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Unfortunately he only played 1 more game that season after this article and it was the final round

And now Salem

Bowie, Salem and BB for me please

Absolute joke, the VFA was not the best comp in the country. How can you attach premierships saying that? maybe we should start saying the AFL premiers are "World Champs" now too

This is great knows, I believe out side is much better with BB at FF with a fit team. His record speaks for its self, they have obviously managed him very well and hopefully do so throughout the year too, we done need 22 games from him, maybe 12-15 plus finals!

At 200+ CM with apparently bad knees. Could be in the bath tub and id be happy with it!

BB moving like this as a great sign, working him into the season perfectly. I would hate to be picking the fwd line rd 1!!

Kayo are owned by Foxtel, they don't need to worry about that stuff. Already make a squillion.

I dare say so, and possibly on a restricted running program. He was an endurance beast at Coll so I'd say its all precautionary.

Exactly, recon all players in the AFL would have a "History" of coming back not quite in shape over their careers.

Also photos of Gus from the past 2 trainings. Mountain out of a mole hill. Never been gifted with the rig, and is pretty open about that on podcasts and that stupid interview he did in his towel one game. Will be in the 4 man midfield rotation and have his best year since 2018

JVR is good on the ground for a big man, not good on the ground for a small. Brisbane tried the 3 key fwds last yr and it didn't work until one went down. They are not going to play Gawn or Grundy on the Pine, that's very obvious. So we can't play 4 talls in the fwd line and Fritsch

So does T-Mac an BBB, glad I'm not on the selection panel rd 1

Agree we need fresh legs but no way you can take BB, T-Mac, Gawn, Grundy and JVR into a game. So unfortunately one misses out, at this stage I think it's JVR but he will get his chance this year, but he is a 19yo playing the toughest position on the field. Brayshaw is a midfielder, didn’t play wing at all last year. He will be part of the 4 man rotation as he was in the back half of last year. I believe Harmse's position is real touch and go and can see Chandler taking it. And I hope he demands to take it and the competition for spots is tough. Jordon is the perfect sub, he can play Back, Forward and midfield. I dont think we should use a KP in the sub role as we have enough flexibility on field if we lost a KP in game (Gawn/Grundy/Petty to go fwd if we lose a Kbig forward, T-Mac to go back if we lose a back and obviously we have 2 rucks if we lose a ruck)

4 interchange 1 sub. Just not medical sub anymore

FB: Rivers May Bowey CH: Lever Petty Salem C: Hunter Viney Langdon HF: ANB T-Mac Kossie FF: Grundy BB Fritsch R: Gawn Oliver Petracca Bench: Spargo Sparrow Brayshaw Harmes Sub: Jordon Emg: Tomlinson, JVR, Chandler, Howes

says Gosch's on the club website. https://www.melbournefc.com.au/teams/training-times

Can't imagine we would be able to afford him. But really rate him,has all the attributes to be a very good player. If we could somehow get him(trading kossie not an option) that would be great!

Petracca and Oliver are two of the best burst players from stoppages and are rarely caught once ahead of someone. Leg speed is over rated and rarely the actual game breaker, ball speed was our issue last year. Unfortunately with Salem and Tmac injured for majority of the year it took away alot of our ability to move quickly. Salem back, and possibly Bowie, plus fwd options means we can move the ball faster, with more precision and also get ANB, Spargo and Kossie more involved who are our speedier players.

Mistakenly put Rivers on field and on the bench, have Viney on the bench as first midfield rotation

Only changes i would make in Bold, hope JVR forces his way in also which maybe for McDonald depending on his pre-season. Brashaw is a midfielder now, as much as everyone thinks he is a def. He finished last year in the Mids and will pick up there i believe, which will be fine as i expect Salem to return to his best. Rivers i expect to overtake Hibbard as the lock down def. I am very optimistic about this side with Salem, Rivers, McDonald, Brown and Lever hopefully sorting out the injuries that plagued them last yr. which will give our side more stability and Brown some support up forward with another couple of talls. I'm sure there will be a couple that also force their way into the team from the VFL and hopefully that is the case, make everyone fight hard for positions.

Dawson, JHF and Rankine all gone back to SA in the past 2 years. I'd say it's no different to WA just that we were unlucky and notice the WA one more. There are more Vic's that move home but also more Vic's in the comp too. It's a nothing subject really, and player movement is only going to become more and more!

We Have from interstate: May (NT) Moniz-Wakefield (NT) Spargo (NSW) Turner (NSW) Van Rooyen (WA) Rivers (WA) Woewodin (WA) McVee (WA) Dunstan (SA) Neal-Bullen (SA) Sparrow (SA) Petty (SA) Kossie (SA) Chandler (SA) B. Brown (Tas) and Now Grundy (SA) and Adams (WA) And this year we lost Jackson(WA), Bedford (Vic) and Hunt (Vic) The go home factor is a beat up that happens less often than people think, and also often a $$$ factor hidden behind the go home factor to sell it easier to the media and clubs, as well as soften the backlash. If the WA players are the best available, get them!

He has it all wrong 1 - Golden Fist 2 - Most Sexiest Player 3 - Robbo's Top 50 4 - Golden Cometti award 5 - Mark/Goal of the Year

Exactly!! It's just a delay to pre-season, Brown will be fine and now with support (T-Mac and JVR) he will have more space to play his leading game. The back end of this year isn't fair to mark Brown on, he clearly needed a rest and tall support in the fwd line but we refused to play Weid. he has the work load of 2 fwds generally playing on at least 2 def