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The headline on p93 of today’s Herald Sun is “DEMONS SEEING OLIVER OF OLD” Tyler Lewis - Track Watch • Clarrie lit up the ‘A’ against ‘B’ match with a dominant performance in Melbourne’s match simulation in the absence of stars Steven May (Indigenous All Stars) and Christian Petracca (still no contact). [He forgot to mention that Kozzie is also in the All Stars match but we’ll forgive him for that one]. • Oliver started in the middle of the ‘A’ team alongside Max Gawn, Trent Rivers and Ed Langdon. He gathered upwards of 20 disposals in the first half, had less of an impact impact in the second, but remained involved. • Also in the midfield rotation were Tom Sparrow and Harvey Langford. The latter might not have shown his best, but excited fans with his capacity to play an almost 50-50 split between midfield and forward. • Jake Lever, who took command of the back six early without May, displaying his power in the air. • The starting back six for team ‘A’ beside Lever was Tom McDonald, Harrison Petty, Christian Salem, Jake Bowey and Blake Howes. • Casey recruit and former Eagle Jai Culley was impressive getting a stack of the footy at stoppages as well as around the ground. • Mature-age draft pick Aidan Johnson proved a threat on the scoreboard and in the air up forward for the ‘B’ team. • Shane McAdam was the only serious injury casualty. He was helped from the ground, unable to put any weight on his left foot.

The report in the Herald Sun/CodeSports ~ Oliver sounds ominous warning with match sim blitz I will come back with a summary for those who can’t crack the pay wall.

Match simulation Report | Sparrow stands out

The Dockers have upped the ante by signing Kozzie’s cousin Isaiah Dudley under the SSP. Time for uncle Roy to step up!

Found on someone’s Facebook.

On this day in 1958, this was how the Melbourne Football Club used to recruit players - a letter, a meeting and a movie and training started in March. ers

Melbourne will welcome fans to Casey Fields this afternoon, for the first Beyond Bank Family Series event of 2025. The open training session will begin at 3:00pm, with a player signing opportunity from 6:00pm. Weather conditions expected - particularly cloudy and windy with some rain late in the day.

How about this one from Fox Sports?

Anyone remember this?

Peace in our time 2025 AFL Draft | Race to #1: Noah Chamberlain

It's a special training session at Casey Fields on Super Bowl Sunday (New Orleans Time) with Steven May's touchdown throw to Judd McVee setting the scene for a shocker of a game for Patrick Mahomes and Taylor Swift's plus one and a big day for Philadelphia's Aussie offensive tackle Jordan Mailata. AQOmc_LMJoMEIR9lFL4MEYKANppYZGgOafdy5mcFP3McP475VwbN23m8CpKQtZn7Dd6O1vUZFeXB6s7vbmHudp5_.mp4

There’s another one coming 2025 AFL Draft | Race to #1: Max King

2025 AFL Draft | Race to #1: Cooper Duff-Tytler

Match simulation report | New recruit impresses

Dyson Sharp is a player who will attract most clubs. 2025 AFL Draft | Race to #1: Dyson Sharp

It’s also good for when you’re in the dentist’s chair and all the more difficult at the start of the season when new numbers have been allocated. Like, who’s #12 is a bit issue when the dentist’s scraping around the molars.

One of the players considered very likely - a GCS NGA 2025 AFL Draft | Race to #1: Zeke Uwland

The players are on a break from training but some travelled to the red centre for a community visit. Demons head North | Alice Springs community visits Jack Viney, Jake Lever and Kate Hore are there for the trip but the visit must be a very special one for NGA rookie Ricky Mentha Jnr, an Alice Springs local – the first Demon Next Generation Academy product to be signed from the region and the first from the area signed to an AFL list in over a decade.

February 15

Steven May joins Kozzie Pickett in the Indigenous All Stars squad to play Fremantle and he’s pretty chuffed ~ 'Pretty surreal that I get that opportunity again': Veteran's surprise 12-year return to Indigenous All Stars squad

It seems that a number of clubs, including Melbourne, had today off. It would appear that preseason resumes on Wednesday.

I’m not sure about NGAs (I haven’t been able to find any lists of NGAs) but we have Ryder Brown and Marley Davey coming up as father/son players although they aren’t draft eligible until at least 2027. On Marcus Prasad, at last report he’s 169cm but slight in build but considered freakish. I hope he grows in both height and weight by the time he gets to draft age. Scouting Notes: 2024 Victorian Under 16 trials #1 Marcus Prasad (Dandenong Stingrays) Small Forward | 169cm | 23/03/2008 Skipper in game two, Prasad was one of the many crafty smalls on show throughout the day. His best play was a terrific finish on goal during the second quarter, where he squeezed the ball just inside the post with a low spearing kick. Prasad’s creativity was evident and he took a high mark in term four to add to his moments.

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