whatwhat say what

huge pack mark to adams across half back

of course, he immediately turned it straight over by foot...

15 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

Gotta say the footy has been pretty good today.

three close ones

3 minutes ago, demoncat said:

Would love an explanation of why this is the case

Without knowing a lot about the system it seems bizarre that a player can come through our NGA but when push comes to shove we can’t draft them

Meanwhile Cochrane can be added to Port’s NGA one year before he’s due to be drafted despite spending essentially no time with the club

cochrane has spent his entire life around the pear - his dad was a player there (not 100 games tho) then a player welfare officer

he's eligible to be part of their academy by dint of recently discovered indigenous heritage

5 minutes ago, Left Foot Snap said:

Has it been mentioned that ANB is acting Crows captain tonight?

he does every time dawson has been absent

he came into their club and was immediately made vice-captain

7 minutes ago, Dee-licious said:

https://www.codesports.com.au/afl/ultimate-coates-talent-league-guide-every-list-top-draft-prospects-fathersons-academy-guns-to-watch-in-2026/news-story/6bc776d02182b258cd47feafd3dc0d04

so judging from this, prasad is in our nga but we are not eligible to draft him - it also says ah-mu is in our academy and we are still none the wiser if we are permitted to select him via points if another club nominates him

Marcus Prasad is small in stature, but the goalsneak brings the heat with his pressure and can kick goals from all angles.The goalsneak debuted for Vic Country last year and slotted 15 goals in as many games for the Stingrays last season.
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Like Prasad, bottom-agers Corey Ah-Mu and James Goerlitz are also tied to the Demons’ NGA. Ah-Mu featured for Samoa at the FIBA U15 Oceania Cup in 2024 and is the younger brother of 2025 national combine invitee Tairon.

Marcus Prasad is not tied to Melbourne as an NGA prospect despite spending time with the Demons since he was 13, where he has been mentored by Demons AFLW star Tyla Hanks.

1 hour ago, ChaserJ said:

Yep @whatwhat say what , brother of Harvey:

(1) More history for the Gippsland League was... - Gippsland League | Facebook

Early doors, but draft does look to have some quality. I'm hoping the AFL don't cave to pressure and just make the changes to bidding rules now, will mean Carlton pay fair price for Cody Walker & Port pay fair price for Cochrane.

Even though they haven't been formally confirmed, we've known they were coming for 2 years, clubs complaining about timing are essentially upset that they're not getting as big a free hit as the Queensland clubs.

seems likely they'll be delayed til after tasmania come in

28 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Just looking at the interchanges is funny reading.

16 Bailey Laurie

1 Kai Lohmann

19 Xavier Taylor

6 Hugh McCluggage

30 Harry Sharp

11 Lincoln McCarthy

33 Latrelle Pickett

13 Logan Morris

27 Max Heath

33 Zac Bailey

there's a big difference in quality of players between the two sides

31 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

MFC list 

key defenders: Petty, Tmcd X Adams X, K.White

tall defenders: Lever, D.Turner, Howes, X.Taylor, Berry

med//running defenders:  Bowey, Salem, Lindsay, AMW, Jiath.

inside Mids:Viney, Steele, Langford, Laurie X, Onley

Runners/outside Mids: Rivers, Langdon, Windsor

Mid/fwd: Kozzzy, Kolt, Sparrow, Culley

key forwards: Mihocek , JVR, Jefferson , Kentfield, Johnson X

med-tall fwds: Fritsch, Melksham X Mcadam X

small fwds: Chandler, Sharp, Henderson X, Mentha (?) L.Pickett, Matthews, Cross

Rucks: Gawn,  Campbell X , Heath

based on the evidence so far in 2026, not sure kolt is a mid / fwd, more mid / def

langford has played almost exlusively outside this year while windsor has been the opposite - he's been a centre square regular rather than keeping his width

koz is a full-time inside mid i would say - he hits the scoreboard, sure, but it's primarily as our #1 midfielder, not with a starting position i50

16 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

@ChaserJ yes agree Neocleous has talent and deserves a spot in the best talent group.

@whatwhat say what again ANOTHER COMPROMISED DRAFT with likely 10 of the best 25-30 youngsters being unavailable

@ChaserJ is this neocleous any relation to the one who played for casey for a period of time?

it's only going to be more slim pickings for the next little while @spirit of norm smith with an extra franchise - or two? - set to enter the competition in the next 2-6 seasons, you'd imagine

c'mon peptides

i want that gc17 1st round pick in 2026 to be valuable

haven't seen much, but the bit of aunty commentary i heard in transit made it sound like trac has been enormous - they intimated that he was the difference btw peptides scoring and not as he's so dominant around stoppages

