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Thought I read somewhere Richmond might be keen. Could make sense with the Yze connection. Really wanted us to give him a proper run at it. Just the one game as sub for 20 minutes this year after outperforming all of Tholstrup, Sharp, Billings and Henderson is ridiculous.

Lol. You got somewhat lucky though.

Tholstrup sub most likely.

Don't think this is 100% accurate. Adelaide ended up trading up to the Curtin pick with pick 11 and 15 for 8 and 17 from the Giants. We probably would have been offered 11 at best which in the end the Giants used on Phoenix Gothard, selected immediately before Kolt. Those others left on the board where Green, Leake and Wilson had we taken 11 for Petty. Unless we where to use 11 and 12 to trade up further, which is more than possible. Either way we wanted to keep Petty as a key position player who we clearly saw as pivotal for our team structure and age demographic.

In: Petty, Laurie, Windsor Out: Fristch, Sharp, Tholstrup Leave two key forwards on the ground at all times please. Keep Jeffo in the team for now until Luker forces our hand at selection. Not sure Windsor has really earned the recall but I'd rather him as a sub than Sharp. Now or never for Laurie. Pretty sure Simon has him in the never basket though. Realistically Spargo will be at the front of the selection committees thoughts.

Turners development has been one of the rare highlights this season. Pick 22 of the 2021 mid-season draft. Great find from our recruiters. Fingers crossed Luker can follow in his footsteps.

Luker could have had 6 goals had he kicked straight, most were more than gettable. I have no idea what his conditioning is like post his illness but I wouldn't be opposed to him having a crack in the seniors after another game or two like that.

In Jeffos defence I reckon there was at least 3 times he was clear 20-25metres out in the forward 50 where he would have had an easy shot on goal had any of our players decided to lower their eyes. Halved a few aerial contests as well. Low bar I know but I think I've seen a few snippets to see he's worth persisting with long term. He's incredibly light and easily out-bodied by most players which doesnt help him when we move the ball as poorly as we do. I think he'll come on but is probably at least 2 years away from seriously contributing at a consistent level.

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He's a Geelong NGA player unfortunately.

We may have covered this already but what's happened to Ollie Florent? Seemed a permanent staple in the Swans team and now on the outer. Haven't watched much of the Swans this year so haven't looked closely at his game. Worth considering?

Spargo returns. Billings and Adams the travelling emergencies. Looking forward to seeing how Kentfield goes without JvR next to him.

Sinnema played for VC on Sunday and didn't look too bad on the wing. Has good acceleration and pace and broke lines on occasion. Skills by foot looked decent, hand balling is a bit untidy at times though still to team advantage. Doesn't appear to be afraid of the contest but is definitely an outside player at this stage. Look forward to seeing the next few games. Prasad seems to be playing well as a bottom ager at dandy but haven't personally watched a lot of him yet. I am hoping he will get a sneaky bottom age game at the champs considering SA have already wrapped up the title.

U18 Boys National Champs highlights: Allies v WA afl.com.auU18 Boys National Champs highlights: Allies v WAThe Allies and Western Australia clash in the 2025 Marsh AFL Under-18 Boys Championships Kalani kicks a goal around the 2min mark of this highlights video.

Langford was co-captain of the Stingrays with Cooper Hynes last year.

I was wondering about Duursma the other day. Too talented to be playing in the seconds at the roos. Wonder what's happening there?

Apparently a melee is an acceptable setting for the umpires to ignore the rules and not re-set him to take the ball back behind the mark.

Is this not just an example of sunken cost fallacy? He's had a limited pre-season and his form has been poor in all games and at all levels this year. Feels like he's being gifted games because he was a high pick and hoping that he will show something, not at all based on form. Even if they're not quite right, it must be disheartening for players like Laurie, Woewodin and Billings who can't get a look in despite playing infinitely better and with more consistency at Casey. I actually think Tholstrup will be a decent player for us, but clearly he needs more fitness via a proper pre-season. Don't think we're doing his development any favours by playing him in the seniors at the moment. I'd let him play out the year at Casey unless he starts smashing the door down.

Toby Sinnema and Kalani White playing in their respective U18 state championship games tomorrow for those interested.

I'd leave Jeffo in for next week. He competes aerially and follows up at ground level at an ok level for a skinny 3rd year player. Having him as a solo key forward with limited rotations did him no favours. Pair him with JvR next week at the bare minimum. I'm more concerned about Sparrow having one touch to half time, Langdon turning to water with nearly any disposal, the deterioration of May and the numerous injury concerns we copped throughout the game. Not to mention the overall skill level of our senior players. It's a shame none of our Casey players really stood up except for Billings. I also think we need to seriously look at if our main training session 2 days from gameday is contributing to our poor performance in any way. If I'm not mistaken we always used to have it 3 days out and I believe most other clubs have it 3 days out also.

6 Melksham 5 Pickett 4 Bowey 3 Turner 2 Petracca 1 Viney, if nothing else other than being the only one that gave a damn about our jumper and got us going in the second.

Glad to hear this. Shouldn't cost us more than a 4th round pick or a player like Laurie who the Giants liked in his draft year.

I don't hate the changes. Would have liked to have seen JvR retain his spot and bring in Jeffo alongside him. It's going to be a big ask for Jeffo to be a solo key forward when presumably Petty goes into the ruck and Gawn is having a spell. JvR must be getting frustrated with being yoyo'd in and out of the team. Sharp had a poor game in the twos and Tholstrup didn't play after being dropped so finding it strange that they refuse to reward Laurie who's been in the bests nearly every week. Would have had Laurie and Tholstrup in with Tholstrup as sub. Alas, hopefully we match their run and provide some good opportunities for our forwards. A good day of Saturday footy watching regardless. Hopefully.

Laurie after being overlooked yet again for two players in poor form.