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Gus will finish his career as a much better than "solid" mid. He will be one of our best 5, given an injury free run. We needed pure footballers, and Gus is certainly one of those.

Fair call. Will be very interesting to see what we make of the cash injection.

Staggering decision. We turn ourselves from a profit maker, to a loss maker BY CHOICE? For nothing other than Social Justice Warriors and their "feelings"? If I see a hat being passed at any time in the future, I will tell them to f*&k right off. Epically stupid virtue signalling by our leaders. Disgraceful decision.

Petracca Oliver Brayshaw Viney Imagine these 4 in full flight, being fed by Gawn. The next few years are our best chance in my lifetime to be feared again. Beasts.

Cale Morton as the body model?

I'm starting to think Cassie has a problem with soccer.

Great post. Agree with every word. We have our star in Oliver. He is going to be one of the best in the competition in the next few years, and will be offered Federal Reserve money from other clubs. Would love to see Wines in the Red & Blue, and my god our midfield would be intimidating, but just cant see where the funds would come from. Watch for Norf to offer 1.5m p.a over 7 years, fail to get a bite, and for Wines to re-sign with Port. @ding What are your connections saying?

They would know already. List management is prepared years ahead now. If they are still chasing him, they either have enough "cap" in hand, or they think they can get away with a brown paper Visy bag. Sloane would be very nice, although I think we might target Gaff if players such as Billy Stretch dont come on this year. We still need outside running power, who can get plenty of touches.

Yeah, that was my first thought also. Big difference to the weedy pack skirters we loaded up on in years gone by. That post from @dazzledavey36 is a cracker. Spargos family would be printing it on their Christmas cards.

Thank you No really, thank you so much. Tightened my glutes for sure......

Carrying your own clubs instead of riding around in a buggy. Tough game golf.

The ball is about to hit his hands instead of bouncing off his face. It aint Fitzy

Did you look at the vids and all info available of every other player drafted prior to making that claim? Otherwise it's your post that could be considered laughable.

Lever and Balic ARE young talent m11 You use your picks to bring in talent, either by drafting or trading. We are loading up for a flag tilt, and were always going to trade top picks for top established talent at some stage. Some people seem to prefer the excitement of the unknown. Give me a (quality) known quantity any day.

He certainly does need a bigger body, and the footy department would no doubt be working on that, but I see him differently in that once he decides to tackle, he commits his body to it, and that is a definite step up on another tall forward we had until recently. Also agree with @A F in that his leg speed, or more to the point, his agility is limited. But throwing yourself in when you have the chance is a whole lot better for the team than waiting for someone else to do it. Our guys have seen what full ground pressure can achieve with lists that are far from star studded, and are recruiting accordingly. Young Spargo is another step in that direction. Thing is we have a list that I believe could be described as star studded by the end of next season. If the whole team can commit defensively, we can become feared by the whole comp.

Hogans forward pressure is non existant, and easily the weakest part of his game. He is Russell Robertson like in his ability to give up on a contest once he has lost the ball. I remember someone saying that Tom McDonald was a major underachiever in this area last year also. With these two guys forming our starting key forwards, we have a lot of ground to make up to catch the leading sides. If only our blokes could get it through their heads that we have some amazing ground ball players in the forward line, who can carve sides up if given repeated opportunities to get their hands on the ball. Hannan, Garlett Petracca and Neal_Bullen have great goal sense, both in scoring, and score assists. Just a handful of extra opportunities per game could change our ladder position dramatically. I think this might be one of the attractions with Weideman, as he shows a willingness to throw his body into defensive situations.

Reckon you might see Petracca and ANB spend more time running through the middle once Vince/Lewis are moved on. ANB certainly has the tank to be a full time mid, and developed wonderfully last year. Melksham also has stints on ball. We will also pick up more midfield talent over the next 2 years to replace the retirees. Love Pettys highlights video. He seems to have something our current Tall Backs lack, and that is a nice accurate kick (yeah I know, its highlights only). While Oscar no doubt improved through the season, I think its nice to have a developing Key Back who can actually be given real time to do just that, rather than being thrown to the wolves against the current forward line monsters who are in most teams now. Fritsch to me is interesting, in that he has a monster left leg on him, meaning he can roam a bit further from goal and still be a threat.That successful set shot for goal from inside the centre square in his vid was amazing. I prefer Hannan closer to goal. Deep forward pocket. He has an amazing ability to get boot to ball, and an innate sense of where the goals are. Possibly look for Fritsch to play the Petracca role when Trac has stints on-ball in the coming seasons. Two small forwards drafted in the past 2 drafts, and both described as competitive beasts. At least we wont be soft targets any more, at least not against everyone but Norf, who seem to have us mentally/physically beaten every time they play us.

This is called putting your balls on the line. Sincerely hope you are wrong L36, but kudos nonetheless. I once played footy against a bloke called Shane Naylor, who went on to be Australian 100m champion. Caught and brought him to the ground, then wondered what on earth the fuss was about. So glad I didn't predict he would be a slug.

Respect or reverence paid or rendered: In his speech he paid homage to Washington and Jefferson Do you mean "umbrage"? offence or annoyance. "she took umbrage at his remarks"

At his height, if you are not a competitor, you are unlikely to be playing in the comp. I recall reading the same thing about Sylvia before he was drafted. "competitive beast" was the claim. Nope. Hi Spargo's. You are now Red & Blue, and part of our family. Enjoy the ride, and tell your boy to unleash everything he has.

I first thought that Brisbane would have all of the inside knowledge of this kid, and that picking him would be a stretch, but then I remembered Brisbanes recent drafting record. Absolutely love the highlights vid. His run is incredible, as is his kicking at speed. A rarity. On his highlights, I say not half back, but wing for mine, as it didn't show any defensive work. Welcome to the Dees Oskar, and the Baker family. Hope you can become immersed in the oldest club in the land. Please keep your son off Demonland if he is not considered starting 18 in round 1. It gets a bit ugly on here.

We couldn't even roll 1/2 a Collingwood side in the last round, with finals on the line. Get real SWYL

The slow players you are probably referring to would have been successful because they had elite traits that helped them to overcome the lack of pace. Elite hands, decision making,awareness, game sense. Jack is elite at none of those and in the end was possibly the slowest mover I have ever seen for someone of his size. I am stunned that Port have wasted a pick on Jack. Great news for him of course, but one their supporters won't be at all happy with.

How stupid are Port Trengove might be a great guy but his body is shot. He owes his manager a top shelf whisky for putting one over on the Port list manager.

Colonwood has marquee games busting out of its blurter. We have two. Two big annual games, and we rotate the gate at one of them. I would say a polite but firm NO if able. Actually, it wouldn't be polite. While we are the mugs who scratch in the Kitty Litter every year, and are forced to play in the N.T while Colonwood gets 16 games in the centre of Melbourne even if they are down in the cellar, you don't give them a millimetre. F.O Colonwood