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I’m no draft expert but surely Langdon’s wing is also up for grabs with a less defensive gameplan. I’d like Langford rotating through a wing with XL a little longer to allow his underage marking develop into his AFL game. Two tall, marking wings with Nairn and Langford would be perfect. Both very comfortable kicking goals from there too

Pretty significant upgrade on Spargo though - kicks multiple goals, gets a lot of the footy, has great running capacity and is 6’2” vs 5’8” making him an aerial threat too. Chalk and cheese, one might say.

Lot of Jack Watts about him imo. Obviously very, very good but not ever going to lock down a permanent position.

@heath55 & @kurtneverdied i urge you to read @goodwindees post earlier in the thread. There is a lot more to recruiting than how good a player has been over their junior career

The defensive minded mid is a very important piece of the puzzle, particularly for developing sides. You could comfortably argue Josh Dunkley has done as much or possibly more for Brisbane than any of their other stars. Viney is our current version and Jack Steele is more rounded than Viney has ever been. It’s a very astute pickup for a club in transition and with an eye to a more risky game plan

Not even a single house burnt down yet, should we panic?

There’s some people who understand recruiting and others who don’t. This thread has both It’s not about the specific number, it’s about what you have to give.

I don’t spend any time around the players so my perspective is very outside. All the potential options need to do a power of work to become more regular contributors on field before they can assume captaincy. All of Lever, Rivers, Chandler, Disco etc have been very up and down so far and it’s not a good look to have captains who are not in the team. I am hopeful King frees them up a little and Disco becomes the one. He seems to be able to find a gear when we need it and he plays the right way.

Wonder if this is for stability for wonky knees? A mate of mine is a professional cyclist and has been for many, many years. TDF stage winning level. He had some hilarious advice for me many years ago which I love to repeat. When it comes to protecting your body, If you are running on concrete, find bitumen as it’s softer. If you are running on bitumen, find gravel. If you are running on gravel, find grass. Likewise for recovery (which they take very seriously). If you are standing up, you should sit down. If you are sitting down, you should lie down.

I think I read that Robey grew 20cm in a very short time, that helps

@WERRIDEE just starting threads to post more best 23’s

If we can convince the AFL to abandon water carriers, we will be elite at this part of the game.

Dimma Hardwick is going down the same path

Ideally, we want everyone getting 20, rather than one 40 and a heap of 10-12’s. If King lets the boys play a bit more freely, everyone will be more involved (negatively and positively)

I’m with you here. Why doesn’t Tim Lamb give Craig Cameron some whiplash with an offer they can’t refuse? Humphrey is young enough and good enough to offer 10+ years of A-Grade footy. He plays exactly the role we have been screaming out for and he’s had plenty of development already. I’d even throw in another pick on top just because he can kick drop punts, unlike the bloke he would replace.

The dynamics at GC this year will be very interesting. Is there room for Humphrey and Trac in the same side? Will the mercenaries help or hinder what GC have been building? Jamarra has the potential to blow the place up. Most importantly, have we done enough to be attractive to Humphrey next year or will Hawks, Collingwood etc trump us?

This is the stuff we want to hear. Tomorrow will be an entertaining ride

If there is any chance of this happening, you can bet it will be held until 5 mins before cutoff for maximum theatre.

Movement at the station, either way, which is great news!

It’s looking like the game Petracca played was indeed the winning one, even if it took a little longer than he hoped. I said this during the season, he wanted change at the club and it could not have come more emphatically than it has. Now, after nuking the place, he still leaves. Says a fair bit about the character of the guy and his advisers.

I started out pretty heavily invested in Bailey but my head has definitely been turned by the GIF’s

I agree, get Lamby and the team to have a BBQ of their own and cook up some deals today to shift all our picks out. Or let him just say, our head hasn’t been turned at this stage, there’s still time but it needs to be a significant improvement on what’s been suggested so far

I’m in the ‘good riddance’ camp but it’s definitely not a great deal for two best 23 players, one being as decorated as he is.

NAS, Windhager and Wilkie all with big contract bumps, which would likely be the entire Aleer allocation. They have paid enormous money to make sideways moves, I’m sure are going to crash spectacularly

I’d pivot for Jed Walter