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Thanks, great analysis. One update: North need an underline in the Essendon set.

Wow that is quite an advantageous difference.

Hunter is no doubt playing to instruction to move the ball quickly but he's lost pace and agility and can't do what he once could. He's still a useful smart player but he needs to play within his limitations of age now.

I loved JVR's attack on the contest in the air and on the ground all night but realistically he will be suspended, probably for multiple weeks. BBB will need to come in. I really liked the move of Petty back in the last quarter and Disco subbed but we need Petty to play forward again to provide the right contest there and therefore Disco back - Casboult was an ugly match up for him, Fergus Greene is more manageable. I think Hunter needs to play to his limitations. I can see Gus and JJ sharing that wing when Salem comes back if he doesn't. We might even see that this week with Hibbo back in.

Mitch White's kicking has been ordinary

Loving the commentary

Jed Adams has looked good - two strong contested marks in the past few minutes

Gold Coast have 20 listed AFL players (including 9 rookies) in that side all the way down to the bench where Josh Corbett, formerly listed AFL player is selected. That's a strong team.

closest I could get unfortunately ...

I thought it was in Aramanga https://villageinfo.in/odisha/puri/nimapada/amaranga.html Close but no cigar ...

Similarly experienced line up didn’t help us vs Richmond at Casey 2 weeks ago, but last week was a good win vs Box Hill away, so who knows?

I expect Harmes and Schache to be held over for the MFC games in case, Harmes as sub again. I think it still means about 15 listed MFC players in the Casey team. If Spargo plays then the forward line is pretty much all listed players: BBB, TMac, J.Smith, Jefferson, Spargo, Sestan, AMW.

Competition at HF is pretty tight with Kossie, ANB, Chin in there and Spargo out. When Salem is fit there will may be someone else injured in the backline to ease his path. If not I'd prefer him to push Gus to the midfield but that's probably at the expense of JJ.

The thread is really about his character not his record. His continual references to "Mrs. Hardwick's advice" looked pretty hollow when they split up.

I'm hoping he stays on at Richmond and drives them further down the Clarkson-Hawthorn road with a failed attempt at topping up. As has been pointed out Taranto and Hopper is looking like Mitchell and O'Meara already. No draft picks for 2 years and then Tasmania coming in. I don't like him but as I've posted before, the smart move by the AFL would be to get him up to GC. He could make a difference there.

Since last year? North granted extra draft picks, list spots by the AFL - https://www.afl.com.au/news/847042

Norf did get two. But I agree, not Hawthorn.

I think we need to get the chant going long and strong on KB. You just know those moronic Magpie fans will boo him continuously.

Changes in the last 30 years: Zone defence instead of man-on man. All 18 opposition team members in the attacking half. More effective blocking of forwards. More pressure on the kicker. These are some of the things that explain the difference in goals scored in the 1990s and today. You really going to try to argue that nothing has changed ?? Fair enough. We differ

If it hasn't changed then we must have had a batch of hopeless forwards for the last 10 years - the Coleman Medal winner hasn't scored more than 80 goals, with 8 of the last 10 years below 70. Compared with the 1990s when the lowest was 81 goals and there were 6 years above 110 goals. 8 below 70 vs 6 above 110.

Jamie Elliott 25% wow!

Could add the "blockbuster round" where teams play their state rival and Victorian teams their "traditional rival" whoever that actually is. Gather round would also add another round of games. That would be 21×10 H&A games. Right now I think it's 23×9 games equivalent = 207 H&A games

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It's 8 years and top 25% for RFA otherwise UFA. 10 years UFA. Delisted and redrafted is UFA for life - that's JJ, he was delisted and then rookied.

Yes it's a tough call to identify the top 10 paid players on the list. Kossie could well be in there along with Petty so both RFA? Harmes and Spargo are almost certainly not in there. Rivers too. So all UFA. Maybe a question mark or asterisk on the presumed RFAs and keep the UFAs as-is because they look safe to me.