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Best side available plays imo

time for another update @WERRIDEE with amw joining mcadam in sitting out 2025

deakyn smith has a real opportunity to press his case(y) in the vfl ahead of the mid-season draft

no, they're not first time people play for real should be round 1

fine, swap him in / out for sharp B: Howes - May - Lever HB: Windsor - Petty - Salem C: Billings - Rivers - Bowey HF: Fritsch - Turner - Langdon FF: Petracca - van Rooyen - Chandler Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Viney Int: Langford - Lindsay - Sharp - Sparrow Sub: Woewodin

the ssp won't be extended it's now a case of waiting til the mid season draft to be able to bring a player on to the list, if determined that it's worthwhile doing so

i remember when simon tregenza did his acl he actually got thru the following half of the next week before they realised something was really, really wrong

salo so good he makes the side twice

i think generally it's 8 weeks at the extreme end the way chaplin was talking at the end it sounds like it's an acl unfortunately

no, i'm thinking #postivelingers to rotate straight into the midfield i don't think he'll play much wing this year; more half forward / rover

hard to argue with the make-up of the team but for opening bounce - and it's purely semantics - i don't think viney and petracca will be starting on the pine, nor windsor B: Howes - May - Lever HB: Windsor - Petty - Salem C: Billings - Rivers - Bowey HF: Fritsch - Turner - Sharp FF: Petracca - van Rooyen - Chandler Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Viney Int: Langdon - Langford - Lindsay - Sparrow Sub: Woewodin very interested to see how we mix up that running half-back and defensive wingman role in 2025 - windsor, salem, bowey, lindsay, and woey 2.0 all look more than capable of waxing and waning in the position

watched the second half on replay after watching the first half live firstly, on the oppo... i'd be very concerned if i was clarkson - north lacked any intensity in the second half and applied minimal pressure; daniel, parker, and darling might add experience but they offer nothing defensively while their senior players have skill but other than ldu the workrate isn't there on us... we just looked a better team, with arguably 12 of our best 25 not in the side: 1. may 3. salem 4. mcvee 5. petracca 6. windsor 7. viney 10. spargo 11. gawn 12. tholstrup 15. langdon 18. melksham 31. fritsch on those that did play... highlights: super impressed by langford and lindsay, billings looks like he's running hard to make space, oliver's burst speed away from stoppages is back, rivers is a classy permanent addition to the mids, van rooyen is a beauty with 4 goals in the second half while sharp looks a likely type in the forward half with the occasional bit of work up the wing lowlights: jefferson is simply not strong enough in the contest, laurie doesn't impact as a mid and is poor under pressure, and losing moniz-wakefield to a likely acl is a real shame

time to merge this into the mid-season draft thread

back in town! while mcadam and moniz-wakefield weren't necessarily starting xxiii, how will their respective 'positional' roles be covered? i was surprised how much of a small forward role sharp played in the practice game; do you see him primarily as a small forward or a wing / half forward rotation?

how many mfc players suiting up for casey @KC from Casey?

herald scum running with it being an acl sad to see

Not unless they increase it to 5 on the pine i am firmly of the belief that that was expectation when we recruited Reg, but the afl backflipped on it

langford - everywhere, get on him for the rising star; will be the best 1st year player we've had since oliver linsday - smooth, almost goes unnoticed sharp - busy and quick, runs to the right spot, impacts defensively campbell - looks like an afl-ready ruckman, looks surprising that he's not played more senior footy

htis maggoting beggars belief absolutely no call for a 50m penalty against adams there

jafferson kicked it oof under zero pressure good body work at the top of the square for a mark and goal

el jefe wtf

god we're gonna miss koz in the first three rounds

turner wearing it today

billings is a good kick when there's zero pressure in a practice match in february

getting absolutely slaughtered in midfield no one working hard defensively whatsoever