binman

Yep, that's what i was referring to too. I had my binos on them at that the time. Tracc walked away with a wry smile after the tackle. By the by, Kolt's hair is full 70's permtastic.

I went. Some random thoughts: - is there a more beautiful sporting precinct in the world? - Not sure why the players looked so hor and bothered, it wasn't that hot, in the shade - tracc was doing fast laps, stopped right in front of me, on his haunches gasping. Looks in incredible shape. He's a beast. - on tracc, if I was goody I'd tell him not to EVER kick under 40 metres. He is so much better kicking long, weights the ball beautifully with his long kicks. - Langford is bloody huge. As waynewussell noted he and kolt both tackled tracc at one point, was very willing - clarry looks in much better shape than he was this time last, and even at season's end. But is still a ways off his very best condition - which is OK, preseason has just started - clarry's effort was first class, pushed himself very hard right to the end - clarry's class stands out like a flashing light. At one point he scooped the ball of the deck one handed and in the same motion hanballed into space so his targeted receiver did not have to break stride. Thing of beauty. - tmac was in unbelievablely good shape. Best I've ever seen him. Trainer of the session IMHO. His effort and intensity was off the charts. In one drill he missed a target and screamed an obscenity in anger. - great to have chunk back at the club. Vocal. Encouraging. Good energy. And as an added bonus his tree trunk legs make clarry's look positively svelte - at the end group of about 12 players, almost all forwards, did a goal kicking drill. Four things worth noting. - One, no petts. It would appear he us defence bound. - Two, group included bowey. He came over near me to take somd snaps from the boundary and I asked him if we might seem him up forward. He said, no but we might see him on the wing and he hopes to snag some goals - Three, roo barely missed a goal. Beautiful, neat kicking action that looks exactly the same every time, from whatever distance - Four, Turner kicks the ball unbelievably hard. Also dead straight. He looks very focused and driven. I have a feeling he will really impose himself next season

Darcy Fort was at the lions for much the same reason.

Exactamundo.

Like me.

Bonus points for managing to make rhe bombers look silly.

Both he and petts can play swingman.

It was interesting to hear goody predicts Jefferson will get a chance pretty early in the season. Petts go back when Jefferson comes in?

Our best 22 next season might include pick 2 (tracc), pick 4 (oliver), pick 5 (langford), pick 7 (windsor), pick 9 (salem), pick 9 (melk), pick 11 (Francis), pick 12 (kozzie), pick 13 (Kolt), pick 15 (Jefferson) and pick 19 (JVR). Our best 22 with six top 10 picks and 10 top 20 picks. And that doesn’t include the winner and runner up in last year's bluey. Not bad.

Bump.

We drafted in two tier one players. Happy days.

Bump.

Good kicking never goes out of style.

Langford and Lindsay both tick off the attributes I was hoping we'd target. Fantastic result. Langford looks big enough to play AFL footy next season. And I just love we picked up two quality left footers.

Good.

If you really want to feel bad how about jarman sitting out the a dra so he didn't have to go to us and instead landed at Hawthorn the following year. I've often thought we would have won the flag if jarman played with us in 1987. Still rankles.

You must be such fun at parties.

Honestly saty, what is the point of answering this question - you will just shoot down any response. My response? Member based organisations should produce content it's members want. And that's easy to find out - ask us, and track the data. And content that attract prospective members. Content that adds to the value proposition of forking out big dollars for a membership. And content that adds to the value proposition for current or prospective sponsors (who value 'reach" very highly) We have been woeful in this space since Ben Gibson left. Woeful. You either don't get that, or as is more likely, you do get it and are being argumentative for argument's sake.

Exhibit A why I don't like to meet my heroes.

One phantom draft with two updates is three phantom drafts by my reckoning. Tomato, Tomatoe. And I didn't say twomey wasn't accurate - well at least in terms of the top 10. But if he is correct the hundred other phantom drafts with different selections are, by definition, wrong.

This. The various phantom drafts seem to grow in perceived significance every season, particularly Twomey's. As fun as they ate, they are just that - fun. Click bait. Hell, Twomey seems to have more phantom draughts than Kit Walker's brewery.

That's not the role I see him playing. One, very much unlike nibbla, he doesn't appear to have the natural, elite athleticism the role demands. Two, thst role doesn't suit his skill set - inside ball winner, elite kick (at least I hope he is - was as a junior), knows where the goals are and a real x factor. I see him as a mini tracc. A 60 forward 40 inside mid with kpis that include goals, goal assists, score involvements, contested possessions - and energy and buzz.

Is he the key?

Agree. I generally only watch the dees AFLW games, but have watched a couple of the finals. The skill level is miles better than even a couple of years ago. I watched the port hawks game. Thrilling last quarter, but what stood out is how many players looked like pure, natural footballers. For example how players use their body in marking contests, or simple things like tracking the bouncing ball and waiting 'till it pops up so they don't have to break stride to collect the ball. Once the majority of AFLW players are natural footballers, which is close, I'll be fascinated to see how it evolves tactically and to what extent it becomes a different game to AFL in tge way say WNBA is to NBA By the by, the WNBA, after stagnating for a while, was hugely, massively popular this year. A lesson there for the AFL, who to their credit created the AFLW. But since doing do not seem to know what to do with it. All the money poured into NSW and qld to grow the game and they don't seem to realise women's footy is the key to the games future. The AFL dies if grass roots participation drops off, which it had been for years. The explosion in junior women's footy will positively influence the number of boys playing footy too. For years my son and daughter both played basketball. I coached both, and it would have made it super hard logisticaly if say my daughter instead played another sport in terms of supporting both kids. And my son, who is older, helped my daughter practise and helped me coach her team. That collective vibe meant basketball was the sport of choice in our house - despite me never having played. It's no wonder it's so popular in terms of participation. My daughter played basketball in large part because her older brother was playing and it made sense for us as a family. If my daughter was the oldest and she chose footy, my son probably plays footy. That dynamic supports male participation in footy.

This quote in the article from Langford is music to my ears (and I absolutely love that he is a left footer): “I really wanted to show my kicking ability – being able to find someone up forward, whether through score involvements or in the backline, and show my in to out handballs as well: being able to get the hardball, take a few steps, get away and get the (hands off),” Langford said. “I’ve worked on driving power through my kick and find someone whether 20, 30 or 40 metres away…and finding the right option.”