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With ND35, 41, 53, 63 and 70 available I can see us only using the first three until we know LJ gets us. I think Baker and Rosman will be delisted and I also think that Tomlinson will be trade with a year left. I think we will shovel whatever we get for LJ somewhere to get an established tall forward. Re-sign Bedford IF we think he will take someone’s role. Then 1 year deals for Melksham, Hibberd, and Hunt. Looking ahead to end of next season - there are few to end their journey so bringing in kids this year for Melksham and Hibberd will hem us in as kids get guaranteed 2 year deals. No dramas if we don’t get that key forward, just upgrade the picks, move money forward to next year, and try again next summer. Brown and TMac will be fine for 2023 IMO pushed by JVR (Weideman back up ruck competing with Smith or a cheap back up ruck from wherever).

Back up ruck is Weid’s best position IMO

Maddie G was good help for Libby tonight.

Looked like Sammy Johnson was having a nice moment with her boyfriend/husband on the boundary line after she worked her way back to AFLW. Love that stuff. God, this team has people you just love. Mithen is just a neat, everywhere player - reminds me of Nathan Brown circa 2000s. Maddie Gay is immense and Libby Birch was just breathing fire back there. West, Purcell and Hanks are just hard at the footy with great balance. And Tayla H doesn’t even celebrate when she kicks one from 40 off one step. Like Mark Waugh through covers - it’s a surprise if it doesn’t happen so why bother celebrating… Oh, and Kate, please, consistent run in with momentum and don’t lean back when you kick it… you’ve got everything else!

Shelley Heath brushed off a few crows tonight. Love the arrogance.

The whole club cracks in. You half expect it from the admin staff at the club we are that hard at the footy.

I think that would be the case. We would want to avoid opposition players nominating us and destabilise a finals run. ‘Excuse me, Ben Brown? Is Player X who just nominated Melbourne going to replace you?’ As an aside, I hate the Rugby League, signing people 12 months out. And real rugby fans up here hate it - it’s the journos and those that don’t really care that think it is fine.

The difference between handy depth players that know your systems and ‘list cloggers’ is not perception. Its ladder position. The effort required to replace where Smith is at the MFC and the role he plays, or could play, has little return on investment. We are not going to bring in speculative players the next 5 years - we need proven talent or proven role players.

Yeah, we cost them a QF against the Lions in Adel. Doubt they would have played it in Mordor in front of zero orcs or people from Geelong.

Yes, because Sparrow, Harmes, and JJ (and up until recently Brayshaw) are mids that have been playing other roles so they can play AFL in our system. We don’t have replacements for Oliver and Petracca (there are none) but we have plenty of mids ready to jump in there.

Ah well, we need a spot to keep funnelling in younger mids through team. It’s hardly an expansive role, and we should overpay for a forward instead of a wing.

EXCLUSIVE: Sydney team leaving Sydney airport as we speak. Can confirm that they are flying Virgin and one player of indeterminate name ordered a coffee to be made far too late to accompany his teammates to the gate. Huge if true.

Maybe. But I don’t rate Meek on the little I have seen of him and I want 90 cents in the jackson dollar so to speak. If he is ‘worth’ 15 cents - I don’t want that diluting what we get back. What we get back has to inevitably replace Ben Brown in 2024 as FF in a top 4 team at least IMO.

It’s a decent idea. You would want a developing ruckman too for the games Ryder will miss.

@binmanis right, can you just calm down??

He replaced Daniel McPherson who they poached from us less than a year ago… I hope Todd knows this is a 5+ year job he has signed himself up for.

Best not to think about it.

Tsk, tsk. BBO’s always trying to get financial information…

I don’t disagree with you but given the choice between the mooted picks and players I would prefer to keep Jackson. So people are ok to be disappointed.

I haven’t wanted to jinx it but Coll could totally ride a wave and beat Geelong and then Freo could totally come over here and beat Geelong at the G with their system. I know what I am asking Santa for…

It would have to have been dicey for a moment there… I, on the other hand, only have 1 warning point. Most of my latent personal attacks on other posters are written in a way that go way over their heads…

Depth that you don’t have to train up on how to fit into the system. Also good for May’s development lol. Also, this makes me think Adam T is off to play somewhere. He certainly is good enough.

Geelong to take care of Coll rather easily. Freo to smash the Dogs. Tigers in a thriller in QLD Dees by 4 goals over Sydney.