Ted Lasso

You couldn't have nailed this any more, i don't think 2023 Collingwood was an especially great team by any measure, but geez they're well coached and they just win the big moments because they obviously drill those into the players. in both finals guys tried to rip the game away from opposition when we didn't need to, we had dominance for long periods in both games, we just needed to hold our nerves.

He reminds me so much of Clarry when he first arrived, strange guy, bit rough around the edges but he's got a bit of animal about him. pretty excited to see what he can become.

2022 and 2023 are examples of what will continue to happen if we don't take a step back and correct the deficiencies in our gameplan and on our list. I said at the end of this season i don't think we can win another flag with our current list and gameplan and i stand by it, we need to re-shape the whole list and tweak the game plan to keep up with the modern game, we are making top 4 on talent and being exposed by teams that are just simply doing it better than us.

I think this is logical, especially given the profile of our list, given JVR is still so young, as is Petty and the entire core still has 6-7 years left a mini re-set could allow us to push for more flags, continuing the same course would likely see us consistent contenders, and maybe we'd pinch another flag, but we'd need a lot of luck. My concern with this, is the risk it carries is that if Gawn or May suffers a significant long term injury, we're in a lot of trouble, we'll be relying on trade/free agency and a very aggressive pursuit of an opposition star

you can just tell he's going to be our Tom Papley or Jack Ginnivan, opposition teams will absolutely hate him haha

Happy with Windsor, a little dissapointed we didn't take Leake. trust JT and the team know what they're doing.

Unless it's go home factor, which would explain why they want him, but other clubs decided to pass.

If Curtin actually slides to 10 there is a reason for it, perhaps something in his testing has sent out some red flags

I wonder if the Cats would consider 11 plus our future first to move up to 8? if so a combination of Windsor and Leake/Caddy/O'Sullivan/Curtin looks pretty good.

Pick 6. Caddy Pick 11. Tholstrup

Have heard his work rate on and off the field is absolutely off the charts, a bit like Alex Neal-Bullen in this regard, he will get absolutely everything out of himself. It's pretty clear we're interested in that explosive forward-mid type which makes sense, it's a more valuable type of player in the modern game

I also think Nathan Jones should be mentioned, he was such a gigantic figure when the club was absolutely on it's knees, it's a real shame he wasn't out there in 2021

The thing with guys like McKercher is his one wood is his kicking skills, it's tricky to predict how that'll go in the AFL with much higher pressure and a game played a lot faster where you don't get time and space

You don't think 2018-2023 has been a successful period for the CEO, given it's included rolling operating profits, membership growth of just shy of 30,000 and a premiership in the AFL, VFL and AFLW? I reckon he deserves a little bit of credit... say what you will about the SEN interview, i will acknowledge it could have gone better, but i guarantee you it meant an enormous amount to Goody and the players that the CEO would go in to bat for them, the club and the culture like that, and i additionally guarantee he did it for them, not for us or the general public.

He's a very very good player, but i think it's a combination of him being slightly one dimensional in a time when you have to be absolutely elite to get away with that in the modern game, and the teams around his mark having positional needs

The Pies have been training the [censored] out of these situations and it's really showed, it's not just pure luck that they keep winning close games, they've build an incredibly strong defense to keep them in games even when it's not all on their terms and have this trump card to win these really close games. it's very very clever

I just listened and that sounded to me like a bit of a "do the deal eagles" jab. mind you i wouldn't be completely unhappy if we did happen to grab Curtin at 6, though i'm one of the people who really like the look of him as a key forward, he's a good key back, but just something about him as a forward really caught my eye

The McKercher vs Duursma battle is interesting although not really related to pick 1 at this stage, I honestly think the pending Tasmanian license would be a thought in the minds of teams looking at Tassie guys in this draft, they'll come in with an open cheque book and you'd think that Colby McKercher with a few years development is going to be right up the point y end of their targets. I don't know if this is significant enough to lean one way or the other with the above pair, but i think the two recent expansion teams have shown that really good, big name players can be lured out by expansion clubs and big deals. Hense the MFC locking up all their players long term and the Pies getting the Daicos boys locked away early

I take your point, i think 13 and 11 could easily go either way, and i don't think many at the MFC would be dissapointed with Windsor or O'Sullivan

The Dwight phantom draft for 2023 - assuming no live trading, which there will be. Harley Reid (WCE) Jed Walter (GCS) Colby McKercher (NM) Zane Duursma (NM) Daniel Curtin (Haw) Nick Watson (WB) Ethan Read (GCS) James Leake (MFC) Nate Caddy (GWS) Riley Sanders (GEE) Caleb Windsor (ESS) Darcy Wilson (AFC) Conner O'Sullivan (MFC) I think Essendons greatest list need now is a classy, quick, pure wingman so they'll target Windsor with pick 11 Adelaide apparently really like Darcy Wilson and i expect their next pick they'll target Ollie Murphy and get another key back I have Conner O'Sullivan sliding due to Wilson, Leake and WIndsor all flying up the ranks I fully expect West Coast to trade pick 1 and us to attempt to move up the draft order in some capacity.

Without a shadow of a doubt, the strong likelihood is that pick would be top 2 in 2024 draft and could well be pick 1. the likelihood West Coast somehow improve well enough for us to not get a better return than pick 6 is very low in my view

We were a whole lot closer to the mark than a semi final exit would suggest in my view, we probably SHOULD have won both finals, but didn't handle the big moments all that well and missed some big chances. also one of our better players getting knocked out early in a final by an action that was at best, ridiculous doesn't help anything. i know it's a controversial view but i think it speaks directly to the integrity of the AFL competition that they forgot about Brayden Maynards duty of care to Gus conveniently because he's an important player to Collingwood during a finals series. I would be very very confident that would have been a suspension if it was a St Kilda player and it was during the season

I'm very sold on Leake at 6 and Windsor at 11. i think that's a great outcome

That is elite.

He's a lot like Gussy Brayshaw, probably more silky, and not quite as bash and crash, but the way he swings onto his left and a lot of his movement has some Gus about it.