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Lucky we can still convince a player to sign on😂 Would love to see him against North👌

Escalated quickly. Hopefully we see him suit up against North on Saturday.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1269731 👀

The cut off date for SSP is Friday afternoon (21st)

It’s mystifying to me why Brown hasn’t been injected into the forward line as a pressure small forward considering all our options already on the wing/half forward.

Turns out that hasn’t stopped Melbourne from asking Hendersons management about his situation over the weekend. One to watch.

Both are signed to play with Casey for this season whatever happens. ( of course without discounting either getting picked up in the mid season draft )

George has done some flashy things And I actually like what I’ve seen but in no way has he impressed enough consistently to be handed a contract purely because we lack a small forward. I think we absolutely need one but also don’t think that necessarily means Roy. Based on talent and merit throughout preseason, Culley gets the contract. *if Melbourne choose to use the pick*

I’m sure Judd will get the reminder all 17 other clubs overlooked him until we took the shot at pick 18 in the 2021’ rookie draft. Much like Lawson Humphries at Geelong, Judd was in West Coasts backyard and they overlooked him. Even Nic Martin trained with West Coast and they said no thanks. There was enough conversations between him, his management and the club last year that I would still expect something to be done. There was a 2 year deal on the table as well as a 4 year deal (like JVR’s) to take him to free agency (end of 2029). Melbourne are always open to different options to keep players like him (interstate young guys) comfortable.

A chance for Andy MW or Howes to take Judd’s spot for the time being. Plus Bowey of course who probably would’ve been in anyway. Our small forward stocks are limited and wouldn’t even call McAdam that anyway. Unfortunate but think there is room to cover. As for key position especially with the backs, Tmac will be an extra defender/forward when it comes to Petty/Lever/May also Think we have more options than given credit for.

Still believe it’s a long term thing until he’s back. Club obviously being very conservative with no pressure on coming back to training/playing until fully healthy. Could reassess at the half way point of the year if it’s worth moving him to the inactive list. They’ll give him the chance to come back though, of course.

Can’t see any way he’s not moved to the inactive list given the severity of an Achilles and his already horrible injury history. It’s just whether Melbourne choose to pick someone now or wait till mid season. Melbourne know they’ll only have once chance to pick Culley, if not now, another club will get him early mid season no doubt. In fact, Melbourne can’t actually believe no one has picked him up already considering how well he’s done and how unlucky most thought he was to not get a contract extension at the Eagles or picked up in one of the drafts.

McAdam was a wildcard option. Had worked his tail off to put himself in the position of being fit and impacting. Rotten luck to get injured. But if the list spot opens up and they do pick Culley, from what he’s shown he would absolutely be in the mix to get a crack early. Hasn’t looked out of place competing with our big boys in the guts. His sheer size makes him versatile to impact at either end of the ground also.

Think Henderson went over to train with the Eagles with a fair amount of knowledge he’d get the nod to replace Dom Sheed.

You were counting McAdam as best 22? Judd sure, Kolt maybe player 20-24 in the ‘best’ side. Other than that don’t think there’s much to worry about. Kozzy is obviously a loss with suspension but don’t think it’s a “strife” scenario even with another injury.

No guesses or spin from me pal. Very happy and confident with what I’ve said and know 🙂 There’s a fair bit of contradiction in your statement about our welfare/support team with the basis of your argument being we shouldn’t have played Clarry when we did. If you think it’s so good, do you not think they made the appropriate call whether to play Oliver or not? Not going into a back and forth any further about it. Waste of both of our time.

Not ideal for him but he was signed on a 3 year deal so he does have the protection. Up to the club how they handle that.

Ruptured Achilles for McAdam. McAdam to undergo surgery Rotten luck.

Spin it how you like. The club played Clarry so he wasn’t left out or isolated. Almost the opposite. Not hard to differentiate why Trac and Viney would be left out but Oliver wouldn’t…. but go on.

Trac and Viney are just being protected from themselves. Seasoned pro’s who don’t need to be rushed back for match sim. They’ve played enough footy and done enough training to miss a few full bore sessions.

Langford sub? Lol!

Trac’s being protected and is back in full training next week. Windsor has a foot infection and will be back next week. Judd and Kolt are unfortunate and McAdam was a wildcard but no surprise that he’s injured. Other than that it’s a pretty clean list. Compared to other teams as well, I think we’ve had a great run at it so far… touch wood.

Absolutely. But often when a young player gets a hamstring injury, they may think it’s worse than it is because *usually* it’s one of their first “nicks” or “tears” to the hammy. Same goes for the first time you get other soft tissue injuries for the first time. They’ve never had the feeling of a muscle pull so could think something minor is a lot worse than what it is because it’s a foreign feeling. Hoping this for Judd of course.

The little snippet of Lindsay getting through traffic with the turn and evasion then hitting the target was great to see. What a bonus to get another duo of guns in with Langford/Lindsay.

https://t.co/DmastIlVqE Hope a few feel a bit silly. Poor kid has been through the wringer.