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It is interesting having Windsor move behind the ball. I can see both sides of the issue; should be great experience to learn to defend versus the wing being such a natural spot to use his speed and skill.

One wrinkle I have been thinking about is the ‘second year blues’ - which are really just coaches putting the time in and figuring out how to diminish these effective kids in roles. One way to get around that is to displace them and make their role less about what they do and more about what they stop the opposition do, and of course in a new position - harder to game out a plan to diminish him.

5 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

How long did their feasibility study and business case take?

About as long as the cheque took to clear

1 hour ago, jnrmac said:

For a side with our record in 21-23, bringing in essentially 4 top 10 picks is great work.

The list management and drafting team are terrific at identifying picks they want and dealing to get the draft capital they need. Its very hard to do when you have 17 other teams trying to do the same thing 

We are also somewhat lucky that our nadir years 2019 and 2024 have coincided with years we haven’t traded our top draft pick the year before.

1 hour ago, Craig T said:

So we get picks #2 and #20 for Lil, picks 10#, #28 and #46.

#2 is great, but then only #20 till #64?  It's supposed to be a strong draft with lots of talent, hope we aren't going to miss out.  Unless there is still some trading to be done.......

I think we are paying for getting overs for Mithen there. Turning 10 into 2 is amazing.

Lily Johnson’s management refer to her contract with us as for the ‘24 and 25 seasons’ - so not on the delist bubble at all.

On 20/11/2024 at 16:16, red and blue forever said:

Fixed attachment issue :)

Updated to reflect D'Arcy, Lin and Casey dropping off the list as top-ups

 

 

Also Lily Johnson’s management have on their website she is signed on for 2025. 

Tayla has more to offer the game. I can see us wanting to move on to Gall and Campbell. And trying to get her to a competitor for the flag. 

But if we don’t get value for her and she is happy to stay - Georgia’s - beat Tayla into the side. Footy and internal competition is not a dirty word - Tayla brings hardness and selflessness and drive. Be better than her at those things and you will play footy.

As for Lily - no brainer for ND2. She is a demon through and through but she has not kicked on and that deal is not something you pass up.
 

My favourite Dee. If they ever trade her I will go full on Tigers fan on the place.

3 hours ago, Mister Ed said:

News of McAdam’s retirement was a bit like the news that Uncle Roy is Cat B eligible or that Mark Twain had died when he had not - all greatly exaggerated!

Mark Twains not dead?!

11 minutes ago, BDA said:

My thorough dislike of them aside, Reid should stay at the Eagles and make his mark there. Repay the faith they showed in him and the time they invested developing him.

He can return later and finish his career here. Live the rest of his post playing career here.  Leaving to return home after 3 years is just soft.

I don’t really understand this mind set; ‘the faith’ was to pick him and not take our 3 firsts offer (Windsor, Tholstrup, and Langford). Maybe they should have taken that offer? If he is destined to leave early.

These kids have no one to repay; whether they are with ND1 or with the last pick of the first round of the rookie draft (Judd McVee). It’s up to the clubs to create an environment that they want to stay, develop and play in.

46 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

Not intact. There was no position for him at Brisbane. There is a role wide open for him at Melbourne. A role that plays to his strengths. He could well become an upgrade on ANB. Remember ANB’s role was more about following instructions and being an endurance runner than a particularly high skill set.

Nah, it’s in tact. Let him prove he can play at AFL level.

8 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

This guy played a few games for Casey last year so we were well aware of his talent.

It seems odd that if we wanted him we didn't keep a list spot.  

I would guess a talented, small fwd with X factor would be a more valuable A-Rookie than some others we have. 

 

Footnote:  we have a B-Rookie spot available but he isn't eligible.

 

I think it’s indicative of our interest really.

So for 2024 it would just be injury replacement through SSP?

1 hour ago, godees said:

Looks like it’s Lily Johnson. She’s a possible delist this year. Originally from Tassie

She’s 20, played the last half of the season. Otherwise known as the good half of the season. She will be around next year…

56 minutes ago, 12345_54321 said:

Melbourne are prepared to offer Judd a deal to 2029 like they did with JVR. They’ll be happy to accomodate another 2 years though if that’s all he wants. 
 

He’s very happy at the club and also has a partner who plays in AFLW side.

