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Stiffest selection call since 2021 surely.

Feel like this has to be the option. Younger gen bulls have gone past him in the midfield, and we just cannot have him kicking i50. I love Vines and he is an absolute legend of the club, but I always thought he played his best footy when he was the brute extractor and would dish the ball out to a better kick. Maybe he could still show flashes this year, but the early signs aren’t great. Always wished we had played him more in the f50 - he’s a pretty reliable set shot, deceptively good overhead mark, and surely at his best his pressure would have caused some chaos. Hopefully he might still have AFL impact up front, or these next 4 years will probably be bleak.

We might just be the worst team in the league at winning close games.

Can anyone confirm if we have a full list, or do we still have room for potential SSP or mid season spots?

I remember the sinking feeling I had when Reid fended off Clarry and Trac in the same play. Just felt so telling when we tried so hard to get him, and how badly I wanted us to pull it off in the pre season. Caleb has been the brightest spark for us this year though so we did alright, but watching our pride and joy midfield getting decimated by the Eagles stung

Anyone who has been going to the games noticed how nice Tmac’s kicks have been looking? Hits the ball at its lowest point, and its resulting in absolute bullets.

I reckon Taj has justified a spot on the wing over Billings next week. Last 2 games have been solid, and he’s not as soft as butter

Our kicking for goal tonight was elite.

It’s not even that he misses most marks these days, it’s the way he consistently lets the ball go behind him when he misses the mark. Shadow of what he used to be. Can’t blame not having another tall back down there because hibbo has been brilliant all year as that 3rd tall

Backing Chandler in to do ANB’s role (and offer more when we are going forward). Hibbo could be seen as stiff, but Bowey needs to find his way back in the team so we can add some tidy possession coming out of the back. Turner in so we can see how well Petty could perform that Forward role we’ve desperately been trying to see. Also stiff on Turner - we have 3 Elite Keybacks so it was always going to be hard to find his way in. And his form at Casey has been superb. Backing him in to have a big preseason. I don’t mind this team.

Ah, forgot about those 2. So realistically our pick may slide to 41. Sucks if we had planned on hijacking another club’s academy pick like Munkara.

Pick 13 will become pick 14 after Ashcroft, and lions have another f/s mostly likely after our first pick so 37 will at least drop to 39. Are there any other f/s that might drop that pick further?

I wonder if pies will end up accepting 27. A poster recently put up Bedford and 33 for pick 21, maybe Giants won’t take that, and now it’s 27 + Bedford for 21? Hopefully pick 27 will do for Collingwood, and we can play around with whatever we get for Toby toward something else.

I’m hoping it’s Turner as well, Tomlinson has lost a fair bit of agility. But Turner is super young, and showed it in patches against the pies. Hopefully he has that injury free super preseason. I’ve thought the sub should always be who has is fit/stronger VFL form out of Smith and Tomlinson. At least they started to do that late in the season. Smith can play both ends and is more athletic, but a worse kick and decision maker. Tomlinson can go back and allow a different KPB to go forward, and can cover wing.

I’d be comfortable with Tomlinson back in. Turner could be one pre season away from exploding as well. He’s looked great all year at VFL. Geez that forward line does sound refreshing!