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As mentioned, Langdon should be at least on the bench. Gripes; 1) Too many inside mids: im ok with both Parish and Petracca being named at HFF, but not if the bench has Wines and Lyons. Way too many inside players. 2) Too many tall defenders: May, Weitering, Lever, Stewart, Harris-Andrews. Pick 3. Who locks down on the small forward? 3) Lack of runners: Too many talls and inside players on the bench. Langdon would help. 4) Coach/Captain: Clearly Goodwin and Gawn. Name them now to give them the recognition. Edit: Gawn has been named captain. My bad.

Super happy. I was gutted she went to Brisbane instead of us as a marquee player at the start of the comp. Better late than never.

Right... not sure why i am bothering here, but... An AFL player is always going to remember their debut game. It's a big deal. You would know no matter what that you were good enough to get to the highest level. Your family would be present at the game... they would be so proud. Likely all your friends too... close or otherwise. If you are the medical sub you might not actually get a game. All that build up and emotion for nothing... do you do it all again next week? Maybe... but it doesnt have the same feeling. If you do come on... it means a teammate is injured which is a negative. The player might not get much game time. They might not even get a kick. This would be disastrous for a young player. Plus... do you really want the sub to be a kid sitting on the bench full of nerves, unsure if he is going to come on? No. You dont. Clubs dont do this. I would be amazed if they named him. In no way am I saying he doesnt deserve a game.

Really? Thought he had been injured in the twos for some reason. Baker the sub for me. It would be poor form to be the sub in your debut.

Just when they thought they had us pinned down... Goody unleashes May forward!

I have to admit... I havent gotten the hit I usually receive when opening these threads so have gone looking myself. There really isnt too much to add so far though... The Lions supporters all seem pretty level headed and just post about their own team. Here's the only other one I found worth posting. Really looking forward to this game, hopefully a good spectacle for the game itself. On paper we seem to matchup really well against each other. I’d give the Dees the edge in the Midfield with their star power of Gawn, Oliver and Petrecca. However we’re not lacking with McCluggage continued development this year, Lyons getting more appreciation in Neales absence, and Zorko finding his great form of years past. Hopefully our rotational midfielders help close that gap. Im not overly concerned as I think this group will have enough impact to at-least give us a chance at winning. On the defensive side of things, as mentioned Fritsch has done the majority of the damage for them, Starce has to get the job. He’s crafty at drawing free kicks and generally making the most of his opportunities. McDonalds lead up style can give Harris troubles, I think Adam’s is the best match up there, with Harris taking Weideman. With Kossies speed, really only leave Madden as the potential match up. Lester could be a very important inclusion, otherwise we will be stretched for height with Jackson. To me, our forward line has become our biggest asset of late, and could be the deciding factor, however with Lever and May their supporters should be equally confident. The Trio of Daniher, Hipwood and McStay has really stretched defenses lately, McStay involvement has been delightful for all supporters. Fully expect one of these players to sacrifice their game to curb Levers output. Charlie’s form of late has been absolutely top notch, they’ve previously played May on Charlie, who generally done a great job. I don’t think they’ll be afforded that Luxury this time, as our height will be a real worry, fully expect another big game from Charlie.

What does Marsellus Wallace look like?

Twoomey is the first to admit that he gets a few wrong. Plus rucks dont usually go early. Even the article I linked to said that their was a Collingwood NGA who would go ealier than Andrew and that the Collingwood player was on the cusp of the top 20. However, I really dont know much. I'm more than willing to take your word for it if you know more mate. The video i posted showed some amazing highlights. Fingers crossed he doesnt get bid on before 20.

