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He definitely seems to have struggled in nailing down a position, but I often blame him being too flexible for that. Definitely became that utility that would be moved in and out of roles all over the ground. Given a clear run this year in the forward line as a more defensive player with little...

In that scenario I assume Fort starts the year as ruck. Then Day, Morris and Hipwood are the starting forwards with Ryan, Gardiner or Lloyd as back up options (pending injuries). Definitely not ideal but I guess we are going to have to try a few different options across the year to replace the...

I thought that Ah Chee might be going down a similar path but then he nailed his spot this year and especially in the finals. In terms of other guys who are regularly sitting on the outside of the firsts but clearly still have lots of talent. And might just need the right timing to get a...

Under 25 makes it such a weird age profile (I get they picked it due to the year). You have multiple guys who are 23/24 and are really starting the prime of their career and as such have multiple top line awards and accolades like AAs, but then you have guys like Darcy or younger who are barely...

Its a similar argument against the 6-6-6 rule and the pre-season bye. Why punish teams who get an early lead and get to manage or dictate the play?

Williams would likely have been front ended a heap (at least you'd hope so) so for Carlton's sake you hope it's the latest year figure and not the average

I actually don't mind the stand rule. Definitely opened up play more and isn't a major change from how the game is "meant" to be played

I like him as a player but wow that's a long contract. Seems unnecessarily risky for everyone that

Reckon that Hawks and Richmond would definitely push up this list with any more success in the short term. Also shows how much we know Carlton and Essendon are hated despite the fact that they have had no success for a long time. We all know how bad their supporters would be if they actually...

What is the criteria for getting your name on the locker? Just 100 games?

I get 3 is more prestigious but I'd have thought it'd be hard to move from the number you won premiership in

As much as we'd love it to be different we all know that being one of the boys club is significantly more important than how they present

It might not be as good as the VFL but its still a step up for him. All for our former Academy kids trying to make the move interstate and having a crack somewhere. Helps show the pathway keeps going and you have further shots later on

We can just hope that the doggies under Bevo implode a little bit more, and the chance to play for a properly run successful team sounds attractive. I also hope that the Eagles and Hawks struggle as well next year, so their forwards keep looking elsewhere

It might, but it definitely comes up way more often in the women's game. The proportion of same sex preferences appears to be a little bit higher. I know they have talked about it causing issues with the Matildas too.

100% that one of those bench spots would be a tall forward. Who to drop is hard but its glaringly obvious that we line up with 3 tall forwards no matter what.

Number 3 is right. Write the rest of 2024 off, lets move onto to 2025 already

Freo is probably a good answer, I was going to guess Port although I feel like they have got a couple of things recently

Its hard not to be excited at this time of year (especially in our case). But for all the great depth we still have some potential weaknesses: Joe replacement is one big one Im not sure our goal kicking issues will have gone away. Big mids (like Cripps) can still rip apart our mids Fast...

That's not even counting the guys who rotate through the forward line: Bailey, McCluggage, potentially Levi and then there's a chance we look at Zorko moving forward again. The small-medium forward competition is going to be tough this year

Random question but which club would have got the least amount of extra draft assistance (F/S, Priority picks, Academy, NGA, suspiciously extra Free Agent compensation)? Im pretty sure there are clubs that are worse off than the Demons

Im pretty sure that it leaked out that North had O'Sullivan at 1. We know at least 3 clubs had players they rated over Levi but we dont really know where they rated him. We also know that GWS rated Darcy at least over Daicos with how they bid for one but not the other. So either way its pretty...

They are definitely rough for most. Dont really start becoming fun until just before the rise starts. There is that weird period when you see so much hope coming but keep getting beaten by older teams Next year will be ugly for the Tigers even with zero expectations. But that's the path they...

With the still list hole of senior body to back up Larkey, the fact that Phillips still hasnt come on and the drafting since then, shows that it was a clear mistake. McDonald would have been a better option than Phillips. Its clearly not the worst draft blunder of all time but still a mistake...

It makes a lot of sense with how many guys who missed out and how hungry they will be to win one themselves. Really hope between the guys who just missed and the young guys coming in that hunger to go all the way will be there

I got the feeling that he was a kid that wanted the limelight so may want the big club thing, but that was a few years ago. Not sure if thats changed for him or not. I agree he would be a great get, we would probably struggle to afford him (unless he really wanted to come to us) but there is...

I dont think we have a lot of depth (and especially young depth) in KPD as well. Gives him more time if he keeps showing development. Very different to guys down the depth chart like in the midfield. While there is a few more senior roles in the midfield, there is so much more competition. Dev...

That's a pretty good point in that having a big gap in the age profile has tripped a few teams up over the journey. At this stage that age group looks super thin for the Tigers. I suspect if they are looking to rise up in 2028 after 2-3 years hitting the draft hard, they will need to look at...

Absolutely will be necessary especially if we have a small injury list. I look at guys like Fletcher missing in that team and think ouch that's rough. But then whoever comes out of the wing for him would be hard done by too

Really sounds like the Essendon NGA is really starting to work well. Are they doing anything extra special or are they just "lucky" with a good zone or run of kids?