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I’m a big believer that a strong VFL/reserves team is important to the development of younger players. A few solid inside mids will be very helpful to the Casey squad.

1 GWS 2 Brisbane 3 Port 4 Carlton 5 Sydney 6 Melbourne 7 Geelong 8 Gold Coast 9 Collingwood 10 Dogs 11 Hawks 12 Fremantle 13 North 14 Adelaide 15 Bombers 16 Saints 17 West Coast 18 Richmond

Agree, although sadly I still feel like we need another couple of top 5 picks to take into the next phase.

2025 draft and trading will be very interesting for us. Viney, May and Gawn each aging and we’ve traded out our first round pick. If we want to get some more young talent in, it will cost us a senior player.

Totally get it - Goody (and the committee) has been terrible at selection the last couple of years. I reckon he’ll move forward a bit this year but if we don’t see some meaningful adjustments by round 8-10 then I suspect he’ll be gone.

He turns 30 this year and Lindsay plays a very similar role, plus Windsor if he spends time at half back. McVee as well. Salem has played some great footy for us, but I recon look on this is the year he will be part of a transition.

Excellent analogy - love it 👍👏

Sounds like they might move Windsor to a back flank this year, so between Windsor, McVee and a rotating Rivers/Lindsay/Howes/Bowey/AMW I can see Salem making way for younger set. I like Salem, but we need speed from the back half so yeh I can see him not being in the best 22 every week for sure.

Speed (and agility) in our front half is definitely needed, though to be fair it was more important from the back half and through the middle and we’ve gone and got exactly that with Windsor, Smart and Lindsay.

No new deals - just that he looked in good shape and wasn’t there pissing on.

Clarry popped into my local for a late lunch yesterday. Was with a mate and I’m pleased to say he had the roast with veg and a glass of Coke (and a couple of bets I think) and he looked very good. I thought he looked lean and fit and he stayed about an hour or so. A bit stalkerish I know, and...

Adelaide would have watched last year thinking they dodged a bullet.. why we didn’t simply move him to the backline had me stumped.

Agreed. Which is why I’m back fully on the Clayton Oliver bandwagon and just hoping he gets his shit together and gets back to his best.

Oliver is going to be too hard to get off the books unless he has a big season, which probably means we won’t want to trade him.

Petracca was a standout in the juniors and battled big time in his first year or 2 in AFL training - he was criticised for lack of fitness and speed. Give the kid a bit of time - if he takes a few years to come on it will be perfect timing with Trac, Clarry and Viney moving on.

Yeh I got sucked in but I’m actually thinking it’s not without a chance. We are surely going to be better next year and I reckon we can play finals. I’m not sold on Carlton either. They could easily struggle if they get off to a poor start. Totally agree with what schmuttt said - they have some...

My money is on Clarry and Trac to both be at the Dees for another year - it will be the game plan that will get Goody if it doesn’t go well this year. I took a bet with a Blues supporter that we’d finish above them but I’m nervous.. it’s a big bet.

B: Bowey May Lever HB: Windsor Petty McVee C: Langdon Oliver Lindsay HF: Petracca JVR Tholstrup F: Pickett Fritsch Chandler Foll: Gawn Rivers Viney IC: Sparrow Langford Woewoeden Turner Sub: Laurie Rotations: TMac Spargo Melksham Jefferson Salem AMW Still reckon we ideally need another quality...

The private schools need to probably develop some sort of indigenous pathway program, if they havnt already. They basically go handing out scholarships to kids who are decent at footy which are worth a fortune these days with school fees up north of $40k per year for some schools. It would be...

We bid on Ashcroft didn’t we? I’d like to think we had Langford at around 3 or 4 on our big board but I don’t know.

Moving the bikies into his place was a good move too.

I’ve had this thought in the past. Glad you said it.

Brayshaw for sure. Maynard would actually be awesome as well, but I couldn’t see him leaving Collingwood for us.

Thanks so much. Great write up! 👍

Might have a cheeky go at Trac for the Brownlow this year.

I’d like to see us play from further back behind the ball, move it faster through the corridor and play with a smaller forward line and give them more room to move into. I’d also like to see us have a plan B where we slow the game down when the opposition have momentum. A few early wins could do...

Good god, talk about a likeable young kid!

You havnt been drinking this whole time?!..

I totally agree that he wasn’t the worst selection in hindsight, but that doesn’t help where he’s at right now. I can’t see him being any more than shallow depth for another 2 or 3 years at best. Bloody hope I’m wrong of course!