Who is that?

5 minutes ago, binman said:

He has played 16 AFL games and was an emergency for the Lions' GF side.

My bad.

Point somewhat intact tho.

17 minutes ago, 58er said:

We have earmarked him for a purpose and I’ll be very surprised if he doesn’t end up as Nibbler’s replacement. 

Or if not a slightly different version of Lingers on the other wing or he might be a very good outside mid in the midfield quartet plus ??? Who could very well expand our on ball brigade to elite. 

With Yhe champs back plus JV and Sparrow and Langford in due course plus Sharp Lindsay Riv Kossie and Mc Vee all being rotated through as  needed. Talk about variety and versatility and most players are good / great or will be in their original positions.

Only worry is will Goody use this variety and versatility?? 

So Goodwin created and encouraged this variety and versatility but we worry about whether he will use it?

Re: Sharp - he has not played a game of AFL yet. Let’s have some tether to reality.

7 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Stafford as forwards coach … and now Chaplin.  Why not have an experienced ex- forward to coach the forward line !!!

Which one are you?

Seriously naive and lazy take. Chaplin is our best line coach and respected in the league and he is coaching leading patterns and ball movement. You don’t need to be a ‘former AFL forward’ to be able to understand them, apply them in a team context, and coach them to blokes to execute on the weekend.

I still think it’s Chandler. Sharp needs to prove he can play AFL footy before you give him a crucial role in the 22.

3 minutes ago, demon3165 said:

So you only want people who agree with the minions view well I ain't one of those so bad luck if people respond I will answer full stop so maybe don't reply.

Ok, but how about sentence structure…

1 hour ago, waynewussell said:

That is possible. I’m basing my observation on observation. Perhaps your pov was opinion based. Whatever the case, I acknowledge that yours preceded mine and if I vomited it was because I felt sick about another possible upheaval at MFC. I don’t know if Max stepping aside would be good for the club, but it may be good for Max!

Ohhhhhhh the vomiting was about the thought itself…

It wasn’t a pejorative response to my ‘opinion’ which obviously wasn’t based on ‘observation’ because my eyes actually face inward.

Maybe it’s a lesson in respecting ‘opinions’ formed in good faith for the betterment of the club that we all love that some of us live 700kms away from.

1 hour ago, waynewussell said:

I'm joining some dots here, and I may be way off the mark. I'm not worried by that because no harm will be done sharing this. I've got the impression that big Max has taken a step back from the captaincy role he has filled so admirably. He needed to get away from it all. He was definitely worn out by the turmoil swirling around MFC in 2024, he said as much. I felt he was happy to take a back seat during the community camp, and I get the same feeling watching recent sessions at Gosch's paddock. Happy to be wrong on this... but we may see a transition in leadership in 2025. Shoot me down!

Weren’t you one of the people that shot me down a few months ago for suggesting he do that? 

You may have even vomited on my post indicating as such..

7 hours ago, Deespicable said:

Toby looked an absolute ripper at training today - a slightly bigger version of Jack Viney and with similar confidence.

Reports do not completely confirm that he's our Academy kid, but if he is then we finally may have got payback from the system that stole Mac Andrew from us.

He definitely looks top-10 material to me and given he doesn't turn 17 until Dec 11, he should have plenty of upside.

Given we have already given away our top pick for 2025 draft, we will need to be shrewd finding enough points to cover for him. And what a coup if we also get Kalani as well next season.

Please tell me you are basing that ‘top 10’ assessment on more than training today.

10 hours ago, 45HG said:

ALSO! I can’t believe I’m not a moderator, anymore. 
 

What did I do wrong?

11 year bump!

Closest thing to time travel we will ever see. 

Dearest 2013 rpfc, it got better then weirdly very bad while we were very good. We won but my past self (you’re future self) couldn’t go. It was in Perth. 
And then we won again, but they played that at a training ground outside Brisbane. I couldn’t get to that either.

You know what, never mind.

2024 rpfc 

37 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Any chance we can get Neale Daniher to hide in the woods and fire a few rifle rounds at the lads to keep them sharp?

Crazy that that was only ~20 years ago. He’d be sacked for that these days

#PCgonemad 😂

If he actually did that he probably should be fired for that then