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In the circumstances whereby a player tests positive after breaching AFL Covid19 protocols then his club should forfeit the points for any match that can’t be played as a consequence. If the AFL and the club in question had any integrity, that outcome would be accepted by consensus and we all move on.

In Hannan Lockhart Pickett Weideman Out Jackson Jetta Jones Smith More potency up forward required. Young Jackson a bit unlucky but he will get the opportunities later on. The two veterans know that if you don’t produce every week then your position’s in jeopardy. The message to the whole team is clear and that should spur them on to beat Essendon.

Post of the round. ?

8. Angus Brayshaw 5. Christian Petracca Jake Lever Tom McDonald Aaron vandenBerg

So it looks like we’ve gone off Murray and are looking at Brown now. In his draft year, Mentone Grammar’s Brown was bit of a rival to Brighton Grammar’s Jack Watts. I think he almost upstaged Watts when he represented the AGS against the APS so it would be somewhat ironic if Brown’s career ended in the red and blue.

I think it’s a virtual certainty that we will nominate Green and, in the unlikely event that GWS fails to match our bid, then so be it. We get a player considered in line with Rowell and Anderson. If GWS matches the bid, we move on ...

So in effect, the recovery time from when he had his operation in July is almost 12 months. There would have to be a reasonable amount of confidence about his prospects for a recovery to consider offering a playing contract. I’m not 100% sold on the wisdom of doing this given the club’s injury record of 2019, the fact that we already have a few players on our list coming back from long term injuries and only five places available on our lists.

I think it’s pretty clear that every individual instance is different and the risk is different in every case. Mental and physical fitness are all taken into account in the analysis of risk.

The reality is that GWS has apparently offered us Pick 6 and their 2020 first rounder for Pick 3. This effectively gives them two top five selections while we go down three places in the draft order with Pick 6 and could possibly get a pick in the late teens in what looms as a highly compromised draft next year. If we were to accept that offer, we would be royally screwed over and our recruiting people would deserve our contempt. GWS need to work a lot harder, otherwise we take 3 and 8 into the draft or simply split our picks with someone else.

I think we need to cut him some slack because of his age (born 20 December, 2000) which means he just misses the cut off date for this year’s draft. There are plenty of potential draftees with his size and weight. A full pre season or two will make a big difference on that score.

Needs to get fit, add a few tricks to his game and take a few steps forward. Perhaps a few tips from grandpa on how to harness his aggression in the contest and at the football might assist?

It’s being reported that Richmond won’t stand in the way of Butler moving elsewhere and a fourth round pick has been suggested as adequate for a trade. Problem for Melbourne as things stand is that we don’t have a fourth round pick after yesterday’s trading.

Please feel to put that interpretation of a contract to any competent court in the land and we’ll see how far it gets you.

Nev Tom Jack Max

James Clarry Max and Gus

Neville Jake Jack & Tom

Nat, Chuck, Jimmy & Xtian

Tom, Jeff and Jayden

VDB T Smith Preuss Lever Weid

Hannan C Wagner Jordan Bedford Spargo

J Smith Fritsch Wagner Sparrow

Wouldn’t it be much easier if, instead of that, you simply resisted the urge to open this thread in the future?

I think he’ll stay.

Thanks to one and all for your training reports but I still can’t help but feel that there are one or two common denominators about all AFL clubs at this time of the year - blue skies and rose coloured glasses. I’m not getting carried away just yet - especially in light of the number of our key players still in rehab.

A little sparrow