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I would do that deal too, but I’d still like to get Gaff in if he’s available Atley is a fine player with a good bank of experience and a good kick on him Has there been any talk of Atley leaving? I can’t imagine the Kangas wanting to let him go

I maintain that if you’d told me Gawn would miss 9 games, Jones 6, and Viney 5 and we’ll still finish outside the 8 on percentage I would be amazed... There can be no underestimating the importance of Max for our side - you can point to stats of hit out percentage to advantage and blah blah blah all you want, but those sorts of numbers don’t include the sheer inspiration that he brings to the side He is a man mountain and we were able to cobble together a ruck division without him...but we are so much better with him in the side I think he was significantly hampered by his injury but such is his work ethic and determination that he was able to return to the field and perform to a solid but not outstanding standard I imagine he is the sort of player who will be attacked the 2019 pre-season with gusto

make no mistake: tyson is a vitally important player for us he's regarded internally as one of our 'smartest' players around stoppages, but unfortunately we don't have the players capable of being the next link in the chain part of the reason he is denigrated is because he gets it 30 times a game, so the dodgy two or three kicks really stand out; what's not noticed is the excellent inside work that he does where he's winning the contest like a lot of our players, his capability of overcoming and playing through injury is a concern - he often can't get a clean run of health to maintain consistency of football one thing that he was doing a few years back that he is not so much any more is impacting the scoreboard - that 5 goals 9 would look a lot better at 9 goals 5, meaning he's be averaging a goal every second game, which would be more consistent with his average across the course of his career thus far i wonder if that is because we have more players capable of hitting the scoreboard - e.g. petracca, anb, melksham - meaning that he's rotating forward less or whether he's simply not playing in front of the contest so much? i rate dom highly - he's frustrating at times, but (like salem, viney, oliver, petracca, brayshaw, et al) if we are going to go from being a good side to a very good side i think he will play a huge part in it as he's not yet cracked 100 games and is only 24; his best years are ahead of him

feel the bern! he'll be best 22-28 for us, easy

Mark Coughlan maybe? 10 and 27 for Lever for us - I like it Carlton need to clear Gibbs to afford Rockliff presumably

Isn't one of the things going against Meese that he's just not that tall or particularly mobile? Good ruckman at stoppages etc but limited otherwise Watching him destroy Spencer at Casey match up he looked like Pedo in the ruck - too smart for the lumbering opposition No one will go near Goldstein as he's reportedly on $800k a year and North are only prepared to pay up to $300k of his contract AND want a decent pick for him Whats happened to Jack Hannath?

Oliver is a freak and the idea of trading him for anything 'unknown' (as draft picks are) frightens me Fortunately it ain't happening

My Crows supporting mates rate Lever as the best young defender in the competition and think he's worth every bit of a straight swap for Petracca, or two picks in the first round minimum I don't know any Crows supporter who doesn't rate him super highly They are also cognizant of the fact that what they want for him and what they get will probably not match...

Fourth rounder, at best Has down SFW, and shown nothing

dal santo on afl tonight said he has no respect from anyone in the afl industry - he can't believe that the same conversations had pre-season are coming up again now in terms of his presentation and preparation

i am a massive doubter; he just looks like another 'good, ordinary' footballer for mine, he looks like an afl player who doesn't have a true position - he's not quick enough by hand in close, he's not clean enough by foot to play outside, not powerful enough to play the forward / mid role and not quick enough to play half-back runner he looks like a bit-part player who'll never actually go to the next level - i hope i'm wrong if the right offer came along for him, or he was part of the make-weight to secure lever, i'd definitely entertain it

Judging by Jones' comments it sounds like the club leaders are sick of his lazy attitude to preparation and are not fussed if he goes

my crows supporting mate has jake's dad 'liking' pies' facebook pages a month or two before he 'liked' melbourne ones of the same fwiw, most crows supporters seem certain jake lever is coming to us...just a matter of the deal being done

Very sad what happened to Trengove Unfortunately he is too slow and moderately skilled for the modern game; if you are bereft of speed, you have to make up front with other attributes that Jack has clearly lacked since the foot injury His story is a tale of symptomatic woe since joining us and unfortunately he is probably best served playing out a fine career at lower levels A wretched shame given how strong his first couple of seasons were

Hinkley has been there for five seasons now for three finals series, and finished a game or two outside the 8 in the two 'failed' years ...that's not too shabby given their side, which is only average at best You can completely understand him wanting the security of a five year deal Dew would be the logical replacement at the Power you'd expect

first year was okay, second year was poor, third year was non-existent roos' biggest recruiting mistake across his coaching career?

Lang looked like Rob Harvey reincarnate on Friday night

kb was moonlighting on triple m? don't believe this one for a second, already... hall is a decent outside runner but his kicking is as reliable as tyson's

still want him runs and runs and runs, and can hit a target would be fantastic as a regular player on the mcg moving into the open space

he is clearly one of the best and most determined players i have ever seen in the red and blue the way he plays and what he does for the side is an absolute inspiration i was not sure about making him co-captain - i thought it was not necessary; better to let him serve as vice to jones for at least a year or two - but he is an inspiration and such a clear leader that it was clearly the correct decision i want him to be our joel selwood i am absolutely PETRIFIED about his foot injury

4 years of Buddy, 5 years of Tippett for 0 premierships?

Cats are much, much better tonight

it'll be interesting to see what happens to the three recent signees: - whitfield: signed til 2020 - kelly: signed til 2019 - hopper: signed til 2019 of all their 'in-demand' players only toby greene is signed on til end of next season, and he won't be a free agent - a year short - but he'll absolutely be in-demand but 2019 could be a bounty: - tomlinson: restricted free agent - shiel: rfa - buntine: rfa - haynes: rfa - coniglio: rfa - lobb - himmelberg - hopper - kelly all either rfa's or simply out of contract

2014 preseason - thyroid issue 2015 - injuries to both hamstrings, second one pretty severe 2016 - thyroid issue 2017 preseason - brick to the head 2017 - hamstring again played more games this year than any other year and as long as we're on top of the thyroid issue he's vital to our future imo

His last five weeks were superb He was unlucky with the suspension; you've seen harder hits cop zip in 2017; he got stung by the MRP chook lotto His legs aren't as strong as they used to be - he goes to ground far too easily these days in the contest - but he is so calm and clearly a leader