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I don’t think he is. 1 top 10 for sure and then a late 1st or early 2nd for me. He’s not the best small forward in the comp atm and I think there’s a realistic chance that he’ll never achieve that accolade.

It’s a real hard call for me. The team does look fit I’ll admit that. it’ll boil down to two things: 1. Team Unity. We all know morale was shot to pieces and there were moderate to deep fractures in the club. Lots of changes in admin and coaching staff. I hope this has improved but we’ll never know until the whole club is put in the spotlight during season proper We are likely to be dealt a curveball or two and how we respond will tell us a lot. 2. Game plan. The game has changed and our premiership winning plan is a thing of history. The game is fast moving, turnover based and high scoring. Everything we are not. We are not built for this game style and it worries me that we may try to emulate it. If we do, then we won’t play finals. Moving Windsor to HB is a good move. Ever since Hibbo retired we’ve lacked a solid rebounding defender and Caleb has all the traits of Hunt and Hibbo combined. The one area that is within our wheelhouse to change is i50 delivery. If we can improve this markedly, then we have a chance at the big one. Do we play Fritta high Hf? He has great vision and skill but moving him out of the 50 will take away the 40+ goals he scores every year. Who else ? Lindsey? McAdam?

Just my opinion, but i think when we let ANB get to Adelaide, that must have triggered something in Kozzy. He's always wanted to go back home, there is no doubting that.

I’m not a TJ fan, in fact I’d celebrate the day he retires. However Novak handled the situation very poorly and just shows that he doesn’t understand Aussie culture.

Oh how I’d love if he were to face and beat Novak. I mean it would be soo awesome.

Is there going to be training next Monday open to the public at Casey?

Firstly I know nothing, but the article is likely a management tactic to put a stake in the ground. Plenty of time for the two clubs to start putting together a deal that will satisfy all parties. Gives Freo plenty of time to work on other deals / contracts to find the cap space and picks to make it happen. If however they are into Warner, it’s really hard to see how that gets done. If Kozzy asked for a trade end of last season (or was contemplating it ) it wouldn’t be far fetched that we asked for another year given what was going on and also a chance to convince him to stay.

2 first rounders

Dees could place anywhere between 1-16. Even comp, question marks on unity of group and game plan. I think we’ll know more about the Dees after the first 6 rounds of not before then. If game plan is largely unchanged then It’s probably in the 7-16 range. If we do play more direct I lt can still go horribly wrong but I think opens the door to the top 4. Think 2018 ball movement with 2021 defence.

I’d be cry-laugung if we somehow fudge the post injury treatment up. Let’s see if we have applied the learnings from the initial incident.

Picture says a thousand words. He obviously cannot invite everybody but interesting to see who is not there. Somebody had to say it.

I think well do better than the 24 season, but we are far off it with our gameplan and personnel perspective. Our current mix of onballers are unlikely to take us to the promised land. I think (hope really) we will experiment more with a different mix of onballers. Trac has to stay in a HF or forward of stoppage / link player role. He is wasted somewhat in the middle. If Oliver can get back to his best and dominate clearances (big if) and have some defensive accountability, big win. Its the post stoppage area we lack in. Can Windsor, Harvey, Lindsay be the answer? Maybe, but i wouldn't expect much in '25. Maybe from 2026/27 though. Our HB rebound also needs lots of speed and skill. Windsor moving back there is good. Playing him ala Blakey would be a formidable weapon for us. Question marks on Sparrow, Viney remain for mine. For mine, we are still rebuilding. The real hope is that things do click at some stage next year and can we generate some real momentum.

I wouldnt underplay this. For those that scoff at the idea that the AFL and powerclubs are not in bed with each other, id kindly suggest you wake up. I wouldnt say there is out right corruption, but there would be very questionable and highly unethical decision being made in the 'interest of the game'.

Merry Christmas to all! Is the first training session after New Years confirmed yet? I recall seeing Jan 9th at Gosch's somewhere?