Demon Jack

Sparrow seems the most likely (and maybe only) omission at this stage. AMW had 35 touches in the VFL so I imagine either he or Laurie will come in as straight swap.

Jesse now has 66 goals for the season and is now 10 goals clear of 2nd (Charlie Curnow) in the Coleman Medal with one round left. Congratulations Jesse! So happy that he's playing great footy again.

Nothing against Oliver, but I feel that our midfield was much improved without him there. Viney was a bull all game. Rivers and ANB both worked into the game nicely after poor first half. Langdon was back to his hard running best. McVee was quiet in his first real foray into the midfield but was generally clean with his ball use. Thrilled to see him sneak onto the scoreboard in the 4th quarter!

Hard to read anything into that Viney comment. Not overly concerned. Currently in contract negotiations with the Demons so I can't imagine he'd say anything publicly which may impact talks.

Hard to be disappointed with that! Really pleased with Blake Howes' game today. 22 touches and 10 marks. Maybe a rising star nod this week.

Kolt is raw, but there's plenty to work with. Nice finish young man.

Still in Melbourne with some other members of the rehab group.

See sawing affair. GC have missed some easy shots but we've looked more dangerous inside 50. Turner having a great game in the forward line. Viney ferocious. Pickett needs to get involved if we're going to hold on.

Great to see Charlie Spargo in the rooms! He is alive!

Hore having a great game!

Even at 32-33, his best football still stands as close to competition best. He and Xerri (who has been fantastic for North this season albeit W/L ratio) should both make the final AA squad. Hopefully Maxy still has a few years left in him as we continue looking for a protégé.

This is the Petty that hopefully we see during '25 after a full pre-season.

Has booted 5.5 from 8 or so VFL games. He's still only 18 and has been tasked to come in and play as a tall forward for a struggling VFL team without a full AFL preseason. He obviously hasn't set the world on fire so far but I'd be really surprised if we delist him at years end.

Rushing an undercooked Christian Salem back into the side while dropping two developing and encouraging defenders in AMW and Howes is a ripping move.

I'll hold judgement on McAdam until next year as he barely had a pre season. But yes, losing pick 27 (or thereabouts) hurts.

Tonight was our last shot at '24. Results be damned, It's officially time to rest the older guys or anyone who isn't 100% and get some games into the kids.

What's happened to our tackling over the last month or two? It feels as though opposition players break out of them way too easily.

Feel like we've eased our way into the game in the last five minutes. Melksham with some great efforts on Liam Jones

Doggies have 7 scoring shots from 8 inside 50s in the opening 7 minutes! Not good.

Our confidence looks shot to pieces

Not against getting Houston, but trading our future picks through to '26 could be fraught with danger. Tassie will begin to hit the draft from '27 onwards so we need to make the most of our picks between now and then.

You'd think either him or Riccardi would be gettable at years end. Their forward line is stacked, especially with guys like Cadman and Gruzewski now pushing for regular selection.

Most recent that I could find were 5 games he played for Casey back in 2021. Averaged about 23 touches during that stretch.

It's difficult to see Salem coming back in '24. I'd prefer to put him on ice so he can hopefully have a full pre-season and get more games into players like Howes and K.Brown.

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