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No offence taken by me Neil. I think @Go Dsmakes a fair point. I hate picking up a thread where there is a comment about a player in a previous thread and you don’t know who the player being referred to is. First world problem.

Perhaps this should be pinned so those unsure of nicknames can find them easily.

Interesting, I think Howes has been more impressive.

Just back from training, I left before they'd finished. I didn't take much out of today other than Pup did the whole session after an initial fitness test. Chin did a mountain of running but didn't move his right arm and then did some gentle ball work not using his right arm. Tmac was there initially but didn't do any of the training that I saw but didn't look to have any injury. Sparrow and Kossie were no shows. I didn't see Knuckles either. Kolt didn't participate in any of the training drills that I saw but did a lot of running and showed no discomfort. The full ground drills were 14 v 14 and there was lots of open space. As in other training sessions Clarrie and Duke impressed, Howes was involved and made very few mistakes and the usual suspects did well. AJ also hasn't put a foot out of place this preseason and will be an interesting watch. Trac, Gawny, Fullarton, Woey, Lever and Jeffo ran laps. Langford, Mentha and Lindsay didn't participate in full ground drills but did a far bit of boundary sprinting while the drills were on. I reckon there was a lot of management of players going on today after a big session on Monday in high heat. The only players who look a way off are Spargs who just ran and did agility exercises and Chin. Lever still hasn't been involved in much and given that he is a player who needs games to find form could also be a question mark for the start of the season if all the other talls are fit. As already stated Disco copped a big hit in a marking contest but nobody went to him as he recovered on the boundary line and there didn't appear to be any long term damage.

I agree Mr lose, Ricky has dancing feet and I great to watch. Having said that I think he’s a work in progress and others are well ahead of him at this point. @Gator, was Spargo doing anything but running?

Is it the usual 10.00am start. Had a Quick Look and couldn’t see it on the MFC site.

Campbell is at his 4th club. If he was good enough to be in our starting 22 he wouldn’t be on our list. I think he’s a nice player and excellent addition but I’m realistic about his role.

I thought Lindsay was very impressive. Quick, clean, lovely kick, positioned himself well, was very involved. For someone that hasn’t done much full training for a while he was very good. Howes played well. Used his body well in marking contests and was strong one on one. Keeps his feet well in contests. He’s a slow burn but he can definitely play.

Is this a flash back thread?

@Ghostwriter each to there own but imo SK needs to walk the walk before he talks the talk. He’s done nothing yet. Beau Webster, now there’s someone I can admire and get behind.

I wouldn’t worry Picket, the report said it was done at training on Friday afternoon.

You’re worried about Brownlows, I’m worried about best and fairest. One? Give me a break.

I still hold hopes for Jefferson. I think he's now developing the body to compete and he's got footy smarts but as you say his competitiveness is questionable. As for "wasting pick 15" it's interesting to look at the 2022 ND. There are only two players that I'd want ahead of Jeffo at this stage. Weddle would have been very good and Darcy Jones shows lots of promise but apart from that I can't really see one player that would have added value to our list. And our needs were clearly KPF's so I'm happy with the pick and my stomach is quite settled.

I remember when we picked Luker Kentfield mid season and some wanted him put straight in. I see the same thing happening with Johnson. I wish the kid luck but he needs many more attributes than a chop out for Max.

I think the biggest issue is how we structure the forward line and whether Petty plays forward or back. Part will be structure but part will be form. I can't see Tmac and Petty playing in the same backline and so one of them misses out or one plays forward. I can't see Tmac playing forward and I think Tmac would be the one missing out if they don't play one forward. That leave forward line talls being two or more of JvR, Turner (both locks IMO), Jefferson and Jackson. If we play three talls then it means Tmac misses for either Jefferson or Johnson. That seems very strange to me particularly seeing Tmac was so good last year and has been in the best trainers this PS, both in the time trials and drills/match sims. If it was me Petty would play forward and that's where I think it will finish but that's doesn't seem to be what the FD think. The other possibility that is exercising my mind is maybe Lever is significantly longer term than we think but at training it doesn't seem that way. Really the rest of the team pretty much picks itself with the last few deckchairs to be decided. Lots will depend on how Lindsay and Langford progress and how ready they are for senior footy. I don't think they'll be rushed, we've enough depth to make sure they are fully ready. The other two who aren't mentioned much are Howes and AMW. Both look good to me and form will decide the final spots but it probably doesn't matter who gets the nod, there's not much difference. It's the structure of the talls that holds the most interest.