The Taciturn Demon

AHG vibes.

Ha ha. Fair. Gosh, Matt Whitlock would want to be good.

What would Richmond want for (what becomes) Pick 7?

Will they play Maeve with a hole in her hamstring a la Steven May in the GF?

You're a ledge. If I was more technically minded I'd do the John Williams Jaws theme over the top of both Gillard tackles.

Someone recently - maybe even a Melbourne player after the Gabba win - described Neale as having the fastest feet in the game. He may not be quick, but he's no plodder.

Could it also be that if you're slow and can't kick, and then something goes wrong - you start to get injuries or just get passed by other midfielders - there's no fallback for you? If you can kick you can go to half back. If you're quick you can go to a wing or maybe play on dangerous small forwards. I think if the last few years have shown us anything, it's the importance of versatility, even in the very very best midfielders. Like you said, Clayton Oliver is a good comparison. Also, I don't think it's any coincidence that Tom Mitchell, Luke Ball, Brock McLean, all high picks or touted as exceptional players at some point in their careers, all limped to 150 or 200-odd games, even at a time when those type of players were in vogue.

Me too. He must be confident that no matter what happens above us, we'll get two he really likes.

That's what I'm hoping. Purely in the marking area, more Logue than Hannan.

Good comparison. I'd be a bit disappointed if Nairn was only as good as Hannan above his head at AFL level.

Genuine question: how many players get drafted having played most of their best footy the previous year in the SANFL (or WAFL) reserves?

I wish I knew how to get and embed short videos, because the chain of handballs on the northern wing that leads to the Wotherspoon goal that put us two goals ahead is absolute poetry. The Georgia Campbell pick up and little give to Fitzpatrick is delightful. (We have to keep Campbell - got to be our number one ruck next year.) Then Fitz pops one up to Heath and she looks like she's clear, but Keeley Kustermann, a former 800 metre runner, turns on the jets and looks like she'll mow her down. Heath seems to be going flat out, but managed to find another gear, arches the back, gets some space and... the handball to Mahony. Just. Hook. It. To. My. Veins.

Great activation initiative going forward.

I'm starting to feel the same. I skipped half an hour of a work event last year to sit in a toilet stall and find out if Adelaide took Draper or Langford. (My boss actually sent out a colleague to find out if I had food poisoning.) Probably not quite the same this year - and no Wednesday night work function to drag me away from the draft - but "will Taylor fall to us" has a vageuly similar feel.

Doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

I do too. But would we still take Nairn as a matter of priority. Or would we take the best player to fall to 7 and then hope GWS leaves Nairn alone?

Oof. Geeze. That would be interesting. I wonder what we'd do in that case.

Enormous relief. I think, though, unlike the men, there were numerous completely legit excuses for the women. We're very young. A few of our oldies are right at the very end. We had a soft draw and the opportunity to see how we compared with only one serious contender during the season. We found ourselves on the 'wrong' side of the finals draw. We had injuries to three of our five or six most important players. The umpiring was genuinely appalling and extremely one sided. Despite all of that we won. Astonishing effort.

Great summary. My feeling is they're extremely well drilled and play brilliant, relentless team footy, but can be sloppy. They give you a chance if you're able to go with them. It's just that nobody can go with them at the moment.

Is there a chance Essendon go Schubert out of pure desperation? They have Caddy. That's it. Jones can't get on the park and Wright seems to be done. Probably wishful. They can always take him with that Carlton pick.

The only thing bigger than that Hawthorn banner is their cheer squad's sense of self importance.

Heath Hore Gillard Fitzpatrick McNamara Wotherspoon

This is News Corp's 'premium brand', as well.

It's super disappointing. If anyone is reading this and they're on the fence, go and have a squiz at the replay. Extremely good game of footy.

You'll have to settle for Kate Hore and Corey Maynard. No cloning required.