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Appears to be (not on the injury list). Nor sure if he's playing for Casey - check the match reports.

I dont believe for 1 second that Watts was picked for an agenda other than him deserving a game and to help his development. It was only used as a marketing tool BECAUSE he was going to play, not vice versa.

To be honest, I watch a game from >20 years ago and it looks like a sh%&fight devoid of skill. The ball gets thrown blindly onto a players boot then the players who happen to be at the fall of the ball belt each other until one manages to get it onto his boot. Today's game is much more attractive to me.

GFL even.

Rudy!

Not necessarily. No team will sign him based on his likely output for the rest of this season, rather it'd be for seasons going forward. There's no reason why you wouldn't expect him to make a fully recovery from this injury.

Good. I think this is one of the key things holding him back because a lot of our forward line gameplan revolves around putting pressure on the defenders to create opportunities. If Watts goes in and is weak in this area if throws our game out. We want him to slot into the side seamlessly.

Phil Davis was playing SANFL footy and not as skinny or young as Watts when drafted.

Considering I already said that... yes, I do.

Game, Set & Match. Well played sir.

Hurley was drafted as a player who had the body to compete from day one. He's also older. Quite a bit of difference in my opinion. That's not even mentioning that he himself has done very little besides kick a goal from 50 on his wrong foot. Jack didn't have the luxury of coming in playing second fiddle to Lloyd (or 3rd fiddle with Lucas) and having a man's body.

I'm 100% positive Ricky wants to go and play on the Gold Coast and be around his faimly. I am also 100% positive he wants to stay at the Dees with his mates. He just needs to figure out which one he wants more and I think at the moment he is doing that. Unfortunately, our best chance of keeping him is if he continues to play here, with his mates and win games. It doesn't look like he'll get the chance to do that before he has to make up his mind.

You forgot to drop Frawley for the ghost of Brent Grgic.

I think he will.

and partly mental. But for a kid in effectively his first season, is that necessarily an issue? Only because of our own unrealistic impatience.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I'll back the club's judgement before yours. I expect him to be pretty ordinary at this stage. He is a lightly-built spindly young KPF in what is virtually his first year in the AFL system, coming from an injury-interrupted preseason, and playing against more mature bodied players, whether it is a second-tier competition or not. He wasn't drafted to be good from the get-go; he was drafted to be tearing games apart in a couple of years' time. I think you can agree, given his skill level, awareness and athleticism, there should be nothing stopping Watts from doing just that, once he matures. I've said it before, but the problem is not with Watts; it is with supporters' expectations. Merge threads.

That looks like it's meant to be an insult... but it's just not. I'm confused.

Exactly right, but until then..? I say give Hughes a game purely for perseverance. It'd be like that movie, "Rudy".

Is that supposed to be some sort of poorly-worded insult..? Give up E25. You're no match for his machiavellian snipes.

Does anyone know somewhere I can get a "Drop Grimes" t-shirt made up..?

That's because Gumbleton was perpetually injured... he was given games years ago and it has taken that long to get his body right again. No reflection on Watts.

jumbo returns and jayceebee are wasted...

Not if Rivers meets Future Rivers. There'd be a tear in the time-space continuum and the universe would cease to exist. Best to keep Rivers at Casey and play Future Rivers in the 1s.

Anyway, changing topics, it looks like GC17 is short a KPP already with Keath choosing cricket... http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/alex-keath-picks-cricket-over-footy/story-e6frf9if-1225859904404

There won't be any trading though, unless we lose more than one player to GC17. The AFL will decide compensation for players leaving to join Gary Clifford Irons (or, rather, Ken Wood will decide)