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Should be fresh though since he barely got near it. Jokes aside I hope he does well and brings his career back from the brink. With Brown and McDonald near the end of their careers Weideman will be in the perfect age demographic to spearhead the forward line with Van Rooyen developing. Wishful thinking maybe but while he pulls a Melbourne jumper on I will support and hope.

A 2023 potential father/son for us in Kynan Brown (son of Nathan) is named as an emergency for Oakleigh Chargers this week. He'll hopefully get some games this year as a bottom ager and would be doing well to do so considering the quality of that team.

It's a fantastic point and l think the club would have no regrets in the last 10 years or so. Not surprisingly though considering where we were at and the overall quality of our list in that time. Personally I haven't been worried about any of our departures save for Hogan but we all know how that's turned out. On a random note I was sad when Walsh was traded to port, thought he was a quality back flanker for us. Not sure how much footy he played after that though.

This thread has the potential to eclipse the 100+ page Hogan one from 2018.

Positives in my view so far. Howes looks impressive, has pace and makes solid decisions it seems. Impressed with smith's defensive marking, taj has been solid and looks like he has an afl body already. Dunstan next in line for a mid position and may keep Sparrow and Jordan on their toes a bit. Brown dominating up forward and Van Rooyen playing well for his first official hit out. Bedford probably close to best on still, has real intensity around the ball and has been pretty clean. Melksham didn't get a lot of the footy but his iq showed through and when he had the ball he was dangerous with it. Good to see Laurie get his hands on it a bit and spend some time in the centre. Have high hopes for this kid and reckon he has the goods. Daw serviceable but is definitely a "break in case of emergency" player. AMW doesn't seemed overawed at all and looked like he belonged at the level. Negatives Rosman probably had one or two touches for the half, seems to get lost or ignored on the footy field often. Was in a good spot a couple times for a switch but wasn't used. Has plenty of tools to work with but has a long way to go. With his height and speed/endurance mix I wonder if he should be used as a high half forward link up player ala tom lynch of the St kilda Adelaide variety. Weideman is low on confidence and should be really owning games like these were we are dominating the scoreboard and forward 50 entries. The dropped chest mark in the goal square (Sun may have been in issue) is painful, he often has these nearly moments but can't capitalise. Not sure the ruck experiment is ideal for him, would rather see him in the 50 all day and have brown ruck for the sake of his development and confidence. More leads, more marks and more shots on goals. My thoughts anyway.

Just watched the last 2minutes of the 3rd quarter after switching from casey. A bit firey with a number of pies players crudely giving it to Davidson from the lions, shoves while she was on the ground and standing over her etc... Must have missed something earlier but pies rattled and undisciplined. Lions will be a tough opponent next week.

Doesn't sound promising. Hopefully not much in the rumours and he is back sooner rather than later.

Wouldn't bank the Suns win just yet.

Maybe my bias coming in here but think Jonesy is acquitting himself quite well on TV.

De Koning looks seriously impressive.

Anyone else having issues with the afl live app? For me the game intermittently disappears from the match centre.

I just don't like them and would prefer they rot in the bottom half forever.

Really don't like seeing Carlton play good footy.

Horne-Francis and Ward look comfortable at the level already. The circle jerk over Horne-Francis by the commentators is a bit over the top though.

As entertaining as this game is, I don't think the coaches will be happy with the scores they're conceding.

I don't know for certain but rumour was GWS was happy to take Jackson if we put a bid on Green. Probably would have been better for their list management too.

Green, Taranto, Kelly, Congilio, Whitefield, Hoppper, Greene, Ward. This team should be pushing hard for a flag this season.

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Any stand outs for us Werridee?

To be fair most teams get a free pass when they lose to the best team in the comp

Hoping Weid can dominate and hope Laurie can get some continuity of games after last year.

Thanks for the updates. Must say the app is getting worse and worse every year. No mention of this game anywhere that I can see, player profiles are not updated with the exception of new recruits and they've removed team stats or hidden them damn well. Player stats used to be easily navigated and had previous season averages but now only shows "recent matches." Anyway I digress, rant over. Go Casey.

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Always a fertile trading ground GWS and Bruhn should become a bloody good player. Still remember how shattered he looked when he got selected by GWS. I'm hoping down the track we can pick up Howes mate Callaghan. Probably too early for that thread though.

Premier: Melbourne Runner-up: GWS Wooden spoon: Weagles Moving up: Carlton (Sadly) Set to fall: Geelong (Hopefully) Brownlow Medal: Bontempelli Coleman Medal: Harry McKay NAB AFL Rising Star: Daicos Best new Demon: Howes Demon All Australian: Lever, Petracca, Oliver, Salem (Jackson to have more time in the ruck and lower Gawns chances) Demon B&F: Oliver Big call: Chris Scott to walk away from the game at the end of the season after Cats fail to make the 8. Ladder prediction: 1. Brisbane 2. Melbourne 3. Western Bulldogs 4. GWS 5. Sydney 6. Freemantle 7. Carlton 8. Port Adelaide 9. Ninthmond