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Good that we’re getting our weird injuries out the way early I guess

I would have guessed 99.9% he was concussed. He didn’t brace at all for impact

Beat everyone around him? Whoever teams put on him is going to be pulled all over the park so they have to be able to beat him around the ball and stop him as a defender. He is lightning quick and his spatial IQ is through the roof so you’re probably better off assuming he’s going to win his position and concentrate on stuff around him as I just can’t see anyone being able to negate him. He looks f’ing unbelievable haha Rivers is the only player I can think of that can play mid and defence, is as tall as NAS, is reasonably quick and has enough experience. Best of luck Riv, haha

Flyin’ Ryan’ delivering to NAS this season is gonna be a huge problem.

Have to agree about CJ. Gives heaps of run off half back which is great, but his kicking is a bit loopy or just off target enough to give oppo teams an opportunity to intercept. A couple times yesterday he was kicking to a teammate in heaps of space and the kicks put our guys in vulnerable positions. We knew what we were getting though, so maybe the way he takes the game on and the run he gives is worth it to our coaches.

Now I know who to support.

Fingers crossed it’s ok for him

If we can maintain that ball movement under actual game pressure, we’ll be a handful. From a tiny sample size, we have an excellent base to build upon from here. Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe [censored]… but it’ll be fun

He’s back! Was worried early last year. Thought he’d checked out

How many games at FB has he played the last 2 years?

Ball movement, wowzers

Knee injury and concussion assessment

We look quick. Quick decisions and hitting targets

Hmmm ok. Hopefully this hit is purely bad luck for him then

Does Kentfield have a history of concussion?

Huuuurrrrrrggggghhhhhhh

I wonder if there will be any saving grace for a coach in Voss’ position for making finals from 10th. Like if he finishes 10th, 2 years running without wildcard, he’s gone, but if he makes *finals* 2 years running, finishing 10th, does that change anything? Is the little excitement injection of making wildcard round going to paper over what is otherwise a mediocre year?

Yeah that’s fair and the realities of player power is undeniable. If I was in Carlton’s shoes, 6 years for $1.1million a season would’ve been my ceiling. If other clubs want to go higher and longer, that’s their prerogative. Put it this way, hypothetically, if we didn’t pick up Steele and we had offered Walsh $10 million for 8 years, would you be happy with that? I’d be pretty angry, haha

It’s probably a good call but I don’t think Chandler has been bad so it would be harsh IMO. I’ll be interested to see how Chandler and Sparrow go under Kingy. They might take a little step up! We’ll see.

Yes, if things go pear shaped it is an accountable outcome. So given Walsh’s injury, it’s not a wildly improbable outcome that he doesn’t play footy with 3-4 years left of his contract. Prospectively, $3.6-4.8million dollars to pay. Hell it’s a disc injury so he could injure it again in 2 years and he’s stuffed. Then it’s 6 years to pay. Not much point in comparing things that have happened vs things that haven’t so I guess we’ll see how it plays out.

Hey what gym do you go to?

Mmmmm dunno Macca. We signed Oliver in 2022 when he was easily one of, if not, the best players in the league. What came afterwards is immaterial to the standing he had at that time that we signed him as obviously nobody could’ve predicted the meltdown to come. He had just come off a premiership, it was before our straight sets exit of 22’ and 23’ finals. He also won coaches MVP 21 and 22. The player Oliver was in 2022 vs the player (excluding leadership capabilities) Walsh is now, is worlds apart. Walsh has never been at Oliver’s elite level and injury wise alone, there’s 2 seasons worth of evidence that his playing capability has been affected. There’s more chance Walsh’s body breaks down by the time he’s 31 than there is him becoming a dominant top 10 player for the next 5 years. Was there anyone in 2022 sounding the alarm about Oliver explicitly being a massive risk?

Who would you leave out for him? I agree he should play but can’t bring myself to drop someone, haha FB: Howes Turner Petty HB: Jiath Lever Salem C: Langdon Langford X. Lindsey HF: Fritsch JVR Chandler FF: Melksham Jeffo Mihocek Foll: Gawn Steele K. Pickett Bench: Sparrow, Windsor, Tholstrup, X. Taylor, T. Rivers

@Bombay Airconditioning Oh god… oh no… how much money are we paying Tracc, Oliver and Gus to not play for us?????? sobs uncontrollably on my dinner

End of 2028 was the initial contract but I don’t know if it’s been paid out or not