drdrake

Speed we look quick, foot speed and ball movement. Across all lines we have speed which we haven't seen for a long time

The VFL was dead in the water, a lot of clubs in massive debt, Adelaide crows and west coast Eagles paying big money to join the vfl now AFL saved a lot of clubs.

More and more players are now getting drafted, from state leagues, Werribee i think has around 6 odd players that have been drafted over the past 18 months, a hell of a lot more than the u18s program in the west. It is a good opportunity for blokes that missed the draft at 18 and a lot do because they arent in a pathway program or just not ready. It is a development league

If you go a AFL reserves you need to a VFL comp, Werribee, Williamstown, Sandringham, Frankston, Box Hill, Port Melbourne, Casey try to get Northern Bullants look at Ballarat, something North Wodonga or Wangaratta Get a 10 team comp 18 game season. All of the sudden you have a good pathway structure and I reckon over time you will see more players drafted from State comps than you will from 18s comps.

JVR in 2025 just lost his confidence dropped a lot of marks that he had clean hands to that he was marking in 2024. He is very similar to Logan Morris, Morris has the advantage of some pretty good ball users and decision makers kicking the ball to him. I like JVR when he is on the move running higher and working back, hopefully he can build a tank to do this, we need better options transitioning from defensive half. If we can get cleaner faster ball movement through that centre third it will give our forwards more space to work into, slow predictable ball movement enables your opponents to block up space create out number

Can clubs get access to 17 year olds through Tassie like we did with Jesse Hogan?

The 2 Tom's from the Jets McGuane and Burton surely will get a train on gig somewhere, Burton in particular if the guy headed further down the highway to Falcons or across the bay to any of those teams in the East he gets drafted.

Im a Tom Burton fan, quick good skills, if he is around for our 4th pick he would be good value.

Watched a bit of the Jets, the games I saw Oscar played that high half forward role works pretty hard and looks ok in front of goals. Wouldn't have him at 37 though, rookie maybe. The Jet that has fallen of the radar is tom Burton, small but quick and good skills. With the rise of small forwards again you need small quick defenders to stop them, Burton would be a good pick up at 37

I reckon west Coast will trade pick 2 and 13 to the bombers for 5 and 6

What GCS must know Humphrey is gone might not be next season but as soon as he can get out he will. Melbourne are happy to keep Petracca, so the end of the day GCS need to get the deal done or they will not have either Petracca and over next 2 years Humphrey.

How about Pick 6 and 7 to WCE for Pick 2 and 16 to GCS Pick 2 and future 2nd to mfc for Petracca

SOS is a Carlton man, offer contracts that push them into higher band. If this was a trade Jack would be worth around pick 35 to 45, the ruck around that 19 pick. Spargo hasnt played either pick in 40s or 50s, hopefully Todd Viney has taken care of melbourne with his contract and we set second round pick

Its all positioning now, we want the best deal we can for Petracca, the MFC line will be if the right deal doesn't come he is playing for melbourne, but we also recognise we need to change our midfield up and if the Petracca deal doesn't get done trading Oliver becomes an option.

I wonder if we they can trade off the 17 year old as of next year. If so Baxter Sruk is a massive watch next year along with key forward Jake Miller.