Blistering

Glenferrie Oval. I played a schoolboy game there and sometimes drive past the ground. I can’t believe they played senior level footy at the ground. At least they’ve improved the drainage.

Did you pass any houses with PICKETT fences?

We had to make a change to the make up with our strong bodied mids who aren’t blessed with level top pace. The pressure’s now on Angus Brayshaw to perform.

Reckon we’d be on top of the ladder based on our big win over the Blues last week.

Maybe they can get Wale-Buxton back. He was a pretty decent back up ruck when he was at the club.

The fact that our injury list seems to be shrinking probably means that it’s less likely that we will find it necessary to fill the vacancy caused by Nietzche’s long term injury.

Stay tuned for the announcement of the squad?

1. Clayton Oliver vs 2. Max Gawn

1. Clayton Oliver vs 4. James Harmes 5. Christian Petracca vs 2. Max Gawn

1. Clayton Oliver vs Neville Jetta 6. Bayley Fritsch vs 4. James Harmes 3. Jack Viney vs 5. Christian Petracca 7. Christian Salem vs 2. Max Gawn

1. Clayton Oliver vs Nathan Jones Tom McDonald vs 5. Christian Petracca 6. Bayley Fritsch vs Jake Lever 7. Christian Salem vs Jay Lockhart

Oscar McDonald vs 8. Angus Brayshaw Ed Langdon vs 5. Christian Petracca Jake Lever vs Tom Sparrow Tom McDonald vs Mitch Hannan Neville Jetta vs Aaron vandenBerg

Fluke.

Braydon Preuss vs Ed Langdon Toby Bedford vs Joel Smith Kysaiah Pickett vs Marty Hore Jake Lever vs Adam Tomlinson Luke Jackson vs Sam Weideman

Mitch Brown vs Kysaiah Pickett Harrison Petty vs Kyle Dunkley James Jordon vs Luke Jackson Kade Kolodjashnij vs Tom Sparrow Jay Lockhart vs Charlie Spargo

Austin Bradtke vs Adam Tomlinson Toby Bedford vs Aaron Nietschke Corey Wagner vs Oskar Baker Kade Chandler vs Steven May Trent Rivers vs Ed Langdon

It was mentioned earlier in the week that James Jordon had built up considerably over the off season. Here’s a photo from yesterday’s training. He looks like he has a bit of a way to go still. Would any of our track watchers like to give us a comparison of the development of these three young blokes drafted 12 months ago: • Tom Sparrow (2 games, injured for parts of the season) • James Jordon (0 games, would have been close to senior selection at times) • Aaron Nietschke (0 games, ACL early and out all year) I would imagine that Sparrow is the most advanced. What are their prospects for selection in 2020?

With our last pick coming deep in the draft, it’s worth looking at the state leagues. We took Marty Hore from there last year and he was one of our best recruits. AFL draft: The best state league prospects

GC17 aren’t going to stump up $1m for a reluctant player for a one year term.

I think I saw a photo of Jordon and I didn't think he had built up that much. Are there any pictures from training so far that someone can post here? Saty?

We seem to have gone into a shell. Are we associated with anybody at the moment?

Everyone is in raptures about the Saints’ recruiting to date but they’ve lost some handy footballers as well as having no presence left in the draft. This suggests to me that if a couple of their recruits get injured or don’t meet their expected standards, the club could end up with egg on its face.

Prefer others.

Gold Coast is said to be prepared to trade pick 2 for Brad Crouch and will give him a 5 years deal at $1m a year. Crouch can play but they’re spending far too much for someone who misses a third of a season on average through injury. They would cheapen pick 2 because of that sort of horse trading.

Jake Lever played in a Preliminary Final today for Ormond Amateurs in VAFA C Section. Also in the Ormond team was former Demon Simon Buckley and his brother who’s the skipper. Didn't help - they lost.