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Think I spotted Howes, Turner, Billings, Laurie and K Brown in those videos. Maybe k Brown as carry over emergency? Special thanks to @WalkingCivilWar

Interesting. Howes, Adams, Tholstrup, AMW, Laurie, both Browns, Fullarton and Sestan all named on the ground. Bench has McAdam, Tomlinson, Woewodin, Turner and Billings. Potentially four dropped from seniors but not obvious who is getting a promotion from here. Edit: Petty obviously retains his spot with JvR most likely joining him forward. Are we going with only 2 tall defenders for the pies or does one of Tomlinson or Turner get a reprieve down back.

Clearly on ch7 just said Kreuger as been left out of Collingwoods VFL team so presumably those team selections should be available somewhere

Thanks, hadn't seen the article.

Wonder how we will navigate our tall forwards in the coming weeks when Schache returns from injury. Shache, Ben Brown, Jefferson, Fullarton and Kentfield is way too top heavy. I would put Schache into defence, a role he had done previously at the dogs.

Fair enough, I presumed people were talking about the delay in announcing team selection. But are they actually taking an extra 24hours compared to normal? Or is it simply 24hours later given the game is on Monday and captains run will be on Sunday?

Roos really shot themselves in the foot last year not getting Reid. That win hasn't exactly built a winning culture and cost them a generational player.

Dont mean to come across as a smart [censored] but they only give one days notice for Thursday, Friday and, as it appears, Monday games. I don't like it either and we should have at least had an extended squad tonight in my opinion. Bit of a joke that the senior team may not be announced before your reserves have played a game.

Exactly, so not sure why people are thinking we are delaying our team announcement.

I highly doubt we are delaying our team announcements. Pies haven't got their team up either. It would be that Monday games don't get announced until presumably Sunday night for whatever reason.

Guess we'll have a good clue about who's in/out when Casey run out tomorrow afternoon. Or better yet when the Casey squad is announce, whenever that may be.

No Mentha or White this weekend it appears.

Also I'm liking the players we've been linked to so far in Battle, Moyle and even Angwin. Another mid would be ideal but I see a lot of promise in Angwin and he looks super competative for his size. Also would love to add Cumming to our defenders which may give a chance to promote Rivers through the midfield.

Great post. If Moyle stayed at GC he could also be competing with Mac Andrew in coming years who made a name for himself as ruck during his junior days. Can see a future where Andrew rucks and Read plays as a key defender.

Would be a great get.

Interesting that the media continues to push the narrative that we dont attract crowds. If I'm not mistaken we've been top 5 for attendances the past 3 years at least.

Goodwindees has an excellent track record of good mail that they generously share here, often well before it hits the media.

Have to disagree re Sestan. He's played one good half in the last month of footy and has been wildly inconsistent within games in my view. Tholstrup and yes, even Laurie, have been playing much better footy than he has.

This is a significant factor I feel. We went into retention mode post grand final and signed up our stars to long term deals. We retained our core players, lost some depth and tried to replenish that with other players outside of teams best 22 on low $ while attempting to trade as high as we could to bring quality youth. We should start to get some wiggle room, as early as this year, to make a play for established best 22 players rather than peripheral depth. Pending details on Brayshaws contract situation.

He's just starting to find his feet at VFL level, let's not destroy the kids confidence by putting him in a forward line that barely sees the ball. Next year will be the year for jeffo.

This seems logical. We need to get back to our brand of contest/defence. Can't expect our forwards to fire when we can't even get it in there.

I blame Luker for todays loss.

Poor Laurie, gets canned on the post match discussion thread despite not playing seniors and now his status as whipping boy has been forgotten.

I thought he had potential forward and we'd see more games like he had against Geelong. Sadly it hasnt been the case and we can't persist with this much longer. Get him back to at least regain some touch.

I'm looking forward to the upcoming changes this week. Out: Hunter. In: Billings... fun times.