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Impressed by the growing maturity of some of the younger brigade. Augers well.

heard/read somewhere that McAdam will be given a full game at VFL level before being AFL-ready. He didn't play a full game today and was rested late.

Harley Reid. I know we offered two decent first-rounders, and not complaining about Windsor and Tholstrup ... but Reid is a generational talent. Two first round plus a second plus a future first wouldn't have been excessive. It's not just what he does, it's the way he does it and the impact that has on players around him.

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11 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

still no mention of this being official

Not quite official, but ...

https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/major-update-on-collingwood-star-nathan-murphys-afl-future-after-latest-meeting-c-14320268

Amongst the dross Tom McDonald didn't do much wrong. One of the few bright lights in a disappointing performance.

3 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Also is McAdams just permanently stuck on 2-4 weeks? Are they generating a new hamstring for him in a lab or what? 

"Shane McAdam continues to work through a hamstring injury, taking positive steps forward re-joining the main group.

“Shane is beginning to integrate into training with the team,” Griffith said.

“He’ll continue to train with the group as we build him into being available for selection in the coming weeks.”"

"could miss approximately 12 weeks with a detached ACL along with PCL damaged"

Also Jon Ralph:

Fremantle says Oscar McDonald needs PCL surgery. The surgeon will also review his ACL while he is in there. Just rotten lock for the former Demon and Blue.

Given the team we have out there, newbies, crocks and kids in what is already a makeshift backline, plus an underdone Petty, (also missing Brayshaw ....), they're doing OK against a top 4 team away.

On 28/03/2024 at 04:15, Beetle said:

The club are resigned to the fact now we will likely lose him at year’s end. 

Petty gone, BBB and McDonald retired ... going to be "interesting" next year up forward.

Naming Petty says a lot about the state of BB and his knees. If BB always needs backup, I’d rather an underdone Petty than a fully fit Schache any day. 

19 hours ago, Its Time for Another said:

Harry and Meaghan while rejecting their roles in the Royal family ostensibly primarily because of the public scrutiny have insisted on keeping their Royal titles Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

Perhaps brush up on Royal Titles - how you get them (gift from the Queen in this case) and how you lose them (you don't - requires an act of parliament for starters).

As for the rest, Piers Morgan would be proud of you.

Nice win, great to see new/emerging players stepping up, but amongst it all:

- Salem isn't yet entirely convincing as a mid

- Sparrow? This was supposed to be the year he took the next step.

To finish with a positive: great management of Max, running him in shorter bursts with frequent breaks. Smart.

11 hours ago, poita said:

Five changes for round 1 is a clear admission that we royally stuffed up the opening round team.

Or it's an admission that some players who would have been selected weren't ready (coming back from injury), or were suspended. Add to that forced changes (Bowey) and it's easy to see how you get to 5 ins/outs.

And straight into Freo's 22 for their first game. Good luck to him.

On 11/03/2024 at 05:33, Demon Dynasty said:

I had a good chat with Melk late last season at a Casey match (he was an observer).  While we chatted about many things, i did manage to sneak in a question specifically about "loading".

His response...

"What's loading?" lol

Pin this post so whenever anyone brings up the L word it can be referred to.

There is no in-season loading in team sports like AFL.

1 hour ago, Sydee said:

I’d much prefer we put in a strong season and be very aggressive at the trade table and try and lure a proven tall forward

The chance of one becoming available, yet alone being able to get the deal done, are minimal at best. Or to put it another way, how many proven tall forwards have been traded in recent years? Jacob Koschitzke? Mabior Chol?

4 hours ago, ANG13 said:

It really is hard to believe after having such forward disconnect last year that after having months to work on it it’s still a massive issue. It’s also hard to believe Stafford is still our forward coach. 

Maybe it's not Stafford. Maybe it has something to do with the players available.

Just a thought ...

4 hours ago, BLWNBA said:

He absolutely has to go. If people want to drink his bath water from ‘21; fine. But he had a Ferrari and he’s continued to treat it like a lawnmower. 

This is just delusional. We had one great season when everything worked, where we had basically no injuries and where McDonald and Brown were strong contributors. Since then, the list has fallen off a cliff, we have no key forwards worthy of the name for the moment - JVR can be, but he should only be taking the 2nd or 3rd defender, not coming up against the best in the league every week - beyond Lever and May we're playing kids or journeymen in the backline, Petty who held that same backline together alongside Lever/May is nowhere to be seen, we've lost Brayshaw, Langdon is a shadow of his 2021 self, Melksham is the nearest we have to a forward-line general and he's out of action ... you could go on and on.

You cannot take player after player out of a team and expect there to not be consequences.

2 hours ago, Ned said:

But I fear an awesome list i being/has been squandered by a coaching group that’s not really up to today’s standards.

It’s not an awesome list, far from it. I just don’t understand how people can keep trotting this out when the evidence to the contrary is there before us every week. 

6 hours ago, binman said:

Nibbla suffers from whatever the opposite is to the halo effect. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_effect

Apart from all the points mentioned here, my 2 takeaways were:

- If Max goes down we are well and truly rogered

- come next year’s trade period, we are going to need to sign a new full back, whatever it takes  

Devastating news. For him, for his family, for the club - don't think re the latter enough are grasping the seriousness of this. Angus was one of the keys to our success (such as it was) last year, and I for one have no doubt that the outcome of that final would have been different without him having been taken out in such brutal fashion.

On a footy level he'll forever be fondly remembered for his place in our golden year because I don't see us repeating it in the near future. Losing him is just a step too far, we already had a lot against us in terms of injuries etc but now this ...

Devastating news.

20 minutes ago, Kent said:

Yeah maybe we should have thought of that before

Yes, because mature rucks never get injuries.

On 25/01/2024 at 23:05, Kent said:

Agreed what possible upside is there carrying to crocks when we could be developing for the future

Upside? Having experienced, senior players around is a key part of developing for the future.

We should be thankful that we still have players like Melksham and BBB around. And no doubt the club is.

8 hours ago, Dee Viney Intervention said:

With the recruitment of McAdam we have some serious weapons down there now.

Plus Billings.

FD on top of what the shortcomings have been and traded in accordingly. Much as we love our mids, none of them are great disposers of the ball.