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Can see him becoming the Hawkins style tank who just toses skinnier ruckman and snaps goals when he is older.

Very mixed year Petts, felt he was a square peg in a round hole this year. Pros + powerful marking up the ground + fitness base returned after major scare with recurring foot injuries + agressive competitor + Some synergy built with JVR and Turner Cons - forward craft - major goal kicking yips - confidence My hope for 2025 is that Jeffersen pushes him out of the forward line and he pushes TMAC out of the backline.

They only celebrated our success to celebrate our downfall. Dees against the world.

Has a history at the club being a Casey and AFLW coach

We were only linked to Teague and Sloane, I don't think we had a great range of options to select from. Overall I'm pretty excited about the proposed direction from the club.

Stagnated more than a pond full of mosquitos Young high-level draftees will quickly push him out of his HF role if he doesn't crack in next year

The bloke is not a key forward, doesn't even crack 190cms. We have good depth for medium forwards. He is not the answer.

Absolutely, eventually we will need to draft some replacement big body mids, but right now we need a Zak Butters type to compliment our current crop.

He is above average in intercept possessions, he's a nick blakey type imo. Hybrid key defender and rebounder.

We can't forget Blake Howes. Add a couple kgs and he will be a great 2nd or 3rd tall option for us.

Dan Houston shut down his trade period in the media during finals than a month later admitted that he just straight up lied to diffuse tension.

#ETMumWhisperer

I'd rather us try to attract mature age quality players to Casey's list, not ours. He is not AFL quality, and a lot of Casey's list is no VFL standard.

He definitely does have players in mind. Im confident we have targeted a player at 9, who will likely will be gone by 13 which is why we shifted our strategy to targets the dons pick instead of GCs. But like a good club we won't show our hand.

You'd probably take the punt on the larger body in andrew over the smaller Mentha, but I hope we make room for both, they both have great stories and lots of talent.

I think our focus will be our NGA prospects Riak Andrew and Mentha, Yze likely to go undrafted

Derksen might get a game!

West Coast trading 3 for mid teens picks and 2 out of contract players in Baker and Owies, yikes. Steal for the Blues.

but the vibe would be immaculate

Richards is steak knives, certainly not the 2xfirsts Port were asking. I think GC are salary dumping Atkins as well. Either way GC and Port with egg on their face, Pies laughing.

The legendary Nathan Jones is being eyed off for a coaching role https://x.com/tommorris32/status/1845697120717918485?t=iL-aEA6Jycjl0HJ_yQYAwQ&s=19

You need to break a few eggs to make an omlette. When we overpay we usually know have a very specific target. We also 'overpayed' for Kolt last year, but it doesn't seem to have impacted our plans this year. This means we pull x2 top 10 picks, Sharp and a rookie like Mentha. Sounds like a great haul to me.

Probably will use this in a bundle for a points trade this year

I think we are looking for 2 gun mids. We have enough list spots dedicated to young talls with JVR, Jefferson, Turner, Verrel, Adams, Howes, Kentfield and Petty (who is 24 but looks 35). A good mix of high talent and rookie prospects. Comparatively, we only have Windsor and Rivers as elite young mid. Other young mids include Sparrow, Laurie, Taj - not great.

Disco Turner, early days but made a great impact as KPP this year