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Swannies depth impacted by poor drafting outside of academy picks and assets spent on acquiring Charlie Curnow. Don’t get the hype. Blues should improve with their ins so Blues for mine.

I suspect there'll be a few officials and board members at other clubs feeling slightly relieved they don't have to authorise a market rate bumper 8 year offer to Walsh given his history of back related soft tissue injuries. If he can play consistently at his best then the risk will work for the Blues. If his back issues persist it'll turn into a bad contract pretty quickly.

a taller goal scoring Nibbler?

Saints don't exactly have a stellar midfield so why is he being squeezed out? I'd suggest one paced and lacks flexibility which in an era when every rule change is to open up the game and make it quicker ain't a great calling card.

Clarry's challenge is reach the brutal running levels required of an AFL mid. Possible Dees don't think he can check that box at the level required.

14, future 1st + future 2nd might get Dees to answer phone. 14 will likely be late teens, same as future 1st, future 2nds valuable to trade for higher picks with points chasing teams.

Bedford has a combo of elite endurance and speed not being, fact that he was not picked or playing as sub was an early sign that Goody did not understand the way the game had changed.

A smart footballer. Good overhead for a small and a smart user. Will be in demand. Ideally retain and see how he goes under new coach implementing the transition running game plan de jour that Goody didnt seem to be able to do.

now do 2025...

I don't think so. Maybe 800k but even that is optimistic. And even if he took a paycut to get to new club of his choice suspect we''ll be subsidising his contract to tune of 500k a year give or take. Oliver is not on the contract terms he is on to tag Patrick Cripps. Just the reality.

Better in that it has 5 years to run not six to run but no club is taking on his full contract without Dees attaching a very early pick. And a club that can take on his full contract may not be a club he wants to go to. Its a pickle. Maybe he takes a significant pay cut to get a trade done.

My prediction is both Petracca and Oliver will put in trade requests again. Buckle up!

Saturday Night Blockbuster. Winner can either stay in 12th position or soar to 12th position. Now that we're officially in a rebuild according to Goody I reckon we'll start to see some youngsters who've been in good form in VFL like Verrall and Mentha get a taste of senior footy. Try the steak!

running half backs area a dime a dozen really....

it would be surprising if some players were not traded out after 4 underachieving seasons since the flag to improve our draft and player trade capital. Issue is what trade value do these players have?

Our 2nd ranked player in the stats player rankings is a tagger, no wonder we've only won 5 games this year.

I suspect they are undroppable....

after Goody revealed at the post match presser after our loss to Crows that we are in a rebuild I am pleased to see young Tom Campbell is a chance to debut for the club...

An important player. If we had a 2025 era game plan structures he'd be an important linebreaker off half back which is one of the key roles in 2025 era game plans.

I think we need to give Goody a few more seasons to bed down a game plan that other sides have been playing since 2022...

I'm just looking to the elite forward entries that don't seem to result in actual goals that often....

took too long to realise to change game plan. now failing to imprint the new game plan he talks about on the team.

Aha, so its ok that in the finals 3 rounds we can't beat teams that will be playing finals. Very low bar that.

If Petracca and Oliver are at the Dees in 2026 lets hope their on field performance matches their contract value given they're payed to be match winners. There are 2 different questions for mine: 1, Do they want to be at the Dees in 2026? 2, Will they be at the Dees in 2026? If the answer to 1 is no then the challenge for the club is how do we maximise player/draft pick return and minimise/eliminate paying part of contract. This may require both players agreeing to lower value contracts at new club. Personally I think the answer to 1 for both will be yes and that it will be in the best interests of the club if they are traded. Clarry is a long way off his best footy, as the game changes can he get fit enough to run with best mids? Can he adjust his decison making to a new game plan. Tracca has misplaced his mojo, more likely to get it back than Clarry, but maybe more likely to rediscover at another club he thinks has more chance of success going into 26. Like Clarry needs to adjust his decision making to game plan de jour.