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He came and went so quick that I don't ever think about him in scenarios such as these.

Pretty sure thats when the Freo side was firmly in the top 4 and also brought over Peel Thunder dressed as Dockers. Not exactly the same comparison to the same side we'll be playing this weekend.

I think that's what we did under the old regime, Al. We now aim to retain players who meet expectations.

I think either Newton or Grimes could be capable of playing Kent's role of a defensive forward, then H to play Jetta's role. I'd say just bring in the two best performing mids from Casey which at the moment is Grimes and Toumpas.

He was a favourite of mine, but he never wanted to work hard enough. Sad.

Yep, pretty much. 4 rounds completed, say it's 12 weeks and then 2-4 weeks at Casey getting match fit. Season over.

Where was this when [Maloney] was still on the list?

Yeah I'd hate to get Coniglio. 24 disposals, 10 tackles and a goal against Sydney 26 disposals, 8 takcles and 2 goals against us

Port Melbourne have lost a few names

No change. The side of Saturday was meant to be our best 22. Lets give them another run, if we see the same effort than swing the axe for the Richmond game after all the players in the VFL have had another week to earn their spot. I want players coming out of the VFL side into the AFL side from back to back to back excellent performances, not drop him, gets 27 touches, bring him in, gets 16 touches, drop him, etc.

While I understand the point you're trying to make, they've had a few top 10 picks in the last 15 years. Aside from that, they also had the luxury of the father-son picks before the rules changed. Gauranteed top 10 picks like Ablett and Hawkins cost them nothing. 2006 Pick 7 - Joel Selwood 2003 Pick 7 - Kane Tenace 2002 Pick 7 - Andrew Mackie 2001 Pick 8 - Jimmy Bartel

Yeah I'm pretty over these threads, lets just worry about our own players.

Who's the [censored] on here that didn't rate Coniglio?

Just because you're from some where doesn't necessarily mean you want to go back there. Maybe he preferred to be drafted by a Victorian side so he could live here?

Toumpas had limited game time but he will clearly make way for Vince. Dawes will come in, but who goes out wont be a like for like and will be very unlucky. THIS is a good thing for us, I'm expecting it to be Brayshaw, Kent or JKH whos is unlucky this week... my gut feel is Brayshaw as JKH and Kent have more stamina to get through a game at this early stage of all their respective careers. I'm expecting Brayshaw will be dissapointed and I wouldn't want to be going up against him as Casey's opponent.

Yes

Needs to be more Dutch van den Berg

I'll admit that I wasn't super excited when we got Frost, but when I saw run from the backline then through the middle and do the old one two I thought geez we've needed someone that can do that for a while now. I'm looking forward to the season ahead, we're not going to be playing in the grand final but we're going to be competitive this year and who knows... just maybe if our players stay injury free, confidence builds, and Tony Abbott gets ousted we just might sneak into the 8.

Is it just me or do I see Max King as absent in a lot of these reports? Is he injured or what?

That would help our cause of moving to Collins St

I think being under contract makes you an asset to the club, as said clubs asset the club should have the ability to send a contracted player to any team for the best deal. Just like freen agency, when a player is a free agent he can go to any club that offers the best deal. Equalisation at its finest.

Trent Croad was a kiwi if I recall correctly

Funny how we now label Watts as player with limited attributes who may perform on the big stage. I could accept that term for a Matt Jones or Rohan Bail, players who are indeed limited and were values picks late in the draft due to said limitations. But to put Watts, a former number 1 pick who is over 6 foot in the same bracket as them, he is not limited, he just doesn't want it as much as those limited players previously mentioned.

I wonder if they'll want Petracca to trim down, currently at 92kg and in some cases that will be an advantage and in others a disadvantage.

He joined Calrton, didn't he?