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I thought they stopped playing games at Optus Oval (Princess Park) back in 2005???

You may be onto something here. A potential cheap replacement for Salem off half back could be Pittard from Port?

FB: Hibberd, Frost, Jetta HB: Hunt, Lever, Lewis C : T. McDonald*, Brayshaw, Harmes HF: Petracca, Hogan*, Melksham FF: Hannan, Weideman, Spargo FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Viney INT: Fritsch, Jones, Neal-Bullen, Salem *Note that both these two I expect to rotate forward & through the midfield in order to allow us to play three tall forwards. Depth: VANDENBERG (unlucky not to be in my 22, but main victim of fitting in 3 tall forwards), TYSON (only to play as an inside mid), JOEL SMITH (mid sized defender), O. MCDONALD (tall defender), STRETCH (outside mid), KENNEDY-HARRIS/KENT (small fwd/wing), WAGNER (half back), KEILTY (tall utility Pedersen role). Draft Lockhart and some other good outside user types. Recruit a 2nd ruck, trade out Garlett, entertain offers for Tyson. Make Viney sole captain and make a big push for Kelly in the 2019 trade period. That just about covers it all I think....

Would keep for mine, but certainly not a lock 22. Lets have someone like Wagner force him out of the team. Do agree with others that Viney should be sole captain next year.

Heading along to this function with my folks. To early for pre-match beers. Maybe pre-match vodka & orange juice???

I'll be there with two other demons!

Reported where?

Gone with Qantas. Thought they had much better scheduled flights then the other airlines.

Managed to secure seats to the game on the wing on the ground level. Flying out Thursday night and flying home on the red eye sunday night. Here's hoping for a memorable match!

Irish Murphys in Salamanca Place should have you covered.

Blasta Brewing Company doesn't seem too far away from the ground. https://www.blastabrewing.com

All good thanks mate. Got my tickets & flights arranged. Ground level, on the wing! Flying to Perth Thursday night and catching the red eye home on Sunday night.

Planning on going. Was out the front of a Ticketmaster at 6:30am this morning and grabbed my que ticket (02!!!). Will be heading back to try and secure them shortly. Haven't booked flights yet as I want to ensure I'll get game tickets first, but looking at approx $1300 return!!!!

Probably more of a lifestyle decision then anything else.

King (21) is in his 3rd year & Flip (20) his 2nd, both ruckmen. King is a competative player and has shown the odd ability to drift forward and take a mark/kick a goal, but barely gets involved around the ground. Flip has great athleticism and mobility and can get to contests, but almost never impacts them. Both regularly get smashed in the hit out department also. With Angus Bradtke to come in as a Category B rookie and us being strongly linked to Preuss, the likelihood of either of these young ruckmen being required is slim to none I would think. Dion has shown (since being moved to defence) an ability to lock down on an opponent as well as run off them and use the ball well off either side. He's also a ferocious tackler. His aerial game and positioning is probably still a work in progress from what I've seen. Josh Green tomorrow whose been in good form should be a good test for Dion.

I would expect we'll see something along the lines of; May & late pick (4th Round maybe) to Collingwood Moore & 2nd or 3rd Round Pick to Sydney Lloyd & Newman to Gold Coast Gold Coast should take the King twins in the draft at Picks 2 & 3 as Lynch & Mays replacements. Then stock up on more mature age talent (Miles & Horlin-Smith have been mentioned). Plus they should also seriously consider Brendan Goddard & making a play for Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn).

Billy Stretch was having a cracking year in the VFL and was then one of our best v Freo before he was injured. Tom & Oscar McDonald were both taken in the 50's in the draft, as was Nev, Hunt & Harmes even later (rookie). Given how long Rohan's been around, I think his scope for improvement is a bit more limited compared to others.

Do we think he's a Seinfeld fan?

Have been to several Casey games over the past 2 years and given his form in the 2nd half of the year since being shifted to defence, he's a retain for me on a 1 year extension. We've got Balic & Vince already retired with Pedersen likely to follow suit. Filipovic & King are in the delist basket ahead of Dion, plus throw in Bugg who will likely seek opportunities elsewhere and Garlett who may get traded out, I see value in an extra year for Dion. Lets not forget we're coming into this draft late. Keep for me, with a huge 2019 required.

Word is he wants to go to Geelong. That, plus I rate Hannan ahead of him.

You may be onto something Danelska. I think most of us expected Oscar to have signed by now, but so far nothing. Might be nothing in it, but who knows? Collingwood & Sydney are after key defenders. I hope there's nothing in it and Oscar stays, but at least on the defensive end we have Petty & Keilty coming through.

Garlett & 43 for Preuss & 63 sounds reasonable to me. Have to be prepared to pay a little overs for someone who has 2 years to run on a contract.

If Hogan requests a trade then we should trade him. However if no such request is made then he falls into our group of untouchables. Next year I expect Weideman to alternate between FF/CHF/2nd Ruck, Tommy Mc between the same positions + wing and Hogan between FF/CHF/Mid. Both Hogan & Tommy Mc could be used across CHB at times also. This will leave Frost & Lever as our key backs and Oscar will be the one who likely has to bide his time. We'll have options galore!

Won't be going anywhere unless he asks to be traded. Was at a pre-game function before the Round 20 Gold Coast match where Josh Mahoney mentioned how highly rated he was internally, and that they were looking to get him back into their 22. He just had a bad season is all. Started poorly and was dropped after the Richmond game. Started to build form in the VFL and was one of Casey's best in their Queens Birthday game, but injured himself at the final contest, putting himself out for 6 weeks. Finally got back for the Sydney game, only to then get injured again. The guy just needs a good pre-season. I rank him somewhere from 11-25 in our squad, so you want to keep him, at the very least to help drive competition for spots.