DeeSpencer

Getting run around by big Sinkers too

Smith forward even with Mac back and Juddy a late out

The AAMI park redevelopment passing by without us being attached is a little worrying. But there’s a massive MCG Southern Stand redevelopment on the horizon that really should include covering the train tracks and redeveloping Richmond station. Maybe a late pivot has been made.

Chaplin looks a nice depth defender. Strong body and neat skills. Sammy Johnson is interesting, cracks in and works hard. Big mid, runs the wing, 2nd ever game and new club at 30! Good on her Ivey seems a good worker, keen to see more. CHF always tricky at a new club Cant wait to see Goldy back and hopefully Blaith too. The more we run the better we play

Jeez we’ve had a dream run with the umps. But we’ve deserved it. Harder at it for longer and great pressure

Got super lucky there

Why is Paxy on ball? She was awful in that role last year, get Purcell back in there asap

That midfield switch kick was super high risk but she nailed it, hopefully she goes to a new level this year after a promising debut season

Love the swap of Hore and Hanks, credit to the coach

She’s phenomenal. To play at this level at her age and height really projects to be one of the best defenders in the comp (if she stays as a defender)

This game is crying out for a Bannan goal

Wing. Folding back

Gets her in the game and it’s only a few minutes a quarter. They’ve got options with Ivey and Zanker

This corridor kicking is absolutely nonsense. Go forward!

They’ve found some more large German women from the Adelaide hills

Dropping Bell the ruckman and using the 23rd man spot on a young forward/ruck in Be My Valentine is a really bold move.

Very much doubt it will be on a 7 TV channel but whatever device you get Kayo on should get the 7plus app, which then has the 7 VFL games to stream here https://7plus.com.au/sevens-vfl

He played in the VFL last week, he’s fine

7 or afl website according to the graphic above

The best possible 22 would feature so called inside mids on the wing. Is anyone really picking Langdon, Daicos, Aish or any other specified winger over Mills, Andy Brayshaw or Heeney? (Touk Miller on the wing is weird, I’ll concede that). Even guys like Bont, Dawson or Laird would kill it as wingers. Is there another winger of the last decade who clearly outperforms inside mids other than Isaac Smith, who now often plays half forward? If you can mark, kick, run and hold space as an inside mid you can play wing And why wouldn’t you have 3 key forwards, especially if your back up ruck is a utility? Curnow and Cameron move like flankers anyway, it’s not like they’ve loaded up 3 big lugs who can’t move or tackle.

I'm not sure if this is serious or a joke, but the qualifying factor is players born in certain regions (parts of NT and South East Melbourne) of either Indigenous backgrounds, who were born overseas or having parent(s) who were born overseas. The reason it's such a farce is because you can be born in an African refugee camp, moved to Australia not knowing anything about Aussie Rules (or anything about Australia for that matter) or you can be born to Australian parents with strong football backgrounds who were temporarily living overseas and be equally eligible.

Yes. Although there's a strong suggestion the AFL would want to still see a trade deal done with a matched restricted free agent, because it does open up the AFL to restraint of trade issues (the entire reason for free agency to begin with). Hence why Geelong managed to placate the Giants with their pretty ordinary package of mid/late first round picks.

They paid to dump Brodie, were happy to dump Wright who was battling away in the reserves and they had to clear Scrimshaw who I don't think ever wanted to be there but signed a big contract to stay purely to lock in a nice start to his earnings. Brodie and Wright look great now but they just weren't performing at the Suns, I honestly wouldn't have predicted their improvement at new clubs. They've now good a solid core of senior players and a really good chance of keeping King, Lukosius, Rowell, Anderson, Hollands, Powell, Ballard, Ainsworth long term. Rankine is a blow, but I think it says less about GC and more about the Crows desperation and ability (mostly through lack of their own talent) to go after a big recruit. Rankine joining is more akin to Dawson joining the Crows in a very similar move than it is the usual GC exodus. Really the biggest issue the Suns had was paying massive overs to keep and to recruit players. They now have enough senior bodies that they can finally stop handing out crazy contracts to fringe mature players to come join them. That was step 1. Step 2 was to stop being so desperate in signing their own players on mega deals. Losing Rankine hurts but he's not a bad case study for the rest of the GC list. If they can wear losing Rankine they might stop signing the next Darcy McPherson to crazy money.

Petty unlucky, but McCartin and De Koning were the right choices for the main key defenders and the other backs who got picked ahead of him in Daicos, Coleman, Blakey, Clark, Young and Quaynor are all very good players. Not sure who I’d leave out for Petty of that group. It’s already 1 too many defenders to begin with. I’d take out Clark or Young and still be at the standard 7 defenders. This team doesn’t have 3rd talls at either end or really a true number 1 ruck, which shows you how rare good talls under 22 are to begin with.

Interestingly GWS played St Kilda, Geelong, Brisbane and Freo in those 4 Manuka games and got smoked in all of them. They used to win a lot there. The Showgrounds games were against GC, Carl, WCE, Dogs, Hawks and Bombers. Not a great commercial fixture there with no Coll or Rich and Ess only late in the year with both teams done. Its also a little misleading as they played their one big home game of the year at Stadium Aus v Sydney in round 1. The argument that they should move home games against big Victorian clubs to the SCG to capitalise on travelling fans is a tricky one. It would help the crowds, but suddenly they are Sydney 2.0 and not GWS. And they’d have 3 home games and potentially only play a minority of home games at their home!