LM told me!!!

No never DZ This is a potential Mile Long category A list with multiple options for all positions which we must be extremely grateful to JT and his team over the last 5/7 years. CHF has not missed much in his excellent summary but I think the following is also possible with the current and developing footballers.! Tmac can also be used in defence on a given match day period or moved into as more permanent if required due to injury or form issues. Petty can be a KP Forward on the same exchange basis as Tmac as a back. JVR is a great prospect also for KPF or KPB. Blake Howes has been recruited as a winger as has Fraser Rosman but both as CHF indicated can play up forwardalso if need be. ANB I still regard as a forward but by gee his GF best ever game showed how good he can be as an outside mid. He also (as Spargo does ) marked in defence in Q3 when we were under surge from constant Bulldog attacks. Any of our small mediums and new recruits could be versatile as HB or HF or if they develop wheels and tank on ballers. Riv is one and Kossie is another of our established stars. Salo can play on wing and on ball I reckon but why move him when he is elite ! Same with Bowser. Laurie may have unlimited potential also got great versatility I suspect. Also I believe Maxy is a genuine back or forward resting Ruck now who had the Dogs defenders attracted like a moth to a flame from the 3rd quarter halfway snd all our attackers just cashed in as a result. Down back is not much different. Dogga is a star wherever he plays on the field and no one minds him!! Such are our moving parts we have many options to utilise in the next half decade and beyond .