Wrecker46

The VFL is not what is once was and it’s a shame. I have no idea why so many players from the SAFNFL got drafted this year it is normally depth only and lucky at that. Players have come through the VFL system who dominated, I can think of one that played for Casey and got onto Melbourne’s list who kicked 6 goals in a grand final

Send him one back of Jordan Lewis

I don’t know how you can be more flamboyant with ball when you go bang, bang, bang in a grand final We obviously went too defensive since but we have traded out our best players who lost their chemistry

I randomly caught a train and was sitting opposite a really young lady kitted out in Melbourne gear so I asked her about the dees. She said she worked in the finance department. When she realised I wasn’t just trying to flirt with her and knew what I was talking about she said Kozzie has gone to another level with Latrelle there and will play mostly midfield. He will dominate this year barring injury or suspension

It’s a bit rough to call our only premiership coach in 50 years an underachiever.

I went to a fundraising night and Steven Powell’s match worn jumper got put up for auction. It was a boozy night and my uncle went in with the first bid that was ridiculous and the entire room went silent in disbelief. Then I would go to the footy with him the following year and his young daughters (at the time) would be wearing it and spilling pies and tomato sauce all over it

I’m around the same age and wore 9 for Alan Johnson. Both of them have proved to be pretty good numbers for us

With social media ban kicking in for under 16’s we might see an influx of youth

Probably Sillvani.

I will never forget Brown’s son coming off the bench as sub in the last 1/4 and winning us the game with a fierce tackle. That is culture building and unites the club old boys who are passionate about the club. Essendon who have been hopeless since the Sheedy era gifted Davey 100 games in the end because he has so many sons. That was clever. We took Kalani very late and nobody else bid on him. I’ve read on here that he has 2 younger brothers that are better and posters on Demonland are never wrong so it must be true

Roos no doubt wanted Brayshaw. I have a feeling Todd Viney might have been influential in a few picks as well. But since we got JT our drafting has improved significantly. Kozzie is one of the best players in the league and he was panned on Demonland for going early on him. Langford is going to be a superstar and he was criticised for being too slow. Has anyone noticed the pace of all the draft picks and recruits since? That is clever to help Langford become the best player in the league.

Langford did some incredible things in his first year, it don’t know if it’s damning if he turns into a superstar and it looks like he could I would have liked to put Chandler at number 5 but I have no idea what King has planned for him. CJ or Steele could easily end up in there but I guess only time will tell. If cuz Koz does we will be a lot better than anyone expects next year

Gawn, Pickett, Langford and Windsor. I guess we have to wait to see who makes up the top 5

Don’t forget Kiddy Coleman he almost single handily won them the premiership in 2023 where he was clearly best on ground in the prelim and would have won the norm smith if the shot he took from 60m out in last quarter went through. It went through the behinds post height but just missed. He is only 25 will be 26 next year. They are going to be hard to beat for years unless they have a Melbourne like implosion.

Collingwood were gifted the Daicos brothers but Buckley was gifted a premiership side before that. He didn’t design a game plan around his players strengths but just how he wanted them to play. King is on record saying he has an atttacking game plan but will also tailor it to revolve around our players strengths. That is what good coaches do and a key reason he got the top job. I hope Tasmania get a team and Buckley coaches them so I can bet on them to win the wooden spoon

I hope he is moving Latrelle

We might have missed May with that policy but nobody else would take him.

Do you think Jack and Todd are not cut from the same cloth? All I am is saying is Jack seems to play through injuries. So did Todd. I hope he doesn’t to be honest but he probably will.

I’m glad we didn’t get a gambling agency as a sponsor because I am going to bankrupt them all when Letrelle wins this rising star and Langford gets the most Melbourne Brownlow votes

If there is one player is invincible it is Viney.his old man who is our team of the century and famously came at at 3/4 time coaching Echuca on crutches and threw them away and played the last quarter. I realise Achilles heels can be really debilitating injuries but so can plantar facia dissociated shoulders are not easy to play through either but he played through them time and time again. I hope he misses the first few rounds for his wellbeing but I doubt he will. He would go out with a broken leg and complain.

Viney is the last person I would worry about carrying an injury. I’ve seen him on crutches at the races and still play the following week. Let alone all the times his shoulder pops out and he just pops it back in himself and keeps playing. Look at Oscar Mcinernny in the 2024 prelim when his shoulder went. He missed the Grand Final the following week. Viney would missed about 2 minutes

Contracts mean nothing except locking in a players salary. I think we recruited well this year.

CJ is on record saying he didn’t expect to leave Hawthorn but met with King and decided to come to us. Hawthorn didn’t get rid of him. We won him. Same story with Steele and St Kilda. Our drafting from other clubs has been hopeless after we got Lever, May and Langdon. I reckon we might be back on track.

Fancy miss quoting someone on demonland.

I have no love for Bailey Smith and would take Sam Darcy over him any day. If he wins the coaches award next year and the following year (Oliver was leading the 3rd year before he got injured) I will put him in the same conversation. I am not bagging Carey or Ablett they are the greatest but I think Oliver is underrated because he was more like Diesel Williams or Sam Mitchell. Not spectacular like Carey or Ablett