Steve13

With Hartlett due to talk to Victorian clubs this week should we be seriously considering talking to him? If we could/be willing to absorb his lengthy high priced contract would a second round pick (either this year or next) ANB and a swap of latter picks be in the ball park?

It is not all about possessions and goals. In two high pressure finals Motlop laid three tackles. If the club decides to chase him I will fully back their decision as they know a lot more about building a playing list than I do, however my first inclination is to pass on Motlop.

Listening to Goodwin I get the impression that the priority will be moving up the draft order. We have seen some creative trading over the past few years and I expect more of the same this year.

My wife Tara is long time family friends. Babysat the kids when they were young. Could I ask your relationship?

Whilst I share the worries about his fitness, I worked at Geelong between 2012-14 and watched him dominate both training and VFL games. He also had a couple of standout AFL games. If his body can stand up he has massive upside and plays a position where we have a hole in our list. What would he realistically cost?

Good info, cheers. I am a little disappointed that we are not considering him, but would be happy for him to get an oppertunity at AFL level

Any chance he plays for us next year? Have we shown interest?

Thanks Nasher

I will declare my bias off the bat, I have know Declan and his family for a long time and have followed his career very closely. He has had a fantastic year at Casey being voted VFL player of the month in June and culminating in being named in the VFL team of the year. At 21, 195cm and 90+ kg, he has shown that he can more than hold down a key position and has battled manfully in the ruck when required this year. He must be worth looking at either as a late pick or in the rookie draft. Unfortunately I have not seen any Casey games live this year due to work commitments (I have watched a lot on TV/replay) can those how have seen him live shed any more light on Dec and his draft chances?

Declan Keilty would have to be worth a look as a late pick/rookie. Has had an outstanding year at Casey

Does anyone know what happened to Declan Kielity on the weekend? Didn't play VFL or Development

Its a fantastic set of numbers isn't it. I asked Champaign Data on twitter, they promptly replied.

We have all sat back and appreciated the season that Max Gawn has produced, but how about this for a stat: The top 5 ruck/rover combinations in the comp this season 50 - Gawn/Jones 49 - Gawn/Viney 47 - Gawn/Tyson 42 - Naitanui/Priddis 42 - Hickey/Armitage

At 19 years old Billy does very little wrong. Has exceeded all expectations thus far and is exactly the type of player our list needed. With the development department purring along beautifully Billy could be anything

The big difference with the Roos/Goodwin handover is that when a new coach comes in they bring with them their favoured assistants and support staff, this will not be the case with us. There will be stability instead of wholesale changes. I have confidence that it will be so smooth that we will barely notice...except for the fact that we will play finals in 17

Not at all, I thought he was far from our worst.

He had a red hot dip, and that's more than you can say for about 5 or 6 others

Hogan - played through injury Brayshaw - building form nicely Tyson - reason we won OMac - best game yet

Harmes was good today

Positives only - Watts, Tyson, Max, Harmes, Hunt, Gus, OMac, Frost, Vanders, Stretch oh and we won!

Myke has been given a reprimand having pled guilty to misconduct.

If he nominates us he will play for us. If he doesn't he won't. We will have to wait and see. Sorry for the simplistic post but it really is that simple.

I think Spencer should play. Allows Gawn to play more forward minutes and allows Watts to stay at home thus keeping our forward structure. Roos has said that he will reward VFL form and Jake has performed consistently well. Further to that I would also like ANB to play and be given the opportunity to play inside mid where he has dominated in the twos. I don't see the point in playing him forward or in a wing. Changes In: Frost, Spencer and ANB Out: White, Grimes, Kennedy With N Jones and Vince rotating between HF and HB

If and its a big if he passed all the medical testing I would entertain Vardy. Showed early doors pre hip and knee injuries that he could play. Would fill the presently vacant fwd/ruck roll and create some major headaches for opposition defenders. Furthermore I don't think he would cost a lot. imagine: Watts Hogan Petracca Kent Vardy Garlett

I like the idea of Spencer in for Dawes. I understand that Dawes played on one of the outstanding defenders in Tahlia but yesterday he offered very little, he was not even able to break even on most occasions. Spencer and Gawn 50-50 ruck/forward would provide headaches for opposition. We have seen how dangerous Max can be forward and Spencer has been hitting the scoreboard semi regularly at VFL level.