12 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

AUSTRALIA U18 TEAM LIST

#	PLAYER	STATE	STATE LEAGUE CLUB	COMMUNITY CLUB
4	Arki Butler	VIC M	Sandringham Dragons	Beaumaris
5	Garrison Kenh	WA	East Perth	Ellenbrook
6	Gabriel Patterson	SA	Glenelg	Plympton
7	Noah Williams	VIC C	Geelong Falcons	St Joseph's
8	Harrison Chapman	VIC M	Eastern Ranges	Boronia
9	Heath Mellody	WA	Claremont	Wembley Downs
10	Archie Hill	QLD	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Broadbeach
11	Caylen Murray	QLD	Brisbane Lions Academy	Maroochydore
12	Tanner Armstrong	VIC C	Murray Bushrangers	Shepparton United
16	Marlon Neocleous^	VIC C	Gippsland Power	Traralgon
18	Cody Walker	VIC C	Bendigo Pioneers	Echuca
20	Darcy Szerszyn*	VIC C	Dandenong Stingrays	Seaford
21	Jack Gordon	SA	Central District	Port District
22	Jack Pickett*	VIC C	Geelong Falcons	Torquay
23	Ethan Matthews	NSW/ACT	GWS GIANTS Academy	Ingleburn
24	Kodah Edwards	SA	South Adelaide	Willunga
25	Aidan McCartney*	NSW/ACT	Sydney Swans Academy	Willoughby
26	Wil Malady	VIC C	Gippsland Power	Bairnsdale
27	Koby LeCras	WA	West Perth	Manning
28	Kale Matthews-Hampton^	SA	Sturt	Strathalbyn
29	Tate Hodgson	VIC M	Northern Knights	Park Orchards NRP
33	Xavier Ladbrook	VIC C	Gippsland Power	Nar Nar Goon
34	Ethan Herbert	SA	North Adelaide	Walkerville
35	Lewis Houndsome	VIC M	Northern Knights	Yarrambat
38	Benji van Rooyen	WA	Claremont	Wembley Downs
39	Dougie Cochrane*	SA	Central District

what do the * and ^ represent?

i count 5 nga academy kids (4 northern states, 1 sa) and 1 father-son (walker) in this group - are there others besides?

2 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

More like a MOOQOOOsss, more similar to BROOOOOOsss I think, but yeah hope the crowd makes it happen

is the q silent?

22 minutes ago, Ollie fan said:

He is also demonstrating, contrary to what so many people said on this site, that his style of play still has huge value. He is actually exactly what we are missing at the moment – a powerful midfielder who goes right into the heart of things and gets the ball out to others.

they're 2 wins from 6 games

he's getting a lot of footy but isn't helping them win - same as his performances at the mfc over the previous two years

he's gone from one of the greatest midfielders i've ever seen at his peak from 2018-2023 to a serviceable player

9 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Dogs defence has been their weak point for the last few years.

It's even more suspect against a fast moving ball team and when their midfield is struggling.... you know the rest

Beveridge is getting close to wasting their best list but they have another few years so we'll see

it seems crazy to me that they've never been in the top four at the end of the home and away season

to make two grand finals, winning one, is super impressive, but it really does feel like they should have achieved more success

i hope yr giving it an occasional 'YOU'VE BEEN PAYING IT ALL DAY' and 'FREE KICK ESSENDON? WHAT WAS THAT FOR??!?' and then a big 'BBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL'

Really hope that’s not an acl for Sam Darcy, but it really did not look good

Elijah Hollands story looks very sad

Naicos is incredible

What a final quarter

Here comes the baggers’ choke

filth are starting to look like mfc 2024-25 era - they try and shut down the oppo to stop them scoring because they don't have the capacity to score themselves

makes for ugly footy

nathan williamson special

they're the best team and have the deepest list in the competition

monumental task, but we beat em last year at the gabba, so...

20 minutes ago, Maldonboy38 said:

And the AFL would be devastated that none of Blues, Bombers or Tigers will make the finals. It also looks possible that Collingwood might not either. A lot of AFL fixturing emphasizes these teams being promoted and favoured due to $ and crowd size.

and expect this to be the reason why the draft value indexation and changes to the rules for drafting are delayed til after therei catasmania comes in

baggers, peptides have been loud about it (and the pear will benefit the most, arguably, with 2 high qualtiy nga and 1 father-son, to come in the next two seasons)

the afl would be ecstatic if three of the big four (filth, baggers, peptides, tigs) made the top 10 every year along with one of dingley and / or puddy tatt, plus at least one team from each of qld, nsw, sa, and wa

don't forget, the afl makes all the ticketing money in finals - home and away is a 'nice to have' for them but the finals is where they make attendance $$

3 hours ago, BoBo said:

I found the ignore button. Bye bye Picket.

welcome to the club

3 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

It certainly is dumb. With no recorded audio it’s essentially he said, she said. Butters claims to have said, “What was that free for?” Foote claims to have heard, “How much are they paying you?” Who to believe? Personally I believe Butters, and I think Foote misheard him, although the phrases don’t sound alike 🤷‍♀️

it's gonna be VERY interesting to see how the afl go with this - they didn't believe collard re his homophobic slur which oddly seems to have come first one person saying it then another, rather conveniently, a week after the original accusation