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We lost be a point? After storming home in the last? Possibly the coldest I have ever been at the footy

more thinking 'best available in 2025' - hence why only mcadam was excluded from this narrative there is, of course, a separate and different rd 1, 2025, thread for werridee to change and adjust accordingly as required

can't believe this thread hasn't been updated yet! first xxxiii... B: McVee - May - Lever HB: C. Windsor - Petty - Salem C: Langdon - Petracca - Billings HF: Fritsch - Turner - Chandler F: Jefferson - van Rooyen - Pickett Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Viney I/c: Bowey - Langford - Rivers - Sparrow Sub: Lindsay Emerg: Tholstrup - Howes - Campbell next xx B: Hore - Adams - Howes HB: Sestan - McDonald - Moniz-Wakefield C: Sharp - Woewodin - Brown HF: Spargo - Johnson - Mentha F: Melksham - Fullarton - Henderson Foll: Campbell - Tholstrup - Laurie I/c: Verrall - Kentfield missing for start of 2025 so not considered: mcadam casey top-ups: Bonner - Cross - Culley - Doultree - Hardie - Ireland - Smith - Sruk - K. Windsor

4-6 weeks from now takes him being unavailable til about rd 3-4

looks quick and to be a good kick, and can rotate fwd / mid another jack in the pack; welcome to the dees

i suspect you'll be able to navigate to an extra channel to access the coverage generally speaking if it's shown on kayo it's shown on foxtel, and vice-versa

culley was signed by casey for season 2025 the only way he'll be leaving would, i assume, be if he gets a call up to an afl list

i suspect flagmantle and meth coke might alternate as the oppo every year similarly, this may be part of the quid pro quo of radelayed being locked in as 'gil's gather round' for the next few years; a free kick to wa football there's no chance they'd combine teams

as it stands we have one - chandler - available for rd 1, given pickett's suspension, spargo's lack of match play, and pup brown's role as a wing it would make sense if henderson was the chap we were chasing

at least based on vfl performances, he would seem to be a more likely afl-level small forward than roy george be interesting to see whether henderson or culley is preferred at this stage

el jefe into the best 22, sharp to sub, laurie to be carryover emergency

Previously the pear were “cautiously optimistic” https://archive.sen.com.au/news/2023/02/28/port-adelaide-cautiously-optimistic-in-luring-connected-pickett-to-alberton/index.html

Is this the same Kornes who said he was 💯 going to the pear? Absolute oxygen thief

Is this yr innie speaking?

Victory setting up a satellite base way out north to Beveridge: https://aleagues.com.au/news/a-league-news-melbourne-victory-training-campus-revealed-details/

I’ve seen this said repeatedly Still yet to see it play out on field They look like they’ll be great… let’s see Also, Goodwin’s 5th season in charge saw us win a premiership, taking Goodwin to a 5-1 finals record Longmuir’s finals record is 1-1 in 5 completed seasons

flagmantle were meant to be a serious finals contender shortly after they were invented - failed to achieve much, despite having some super players flagmantle were meant to be a serious finals contender after they poached ross lyon in the dead of the night - failed to achieve much, made one grand final, despite having pavlich, one of the greatest footballers of his era flagmantle were meant to be a serious finals contender under longmuir - have thus far failed to achieve much, made one finals series in 5 years i don't know why anyone takes them seriously nor why any sensible player would want to go there

me either what i am convinced by is that may + lever + petty is a better back 3 than may + lever + mcdonald, both in 2021, 2025, and in to the future petty will assume the role as our #1 tall defender once may retires - super 1:1, excellent defending the aerial ball, zones well, disposes of it neatly

try halfway thru 2024 - had been down back til he was shunted forward one week in the vfl; next week he was playing seniors as a forward plugger mac said last year that his ankles make it hard for him to play as a forward - i don't quite understand why, but i presume it's something to do with the running and pivoting required our forward structure in 2024 and going, ahem, forward would seem to be set at van rooyen, turner, fritsch, and then one of jefferson / johnson / insert-mobile-tall-here

i think jackson and pickett would be fighting it out with chad warner, anderson, serong, and young as who falls out of the top 5 picks the list goes on; rowell, rivers, greens, flanders, day, georgiades, weightman, bergman, keidi coleman - that draft was stacked with top tier talent

peak demonland; proving that pandemic may - or may not - be a global phenomenon fwiw, listened to an ny times daily podcast during the week about bird flu; it's a-comin' https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/podcasts/the-daily/bird-flu-eggs.html sounds like veterinarians are coming down with it: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/science/cdc-bird-flu-infections.html

What’s he done this time

i vote for culley, based purely on the speculation of trackwatchers as i have, frankly, no idea... ...but gimme more depth in the midfield

and two years ago kornes was saying he was homesick for the pear i think the medja just goes "indigenous player? must want to be in sa...no wait...wa! hang on, maybe it's the nt?"

ah, the mfcss is strong in you... he stays, he stays; he goes, he goes - we won't be unrewarded if he does choose to go, and flagmantle continue to pay a fortune to put together a side that...has made finals once in longmuir's five completed seasons in charge there's no point worrying about something that MIGHT happen when there's a full season to come