spirit of norm smith

Thanks @KC from Casey agree Hustwaite and Connolly were excellent recruits and showed great form in the first 3 games. Their absence cannot be underestimated given our lack of depth and player turnover. It appears Ben Brown is unofficially retired. He had struggled to play two games back to back all year. In his 5 games (6 goals) , we could see how immobile he’d become and his knees simply are rendering him unable to bend. Such a shame to see him finish like this. Given we have Jefferson & Kentfield to develop, it’s probably best that he announce his retirement.

Good to see. Well produced by the marketing team.

Not necessarily in order , but excellent mids likely between picks 7-16 are Xavier Lindsay - Gippsland Harvey Langford - Dandenong Christian Moraes - Eastern Sam Lalor - GWV Murphy Reid - Sandringham Taj Hotton - Sandringham Tom Gross - Oakleigh Bo Allan -WA Toby Travaglia - Bendigo Either Lindsay or Langford would be a Xmas gift for the Dees. Future midfielder stars imv. We just need to keep our 1st round pick this year.

Agree. I’d be keen to add him but not if it’s costs us. With Tassie coming in around 2027, there will be compromised drafts ahead. Future 1st rounder is still a decent price for Houston. He’s a good footballer but not an elite mid or goalkicking forward.

Casey will be depleted by Dees holding players out again. No other team holds players out like the MFC. Giants probably win a close one.

Ouch. Houston is a good footballer but I think he’s overrated. Running half back. Not an elite mid. Not a goalkicking forward. Houston for a future 1st round pick is about right. NO WAY IS HE WORTH GIVING UP TWO 1ST ROUND PICKS. NO WAY !!!!

Agreed. The only way forward for this group is to bring in quality kids with high draft picks. Anything else is Goodwin trying to save his own job !!!

Moderators. Do we merge this with the 2024 AFL National Draft prospects: The next batch thread. Plenty of phantoms within it.

Medical retirement. Brayshaw Susiension. Delisted. JS29 99.9% guaranteed to retire Ben Brown Likely outs. Schache. Hunter. Likely to look elsewhere. Tomlinson 6 list spots. Promote Moniz-Wakefield. 5 list spots most likely Likely to retire but not guaranteed. Melksham (33) TomMcd (32). Playing ok but don’t want to stretch it too far. Need to keep 3 live draft picks. I think 2024 will be a super draft by the way.

Good timing. I was thinking that we hadn’t had an update and wondered if he was going ok. Thanks for the update.

No. We have the backline sorted with tall options. Lever. Turner. Hore also plays a similar style. Need to find or spend money on skilled fast midfielders.

JS29?!!

Hopefully he is recovering. It was quite an ordeal. I thought he might get back to work with younger guys like Kolt on how to position himself and pass on his footy IQ. Or even in recruitment. Imagine Trac and JT coming to meet you and your parents as part of the MFC recruitment.

Any update on Trac?

Kolt & Salem out injured Sparrow dropped. Yes had to happen. Had to happen. He has been very poor. Lever stays in. Just !!! He was horrible last week. Gawn in 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Woey jnr in 👏👏👏 Laurie in ??????? Why ??! Had a holiday in WA last week !! Kynan Brown absolutely busted himself last week without much support. 24 tackles. Has to be patient but hard ti explain why he’s not in !!