Dr. Gonzo

They can use future picks can't they (rollover to next year?)

Can he kick?

Jesus I hope not

Only top 4? Where's your faith? Chuck a gremlin on us for the flag.

I'd be happy for either the father son rule to be abolished (along with all academies) or for the father son rule to be retained and GWS/gold coast get to keep their academies until their clubs are old enough to qualify for father sons (let's say 20 years after inception)

The AFL has butchered this completely. Instead of removing advantages some clubs had (northern academies) they expand these concepts across the board. Zoning failed last time and contributed to the near destruction of the competition. How can the draft be used as an equalisation measure when the majority of top 40 picks are going to be zoned to particular clubs? The rules as to who qualifies for the Next Gen Academy zones is also idiotic. I was born in Australia and grew up with a footy in my arms. My parents both grew up in Australia. But because my wife was born overseas (coming here as a teenager) my kids would qualify for Next Gen Academies. These are not kids who are new to the game etc my son started Auskick as a 5 year old.

May 106 of a possible 132 games between 2013-2018 (including a 5 game suspension for his bump on Martin - not sure if any other suspensions?) Lever 67 of a possible 77 games since debut up until injuring his knee in 2018.

In 3x the games pBS

Garlett too I guess they're banking on full seasons from Melksham and Hannan but I don't think we have that natural small forward. None of our forwards really have "goal sense" ie the ability to find the goals when snapping out of a pack or from a pocket. That's something we desperately lack.

It's that dirty word BW - potential We'd be hoping Petracca, Brayshaw, Lever, Salem and probably Viney fulfill their potential as elite players in their respective positions They'd also be hoping Weideman comes on and be the key forward we need him to be. IF those players meet expectations we will have a great core with Gawn and Oliver. Time is on their side but 2020 is the year they need to collectively take that step.

One of the guys is a Melbourne supporter which helps but I've listened to their other "list manager" podcast too and they have a great insight if every list (the other guy is a Collingwood supporter). Added to my must listen list.

C-graders

His rating should be for 2020

I was listening to a podcast the other day where they were talking about Collingwood's soft tissue injuries in 2018 and said one of the main reasons was a change in focus between long distance running to repeat burst running. I wonder if there was a similar difference between the way Gold Coast trained and the way we do. It's not that one is right and the other wrong just that different styles for different game plans

A: Max Gawn, Clayton Oliver B+: Steven May B: Tom McDonald, Neville Jetta B-: Christian Petracca, Christian Salem, Angus Brayshaw, Michael Hibberd, Jake Melksham, Bayley Fritsch, Jake Lever, James Harmes, Jack Viney C+: Nathan Jones, Aaron Vandenberg, Jayden Hunt, Alex Neale-Bullen, Marty Hore C : Mitch Hannan, Oscar McDonald, Sam Frost C-: Jay Kennedy-Harris, Braydon Preuss, Kade Kolodjashnij, Billy Stretch, Corey Wagner, Joel Smith, Josh Wagner Developing*: Sam Weideman Developing: Charlie Spargo, Oskar Baker, Harrison Petty, James Jordan, Tom Sparrow, Toby Bedford, Aaron Nietschke, Austin Bradtke, Kade Chandler

Recency bias

This is the terrible level of comedy I'd expect out of an SNL writer, there could be a future in it for you

How is he from set shots? I remember him getting a lot of goals out the back when Port was running over teams a couple of years back. His scoring accuracy % on AFL stats pro is 45% over his career and 40.6% if you remove his first season (67% over 7 games).

How would that work? Mahoney - "Frost is a required player" Wright - "but he told us you didn't offer him a contract and told him to explore his options?"

FAR superior? Come on

Inaccurate small forward - pass

After paying pick 27 or something for him? Dreaming.

This is the only post worth reading in this thread

Frost is not a very good footballer. He is a decent athlete but as a footballer he's not much chop. Why are supporters treating him as if he were Matty Scarlett?

What's the rush? He's not going to play for us til next March anyway