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he played on the wing for gw$ quite often early days from that age yarn from when he joined us: During his time at GWS, Tomlinson was used as a utility, spending time both in attack and defence, on the wing, and even pinch-hitting as an undersized 194-centimetre ruckman. he played all bar 4 games in his first season with us, so really he only had one year with us before we found a 'role' for him - as a tall defender; the knee injury robbed him of a chance to play that role permanently i much prefer either petty or t mac playing as the third tall accompanying may + lever in the backline set-up

crom nuffies seem to think they'll offer something far later as 'dees already said he's leaving' i think they miss the bit where he's still under contract etc. and a deal has probably been tentatively in place for some time

Plus Gale and Mathews

this has always been my cynical take on it too waterman the same

nathan 'freddy' kreuger could definitely play a role for us as a fwd / ruck i imagine the filth feel the same way about his potential role for them but he's constantly breaking down with injury

both have played 'up' in their underage year - i'm confident both will be afl-level recruits in terms of riak, the rule SEEMS to indicate that he remains in our academy as he wasn't selected as an 'underage' recruit kid is still all of 19 currently, so hardly 'mature age'

riak andrew's write-up in the rookie me central wildcard summary... #5 Riak Andrew Tall Defender | 192cm | 17/02/2005 Stats: 12 disposals, 7 tackles, 3 rebound 50s Having arguably been bested by Jobe Shanahan in their previous two meetings this year, Andrew faced the daunting task once more and kept Bendigo’s spearhead forward goalless for just the second time. The over-ager stuck tight to his direct opponent and was able to nullify his marking influence when Bendigo had the wind advantage. After some tough moments in term two, one of Andrew’s best moments was a rundown tackle late in the piece to exemplify his effort and intent.

get jai in 2024, then target caleb in 2025? it's high time we get another quality player out of flagmantle - white, langdon... add serong we'd be ahead of the ledger (i'm ignoring chisholm and balic) with farmer and jackson the big names who've gone the other way? in some respected i'd prefer andy brayshaw to caleb serong, but they'd both be key to our midfield, as would hayden young be

this anb is a leader and someone who will set a base standard for the others around him to aspire toward

chaplin was excellent i thought as did the coaches

was fyfe putting in that sort of performance in the wafl inside 10 games?

it's almost like - shock! horror! - football is pretty unpredictable at the pointy end

legend of a person, awesome player, brilliant leader trust in max to make the decision when he wants to relinquish the leadership

did noah yze play for oakleigh?

for mine... 6: hore 5: mackin 4: pearce 3: mcnamara 2: chaplin 1: heath

huge win that one

would be nice if we could get a htb go our way

fantastic ball movement bannan's speed makes such a difference in the front half of the game

huge goal that one

geez harris not in a good way

took us a while to settle in but we're going okay i wish we had three kate hore's

don't forget: - graham wright taking long service leave - (dei hire?) clare pettyfour leaving her much ballyhooed football dept role to return to mfc in media and comms role - craig kelly's impending court case for racist and sexist comments, as well as physical assault - graham wright not returning to the club after his lsl i'm sure there's more

i think this year showed how hard it is to set up the core identity you want to have as a team from season to season, let alone in-season i think we'll continue to evolve our game plan based upon our personnel my biggest concern is that we are seemingly wanting to move to a more skill-based gameplan - much like everyone else in the competition - but without the players possessing the skillset to pull it off

best talent, always

i'd say in terms of workrate the only player we have who rivals him is ed langdon, although arguably gawn's is also enormous but you just don't think about the great man like you do a 'small' anb is a huge loss and a massive gain for the crom another reason to loathe them