Roger Mellie

McDonald Stretch Preuss

Jake Melksham Jordan Lewis Michael Hibberd

I thought there was fairly long list of things they couldn't do. Perhaps the AFLPA has changed things lately. Players cant even where thongs at some clubs (footwear that is).

Aaron vandenBerg vs Kade Kolodjashnij James Jordon vs Tim Smith Braydon Preuss vs Tom Sparrow Toby Bedford vs Jake Lever Corey Wagner vs Sam Weideman

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Smith Fritsch Petty Sparrow

Looking at training photos - no Have read the odd track watcher say the same. Running has gone to another level (in time trials anyway I believe)

I think it's been asked before but who is Fritsch training with - Fwds, Mids, Backs? Thanks in advance and to all for reports

If that's terry towelling, I want one.......now!

AVB has spent a long time out of the game. When he first arrived at the club his disposal was more than adequate. It has steadily gone downhill ever since. Not surprisingly this coincided with a constant run of injuries with sporadic games (usually playing with an injured foot). With a decent run at it, I would expect his disposal to improve markedly. Just not sure he will get that continuity with his injury record.

Sad for Mitchell and wish him a speedy recovery. A year out is a huge blow. Having said that, I'd be very happy for a year out for Hawthorn too (no Mitchell, no Hawthorn).

In 2021 he should be a restricted FA

Salem and Kelly are best mates. I'm sure we'll be doing everything in our power to bring them together a la Lachie Neale and Lincoln McCarthy at Brisbane.

Melksham was Essendon's whipping boy. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if that played a big part in his form there. He comes to the mighty Dee's and after a brief stint as a potential whipping boy (to continue the tradition), the coaches put a whopping amount of faith into him (Goody, Jennings, Egan), he matures a little, gains confidence and hey presto - gun! If he can shake the injuries he'll go to another level again. Exciting stuff

There's no way you would take up a Saints membership in July even if it was only 2 games. Probably decided to add in the 'free' pet memberships. Very dodgy!

I briefly worked at the G in one of the many food stands many years ago. I was chip fryer extraordinaire and was constantly getting told off for waiting until the chips were golden before pulling out of the fryer. They didn't care how soggy they were - just get 'em out NOW! Way back then, the food was all packaged and arrived in microwaveable bags (burgers and hot dogs) - inedible! The pies etc were already in bags as was everything else. In other words, 90% the food could not be touched - apart from me slagging on the chips of course!

Ankle surgery in the offseason as has ben mentioned in the injury list post

You couldn't get much slower (cautious) than Docherty in his recovery. He could've played this season but Carlton didn't bother as they were so woeful. Had he been right to go round 1, Docherty's recovery would've been 16 months. This recurrence was just rotten luck rather than being rushed back to play. Feel for the bloke.

I'm not sure of the logic behind Preuss coming in to enable Max to spend more time up forward. Max is the best ruck in the league. Why would anyone want to change that? When Preuss is in the side, I would expect him (Preuss) to be the one up forward to a) provide another tall target, b) provide ruck relief and, c) act as ruck in the forward half (or third) to reduce the amount of ground coverage required by Gawn. It's not like Max is a goal kicker* and I'd still expect him to spend time resting in the forward line. *It remains to be seen whether Preuss is a better or worse in front of the big sticks.

I noticed that too and wondered why. I don't recall PJ being there in past drafts but could be wrong. He also was there in the front wave of the drooling throng when Natalie Portman swung past. He might be trying to get a handle on how the MFC works, or just a handle on Natalie Portman

FFS there's some ill-informed rubbish floating round. Petracca's issues are nothing more than: 1) He has / had no tank. Picture Jack Ziebell with loads more talent. It took North years to get Ziebell to run out a game. It's not an effing attitude issue. He's just building a tank - very slowly because that's his dna. He works incredibly hard but he'll never be an ANB on the track. 2) He had the goal kicking yips in 2018 Last year was a different picture IMO

Edit (function doesn't seem to be working): Just remembered C Wagner doesn't join training until 1st December

Thanks DS. Which Wagner are you referring to here?

I hope one day the AFL realise the draft is only followed by footy tragics. There's never going to be a big audience. Maybe then they'll give up on these lame attempts to trick it up. The coverage was excruciating and compounded by the laughable technology that resulted in a whopping time lag between submitting pick selection and said pick appearing on the screen.