Ted Lasso

Interesting, so Essendon and GCS will pass on Weiderman?

How do you define best available? best on exposed form: Darcy Parish Highest ceiling on talent alone: Charlie Curnow I don't think we would have done the trading we did unless we had a player in mind.

Time for a poll? i'm going Parish and Mckay

I think the class factor is the difference for mine, watching Parish a couple of times this year he did things that just highlighted what sets him apart, even Matherson is a very good player, any of the three would be a good choice, although i'm least sold on Curnow.

and from what i've heard incredibly hard trainer, certainly fits the bills in terms of the types of personalities we're after. Hogan is going to take the best defender most weeks, handy having a 200cm key who loves a contested mark getting the second best, leave Watts or Dawes the third.

While i agree, i don't think it's through lack of trying so much, they threw everything at Treloar and it didn't work out, tried for Trengove last year but it fell through, I just think they're a mediocre team and people can see that, where we are already beating them and have a lot of improvement to go.

Was EFC involved in the convo?

really interested to see who gold coast take, they may want another key forward to replace dixon

He would be the perfect forward/ruck fit if he could develop into anything like the player he's capable of being. a 200cm power forward will be difficult for any teams second defender to handle, he and Hogan could be deadly

[censored] Essendon

we want daisy and Jesse spending as much time together as possible haha

C: Nathan Jones VC: Lynden Dunn rest: Tmac, Lumumba, Dawes, Viney

1. I think at a better side, with less off field stuff Mark Neeld may have been an okay coach, not saying he wouldn't have been sacked, but i think he's better than his record reflects. 2. When we first traded pick 3 and 13 for Hogan and 20 or whatever it was, i thought we'd paid way overs ( feeling very silly now ) personally would have gone with Wines, Toumpas and Grundy with those three at the time. 3. I rate Jack Watts, still. 4. I don't think we'd have a greater than 10% chance of playing finals in 2016. 5. not 100% sold on SImon Goodwin.

I will start this off by saying i clearly rate Parish. but he reminds me alot of Jono O'rourke talent means nothing if you don't have the attitude, coaches to make use of it he could be O'rourke or he could be Andrew Gaff.

I heard this morning that Curnow is unlikely to make it past the Bombers, who will take whoever of Curnow or Parish is there at pick 4 and probably Wielderman at 5, they see Curnow as a big bodied mid.

I'm not so sure, i reckon he'll be our best mid very quickly, he's so damaging!

To strong a focus going into cultural change to pay out a contract in order to get a delisted player in. maybe if someone like Moore didn't get picked up he'd be a rookie option, i reckon he's got some ability.

I respect your opinion there, i think a quality partner for Hogan is certainly a priority, doesn't have to come from pick 3 or 7 though, i think Salem moves into the midfield next year so a good user off half back like young bonner might be handy, if Melksham doesn't make it i'm not sure what plan B is for that role.

I reckon it's less about the overall best player and more about that position, high half forward in my opinion is close to the toughest position to play on the ground, i felt Watts show some clear signs of improvement and had a really strong patch of games last year, sure his form dropped away but he played most of the games so he's clearly best 22. i'd just play him as our third forward and leave him there all year, i reckon he could prove very useful.

Personally i'd be taking Parish and whoever is left of Wielderman, Curnow or Francis at 7 but the idea of Wielderman at 3 and Collins at 7 is appealing the more i think about it. sets up a spine for the next 10 years of Collins Mcdonald Brayshaw Hogan Wielderman Looks pretty handy to me.

I would bet my left one GWS will not let this kid go anywhere else . they've invested quite alot in him.

God i hope we choose Parish.

also a strong chance to be there at pick 7... Parish is not.

I really hope we don't pass up Darcy Parish for Curnow, Parish is exactly what our midfield needs, and Curnow is a good chance to be there at 7 anyway.

I reckon for the first time it'll be a chance to really use his weapons.