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Not sure about nothing, he was doing well as a sub which is why he's been given a chance. Which he isn't taking, at least for the moment.

Suspect that it's a little more than "resting". At his age he could be one of those players who is week to week in terms of getting up for each match.

Not sure where else to put this: "With as many as 18 Melbourne players currently out of contract, a trio of developing prospects — including two untried rookies — have made their way into the notebooks of rival recruiters as they build strong reserves form. Category B rookie Andy Moniz-Wakefield remains unsigned more than two months after suffering a cruel ACL rupture during match simulation earlier this year. ... Meanwhile, two of his uncapped teammates from the 2022 Rookie Draft — Oli Sestan and Will Verrall — are putting together strong VFL campaigns as they push for an AFL debut." Fox SportsYoung gun’s aspirations could spark surprise exit offers...Young gun’s aspirations could spark surprise exit offers as rivals track Demons trio: Trade Latest

They have Barrass out (good), but Amon back in (not good).

Shame that Melksham has had to be managed, he was stellar last week and just what we needed to counteract Sicily. Also a pain re Viney, not really much consolation that Allan got a week, the damage was done. Jeffo gets another go at it, hope he seizes the opportunity.

Of all the players, Lever is the one who has future-senior-coach written all over him.

Don't want to hear anyone ever again question the selection of Melksham. He changes the whole team for the better and is almost single-handedly holding the forward line together.

I'd still play Tholstrup in the two's for a while. He does the get ball thing well, but then there's this moment of hesitation while he works out which option to take. Needs all that to become a single event. The other young players are a long way in front of him, and really impressed with Langford, he keeps on getting the ball AND doing something with it.

Where's Ben Brown when you need him.

McAdam will be back next year. Just saying.

McClure has revealed on Wide World of Sports he spoke with two people today who are close with Oliver, and shed light on the situation, both with Oliver and the club internally. “I don’t want to speak on behalf of him,” McClure said. “There is clearly still a lingering element from Clayton Oliver, a level of frustration at not being traded to Geelong at the end of last year.” https://www.3aw.com.au/level-of-frustration-sam-mcclures-latest-comments-on-the-clayton-oliver-situation/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKBfVRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFEalV4eEhjeVBwZXFEbTVkAR7yI942PBzqBubu0ry1kGZYjQYt2oAhG8aDzfM_AvAgEfD36B-ak-AlLALAZA_aem_bIqKWWizO4QQFs_jAyE_ew

Not if we play Turner forward?

Also Tom Mac.

Oliver out. Rivers to the mids, Sestan gets his call-up?

Also depends on what Tom himself wants to do, but he seems to have settled into a role and a way of playing that he could maintain for a while yet. His game relies on smarts and endurance, neither of which he's going to be losing any time soon. Also, the reality is that while he's 32, you look at the likes of Dangerfield and Tex Walker, still more than holding their own and 3 years older than Tom. I'd offer him one year with a trigger clause for a second year.

"Adelaide couldn’t maintain the rage for the full four quarters as Geelong proved they are a contender again in 2025." Adelaide Advertiser, 10 April

People should let this drop. Seriously. Dave Misson knew what he was doing (one of the reasons Paul Roos kept him on), as does Griffith, who was hand-picked and trained up by Burgess to succeed him.

For a guy who "knows nothing about football" he certainly know what to say when he speaks about football. "High performance", "destination club", "driving for success", "Melbourne is one of the great clubs of the AFL" ... all there.

Have to confess to quickly scanning this, and in doing so misread it as: "Prior to this Paul was Managing Director Asia Pacific for Opium International, a subsidiary of the United Health Group"

If you want to do a full load and have a meaningful long-term impact on fitness, it's 3 months. You also need a period before that (3-4 weeks) to unload so that you're nice and fresh and your body/systems can take what's about to be thrown at them. Also known as off-season/pre-season.

Down the track we also need a replacement for Tom McDonald. Adams is hopefully one. Then perhaps Turner, as personally I feel for the kind of animated, competitive player he is, Petty is better suited up forward. The smokey could be Kentfield. Has played as a forward until now and it's waaaayyy to early to be looking him in this context, but has played down back for a couple of Casey games and not been disgraced.

"Especially with the crew that he has" If we had anything like a top 4 list we'd be in the top 4. Not more complicated than that. (caveat also being that the full list is more or less fully available, which is not our case either)

Delusional.

One week at a time.

Had a serious back injury while at Carlton, and they obviously thought he was cooked. Worked very hard in the VFL to give himself another chance, which was almost lost through last year's knee injury.