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You're picking up the slack.

I think it's reasonable for the player contesting the ruck to know who his opponent is so I'm in favour of retaining nominations.

Lachie Neale, Matt Rowell, Caleb Serong, Max Holmes, Jordan Dawson, Tom Green, Will Day all apparently not much chop then?

Max has been a fantastic captain IMO. Agree, Rivers and Chandler the succession path.

It cuts both ways, because I'm partisan MFC I'm unhappy that McVee has moved, but at the same time I was all for trying to pry Windhager out of the Saints. Then there's the ruthless delisting of Brown and Woewodin, I also support this.

Yeah, we're not playing 8 backs or 4 tall backs. One of May, Petty, Lever or Turner has to go and I'm picking May. I also think they're not going to be able to deny Xavier Taylor a spot. He'll kill someone to get a start.

Today's shuttle run results https://www.instagram.com/p/DR_XTPYkSHZ/?igsh=MXNlNjNncXltazhueg== Sharp, Laurie, AJ, CJ, Chandler ...

Looks like Oscar Allen.

Here's my take on the injury front which I shared at training today ... We're in development mode with a new coach and a young list (yes I know we are 2nd oldest by average but that's skewed by a handfull of veterans). We're not in contention and I expect a bottom 6 finish. We need to cycle through the list and find out who's going to make it and where, and who's not. Of the 44 listed players there's less than a handful that, if fit, wouldn't be ready to play AFL - White, Berry (needs to get his running up to AFL standard), maybe Onley - the rest look ready to go including Mentha, Kentfield, Taylor, LSP and Matthews. We need to find out what they've got. Some injuries open up opportunities.

Still prefer Judas McVee

The latter is much more likely with a young team in transition to a new style of play. Goodwin gave us the former with his defence-first orientation.

Named #1 pop song of all time by Billboard. Dancing Queen, also mentioned in this thread, at #2. https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/2-abba-dancing-queen/ Scroll down for #1, up for the later numbers.

Quite possible that 14 years of Taylor > 5 years of Petracca. Then it's LSP vs McVee.

So the updated Petracca trade looks like this: Petracca + McVee + '25 2nd + '26 2nd for Taylor + Pickett + Matthews + '26 1st Our '25 2nd (28) got swallowed up in GC bid matching but it was very close in value to the pick (30) we used on Matthews. A bit to play out with the '26 picks, and then 5 years to really assess the deal.

Praying for snow, as usual ...

I like GWS, I hope Clarrie does well there and they win the flag. But Steele for Oliver is a very good trade for us.

Great work thanks!

How's the weather Don? Still raining?

Yes but there are important different meanings between saying "we took learnings from the match" and "we got a lesson in the match".

I reckon our current #22 is going to feel a lot of role heat from the Eastern Ranges #22

Did you drive or catch the tram down to Glenelg to see him play those games?

Kozzy will be looking for Latrelle on field too. He looked for Shane McAdam when he played and tried to bring him into the game. Krakouer-style!

We could do 7 to WC for 13 and F2 so they could get Farrow and we could still get Nairn (or Pickett if Nairn is gone) and then 8 and F2 to Richmond for 4 so they still get Grjl and we take whomever out of Cumming and Robey they don't.

Pretty myopic to criticise the McAdam acquisition who has clear major upside but also injury risk, and at the same time decry Culley for being ordinary. Sometimes you gotta take a risk to get reward and sometimes it doesn't work out.

Ever thought of posting when you've had a few? 'Cause I always do ...