Davos

Seems like a chill guy.

No Harry Sharp? [censored] team. Do better.

If King it attempting to somewhat channel Geelong's method with us, then Tom Sparrow is our version of Tom Atkins. Some of his pressure work in contest was bonkers in that last quarter.

I think it's unlikely we finish bottom 5, which is a concern in the long term. We lack the top end talent required to catapault us up the ladder and into contention (Langford and Windsor our only real potential A graders under 22), and we don't have enough depth in our "middle class" as we've consistently traded away 2nd and 3rd round picks to get up the draft order. That's an acceptable strategy to take, as long as you're drafting a Clayton Oliver, Petracca, Brayshaw or Jackson. Not so smart if you only end up with good average league footballers. I'm not suggesting we tank, but I'm a bit concerned that we're destined for years of St Kilda and Essendon style mediocrity - not good enough to contend, not bad enough to consistently draft top 5 talent.

Ryan Eyers from Werribee is someone we should be watching closely. 199cm key defender who moves very well for his size. Possesses a reasonable intercept game, but I think he could be a really good lockdown key defender at AFL level. He put the clamps on Jamarra in Werribee's win over Gold Coast on the weekend. Was probably pretty stiff to not be picked up in last year's draft after starting the season well (believe he was leading Werribee's BnF at the midway point of the season), but a serious hamstring injury meant his season was over at round 12. Given Jed Adams has shown nothing, and TMac and Lever are both closer to the end of their careers than the start, Eyers could be a handy, ready-to-go pick up.

Daisy is so good.

Blue skies in Ballarat at the minute. Hopefully that holds for the afternoon.

Tldr - your culture is only bad when you're losing.

They're still going to be travelling to Casey. As I understand it, all a move to Waverley would do is bring admin under the same roof, and swap the Gosch's sessions to the adopted facility.

Feel like we're going to be on our own here, but I agree. If Caulfield winds up being too hard, just do what is the norm in every other professional sport around the world and invest heavily in a facility on the outskirts of the city.

Why unfortunately?

With a bit of pace on the ball and space in the forward half, Fritta might kick 60 this year.

Atkins is a dawg. Has carved out a nice career considering where he came from.

Brutal rehab group.

All prelim teams were stacked with gun small forwards. It's the biggest hole on our list. Wonder if the football dept/recruiting team knew this, or whether King's assessment of our list has shaped how we've drafted.