Dee-licious

It’s more this is how big the drop off is after the top 2. If we had 1 and were offered 3 and 4 id still want us to say no. Yes, he is that good.

Have a look at his highlight video on afl.com.au. It will make you both really sad that we don’t get him and jealous that pick 17 isn’t going to be anywhere near the range he is being picked at. GWS aren’t wrong contemplating pick 2 on him.

Kind of. We were under by 2 players on our senior list last year as we had 6 Cat A rookies. So we had 2 spare spots on our senior list coming into this year anyway.

JT’s mentality. 1st round is best available. Later in the draft you can draft needs. I’d try not to guess too much on who we will take. It’ll be the best player on our board. Just hoping it’s closer to our thought at 10 rather than 20 =)

I was hesitant about the 49, but then realised that this will come right in with Collingwood and WB having the picks in the 40s before it (so really, what is the difference - we are picking around the 44 mark then anyway). Love returning to the first round and seeing what we can do. We know that we have a Woey and a AMW if we want them in the later order, and we might get 2-3 picks before their names are read out. Plus, that top 15 is not a bad top 15. Hopefully one shakes out to us.

Damn damn damn. He’s a rookie and out of contract so trading is basically not a thing. Would have loved him to stay for depth, but understand the lure of playing 22 games. Good luck to him. Damn!

Exactly. We talked so much about culture in the post-GF interviews and Melksham has this is spades. Wants to be best 22, works hard for the footy club off the field, and when he was playing for Casey he was playing his [censored] off. Understand the knocks about his two way running, but 2018 saw clutch goals and tagging JJ. He is more than better than depth and means that Spargo, ANB and TMac have to get better to hold their spots. He might even push Sparrow, Jordan and Harmes as well. Great problems to have :)

No? Maybe? It’s a really tough year because you don’t get to see them play against each other in the championships and today they had a couple of training sessions together before playing. So no real system or understanding of the players around them. Woey knows where to stand, runs both ways, and his teammates know where he is for the outlet. So looks better in the WA system. AMW has flair to his game and a turn of speed. He takes the game on and is exciting. But he was either not getting a handball or he’d break away and have nothing to kick too. I’d love to have both in the Dees next year and I think we are lucky to have them available to us. My “gut” feel, compared to last couple of years, is that they are 38-55 sort of range. Real late second / third round players who have good ceilings.

In the games I’ve watched he’s a “component of a winning team” rather than the man. I can’t really liken him to anyone of our list. I’m a fan and would love him at the Dees. Fitness base is going to be a big thing for him. The flair is great; it’s the non-negotiables that id want to see when he comes into the side.

Played well. Neat kick. Runs forward very quickly. Can’t say he is running that hard in defence. Stands away from the contest and drives it forward with his good kicking skills. Been unlucky not to have 10 more disposals as he has often been burnt.

Agree. And allows us to go for inside mids down the order who might be a little bit of smokey. Like Howes and Knevitts who are bigger bodies and have no real exposed form and see what happens. If they dont come on, so be it.

It was in someone’s Insta post. Can’t remember who.

Apparently Brown has a new contract and so does Baker which is a nice sign. Herald Sun also reporting that Hibberd, Chandler and Bedford are going to be signed as well. AFL reporting Daw is going to get another year. Herald Sun assume that Turner and Declase will get extensions, but Hore and Deakyn Smith will have to wait till after trade period. I have that as 32 senior spots (I assume that Chandler will be upgraded as well for 33) + 2 rookies (Daw + Brown). So 5-6 senior spots available if we want them.

Mentioned here about the work that he does off the ball. Have a look on the AFL site / app of his game. You can watch just his disposals and what he was involved in. First, so many of the big moments have Sparrow in them (which surprised me, I didn't realise) and then what he does after he gets rid of the ball. He protects the kicker and then runs hard. I didnt think that he'd stay in our best 22, but clearly I am wrong, and he is going to be a staple going forward.

He was right with this "to find players that bring those four non-negotiable traits – skills, footy smarts, competitiveness and character." We didn't need to find them, we already had a list full of them :)

Jordon will be upgraded - so there is one. Then we have assumably Woewodin and my personal favourite Moniz-Wakefield as the other two :) So no problems there. I'd assume Chandler would be joining the senior list at some point as well.

Hopefully this is another ANB / T Mac situation where he is told to look elsewhere but you are welcome back, and then cements himself in the best 22 and wins a premiership :)

Deakyn Smith?

We had 2 'extra' players because of the injuries opening up mid-season spots. So I think it is only 5. But that is more a question for Lucifer's Hero (or whatever they are known as now - sorry!) as they are on top of it.

Mitch and Riley talking about the Dees out of contract. Basically, they don't know a lot and assume that everyone out of contract will get a year extension. Nothing about trading any players. But they didnt talk with any authority.

I wouldn't be surprised to see him drift. Not past 20 (pipe dream) but something like 18. The reason why is because the top 6 is pretty much agreed upon with the draft watchers (and Andrews isn't in that list) and then there is a list of 10-15 that is the next group. What you might see happen is someone might have Andrew at 6 on their board, but have pick 3. Then others might have him 10-12 and have pick 15, but a player higher on their board is available. There are some years that the first round of the draft looks like it could be done by a computer and you'll still get a good kid. This year isn't one of them and some weird (Max Holmes) things will happen. But the best part. WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY BECAUSE WE ARE PREMIERS!

Named second best. He has had a really consistent finals series by the looks of it. Hopefully it is enough runs on the board to be drafted (seems a given), but not enough exposure to get into the top 30 (so he is cheaper to bid on).

Taj not named for GF day. I'm assuming the reason being is he has a PF the next day as none of the East Freo stars have been named in the WA team.

Good luck to TMac and BBB during the off-season. Weid is going to come hard. Really great interview and just seems so angry about what he hasn't achieved. We say this every year, but maybe next year is the one.

Andy is up on the Herald Sun draft guide (top 70 prospects, but no Taj, bah!). Cant copy and paste, but the gist is 180cm, 73kg. Wingman/Outside mid - smooth mover and uses ball well. break away speed, good agility, good ball user, good around stoppages and spreads to find space. Played against men for the last couple of years.