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Draft player experts, are any of the players we’re looking at likely to play Rd 1? Purely asking out of curiosity.

Look I have low impulse control! This is exactly the reason I’ve never gone to see an eclipse, because I know that people will tell me ‘don’t look directly at the eclipse’ and I will definitely then look directly at the eclipse. This Neeld video has burned the cataracts of soul and I feel like I’m ruined as a person now.

That is so uncomfortable to watch.

Looks like he had a stellar season in Div 3.

Cool, thank you! He’s certainly making a strong case for himself going off this.

Oh awesome, thank you! Right ok, not really surprising that we average last, but it does surprise me that all 4 premierships sides since 21 are in the bottom 8!!! Interesting read and thanks again

Also could be very niche and too hard to find/doesn’t exist, but I’d love to see the percentage of marks inside that V, versus outside for us. Would be a great metric to compare with for the end of next year. @WheeloRatings is there already a stat that shows something similar to this?

Wheelo ratings has Melksham above Tracc and on the same amount of GA… 0.9 a game. So we should have two players in the top 20. Just a small note.

Some more than others!

Bottom of the ladder teams should have to walk out to ‘spoon man’

Not to tread over thoroughly worn ground, but it’s also frustrating watching this as the ‘burning options’ or ‘bombing in it’ had been spoken about for so many years and it didn’t change to any meaningful degree. Last year I did notice more trying to kick it to good options but we just seemed incapable of actually kicking or leading to advantage. Anyways, onwards and upwards

Yep that’s nuts.

2026 will be a very interesting year for us.

Is there a full list?

It’s probably the same reason Collingwood can just tell the AFL that they aren’t travelling in RD1.

How does a team going for 3 flags in a row not even make it on this list? People complain about how many [censored] games there were this year and half of that was because Essendon played about 13/14 night games after doing NOTHING last year. I’m sure there was a round this year, where Brisbane were playing another top 8 side on a Saturday afternoon, then Essendon were on the night game and surprise surprise they got flogged. Was later in the season too as we spoke about how weird that was on here.

If the AFL wants: Less dead rubbers No weeks of no footy More games of consequence, excitement/engagement heading into finals… How about a wildcard 3 rounds? 23 rounds over 26 weeks Each team gets 3 byes a season. 6 teams per week off rounds 6/7/8-13/14/15- 18-19-20. Last 3 rounds - 21&22&23 - each win is worth 6? 7? 8? points. Top 6 sides at rounds 21/22/23 play each other. Middle 6 play each other. Bottom 6 play each other. First 20 rounds is all about getting as much a buffer as you can so you need wins like normal. Last 3 rounds, there is way more to gain and lose now for probably the top 14 teams which means LESS DEAD RUBBERS outside the bottom 4. Teams could climb in or fall out of both the top 4 or 8, easier. Teams get 1 more week of rest, there’s no weeks during the season of no footy and more rounds of consequence (which would be hectic), before the normal top 8 finals series. AND gives teams lower on the ladder a chance to sneak in, fairly, as every team has had the same amount of rest and is playing for the same amount of points, playing against teams close to them on the ladder. You won’t lose too many games by the 3rd bye and creates effectively 3 rounds more footy where 7 out of 9 games, every week, mean a lot.

As I said… would only happen once 😂

Come to Daddy by Aphex Twin would: GO SO HARD Be very funny Only happen once as there would be a lot of complaints. Demon reference though…. ‘I WANT YOUR SOUL’

Can any VFL watchers tell me, has Laurie been consistently beating down the door over a number of years? If he was at West Coast/Richmond, would he be a walk up in their 22 last year?

OMG IT’S THE SAME HAND

I think most half backs now excel, at the very least, at 1 of these things: Speed Highly skilled kick High footy IQ I don’t watch VFL so the only thing I’ve seen of Laurie is his AFL games and I don’t see any of these attributes stand out (at AFL standard anyways).

I think most people will enjoy watching those games in August (when it comes to it I know I’ll appreciate no bye round as it does feel weird) but I think there’s a real prospect that in a few years from now, the discussion will be how 5 v 8 and 6 v 7 games are compromised because of this new round of finals. I think the only upside to this is having footy on a bye round whereas the downside means 5&6 teams end up running over 7&8 year after year. It’s just increasing the likelihood that these finals games will be duds, which isn’t good for the game.

Someone wrote on here that King was looking to draft (someone can correct me if I’m wrong): Speed High footy IQ Ability to score Is Sharp that player? Not doubting his ability to be a good player, I mean more, is he the kind of player that fits those attributes we’re looking to draft?