Dee-licious

Lock May in for next week.

No Weid and JKH? KK in the guts.

You could make the case for some big changes if the injuries come up: Weiderman, Salem, ANB, Lewis, May, Hibbard, Hannan. Goody also mentioned KK and JKH. The only time you make 4+ changes are when you have a heap of players who are best 22 coming back. We could make the case that 7 changes are just getting our healthy bodies back and Wagers, Lockhart, Petty etc are just heading back to the 2s.

6 Gawn - just a giant of the game and one of the best in the Comp now. 5 Hore - did he role nicely but disappeared after half time. 4 Viney - lifted in the second half and looked likely 3 Frost - Gave us run and carry we are missing 2 Trac - just does what others can’t and moved into the midfield to get us going 1 Hunt - should have had more but lead tackled and did the right things.

Live he was fine. And in the top 11 players of ours on the ground. Yes he isn’t best 22, but he is that 23-26 player we need when injuries hit. He works hard and continues to play out the game. Not an issue at all.

Weiderman best on for us. Has had a really solid game. Could have been a lot better with 2.3 but has been all around the ground, taken some good marks, hit some great kicks. If he had the 4 goals he really should have had, we would have been talking about him coming back next week. Probably another game in the 2's to build up the confidence. He really is a cut above at this level, however, he really is doing all the work himself, whereas in the AFL he relies more on people hitting him on the chest.

Weid at about 80%. Playing like Petrarca - its almost falling for him to dominate but things just aren’t perfect.

Honestly think calling him a spud was kinder than saying he’s a Dawson...

Congrats to the whole family @Drunkn167 can’t wait to see Dec out there today.

Has Maynard been playing? Didn’t play last week and is not named this week either for Casey?

The commentators are really excited. If I was Power (coach) id be annoyed that the game against A/VFL opponents ends up being against 10 Afl lister players and in the second half only 4 are out there. Not surprising that the Aust team are coming over the top.

Yeah - haven’t seen him. Also not sure if I’ve seen Keilty either.

Do we have any Melbourne players left on the field? They’ve all been pulled or ko’d by Casey teammates.

I’m thinking Stretch is alright and Oscar is fine. I know they are highly rated kids - but I can’t still shake that they are 17 so our 9? Professional footballs should look a class above. Would have loved to have seen Sparrow today.

Won’t be a first - mid second maybe early depending on his year. Zac Jones is expecting an early to mid second and you’d think Langdon would be slightly behind.

Undefeated so far Bradtke - the Stingrays have 2 wins and a draw. Rd 2 v Power 11d 7k 5hb 1m 0t 4I50 20HO Rd 3 v Falcons 11d 1g 4k 7hb 1m 1i50 15HO They have a bye this week and he should be back in action in Round 5.

Not to make it a Spargo thread but agree with the last 2 posters - at the game and Spargo showed a lot. Some great kicking, chasing and carelling. Was in the top 11 on the ground for us. Sparrow had a really solid debut. He’ll be back next week and hopefully will have a run of games. Got better as the game went on.

I swear every year the new recruits are getting bigger and bigger. Dream of the good old days when Toump and Morton got drafted and they made me feel like I could have been a footballer.

Thanks for the insight @Satyriconhome. Anything stand out about Walker or Bradke thus far or just mainly running and basic skill drills? Thanks.

If we could nab one (or both) of the Xav’s, I’d be very happy. They aren’t the bollocking bulls of the first round but they have great kicking and speed and have played outside inside role. What we need - and hopefully they can provide it.

I'm a big fan of O'Halloran. It takes a lot to be a captain of a rep side and he did it well. Has speed and great kicking skills. He should be around the early 20's mark so here is hoping.

So we have 7 senior spots and 1 rookie spot (or 5 senior and 3 rookies). 4 or 5 drafting (23, 28, 54, 62, 70) and then possibly we need to look at someone who has been delisted. Or, I believe we heard a rumour that Dec and T Smith were being upgraded? (Could ve wrong). I still am a fan of giving a freeman or hartung a lifeline, but there is a reason I’m not a list manager.

I am so happy right now. And I love that Damo and Terry are going nuts on Freo!

Everyone is gobsmacked on trade radio. Everyone cannot believe they did that too us.

In terms of the money, it has been reported a few times that GC are having to pay overs for players to stay which is why (hilariously) they are dealing with salary cap issues even with loosing Lynch. I dont have the article on hand, but I think it was in about July, August when they were talking about the move to Collingwood it would be on less dollars than what he'd make on the Gold Coast in order to fit in with the contracts of the club. I would hope that this would be the same case for us. I cannot imagine that our dollar and year offer is that different than Collingwood's. It will be a lot less than the GC's year and dollar offer though which I'm sure is one of the things May has to weight up.