Dee-licious

Kolt was so good defensively today. 8 scoring involvements to 6 and ran par on disposals and metres gained. He went head to head with “the best player in the afl” (he’s no Max) and walked away breaking even and dominated after quarter time. I hope this is the turning point for him. Trusted in the forward line, back line; and centre bounce. We don’t win without his efforts.

6. Gawn - just didn’t want to lose

   5. Roo - 6 of his best

4. Turner huge down back

3. Kolt was so important after quarter time

   2. Steele showed plenty in the middle

   1. Windsor look the goods

AFL touted him as a top 10 pick at the start of the year.

I can see why he’s gone in the rookie draft - I can imagine he didn’t hit the interviews out of the park the same way someone like Matthews would have.

But, seems like we will know (assuming he stays healthy) very quickly if he’s around for the long hall. He doesn’t seem like a journey man - he sounds and looks like a guy who it either clicks for and he has a huge career or he is gone by 2028.

here is hoping for a Brownlow 😂

Please Taylor Taylor!

jerks

Someone is dropping!!!!

I’ve been watching all the highlight videos since it looked like we were going to get early picks. I also watched a fair bit of Vic Under 18s and was not really enamoured by anyone - liked Josh Lindsay early on, then Grjl a little later, but didn’t love any of Farrow, Sharp, Cummings etc. I’d never looked at Nairn and once I saw his highlights I just thought - this is the guy. Runs all day, presents, leads, kicks straight, marks like a McGovern, and then listening to him saying he prefers being a defensive wing - he reminds me so much of Salem’s want to compete and hunt the man (but he has more speed). I would love to have his name read out next week and see a very nice 200 games at the red and the blue.

(Unless Robey and CDT are available)

Speaks so well.

On 24/10/2025 at 17:46, GawnOfTheDead said:

Find the AFL and people on Gettable a laugh, they all said it’s a compromised draft and essentially wrote them all off.

Now everything you see is how good Robey and Dovaston etc are.

Anything for clicks.

To be fair, the championships were pretty ordinary. The top groups has grown (a little) because the eastern boys went on a tear (Taylor x 2, Robey, Greeves, Dova) and they have all moved into first round contention and Grjs played well in the seniors. I don’t think we’ve had anyone else rise up to extend that top group. It’s still not great 😂

5 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

10 out.

6 in: Culley, Henderson, Mihocek, Heath, CJ, Steele

4 spots open and Woey.

3 picks: 7, 8, 37

2 rookies: White and Sinnema?

I think you are probably right there. I'm not sure about Sinnema at this point, I hope so as I like him, but I think that's probably on the money.

Morris has said that it’s unlikely Melbourne will deal 24, more likely a later pick.

could be a pick we get for Clayton. So could look worse - Trac and Clayton for 7 and 8.

We have 4, could be 7 spots available (Trac, Oliver, Woey [OOC]) so who knows. We need to get players from somewhere and it isn’t a deep draft class. My educated guess would be train on spot in summer for a SSP position.

16 minutes ago, Petracca said:

Would pick 23 be to early of a selection for Pickett knowing that it will end somewhere in the late 20s

Seems about right at the moment. Depends how he tested in the combines.

On 07/09/2025 at 10:06, Lucifers Hero said:

We don't have B-Rookie spots for next year. Mentha and Berry have them; Berry till 2027

I don’t want to question you (I’m pretty sure you are always on the money) but I thought the press release for Menthas extension was he was now a Cat A?

Wow.... Really? Really? That is your takeaway from the 2 years he has been on the list. That he is lazy, sits in cafes, doesn't listen to coaches, and he must have got a rocket at the exit interview?

Tearing up the track in pre-season, track watchers getting excited, then gets injured and has to work his way back to fitness. So has not had any pre-seasons. Then in the back half of the year, leads the Casey midfield, breaking tackles, getting clearances, setting up goals. But because he has a mullet, he must not work hard at all?

Maybe someone needs to have a word with him to go find a club where supporters are willing to accept that a human being can be who they are, and still train hard and play good football. I would hate to be the child or employee of half the people on this thread - your self-confidence would be shot and you'd have no chance at being able to make it at anything. There is critical analysis about a player's flaws and areas of improvement, but calling out their dress sense as an example of them not taking their job seriously is low.

Good work on the research!

39 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

I'm honestly not sure how much strength and conditioning he needs as opposed to mental strength.

I've been watching s fair bit of Logan Morris this year and lately Ty Gallop. Both very young key forwards. I'm not sure they do much of their work by out bodying others, but more just putting themselves in the right spot and having the confidence to go for it. Both also good kicks for goal that don't waste opportunities. I see alot of both of these in Jefferson.

The things that Morris and Gallop have that Jefferson and JvR have lacked reciently are an open forward line where the ball comes in consistently purposely and confidence. I'd imagine both these things feed into one another. Just the change of face and fresh start might be enough to get Jeffo a burst of confidence.

Going on a bit of a tanget here, but some of the later Goodwin and Chapman games, I thought we were actually starting to move the ball better into our forward 50. If King can take that to the next level and give everyone the confidence in doing it, guys like JvR, Jefferson, Melksham, Fritta, Chandler and Kossie are going to have a party every week. I can also see all those guys buying into a method of moving the ball in fast through half forward as well as being on the receiving end. I actually think that Melksham could be more of a weapon driving the ball deep inside 50 from half forward than being the player deep on the receiving end.

This - exactly this. He showed enough in Game 1 v GWS and looked good for 30 seconds in Game 2 before going off. When we move the ball well, he will look better because good luck outmarking him when he is leading and the go-go-gadget arms are out.

Looks like they go nervous and didn't put Trac and Clarry in.... but ended up with McVee and May

Love him. Sad to see him go.

Can’t remember which journo, but they reported no one asked for a trade.

If you look at Jefferson’s scouting reports - he has always had days where he has kicked 2.5 and then 5.2 the next week.

If you are looking for reasons to write off Kolt and Jefferson, you can do that today. Easily you could also make an argument that the skills they showed today would translate to 200 game afl players.

Doubling that Khalani has barely got a run. Billings has been really good. Kolt around the ball and pressuring but not getting his hands on it since the first quarter - albeit Travaliga has spent more time minding him at stoppage as well.

I havent really seen Sharp - yet he has kicked 3! I've liked Kynan Brown today - but I do wonder where he fits in AFL. Mentha so exciting I wish he got it more.

I felt deflated throughout the week about Jefferson, but again today you just see how good he can be and that he has all the skills to make it as a top line AFL forward.

Thinking towards finals - you'd want to make sure that Kolt doesnt play more than 3 more games in the seniors as it would be good for him to play finals. And oddly Howes will also be avliable for us as well.

2 minutes ago, fr_ap said:

Is the Rigoni getting the ball in Sandy's backline related to our Guy?

He better not be, otherwise I'd be angry he isnt playing for us. I love hearing him get the ball!