binman

Snap. Agree, just though the same thing and edited my post accordingly

Nup, not TJ. TJ is an all time fav of mine, and funnily enough would probably suit footy cira 2024 better than when he played with the importance of wingers. And i can see the comparison. But whilst a smooth mover, Windsor strikes me as less, how should i put this - urgent? (was going to stay stoner like) and perhaps more hard it than TJ. And not as fast as Windsor. Also, admittedly from a very limited sample size i'm not sure if Windsor is as good a kick as TJ, perhaps with Wattsy, the best kick i have seen at the dees.

Yep. From our best 22 we were missing Clarry, Petty, Hunter and Melk (and potentially spargs and McAdam?). And of course no BB or Tmac. They had Weitering and Walsh out. I'm not sure if they had other best 22 players out, none were mentioned in the call. Hard to argue they were more undermanned than us i would have thought (Walsh is gun, calrry is better. Weiterng perhaps has Petts covered, both in terms of ability and importance to the team. But no Mcadam or Melk meant we didn't have a medium size defensive forward we like to run with)

That's music to my ears. He looks very fit, so you imagine he'll hit the ground running.

Ta. He might find it hard to get back into the team if Windsor makes the wing his own and billings cements a spot.

I doubt clarry plays, and I hope he doesn't. Agree Billings and Windsor are locks. And I think Howes and Brown will also debut (Brown for koz, comes out round one). I wonder how often it's happened that a top 4 team debuts three draftees in the first game of the following season. If I'm right, and Laurie plays, we will have 7 players 21 and under in our game against the swans: JVR, Bowser, Laurie, McVee, Howes, Windsor and Brown. When you consider that best 22 players in Koz, Sparrow and Rivers are 22, 23 and 22 respectively, we have a very solid core of young players (and petts and chin ate only 24). It's possible we will have 9 players 22 and under against the swans. That's a profile usually only a team in rebuild phase would have. By way of contrast the pies have the oldest list in the AFL. And how many players under 22 running around last night?

Because you're worried about may? He carved up the Coleman medallist and to my eye looked in much better nick than this time last year in terms of mobility (he struggled all last season with glutes and lower back issues) Agree we need to plan for his retirement, but that's a couple of years away at least. And defensively we are in pretty good shape for key defenders going forward. Although Turner is more an intercepting lever type, he'll fill out and i think will be a gun. Adams is bigger and has a future as a lock down key defender. And if petty stays, he can go back.

That is a truly amazing stat. And it's impossible for it to be a statistical anomaly. Sustainaned excellence.

Australia scored as many goals as the blues

Funny you should ask that. A player immediately came to mind which I thought I'd note on the pod. And, on reading your q, another player came to mind.

Weitering and Walsh are two big outs - two of their best four players. But it is a mark of just how good our midfield is that we could be missing one of best 3 players, and one of the best 3 mids in the AFL, and not miss him

A foot fetishism? Sorry, I meant food.

I thought I read on here a few weeks ago he was saying we'd do well? Don't sleep on the dees and all that. And now he has us missing the 8?

Yeah, his kicking inside 50 is terrible. Such poor technique. Oh hold on, I thought you meant Petracca.

For a bit of perspective, we're far from the only top 8 club with some injuries. At the pies, Pendulbury and Howes have both had interrupted preseasons and are touch and go round one. Their best forward, mcstay is out for the season with an acl and Krueger did a bad hammy yesterday. At the swans, Luke Parker has broken his arm and their captain, Callum Mills has a wrecked shoulder he did wrestling on mad Monday (where's the media beat up on that? - i mean getting [censored] and wrecking your shoulder is just boys being boys is it? And hes tbeir captain! Cultural issue i reckon). Both players are huge for them. They swans are resting Jake Lloyd, Tom Papley, and Chad Warner for their community cup game to ensure they are right to go against us, which suggests all three are not cherry ripe.

Based on info gleaned from Demonland (track watchers, linked articles etc) my best guess is something like (taking koz and smith out as they are not injuries - by the by, koz is in ripper nick and right to go round 1. So technically doesn't miss a round. For petts i'm assuming no surgery, but if he has surgery unlikely to add mot than a couple of weeks) PLAYER INJURY LENGTH Ben Brown Knee 2-3 weeks Lachie Hunter Calf 1-2 weeks Shane McAdam Calf 2-3 weeks Jake Melksham ACL Round 16 Harrison Petty Toe 2-3 weeks Charlie Spargo Achilles 1 week Kysaiah Pickett Suspension Fit Daniel Turner Stress Fracture 6-8 Weeks J. Smith Suspension TBA

Report: The blues smashed us. We barely got a touch. Took one mark in 4 mins of highlights - and it was taken of us!

File under sad, but i'm about to watch the blues highlights. It might knock some of my natural optimism out of me. #beggars can't be choosers

Any reports of injury concerns sb?

No, I meant the dees social is a low bar. Andy goes alright.

#backhanded compliment

Go redleggers

I can't believe it. Went to buy my ticket today. They were available. But I checked with friends if they were coming and was waiting for a reply. Wasn't stressed. Surely it wouldn't sell out. Just went to buy them. Sold out!

Blimey, that's almost as long as one of my shorter posts. More informative too. But seriously, that's what we should be getting. Basic level of professional information. I went to the mfc website this arvo to buy a ticket for tommorow. No doubt the info is there somewhere, but I couldn't find it and gave up after 5 mins. Not good enough. Struggled to find it on the afl site too but did.