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Just looking at a recent 'Knightmare' phantom draft and saw that Adelaide have a F/S, Max Michanney which 'Knightmare' is suggesting a bid at #31. Adelaide will need points to match that bid and may need to trade out some of its 2023 picks.. So another legit reason for the Crows to not nominate Keeler.

Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere on DL. It is a great article on our tactics after quarter time of the Crows game. t-hanks-for-the-win-how-the-dees-turned-the-tables-on-the-crows The key? "But it all started with the Demons' changes in the middle, and the willingness of Tyla Hanks to sacrifice her own game to create opportunities for her ball winning teammates". It sounds very similar to the attitude of the AFL team in 2021. Hopefully, the girls can deliver the same prize 🏆🙃

Good to see Salem moving/running like that - perhaps a sign that the o.p that has plagued him for nearly two years might be fixed.

Adelaide's apparent 'lack of interest' could be because: 1) they think he will go in the top 40 so not allowed to match 2) their only draft picks are: 46, 56, and 59 so even if we went after 40 they have limited draft currency to fulfill their draft obligations of 3 draftees/rookie upgrades. They have a full hand of 2023 picks plus an extra F2 (NM) and F3 (Coll) but may not be willing to use any of them to match a bid after pick 40...are they targetting someone better than Keeler in 2023? 3) On a 'needs' basis they think they have enough forward and ruck options and have other positions in mind for a 'needs' basis pick this year. They all look like good reasons to me.

I agree it isn't ground breaking. But Max carries on, all fan boy, about Blicvas and Stanley sounding somewhat in awe. Fortunately he said: "... we can plan what we want to do but, in the end, it’s what Goody...wants us to do as well." So hopefully Goodwin has them performing better than two makeshift ruckman and we won't be just copycats!

Gawn and Grundy to replicate Cats strategy? We have the best two ruckman in the land so we are just going to copy the tactics of two older part-timers? Tactics that will be yesterday's news by 2023! Hope Goodwin has some better ideas...

Updated for one year contracts to Hibberd and Meklksham

Were the North Geelong scores correctly reported: No goals by either team after quarter time😲 Given the number of i50 Geelong should have won by a country mile. North's high tackle count doesn't seem to have helped them get the ball i50 to score. Glad I didn't watch it.

While it is good to see the players hard it at it already I wonder about the wisdom of it. There was a fair bit of evidence that we kept the training up in the 2021/2022 pre-season and even Max said it was like 2021 and 2022 rolled into one long season. This seemed to impact our ability to play out games after the mid point this season.. Acknowledging the short break after the GF contributed to this but not sure we had the balance right last year. Hope this year we have learnt from that and re-balanced the training regimes.

Generally agree but if they lock the ball in their F50 and pressure the ball carrier as they did in the GF, we won't get much opportunity to make the most of our strengths and ball movement.

Updated for JVR 2 year contract extension until 2025. Based on the list that @Demonlandpublished above Tomlinson is now shown as OOC in 2024. I searched for Schache's contract status at the Bulldogs and it seems he was OOC in 2022 so we have given him a one year contract. josh-schache-contract-western-bulldogs-forward-signs-new-deal I will update the number of games played when I do the final version for this year after the draft.

Really nervous about this game. In the GF the beat us by shutting down our space and stopping our ball movement by not going directly for the ball but going the tackle instead, especially in their F50. Even without Phillips and with a proppy Randall they will be a formidable force if we aren't ready for and have counter tactics for their high pressure game style.

Is it possible to post their list of player 'contract status'? I assume the the article is about sal cap space? If so many of our more highly paid players: May, Lever, Gawn, Viney, Brown, Mc Donald, Tomlinson come out of contract in the next 1 - 3 years and will then be on a lot less (or retired) leaving sufficient room for the up and coming players. I have little doubt it has all been factored in by the club. There is no way we will have the Coll sal cap problem. If the article is talking about breaking into the best 22 then yeah for the next year or two it will be a challenge especially for the small to medium players.

Purple is a bit behind the times. I thought it was obvious from the start:

I have a vague recollection that the B Rookie list was reduced from 3 to 2 when the overall list sizes were cut in 2020 due to covid and sal cap reductions. Could be wrong.

Updated for the recruitment of Kyah Farris-White as a B Rookie so we no longer have a B Rookie spot available. A one year contract has been assumed. This makes our drafting of Finn Emile-Brennan interesting as we no longer have a B rookie spot. So do we think he will go around pick 37 or do we not intend to take. Of course we could swap in a late pick.

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This makes our drafting of Finn Emile-Brennan interesting as we no longer have a B rookie spot. So do we think he will go around pick 37 or do we not intend to take. Of course we could swap in a late pick. Intriguing. Edit: correction of pick 47 should have been pick 37.

A bit late to the party, glad to see it is still open. Several times I've thought I have the answer using the first names then up crops an exception!😐 Any chance of another clue oh wise one😉

The dramas will continue. From the article: “They’ve brought in Geoff Walsh over the two men Lethlean wanted to run things. They’ve basically knocked back his first envisaged structure of the footy department. “Now they’ve decided they want Ross Lyon to coach..." It looks like Lethlean was overruled by Bassat and the Board and Lethlean has a subordinate (Walsh) he didn't choose but appointed by the President. Lethlean sandwiched in the middle! He had better watch his back!.

And it is so easy to be seduced. This year 3 of the top 10 players in the 2015 draft were traded for 3rd or 4th round picks with not many games to their names after seven years.

Yeah, they updated Jackson but I didn't check other players that have move clubs. Contract length may sift through in the coming weeks. Its a bit annoying that it isn't in press releases or discussed in trade articles.

Not a phantom draft but thought this is a good spot for this article: We asked 16 AFL prospects who they’d take with Pick 1. The clear favourite wasn’t the unanimous choice Interesting reading as to why those four players would select themselves at No 1. Unusual to see that sort of confidence. Could even be seen to lack humility. But good on them for backing themselves. Given GWS have pick 1 it will be Cadman unless they bid on Ashcroft forcing Lions to match.

Thanks Katrina. Not sure what happened. Now fixed.

We are closing in on a top 2 finish: Essendon and Eagles at Casey. Keep up our recent 4-quarter game and we should win well and build our % further. Hoping that Collingwood beat or get close to Brisbane in round 10 lowering their % and give us a crack at top spot! Ideally top of the ladder finish is best as that team is most likely to host a Home Grand Final. It would be a massive advantage if that was us. It wouldn't be at Casey so we don't get the Home ground advantage but we would get the home crowd advantage to cheer the team over the line. And, it is about time an AFLW grand final was in Melbourne!