Roger Mellie

I agree. His ruck work has improved a lot this year - probably due to Jamar's coaching. I was impressed with him in his first practice game in season one and thought we were onto something. Now, not so much. I would be very happy if he reached O'Brien's level. He has no real standout features which you need with an undersized ruckman, other than his follow-up after the ruck contest. If he was fast, agile, had great endurance and/or took a great grab I'd be happy, but he's average or below in all those areas. Has improved a lot this year though and is still a kid.

6 Gawn 5 Bowser 4 Salem 3 Rivers 2 Sparrow 1 Petracca Stiff - Viney, Chin, Lingers

Maybe we don't lobby at all. Take last year when we lost Gus with his early retirement and we couldn't replace him on the list because it was after the cut-off date. This year we also lost AMW. I suspect when Carlton lost Jagga Smith, they kicked up a huge stink resulting in the AFL doing a backflip on the rules so we could add Culley after the cut-off date. Maybe we kicked up a stink, but if the previous year is anything to go on, we either didn't or were ignored.

I agree. My guess is Petracca, Lever, Sparrow, Spargo, Chandler and maybe JVR. Are you able to elaborate @Dannyz ?

That rings a bell now that I think of it - It's something like if the country's first language is English, it's not an eligible country. I think Samoa has English listed as one of its two (?) languages, although having been there, it's not the first language spoken - Samoan is - fancy that!

It's something to do with him being of Samoan heritage. I don't think it's on the AFL NGA list of countries ([censored] knows why). Eg. Andy Moniz-Wakefield is from SE Asia and qualifies, but Tarion doesn't because he's Asian Pacific or something. You'd think the AFL would be all over potential NGAs from Rugby League heartlands. Ah-mu is in our Academy too.

No there's a leadership group. They just don't advertise who's on it. I'd go so far as to say it's almost a trade secret.

Not 100% sure but I think Chandler is in the leadership group.

Totally agree. May's kicks to the pocket don't end well. He's so easy to set up against. It invites huge pressure so I'd be happy if he was banned from taking kick-ins unless it was on a fast break. Brilliant win for the boys!

It was Kentfield's first game back and first game as a KPD. He's a mile off being ready or match-fit, but took some nice grabs.

6 - Pickett 5 - Bowey 4 - Viney 3 - Max 2 - Petty 1 - TMac

This^ They're all at sea

Me too!

I would argue the Bulldogs have similar cultural issues to us amongst the playing group at least. JUH, Bailey Smith, Lachie Hunter and Libba (when younger) being the more obvious ones. I recall Dunkley getting out as he didn't like the professionalism/standards at the club. I wouldn't want more of the same in that regard although the bulldogs are probably a bit ahead of us in cleaning up their act. For me, this and their incredible inconsistency is enough to put me off Beveridge for coach. I'm a huge fan of Longmire if we went down that path.

Stream your Team on the AFL site I suspect

Retro game:

I suspect (hope) Jamar, as ruck coach is giving Verall a few tips and tricks on playing as an undersized ruckman. He was the master after all!

Thanks for the report Kolt - much appreciated! Howes about Howes? I'm assuming he's still in the A's 🫤 Cheers

I wouldn't be surprised at all if a lot of clubs come calling. I hope he isn't tempted though.

I agree. Our game plan (all our eggs in one basket style) relies quite heavily on the speed and dynamism of Kossie in the middle as well as the run and carry of Windsor. If the playing group haven't already thrown in the towel for the season, we should see a much-improved side next week. In all our practice games and match sims, the players were looking to dish it off to Pickett (and Windsor). They haven't been there (X has been good for that) and the players have been stumbling around not knowing what to do as dishing off to the Viney's off the world, gets you nowhere.

6 Langdon 5 Bowey 4 Langford Chandler 2 Rivers 1 Sharp

Playing for Gold Coast - L Snowball - surely we have to get him to the Dees for all the 'off skiing' gags.

The article is a) from Zerohanger and b) quotes Sam McClure as the source. I think we can therefore safely ignore it, particularly as the bit about his future being thrown up in the air looks to be pure McClure clickbait (Eg. Demons had issues last year therefore Fritsch will want to leave).

Also, there are only 18 red players listed by GW above, so need to add another 5: Lever, Howes, Bill, Disco, Sharp?

The AFL are purely revenue driven. They will keep delivering prime time fixtures and crowd pulling games to the bigger clubs. How many years have we watched Essendon and Carlton being given prime time games when they were utter [censored]? They continually trot out the excuse that the number of clubs in the comp doesn't permit a fair draw and use that as a license to do whatever they want. Until they decide bring fairness into the equation this will continue. It's just reality. Interestingly. Round 1 Geelong v Freo at Kardinia drew a crowd of 25K. That's truly pathetic and would be a real worry for the club 🙂