Nascent

Unfortunately I think we can

There's our Kingsley

Getting absolutely smashed in clearances. Done well to limit the Lions to 4 goals with how much pressure the backlines been under.

How could that possibly be insufficient intent?

Hopefully he's available. Kolt said he was the reason he wanted the #39 jumper.

My first thought was that the club could have concerns about McAdams ability to get on the park.

Fair call, probably why he's not playing regularly. Good thing we couldn't trade up for him is it would have cost us Rivers.

Hayward, Florent, McCluggage, Cumming, Henry all worthy of consideration as free agents. Do we look at Dev Robertson as midfield depth? Can't get a regular spot in the Lions side and with possible disunity among the group perhaps wants to get out? We liked him in his draft year. Edit: and of course Max Holmes if there's any chance of landing him.

Adelaide may have to cough up a top 5 pick for him. They may not be willing. Good chance for us to put forward a 4-5 year contract and show our commitment and belief in him.

Sounds good, you get his signature and I'll get Max's.

Nope, we should be offering him 5 years +. Would be an excellent point of difference in our midfield.

Geelong...

Anyone watching the game able to shed light on the significance of the Lachie Neale and Zac Bailey injury as listed on the app? At work so haven't been able to watch.

I agree

If Pickett is out then Laurie most likely comes in. Some may not like it but he's clearly the next cab off the rank of the small/medium forwards. AMW being developed as a defender now. Billings may be at risk of losing his spot as well and thought Howes had a shocker until the last quarter. Will Brown pull up for next week after 2 games in 5 days? Fullarton and Schache would be the options for him if we want to keep the same structure. Tholstrup hopefully not too far off a game but unlikely to come in over the next few weeks without having a game at VFL level to push his case.

Think I read on the afl website that we had previously shown interest in former Gold Coast rookie Brodie McLaughlin. The suns picked him up from Frankston during 2023 ssp period.

It's been said before but they've played finals in 5 out of their past 8 seasons including winning a flag. In the 8 seasons prior to us applying for a priority pick in 2014, we won two wooden spoons (would have been 3 if it wasn't for the newly introduced GWS team), never finished higher than 12th and we went through 7 senior coaches as well as being a basket case financially. In West Coast's past 3 seasons they've won 15 games. We won 10 games in the 3 seasons from 2012-2014. We were rejected.

I suspect there will be at least one late change.

I'll be death riding them until Petty, hopefully, signs with us... just in case.

Champion. Deserves another flag.

Random pointless update 3-4 rounds in. We have... Sydney's 2nd - currently 34 St Kilda's 3rd - currently 45 Bulldogs 3rd - currently 50 Other variables in the equation may include potential compensation picks to West Coast and FA allocations. Just on FA compo, is there a risk of Zurhaar giving the roos another top 5 pick should he leave? Surely not. Edit: may as well throw in a Petty to Adelaide watch. Currently they hold pick 4.

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First and future first with our 2nd going back. Same as Lever deal. Seems fair for a key position player in his prime that can play both ends and is still contracted. Their first this year is currently pick 6. Hopefully we can change his mind.

First thoughts when looking at these jumpers.

I swear Oliver gets his hands kicked at least 4-5x per season and rarely ever gets a free for in danger.