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I would not trust at all that he isn't sending information back to the Cats

IMO it could be Langford. While they are completely different heights, Langford offers the dual clearance/forward option in the same way Kozzie has been training this preseason.

Kolt strikes me as more the Petracca type, i.e. we won't see him explode until season 4-5 when his body really matures. He'll then beating most other senior players athletically and we've all seen his effort levels on display already.

Still way better than last year though. The early season run in 2024 - something like 5 games in 25 days - was ridiculous. We were never a chance to beat Brisbane at the MCG that night.

Our Round 7 game is against Richmond, so we'd be 5-2 if results went the way of the above. Would be a brilliant start to the year. I'd take 4-3.

I think 2025 will be even more competitive than 2024. West Coast and North will both get better through youth experience and recruitment of senior players. Could imagine then getting 5-6 wins each. Adelaide, Essendon and St Kilda will remain competitive (but not that good). I can't see any other teams sliding significantly, other than Richmond, who could go winless. I think Port will get worse too and Hinkley will resign mid year. Will split the ladder into thirds rather than exact finishing positions: Top six: Sydney, Carlton, Freo, GWS, Brisbane, Collingwood Mid six: Melbourne, Geelong, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Western Bulldogs, Hawthorn Bottom six: Port, Essendon, St Kilda, North, West Coast, Richmond

Having broken ribs myself, the recovery is mainly about pain tolerance. You can do pretty much everything you would normally, but some things are just a lot more painful. Even things you wouldn't expect, like pull ups. It's an upper body exercise, but having your arms in the air pulls on your ribcage. Hurts. So you can train and play but it'll be uncomfortable. Trac I expect it will be in the yellow bib at training for a bit so it heals fully.

The I think the ones to watch out for are those who make podcasts about it for a living, rather than being out there practicing it behind the scenes of organisations.

Terrific news. We may be on track for a full group - no rehab - when preseason resumes in January? I expect Spargo will start the year in the VFL but he is an important depth player and has proven that he can contribute in finals and big regular season games.

It'll be a massive concern if they aren't. That's 3 weeks away, if they aren't fully training by then, you can properly say that they haven't had a full pre-season. Sets them back massively, especially Lever. Really frustrated with his suspension to start the year. If you look at the best small forwards recently Rioli, Betts, Papley, C. Cameron, Walters - they all really exploded in season 5 or 6. Kozzie is heading into season 6. He's already a gun and statistically better than those players at the same point of his career. All-Australian should be his goal.

I hope Lever is out of rehab soon. We've only seen patches of his best form since the flag.

That confirms it - flag in 2025. Thank you!

Is Petty still training with the backs?

If Oliver and Trac keep this up, we'll have a draft haul like Richmond at the end of next year!

I don't think we have any spots. We retained all six 2024 rookies without drafting any of them to the primary list, so we're still full.