Sydee

How so ?

Not saying he's a champion or anything but he is 1cm shorter than JVR and 6cm taller than Melksham who I see as the closest proxy in our current forward set up

I absolutely hate losing but if a win against the swans means a trip interstate for a QF then I'm reasonably comfortable with a close loss at the SCG

Have only seen a little bit of video but he does seem like a very good KP prospect.

He was born in Port Augusta SA

What?

I'm a believer in Verrall, albeit he hasn't set the world on fire this season. He has had some serious injury challenges to overcome this year which has no doubt negatively impacted his fitness base which is critical in the role he is asked to play. Fingers crossed he gets a really solid pre-season in 2024 and can really start to show some solid form. Depending on where we land with ruck stocks next year I wouldn't mind getting a look at him as a tall forward option.

That was Grundy (replacing Jackson) - the others you mentioned weren't really getting game time anyway (Daw, Brown, Weid) Unfortunately, Grundy hasn't been able to deliver what we all hoped - so far.

Wasn't that Jefferson and Adams?

Ladhams is hopeless I really hope he isn't ever considered for the MFC

Agree Mitchell is quite impressive in his pressers - they have the makings of a decent team in the next few years. Despite their ladder position and win/loss ratio this year their future looks brighter than a few other higher profile teams IMO

Daniel Turner has a future as an AFL player IMHO.

What is "our 3 selection" ?

yep in June Three more for Joel Amartey (sydneyswans.com.au)

Glen Waverley goes all right on the HBF

Agree that McKay is not worth anything like pick 3 - can you even begin to imagine the absolute meltdown on this site if we traded a pick 3 for him - OMG If his draft number when selected had any relevance to his value now we should be looking at moving Josh Schache on for a low first rounder - Hah !

Would have thought Watson was the last thing we needed to improve our list IMO

Agree it's a wise decision but very unfortunate - could certainly play

I find it quite remarkable that we haven't got access to technology that can give us 99% accuracy on these decisions. In cricket they can detect the faintest of edges in the centre wicket area, or whether the ball will strike the stumps or not, and in tennis if the ball touches the line or misses by millimeters. In our game we get blurred images which 9 times out of ten are inconclusive - does the AFL like it this way or are they just too tight to pay for something that actually is worth having.

Trying to give someone else a chance ?

Love Tmac but that was my take as well - hard to see him getting enough fitness back in the time remaining to be a weapon.

We'd be well advised to pick our best possible team this week and win - lock in a top 4 spot and then do whatever floats your boat in the final game.

Absolute must win game for us this week. If we lose it could become a must win game at the SCG against the Swans to retain our top 4 position. Personally, I wouldn't like our chances particularly when the Swans may very well be playing for a finals place in Round 24. Backs to the wall in Sydney they will be very hard to beat. It highlights again how damaging the loss on the weekend was - things could get ugly quickly if we can't beat the Hawks who based on exposed form will be a tough opposition if we are not 100% switched on.

Verrell is clearly lacking the fitness base to play the position he is being asked (and required) to play at Casey. I've seen enough to think he is a chance to make it as an AFL player. I'm still not sure if it is going to be as a ruck, tall forward or a hybrid along the lines of LJ. Either way he has to work really hard over the summer and get a lot fitter. He looms as a very critical player for 2024 as we desperately need another tall that can contribute to these areas. I have my doubts on the futures of BB, Tmac, Schache and possibly even Grundy.

Still scratching my head wondering how this game got away. 3.13 doesn't tell the whole story because there were countless other F50 entries that counted for zero with poor decision making or poor skill execution. I gave up counting how many times Casey hit the post I'm guessing it was 6 to 7 times including one ridiculous Kynan Brown miss from a couple of metres out. It felt a little bit like the AFL match where we simply were not destined to win the game. We achieved nothing from our weekend other than my hate of everything to do with the CFC just being taken up a notch.