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Do not want either,one sulks too easily and the other only wants to jump on peoples heads. Forget the magic "expensive" recruit !!! ANd forget about Lever as Captain. He would be waving instructions to everyone and sometimes doesn't follow them himself

Agree with some of the statements, BUT Melsham (Damn) is on his way out account age, BUT could make a great Forward Coach TMac (one of my favourites) unfortunately is a bit "banged up" account of his role as a team player. Brown , I think we saw the best of him in 2021 Lets give some credit to Spargo (his efforts, particularly in the 3rd Q proved he is more than a list clogger) were OUTSTANDING. It is players like he and ANB who give everything for the team and bring a lot to the table. Imagine if Kossie had their workrate. . Rivers is only half way developed (Could be anything !!) Build his tank and he could be a devastating HBF or Wingman. JVR & McVee are still development players (1st year) Bowey is filling Salems role. But maybe trying to outmark Pettonet might be a stretch too far. Chandler has developed this year because he has been given a better run at it Sparrow is probably (apart from the immediate above) our most improved player this year. With confidence he could take some of the heavy work off Viney Gus....Some posters rubbish him , but he is the link person every top side needs: Grand Final , Clarrie's absence etc show just how valuable he is to our structure (allows Tracc to play forward.) Max is a generational player, but needs an apprentice !! Stephen May (see above) But Petty cannot be at both ends of the ground !! Turner, Woewodin, Laurie plus a few others will present themselves next year because they have had a taste (albeit small of what is required. Plus there are few kids @ Casey knocking at the door. Be careful about thinking that a magic recruit is going to change the whole place around . We have enough stars, just need to lift the quality of the foot soldiers. Have not mentioned Tracc or Oliver because they are the fifth gear we need ( ala Cripps & Walsh) Let us not throw the baby out with the bathwater by incessant criticism of "fringe" players

We have two tall forwards ,but they were not playing ( JVR & Petty) . Had a strong sensible mid (Gus), not playing. Rivers will develop into a great HBF (Like Rioli). Kozzie will learn !!! We need a Petty in defence & trade Lever !!! (He was terrific for the first 15 minutes tonight but.....then turned into a traffic cop. May is the cornerstone of our defence so we need another May !! Spargo,ANB, more of please !!

Bit harsh only a 2nd or 3rd game (after injury in his first). O thought he did not look overawed and shwoed a lot of potential (and I am not his Aunty!!) Bill Laurie has shown enormous improvement. Give him a few more games and he will be very handy

We have been developing Van Royen and apparently there are a couple in the 2's . Let's work on what we have or can develop. If I was VanRoyen and got shafted for Koschitzke , I would be a bit dark. We lost Bedford with our impatience and to be honest I think he has developed this year ,so much so, I think he is a better long term bet than Hunter.

Just let the kids grow .......they will fill out and be terrific if managed properly. We have been spoilt with the young people we have brought along over the last few years : i.e. Bowey (Salem Jnr), Rivers ("Daniel RIoli " Jnr), Jarrod McVee ( Tony Hardiman Jnr), Van Royen (Jonathan Brown Jnr), Sparrow (Viney's Love child ) , Kozzie (Jnr Wizz) , Spargs and Chandler plus Wowo Jnr. And that is just the ones I know about !!! All is good in the village !!!

How can McVee be a Category A Rookie and be playing every game. Surely he should be a "must" sign person ?? (This is written as an informational query not a comment ).

Well the choice was between Carro, Lloyd, Cornes or Eddie . I will take Danger !!!! But it will be some socialite from the Amateurs who went to school with Mc Laughlan or DIllon (I really should not be bagging him yet !!) . He/She will be portayed as having a broad business background and a full grassroots knowledge of the game (mainly through the chaffeur's experience playing out at St Albans

Reading between the lines : ANB Nearly BOG Brayshaw : Nearly BOG

I think think his efforts this year have been outstanding. PLUS we are seeing the emergence of Rivers, Bowey . ( plus to a degree Jordon & Sparrow & Van Royen ) The future is looking bright !!! How good is that for the future !!

Isn't it funny how when "we" get a set on a player, nothing he does is good enough. When a bloke is thought of so highly by the blokes who go into the paddock with, then I feel he is something special. ANB may not have the smoothness of some players, but neither does Jack VIney , but the Club is lucky to have two players with so much heart !! (Viney's goal should be goal of the year !!! purely because of the attitude that enabled him to do it. ANB plays with heart and the players around him know that !!!!

Do not complain. i recently shifted house and had no Foxtel . So had to listen to BT in between the Ads. Enough to make me watch the Soccer or appreciate the MLB Draft !!

Just from AFL HQ ,instead of suspending De Gone they are altering the Rules of the Brownlow snd awarding it to him plus he is free to play for the rest of the season. Eddie would like to thank the AFLfor interfering and allowing natural justice to take place !!

I think he is a really good footballer. It seems that many posters get a little impatient in relation to the development of players. Guns like Oliver & Petracca do not come along often and I cannot imagine Collingwood letting Johnson go and how are we going to match the $$$$ because Oliver/Petracca May etc are not coming cheap.

" Neal-Bullen - rarely sighted again " 19 Disposals 9 tackles, obviously he was really rarely sighted (especially by Freemantle, who did not see him coming..

Nearly a waste of time. We only got beaten by 4 points in a game that we hung in, and could have been completely blown away. Hardly seemed to be one positive assessment of any player.

Their Midfield in Rowell, Anderson & Swallow are definitely not the weakest in the AFL. Anderson is an absolute gun (A potential Tracc) , Rowell is another Viney . And Wiks is a genuinely good ruckman (and team man) !!!

And yet we won !!

Interesting ,that when we play teams with 3 really big blokes we struggle. I think??? Scott (Essendon) may have found the magic formula

I am not knocking Oliver, but the Bont is ALSO "very special". i think the beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Dangerfield did not have much impact in the first couple of games ala Curnow. But then Cornes cannot remember past something that happened 3 weeks ago ( way beyond his recogisence limit "

Brayshaw mus have been magnificent !!!

Agree that the Media are causing me to lose interest in AFL. I really like watching Footy, however the competition between the media "journalists" has become so fierce that objectivity & quality has been sacrificed in attention seeking. CoOrnes, Taylor ,"Carro",Lloyd give journalism a bad name.

I think Angus would need to have 100 possessions @ 100% and your comment would : Doesn't share !!

It is difficult when some people have not seen the greats like Stynes, FLOWER, Alves, Jurrah(a cameo !!),Neitz,Hardeman, Matty Whelan/Jetta (would not like to separate them), Garry Lyon (watch the Youtube when he kicked 10 goals in a final !!), Brian Wilson (B'Low medallist) , Shane Woewodin ( B'low Medallist). How do you compare Brian Dixon against Stan Alves vs Langdon . Ditterich vs Gawn or Viney T/Viney J vs Barassi Will have to admit though that the current crop have some all time greats of MFC in Gawny, Petracca, Oliver plus a few "potentials" Nostalgia glosses over some issues, but the modern footballer is bigger, faster and in some ways more skillful . Robbie Flower would have been up with any of them though. A positive posting !!!

Should be the first AFLW Legend !! Having said that her press Conference showed a lot of respect for her as a person. Well done on a great career Mk1.