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He’s so bad. I admire his confidence in becoming a commentator despite the most unpleasant voice this side of Kelly Underwood

Physically or mentally? Looks fine physically but makes so many lazy errors

No tall on the line. Birch not within a mile of Parry. Just a joke

Sammy Zankerman is playing one his classics

We beat Geelong in Geelong comfortably and North nicely. Nearly beat Adelaide with a stirring comeback. Everything went well until the final round and we’ve been hopeless since. Some injuries are a factor. Lost continuity in the second half of the year and missing Sherrif (best pressure forward) and Lampard. Eliza West has looked heavy legged all year and she’s our best inside bull. Backline has had vulnerable moments with the Birch birching, Gay battling injuries and the pace of the game catching Goldy out. But really I think Brisbane rattled them with physicality and they haven’t recovered. Rather than step up to the physicality that finals require they’ve shirked it. Non stop panicking, terrible work rate and the skills are a mess.

Simple kick out and simple direct footy leads to a shot at goal

Hollywood kicks out when we have the best ruck in the game. #StinearOut

Maddy Gay is having an absolute Birch of a game. As is Birch. This backline has fallen apart

Just a theory but If Adelaide deal up for Curtin at 9 we could move up to 10 with Geelong to take Leake given Essendon will likely take Caddy and GWS might not want a key defender.

Missing your meds? We’ve offered everything we’ve got for Reid and it’s been knocked back. Delisting 1-4 fringe players to get pick 7, apart from being completely infeasible is not something the Eagles would be interested in. If they’re trading their future first it’s to get Curtin for themselves.

Yes. My comment was replying to KITP asking why Windsor had moved from in contention for pick 11 to the likely pick at 6.

Because the media know nothing after the first bunch of names each year, in fact some years they barely know them. Early mocks had Oliver at 15ish. No one had Jackson top 3. No one had Pickett in the first round. The media cottoned on to our interest in Windsor, slotted him at 11. Maybe all along he's been the 6th best name on our board. We'll find out on Monday

I understand the desire for Watson, he’s dynamite despite his size, understands how to use his body and reads the play faster than anyone in the draft. And for Sanders, clean hands and quick accurate disposals. They’d both be ready to play and low risk, high quality players. Chucking in a late first to move up, I can see it. But it has to be a late first and that’s putting pressure on us next year. Of the picks to move up I think I’d prefer to elevate 11 to 7/8. Tholstrup is perfectly respectable pick but I like Leake or the choice of talls.

No, but if we’ve committed to K Brown and Marty Hore we don’t have the list spots.

I’m pretty sure JT has talked before about not getting too caught up in trends. Which I think is right. I still think contested ball is king, just that sides have spread the contest across more of the ground through pace, skills and work rate. I also don’t think speed and skill are ever going out of fashion. A question to ask with Windsor is; is positional value important in AFL drafting? The last time we had high picks JT spent them on a ruck and small forward, so I’d suggest he doesn’t see it that way so much. Powerful mids and dominant key talls are the most valuable but after that elite players are surely the aim with top 10 picks. Is Windsor a high end talent? I’m not entirely convinced, but he has high end traits.

It still matters. Being good at the contest has been a hallmark of the JT years and it’s vital in finals. Wingers have clutch contests at times too, when 50:50 balls spill in to space. Obviously Windsor has some work to on that side of his game and I hardly expect him to be Jack Viney, but he probably does meet the benchmark and he has a frame to add some muscle in time as well.

Would be a huge price to pay but do we give a future first to Geelong to get our choice of Leake, Caddy or O’Sullivan?

The blues think a kid drafted in the 20’s might be an upgrade on a delisted player? You don’t say!

I like his combination of footy smarts, size, skills and especially the way he feigns, baulks and moves in traffic. The challenge is working out how much of his output is due to him being an early developer with a mature frame and how much upside there is. Most highly rated tall guys just produce flashes of quality. Curtin can more than hold his own at WAFL level and play really strong games as a midfielder in the national champs. He's light years ahead of some of the other highly rated talls like Nate Caddy and Ollie Murphy. Whether he stays that way is the question and it's not an easy one to answer.

They're going to offer everyone their future first but the report is GWS are considering it at 7

Via what airline?

Pretty ordinary interview, way too much time focused on Harley Reid and a random Matty Jefferson question. Nice to hear about Kynan Brown but no follow up on the rookie only designation. No question about Marty Hore. The 2 big takeaways were: 1. JT does see a gap between the first bunch of names and the second, but not a huge one 2. Best available seems the motto - whether that's true or not time will tell

Yes, they do a trial run for the technology and any rule changes. Whether they actually input real players or they get set up with 70 fake names to work with I'd have no idea. Maybe they do use the real players and the recruiters use it to psych each other out.

Melbourne taking Windsor GWS (who would’ve taken Windsor) trading pick 7 to the Eagles for Curtin.

That hasn’t been a position since at least Nick Riewoldt if not before. And the only successful key back to key forward transition in recent years has been Naughton who is a physical marking beast.