ChaserJ

9 hours later and I’m still laughing about this.

Been mentioned in the media that he’s carrying an injury.

Around 5 I reckon. Both Taylors, Robey, Greeves & Dovaston.

Yep, it's all over now, Old Peninsula have won their 1st VAFA premiership.

LET'S GO NUGGET! Hopefully Jonesy can snag himself a premiership today.

So Sam Edmund was on to something?

Wonder who's in the mix? Sullivan Robey is bolting and probably hitting that top 10 range now after a couple of big performances in CTL finals.

Jake lives down the road from me. Seriously talented. He’s in the ‘27 draft crop, good chance to be Tassie bound.

Pickett has a bit Curnow about how he plays, has looked very good as a bottom ager. A long way out, but Jake Miller projecting well enough to be Tassie bound unforts.

What's your take on Fred Rodriguez @Pennant St Dee ? Jumped up last year, came in with a higher profile, but seems to have slid a bit as the year's gone on.

Yep OOC. Historically we've managed to deal with GWS fairly amicably, I think they put the foot down with Derkson because they got picked off in the free agency market and their depth took a hit.

Apparently a Victorian club is into Chesser as midfield depth, hope it’s us. Apparently was in the mix for us in his draft year (along with Wilmot & Brown).

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Kozzy’s cousin looks to have gone ok in his SANFL debut:

Judd's not eligible for free agency yet. If his contract expires he can nominate for one of the drafts.

If Naughts were in a Dees jumper, maybe his kicking for goal wouldn't have improved at the same rate, but good on him for fixing that part of his game. Also, Dee's ball movement has gone from bottom 4 to top 4 in last 5 weeks. We were in the process of evolving, the game against the Bulldogs was an extension of that progress, not a drastic change from what Goody and the team had embarked on:

That's very close to what Clarky put forward on First Crack. I'm guessing he didn't just come up with the concept out of the blue, so this seems like one of the parties involved has started to game this scenario out. It does seem very plausible, although on an emotional level not sure I'm ready for this possibility. Trac's been one of our very best of all time and was a Norm Smith medalist in the only premiership in my lifetime. He's not what he was two years ago, and I'd happily see him play out his days as a Demon, but there's an uncomfortable feeling in my gut that thinks this might be the right move for all parties. Can't see Hawks releasing Calsher Dear in any trade, they'd probably offer up Mabior and Lewis is probably the one that would/could move back. I'd want at least a first rounder to come back as well, especially if we are taking on some of the dollars.

They’re the one club that I figured might have a look, with the Viney connection and a need for experience in defence.

From recollection were into Amon but Hawks and Saints were able to go higher with salary offers.

As it is our 2nd round pick would currently be 24, which looks alright, but will probably blow out to early 30's on draft night.

No surprise there, but not disappointed either. He's a project player, happy for him to fly well under the radar.

Or at least doesn't want to drop (and remain) in the lower reaches of the competition. We clearly aren't amongst the top tier of clubs in the comp this year, but I also don't think we should be a bottom 5 team either. I don't think it's completely unrealistic to think that a competent key forward might have helped deliver 2-3 more wins this season, which would have us knocking on the door of the 8. If we're going to the market and trying to get players into our club (and many criticisms of our list have focused on the quality of players brought in from elsewhere) what are we selling if it's not some form of contention? What are we selling Kozzy as he heads into his peak years? Geelong & Collingwood clearly don't believe in bottoming out, and I suspect that's the model our FD will be looking to emulate (notwithstanding the number of youngsters we've already integrated into the first team).