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Reported on AFL.com we would be open to enquiries re Braydon. lots of clubs looking for a ruckman. what is he worth? does it leave us without enough ruck depth?

Unless you are smiling like a coked up chipmunk every second you are on stage, such a photo is always possible,. If his future is in question, wouldn’t you wait to catch such a shot? Hope @Lord Nev is on the money and he is locked away with us.

As a hypothetical, who would have you selected instead of these 8?

It would not be a trade, all we would get is a free agent compo. maybe end of first round unless he goes on a ridiculous term and coin

No One has a crystal ball. The club has to consider the upside potential of who they contract, as well as decide if they are better than what else might be available. SOme are always going to do better than expected (Jason Taylor is Genius!) and some worse (Jason Taylor is a Bust!). Simply put, there is always going to be a fringe of developing/potential players, many of whom come onto the list with later picks or ad DFA/SPP type arrangements. A lot of luck goes into this whole process, and you really cant cut 8 from the list and not replace them with nothing - gotta always look to improve the list. If you dont have 8 high picks, then it makes no sense to cut 8 low cost fringe dwellers and replace them with...8 low cost fringe dwellers. would suggest from your list Baker and Lockhart are definite improvers, ANB still good value and Joel smith a mystery. Plenty to like in Chandler as well. Not a bad strike rate from the human lucky dip that is drafting.

Good luck and thanks to these three. Suggest they are the first batch - that had little or no perceived market value to other clubs, so were not held pending suitors. I think the Wagner boys will succeed in the second tier comp, and maybe Kyle gets picked up by virtue of his family name (his bro goes OK) by another AFL outfit.

New midfield coach, additional midfield clearance strategies, additional silk rotating through the middle

These turgid [censored] suckers. Over opinionated knobs who get sucked in to the Bruce and BT excitement meter. Right Lingie?

How did May not get a gig? A disgrace.

I believe he still has a contract. It would best serve him and the club if they worked out what was going wrong (why he is ‘out of form’ as Goody said in a presser) and worked really hard to turn that around. At his best, he is one of the first selected. If he can regain that lost form, he would be a big asset, even if we did pick up another forward. As a mobile swing man, he would be hard to match up on and hard to stop. I hope the exit interview is more about what they reckon needs to happen for him to regain his form (is it injury based??). If he is up for that, then get on with it. If not, then you are welcome to test the market. I wonder what a medical at another club would show up?

Oliver May Petracca Langdon Gawn

Corrected original post, thanks for the spot. I think it was 2, but Riv deserving for both individual games and body of work.

So he borrowed the in laws car? So what! This guy is pulling absolute nonsense out of his prison wallet to try to be relevant.

Fancy that, not one demon on the list. 2 rising star nominations. However, very happy with Riv, jacko and Kozzie as recruits. Saw enough to like what is coming through. Thoughts in the selections?

Mine is still in the post....

It is interesting trying to guess. We have no line of sight on any of the list and what the coaches think without VFL action. Before the last 2 weeks, Baker would have been on people’s chopping block, but now he is a ‘retain’. People calling for Smith to get cut may not be on the same page as the coach - they selected him over and over again. OMac? Horses for courses sort of defender that may have lost his place to Tommo. TMac? What was up with the big fella? Players like chandler, Dunkley and Nieshke may get rolled over if we can’t replace them with better options. There is no use emptying the potato bucket just to refill it with different potatoes. Every list change needs to lead to an upgrade. If the demons have a style and a gameplan, then the players have to be fit for purpose for this. Waiting to see who they cut first - the ones they believe have zero trade value (even for a late 4th rounder). We don’t have to delist players before Oct 31 (end of contract time) I would have thought.

Second offence - Spargo and Kozzie were the first - no suspension of fines, all in cap

Thanks again rusty. I think that is all for this year. The stats show that we have a few major gaps - a bit more class in the middle (outside run), a T-Mac (interesting that he ranked the same last year and this year) and a small forward to support Kozzie. Ollie, Trac, May and Langdon had great years, and I expect to see them at the top of the Bluey. It will be interesting to see the Bluey top 10 vs this list. Appreciate your efforts in 2020.

Our forward line and mid to forward connection is a huge problem. Our whole gameplan is based upon getting the ball into our forward half and controlling it there until we score, and not letting it out easily to stop the opposition scoring. Weid is important to this, and has certainly played well without scoring goals. He needs decent support. I think we need: An additional small lock in forward who has speed and goal hunger to pair with Kozzie. A big lump of a target that can pair with Weids that will scare the pants off defenders - clunks marks, smashes packs. (Not sure there are any of these about). Half forwards with brilliant pressure and laser like delivery. (Bennell, spargo and Fritsch) Midfielders that can think about what they are doing (Trac, Oliver, maybe Rivers or Jordan) So for mine, a small lock in forward and a marking beast are missing. Can T-Mac make it back??? I hope so, but as we dont know what is wrong, it is difficult to make this assessment from outside).

Trac was just trying to pick up an extra vote in the brown-low. I’ll see myself out.

Thanks, Rusty Here’s hoping this is not the last one for the year! Interesting to note we had more players above 3, and less below 1 than we seem to have most weeks. To have the full back at #3 is really unbelievable - May has been fabulous. I know the stats don’t show H/o to advantage, but in the first half Max had a day out at the fair!

I was a bit unhappy that out midfield waltz was countered, and we had no follow up response. We seem to have a few outstanding players regardless of the situation, then a whole raft of middle tier players that look great when things are going well, and look poor when we don’t. These middle tier players need to have greater resilience and not compound momentum shifts away from us with poor play. We have too many of these in the squad. Weids kicked no goals, but he worked well up the ground and presented well. I think he gets a pass . If Petty and Nietchke can put pressure on for spots and some of the second level passengers can lift up tot he next level, we could have the basis of a good squad

Picked up the wrong needle. Estrogen will have that effect on you.....

I think we will win it. We are much better in the contest, and if we commit to maintaining defensive structures we will force them backwards and down the line. Bombers look terrible when they do this. If we let them work with speed and through the corridor, then we are in big trouble! The hardness of the contest wins and the two way defensive running will tell the tale for me. We should do it by 40+. Will it matter? There may be a few coaches and players that will need this and to make the finals to make a case to be on the roster next year. So hopefully they come out and take the game off the table early.

Would have been nice to get a little more recognition of our ‘donation’ from this year. It was a bucket load of cash , and what did i see for it? A few thank you videos? They have missed a trick with building loyalty, especially with what they dished up on field