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Also... just being a capable forward isn't sufficient in guaranteeing hurt upon the scoreboard. It requires a well drilled, intelligent feed ( supply ) coming towards the sticks. A gifted player can sometimes truly make a silk purse out of a sows ear but thats really hard yakka and far from reliable. You need a system. Actually ...you need paths... that's plural !! You need options Forward footy is about disassembling the ability of the opposition's defence to crowd and deny you your SPACE Forward footy ( in a good team ) is never about ONE person. It's about choreography...about team-think. There's a whole "book" on playing up front. Im not sure we've had it in our library for years tbh. I think Kingy has brought along his own copy. Im looking forward (npi) to a much more dynamic and fluid forward arc.

You either get this or you don't. Forward craft is about SPACE .... height is quite secondary. It's space and position. Quite simply the 'opposite' of how we've gone about it for (too many) years !! It will be addressed.... I sense this now.

They're not 171cm either.........🙄🙄😒

Thanks Shifter.... " the...ummm.. package will be delivered shortly 👍😉 "

What always amuses me is how many seem so certain about this lad's abilities or anothers potential as to be already underscoring selections as mistakes etc. It's a raffle. Even with the best Intel.....its a raffle. What one team sees as a possible fit another sees as not. Just look at past drafts... its a raffle. Some picks mature into the game... some hit tge ground running.... some fall over their feet and disappear into obscurity. Very seldom do you get a ready to go player. This is just this year's additions... a handful next year... the team morphs. All recruitment can do is cast their runes based upon experience. I'll lay London to a brick half the first 20 picks don't.... DO NOT have long illustrious careers. Like every year some will gradually evolve... some will take a season... some a couple... I think too many have come to rely on the 'footy machine" that is Private Schools and needed comps all pumping out cardboard cut outs. How's that worked out for everyone ??? It's a mixed bag. You possibly had a better chance picking a certainty 20 years ago.... ( imho ) Now, you are going to have to go left field occasionally and go with instinct/gut/intuition. This Pickett could be anything or nothing. Reality is thats most 17-19 yo 'kids' Nothing about a teenager is fully formed. Some have wiser heads... some have bigger shoulders... some are just on 'their' path. I have no doubt there's the Kozzie factor in this selection. But JT .. ne the MFC aren't going to waste a pick on a whim, a flight of fantastical indulgence. They can see something. Will we ever ?? Thats the fun of the Circus... I don't know... but I'm curious to see how this plays out. It's a raffle

Sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of the parts . This could be amazing....or bog ordinary. Im just going to think A...rather than B Pickett to Pickett.... We've kind of joked about this.... And here we are 🤔🤔🤔🤔 Until otherwise shown... bloody awesome 👌

What i said before ...lol (Edit to remove repeat )

Tbh.... gobsmacked.. First reaction.... overs... But...... Why have one whirving dervish when you can have ....TWO. Going to be fascinating to see if this 'left field " selection is actually... 'inspired' Fun times ahead... Interesting pick Dees Pickett household must be going........ OOOOFFFFFFFFF !!!

[censored] these nauseating interviews. Get on with it... You can trot them out in the headlights later f f s

Any spanners chucked in yet ???

Nothing goes un-noticed by those whose job it is to notice such things. Go well Dees

The unbridled ecstasy and joy Pig exhibited racing around with the Cup is indelibly stamped in my memory. Twas glorious.. Could we find another of such ilk..... id be ecstatic. I have no idea whether our impending picks are good bad or meh... I do have a suspicion someone is going to throw a couple of spanners early. King and Co have a game in mind. Im hoping JT etc understand the brief maybhave changed from 12 months ago. Not expecting much in 26bfrom anyone drafted..... but I want them to push and incentivate those already encamped. Go us

Through to the keeper? Word was we were looking to utilise Waverley until Caulfield come into existence. Hence my reference. You're welcome

Maybe merge into "Training Ground" Tis all the same convo really 😀

Now the w's and p's have their new tip open ....any word on a move by us ?

The lads bra-ving the elements I see 👀

🤔Im simply on the wrong page i guess.🤷‍♂️ Well done to the victors 👍👍 I really over think stuff....🤔🤣🤣🤣🥴

It's always bloody easy if you know the answer... 🙄🙄🙄🙄🤣🤣🤣 Back to.... my Quizes for Dummies.....🤔🥴

Im not saying he's a genius. And what he outlines for many of us is far from new. But he does give a fair description. It does show what, you, I and others have been on about over the years. It always seemed just a handful of things needed reworking/ rethinking.

I mentioned in another thread we might be a surprise packet in 26. I hadn't seen this then.. Here Jeff lays it all out. A lot of things are fixable...a lot. And the results might be interesting. Kick one more goal a game....not a lot really... suddenly youve a 100% ..not great... but a difference. Kick 2 more goals a game ?? A very different season. Thats JUST 2 goals a game... What White talks about is changing games (as result ) by 3/4/5 goals a game. And not by total reinvention , just by being less dogmatic , more intuitive and applying a bit more footy 101 common sense. We've had the better part of 3 parts out of 4 or 5 of an ok game. The better elements will remain. The connect/assist component ought to change dramatically this coming season as we now have someone in charge who not only understands it but was very instrumental in it at a very successful club. Im allowing for absolutely nothing really coming from anyone drafted this year...that output will come in due course. But with a handful of players either maturing or simply nit injured we ought to have a list capable of some decent footy. Ive said it time and time again...and it was the impetus behing my wanting fresh leadership at the club... New chef , with better recipe.... same ingenuity... very different result GonDees

That is sensational... bloody well done !! ( but why does that voice ring a bell 🤔🤔🤔)

Ive just got a weird feeling we're going to be a surprise packet in 26. Call me silly, call me mad , just not late for tea

Tbf... its arbitrary in a fashion. Is based on what was... not what is...or will be. So I'm not really sure of what value that kind of metric is. Only valid if every team remained the same.... which they won't.

And we're not in the Secret Squirrel Power Puff Club 😉

Not all Clubs are equal 😉 Ever noticed how Carlton, Collingwood, Geelong, Essendon and Hawthorn tend to fare over and across the different aspects ?? It's all just pure coincidence eh......