demoncat

Love your work @Roost it far but it’s head in stand stuff to not think he’d be at Freo right now if he had the choice

Yikes Perhaps it was just a poor choice of words on his part (I remember Petty saying something similar in the 2023 off season before resigning) but gee it’s not a good sign is it

I love Brown but it’s a real sliding doors moment in hindsight Although who knows if Hogan could have had the same impact as Brown in the last third of 2021 - he was absolutely pivotal to us winning the flag

We’re so back

Can’t wait to see this kid play He was just about my most wanted leading up to the draft and I was thrilled when we called out his name Thank you again to the Saints for beating the Baggers and giving us pick 6 ❤️

I think there was a report last year that we had interest in Aleer Let’s hope that’s true 👀

Yeah that’s Culley FWIW I was surprised that the Eagles cut him considering where they’re at in their list build Got a Rising Star nomination and looked like he was developing into a player before he got hit with an ACL Wouldn’t be against trying to squeeze him onto the senior list depending on how things shake out this year

Disappointed for Kolt Felt he really came on towards the end of last year and from reports was continuing to improve this preseason

Harvey 😱 he looks like a bonafide AFL midfielder already

Thank you for saving my life Jack Higgins

Looks a better kick too (love Tom Green but he does have a bit of hack it on the boot about him)

My brother in Christ you need to relax I never said they were bad players If you can’t understand the nuance of what I’m saying then I don’t know what to tell you And hey for what it’s worth if the coaches agreed with you they wouldn’t have tried to trade for Houston and wouldn’t have moved Windsor so half back so 🙃

m8 don’t get me wrong I love McVee and Rivers, but I think you’re the one who needs their eyes checked if you think we have Dan Houston or Lachie Whitfield back there The fact is compared to a lot of contenders our half backs don’t rack up a lot of possessions and, apart from the odd highlight or two, don’t play a significant role in our ball movement

I posted this on another thread a few months ago, but I love the idea of playing Windsor off half back The reason being is that he’s going to be in a much better position to win the ball at half back than he will on the wing (especially when the play is on the opposite side of the ground) I think our lack of ball winners and link runners in the back half has been a real weakness of ours the last few years, and I honestly can’t remember a truly elite game by one of our half backs since Salem in the 21 GF or a handful of games from Gus in 22 With his speed, smarts and defensive running I can see the vision with Windsor, and him getting another 5-10 possessions a game could be a difference maker for us Time will tell

We’ll make finals Too scarred from 2022-24 to commit to more than that though 😅

I think the recruiting team have identified the small forward position as a need but just haven’t been in a position to take one in the draft In the past two years we’ve been linked to Nick Watson (we tried to trade up to draft him), Isaac Kako (would have bid on him had Essendon not traded us pick 9) and Joe Berry (I think pick 9 was a few spots too high to draft him, especially with Lindsay still on the board) Personally I think another genuine small forward is our number one priority come trade and draft time

I for one am already looking forward to the Fremantle 2026 death ride when we hold their future first round pick Let’s hope the sequel is just as good as the original

Perhaps we could trade him for Jackson? He seems pretty good

I’m no expert but I would have thought both Max and Trac would be able to run and participate in non contract drills given their injuries won’t prohibit their movement They should hopefully be able to keep their fitness up even if they’re not participating in match sims etc

Pete Ryan is only a step above some of the spuds at SEN and Fox Sports Not sure why he even bothered writing the rest of the article after he noted we have broad support for the Caulfield project only a few paragraphs in…

We’re going to need some mix of Chandler, Kolt, Spargo etc to kick 20+ each next year to be a genuine flag chance Fritsch and Kozzie have been our only consistent mid/small forward goal kickers the past few years, and when they’re not kicking bags we generally struggle to score Trac could help a lot in this regard if he spends more time forward but it seems like he’s been training exclusively as a mid so far this offseason, and we’re still pretty reliant on him in this position

I can’t quite put my finger on why they bully us so much My best guess is that their mids can match us in the contest while outpacing us, meaning we frequently get opened up Meanwhile they’ve been elite defensively for a few years, so when we do get looks we struggle big time to score Thankfully I’m pretty neutral about them so I don’t get too upset, but it would be good to get one back on them this year

Freo… at a regional oval… God help us

I’ve heard Toby Bedford is pretty good