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The six coaches: Nathan Buckley; Bathan Nuckley; Collingwood’s 2018 GF coach; The 2002 Norm Smith Medallist; One of the three 2003 Brownlow Medallists; and That bloke from On the Couch

Blues now interested in Flanders too Don’t worry Dees fans I’m sure Tim Lamb has another Hunter/Billings trade in the pipeline for us! 🤮

I like Bevo but the Dogs should never have extended him before the end of the year as finals should have been the determinant They’ve lacked a defensive system for years now and it doesn’t look like it’s improved at all this year

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Was quite impressed with Chesser when we played West Coast at Marvel Seemed very clean and composed with his disposal, and got a fair bit of the ball in a losing effort Would be great to add some more young midfield depth

It would be great if we could be linked to an established AFL player for a change, but Heath seems like he could be a decent pick up at least 🤷

A different discussion but our social media team is awful Poor attention to detail and often cringe worthy content As a young(er) Demonlander, I’d love them to take a page out of Hawthorn or GWS book The content doesn’t have to be as tongue and cheek as those clubs socials, but content that’s a) accurate and b) allows our players personalities to shine through would go a long way to restore fan engagement with the club

Agreed Flanders is exactly the type of player we need to be going after if he’s gettable Even if there’s only a small chance of him moving clubs we need to be on the front foot and not let other teams jump ahead of us in a queue We’ve been sorely lacking in that regard since 2021

We desperately need more small forwards who can apply pressure while also hitting the scoreboard, so I’m a big yes for going after Rosas

Guerra looks like be making the right moves early

Ever since I started seeing clips of him in 2024 I was hoping like hell we’d be able to draft him And thank god we did because he’s been everything that was promised and then some I know it’s easy to throw big names out there but he just screams Bontempelli, with some of the ‘having time’ qualities of a Pendlebury Can’t wait to see what he produces in 2026

You could see it coming a mile off I miss being able to believe in this team 😢

You have to wonder how much his poor form is as a result of North’s development of him vs him just being a poor player relative to his draft position Why North didn’t take Watson or Curtin with that pick I’ll never know

My critical thinking goes out the window when I hear a positive rumour about the Dees Welcome Brody

Inside word @BLWNBA? Generally if a player is set on moving back home / to a particular club, it happens eventually, so for our sake I hope it’s something Dogga feels strongly about (as much as I feel for and respect his personal circumstances)

He was never that consistent with his snaps but he used to be able to hit them from almost 50 metres out sometimes He’s absolutely fallen off a cliff in that regard and I just can’t understand why

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Thanks for your part in 2021 Choco By the way, an interesting tidbit at the end of this clip from Kane here regarding Buckley sounding out a former MFC coach/employee - does anyone know who Cleary was referring to?

Size won’t be a problem if he can rack em up and hit targets - just look at Errol Gulden

Really great to hear that Kolt is putting together good performances at VFL level While he definitely needed to go back to Casey to work on his game, I don’t think we were doing him any favours playing him in no man’s land at half forward To me he needs to be playing predominantly as a midfielder who can drift forward and hit the scoreboard I think he’s got the skills to do this - he just needs fitness, experience and confidence Hoping we see him take a big step this preseason and potentially feature in our midfield rotation from next year onwards (even if they’re just cameos)

1000% Reckon we’re going to be pretty far back in the queue though for any players looking to return to Vic (unless Buckley has us bouncing up the ladder next year 🤣)

The Rowell comparison is a good one There was a great article from earlier in the year where he essentially said he got fitter than ever in the preseason to give himself more of an outside game He was already a contest and clearance beast but can now hurt you on the outside with his run and ability to get from contest to contest I’d be telling Clarry that he needs to have the preseason of his life if he wants to stay in the red and blue next year, because we can’t keep carrying him if he’s going to plod around like he has for the past two years

I don’t doubt your mail @Deez21 but why did we extend him to 2026 earlier this year then?

We would do very well to have someone like Daly as senior coach Putting aside his tactical acumen, the work he and Fagan have done to turn Brisbane into a well oiled machine can’t be understated, and it’s a key part of their onfield success Sam Edmund mentioned that Cam Bruce was also on our radar for an assistant coaching role We might need to change our name to the Melbourne Lions 🤣

Reckon the might have scared Buckley off with that effort 🤣