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Yes, and also KPF is one of the most transferable roles from the state leagues to AFL. The speed of the game is less of an issue as forwards can dictate how they engage in contests and the defender is impacted by their movement as opposed to the other way around. Fitness is also something that has less of an effect than an on ball or box-to-box role, or a defensive role against someone who ‘will work someone over’.

I think the latter is more prominent but also this allows a discussion around Petty as an amazing swing man or to just send him back.

I think we are done, R&BF. Thanks for the insight from the Bees coach

The senior coach doesn’t camp outside someone’s house if they are destined for a role befitting a 32 year old journeyman. The FD saw a glaring hole with mature age forwards with aggressiveness and natural forward ability (who can also pinch hit in the ruck) and wanted him enough to have the press release teed up (the initial release had him at pick ‘X’ and to have the coach do a nice little thing for social media.

Your lack of respect for this mature age VFL player belies your over confidence with players that haven’t even performed as well as Johnson at VFL level (aside from JVR). I think Johnson will play early, I think he will take the heat off JVR to back up ruck all the time and I think he will be effective.

Makes sense if they don’t rate some of those forwards…

I am going to give the club more credit than that. He is obviously depth - no one picked at ND68 is anything else, but none of our forwards have lit up their names - he is a mature age forward who should back himself to compete for a spot. If he is a natural forward with good movement then he is immediately ahead of any other tall forward on our list.

Well I’m sold

We weren’t even able to make a mistake with Mac. But given half the chance we would have found a way

Well, I don’t know how to riak to this

You want to put him in the ruck Are we just allergic to nice things and good decisions? If given the choice? JVR can do it.

We can hire a running coach then.

Looks great and will be a salve for those that worry for CO13 and CP5.

I think you need to look through this thread again… I hope for the best!

Yes yes yes. We’ve all said things Its about what the bloke does from here

Should have just kept him

Harvey bounding on stage

Always rated the kid Seriously, what else can you do but embrace it… Hes injured isn’t he? So maybe off HB at the end of the year?

Ah yes it has worried Daniel. And I posted ‘slight’ - which is different to small. He looks to have a great kick in space. Everyone does. I don’t see any elite aspects to his game and you need at least one to be a top 15 pick

Berry looks a better prospect than a number of the other ones talked about. Wish you could do the ‘NBA style draft and then trade an hour later for value’ - you could turn Allan into Berry and Hynes.

When we deserted a good game plan and deliberately played ‘dump’ footy to the wings and pockets to protect sore mids in 2022 we deserved everything that has come our way. Everything. The 6 and 6 finish to 2022 that culminated in that embarrassing straight sets. The straight jacket we were in with 70 odd I50s against Coll in THAT QF. The falling off a cliff last year and stilted attempt to get back to positive footy. The lower than expected crowds throughout that for various reasons, but the footy isn’t the draw. And now the draw of irrelevance. Its all deserved - and it can be traced back to the arrogance of 2022. Off my soapbox now.

He reminds me of Troy Makepeace… so there’s that

I would reach for him. Langford, Allan and Hines are the ones that stand out to me of those that would be available. Smith looks bright too but the bigger bodies are not going anywhere the next 10 years. Footy is increasingly returning to what you can do out of a stoppage - powering out of it with strength at the front of the contest and competing 1:1 is how games will be decided.

More puns! Groan. This is going to give me a Thor head