To be honest these were my thoughts too. I feel like Calum Twoomy was just padding his article out and really wanted to mention the rule changes. I thinking it was more likely we would pick him up late or as a rookie. I have just had a look at the phantom drafts to get a read on where he was ranked. There were just 2 to look at and both had him ranked at about 13-15. One of the phantom drafts was knightmare who mentioned that Mac had bolted up the board due to his last quarter in the NAB league Academy vs Geelong VFL. I'm currently watching the 4th quarter of this game to have a look and boy it does not disappoint. Macs ruck work is freaking good. Winning multiple taps and clearences against Darcy Fort who is a well built ruck. He looks so skinny though and it looks like he will need to build some endurance. Here is the game. Jump to 1:51:00 for the start of the 4th. Geelong kick a heap of goals so there is a heap of centre square hitouts to watch. The first hitout of thr 4th js worth the effort to watch alone. Write up #28 Mac Andrew (Dandenong Stingrays/VC) One of the steepest risers in this year’s crop, the Melbourne Next Generation Academy (NGA) prospect proved his true first round potential. He played up either end and gained a good tick for his versatility, but well and truly came to life in the final term with an awesome showing in the ruck – despite the result being well beyond his side at that point. Andrew caught the eye with phenomenal vertical leaps at each centre bounce, with his first act of the final term a follow-up clearance. He highlighted his marking ability with a nice clunk in front, and showed off some finesse in the ruck with a wonderfully directed hit to the anchoring Jason Horne. Having started forward, the Dandenong Stingrays talent snared the first score of the game with a snap, before displaying clean hands on the move and flying well in his less fruitful move to defence. Demons recruiters will now be sweating on his potential after a string of terrific performances, if they were not already.

Welcome to the club boys. On a side note, there has been reports that Mac Andrew, our NGA player in the draft this year could be bid on before pick 20 which would mean we would not be able to match the bid. 5 clubs picked up pure rucks with 2 more picking up Ruck/Fwds. Hopefully the majority impress which should prevent clubs from taking a punt on a ruck with a top 20 pick.

The three headed monster? Bruce, Naughton and English? Lol. This is actually pretty funny. Monster... wow.

This is what i thought too. Greedy by Fritsch who looked desperate to get involved in the game. Cost us badly. As easy as it is to blame the umpires, this moment was a big failure and had a massive impact on the result

Yes. It was. But it would have helped if everyone threw their arms up like ANB. Just shows that we were off our game tonight. Adelaide deserved the win, its just a shame to be decided in such a ****ty way

Nibbler the only one bothering to appeal for the free.

Cmon boys!

They are playing well with their short kicks. We have shown up though.

Great deliverya from Melk

Did you listen to the Real Footy podcast this week? They mentioned that it was anything less than bloody. Apparently most wanted him gone. The early wins cemented it as Bartlett had been gunning for Goodwin big time.

We would have to trade for him. He was a top 5 pick and is worth more than that in a trade. If we were to get him, we would need to give up something that 95% of supporters would not want to give up. Essendon and Blues in the box seat.

I just searched for all posts made by you relating to Shai Bolton and checked the replies. No one disagreed with you. I would be interested in Clark. I just dont know if we could seriously guarantee him much more game time than Geelong. He would come in as depth... albeit with less competition for spots. I am envious of the doggies picking up good paced young outside players like Vandermeer and Lipinski for bugger all.

Yeah, but so do ours. "Whoo Hoo!" Edit: Points to the posters who actually get this.

You would think that GWS would be doing all they can to make him want to move on. That contract is ridiculous. He is just the sort of player we need but he would have to take a big paycut. I enjoy watching Merrett play, but is he really a priority for us? Another inside mid.. granted his outside game is also strong i guess.

I'm enjoying each and every win. I dont think we are the best team, but i dont think its fully clicked for us yet either. What I am really enjoying is that this seems to be it. We look like a team who will have a successful run for a number of years. Sure beats talking to all of you on here about who we are going to take in the draft and how good we will be in 5 years time. Enjoy it!

This is ridiculous. If this is a fine then all head high contact is a fine.

Has anyone noticed that our some of our players are now at that level where they get talked up as superstars no matter what small thing they do?