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It's not about rating him or not. He's got deficiencies in his game, as all u18s do. Good news for him is that the season is still young and he has athletic ability most players would kill for. But there's a reason he's not mentioned as a first or even second round prospect at this stage. I've watched him live numerous times and have questions marks on parts of his game that his athleticism somewhat masks. He doesn't dominate the air like he should for his size and athleticism, his intercept marks aren't a big feature of his game, he doesn't have sticky hands and double grabs a lot. He lacks a degree of competitiveness, his running patterns, defensice iq and body work isnt great and his work rate requires improvement. He has a gap between his best and worst footy, lacking consistency in performance. And at u18 and representive level he hasn't featured in the best players. Don't mean to get a downer. He's still a prospect, but a project player is what he will be in my view. Others will see it differently, that's just my opinion.

In: Petty, Melksham, Laurie Out: Fritsch, Jefferson, Tholstrup FB: McVee May T-Mac HB: Windsor Turner Bowey C: Langford Oliver Langdon HF: Chandler Petty Sparrow FF: Pickett JvR Spargo R: Gawn Petracca Rivers I: Salem Lindsay Laurie Melksham S: Sharp E: Howes Adams Johnson

Definitely a throw. Should have had two free kicks inside 2 seconds.

I was at that game with a St Kilda mate. Pretty sure I was cheering harder than him when Higgins kicked the winner. Felt partially ashamed at the time because I never wanted to be back hoping for a better draft spot, but what a win it's proving to be for our club.

Kicked 3 goals and named in the bests for the stingrays in their 1 point loss to the Northern Knights.

Now confirmed by Goody post match that Viney entered protocols on Thursday and won't play against Brisbane next week.

In: Petty, Viney, Melksham, Laurie Out: Jefferson, Fritsch, Oliver, Tholstrup I'm not a huge wrap for Sharp but at least he is fit and will give repeat efforts. Tholstrup doesn't look quite ready and not sure why we rushed him in off injury. Doubt Oliver gets dropped but was a liability today with some of his efforts. Give jeffo at least a month in the VFL to find and consolidate form. Reward Laurie for being one of Casey's best consistently, even if only as sub.

Is Viney available?

Nothing [censored] me more than seeing an opposition player get stuck into one of our young players and not a single teamate coming into help.

Cheers Harvey, Did you sight Billings and Woewodin. Listed as outs for the VFL squad.

Really should have worked him into the Jackson trade a couple years ago. Perhaps we tried and were rebuffed. Think@Redleg was calling for it at the time.

Turner to go back as intercepting 3rd tall perhaps. Much prefer 2 talls in the forward line than one, if nothing else other than to give Max an adequate chop out while maintaining somewhat of an aerial presence forward. I don't mind these changes.

Of course there's a chance I'm wrong. It's an opinion after all. He certainly has a nice athletic package that gives him an opportunity to get him onto an AFL list. He may get his opportunity late in the draft or picked up as a rookie similar to Kynan Brown. I hope he makes it.

In: JvR, Johnson Out: Petty, Sharp Oliver in if good to go. Turner shouldn't be out of the team again unless injured. Would still have him as a defender though for his intercept ability.

Thanks Pickett. Sounds like all emergencies travelled to Perth then? Hope jeffo hasn't suffered a concussion.

Freo tanking to get a better pick for kozzie?

Very good prospect but wouldn't be surprised if he ends up in the top 10.

I know I'm being impatient but teams aren't available for view on the MFC or AFL app, nor any other games except for tonight. Anyone else having the same problem?

Turner forward or back? Not a fan of a single key forward and Eagles have a tall forward line. Rivers presumably gets full midfield minutes

You're in luck. Goody specifically mentions this in the latest sounds of the game video near the end.

One of my favourite players already. Beautiful left foot kick, knows where to run and hard at it when required. Excited to see his development as a footballer and no doubt will see him run through the middle in future years.

A lot of moving parts to our tall forward line making it hard to predict where it will end up. Petty and Turner can play either end. Johnson was touted as someone that could play back as well and while we've persisted with JvR forward, he performed very well at U18 level in defence and could potentially move there. If Jefferson makes it, he looks mainly to be a forward while Kentfield has looked better behind the ball at VFL level. If we add Morris to the mix (more of a 3rd tall but plays above his height), what would our ideal tall fwd set up be? Petty, JvR, Morris Jefferson, JvR, Morris Turner, JvR, Morris Johnson, JvR, Morris Petty, Turner, Morris Petty, Johnson, Morris Petty, Jefferson, Morris Jefferson, Turner, Morris Jefferson, Johnson, Morris Or do we play with only two talls. And if we keep fritsch, do we play 2 talls + fritsch or 3 talls + fritsch. We were reportedly keen on Waterman last year who is also 191cm so we obviously don't see height as an issue and perhaps that type of player, particularly one with some athleticism and strong overhead, could complement our team.

Geelong needing a midfield replacement perhaps?

Out: Fullarton, Sharp In: JvR, Turner