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I'm old enough to remember when after their first season, plenty thought: Cox was going to be a better player than Blicavs Perkins would be a gun big bodied mid Stringer was telling the world Z. Reid was the best of the lot And Jones played well enough that random fans regularly confused him as...

I'd probably just have Merrett (who already is elite), Ridley if we let him play as a general defender rather than key, Martin if he is moved up the ground, and maybe Caddy. Some of our other names (Langford, Redman, Durham, Caldwell, Draper) are capable of being good to very good but won't...

Another WA Bomber with a name that sounds like Cale. We have built heaven on earth

I could be wrong, but Nguyen strikes me as someone we should start in a forward half role. From what i've seen of him, he's super competitive, has a go, very quick, and creative. But you just can't have general defenders who are prone to mistakes by foot. I'd look to give him a pretty simple...

This might be where the 'harmless' re-signing of Jye Menzie starts to hit hard.

I would say Michael Hibberd being good enough to be head hunted by another club who offered more cash, and then becoming an all australian + premiership player is a [very Borat voice] great success. If we could draft a couple of Michael (not Mitch) Hibberds this year it would be an awesome result.

I guess you're right. They wanted him so bad they pushed for pick 53 😅

I don't see it this way at all. The club doesn't want him and hasn't really hidden that. GWS is the only team that has strongly considered taking him off our hands. Realistically we can't ask for much because we don't want him.

It's possible he hasn't had his exit interview yet. They don't all happen on the same day

Nik Cox reading this:

Is this not what we brought Heppell back for? It would be a fitting send off

I think, based off contract lengths, the locks are: B: Ridley McKay McGrath Hb: Redman ... ... Imo, McGrath's best suited to focusing on the defensive end and handling the gun opposition small forward, rather than attacking. He needs to step up too when it comes to setting up our backline...

If you look at Hawthorn's backline, Frost has cut down on the constant mistakes he built a reputation for because he seems to now understand he doesn't need to create any more. He's surrounded by good kicks and users of the footy in Sicily, Scrimshaw, Hardwick, Impey, Amon, and Weddle etc...

Personally hate that he's spending as much time deep forward as he is, but I think his play in general is showing good signs of late. Is making better decisions more regularly and when he has a realistic chance, he's taking grabs more often than he used to.

Laverde, McKay, Kelly, (tonight Weideman, but give or take the usual Cox, Heppell, etc) is just a mix you cannot run with in your back half. Your backline mix should have more good/composed users of the footy than not. It's a massive area to fix for next year.

I get why they've not renewed him but he's incredibly unlucky. All the best to him.

On ya, Dys!

It's important to hold young players to standards we don't hold senior players to.

We've had a % of well under 100 for most of the season. We never really changed all that much, just a few things have been tweaked.

In fairness that was incredibly funny

This would explain it to some extent then.

I don't want to pile into a young player who is very clearly struggling, but they're actually doing him a disservice by playing him. They have to turn to another option next week.

Continues to improve. He had developed a bad habit of using his left when he didn't need to and nearly did it in the fourth quarter while in the back pocket when we were under the pump. But he stopped himself, got back on his right and found Merrett (I think?) with a really precise, important...

Has had a number of contests where he has looked noticeably timid and apprehensive of late, but particularly today.

I've reached the point with this sick joke they're playing on us about Menzie where i am somehow grateful they only gave him a one year extension and not six.

Unless i'm reading it wrong, clearances are the first disposal in a chain that eventually clears the stoppage area.

They did just change the rookie rules so that players no longer have to be promoted or delisted after three years; it's now up to five. Can't stay on the rookie list though if they've played more than 10 games by the end of their fourth season. So Tex can be kept on the rookie list next year if...

I hope this means, as a proud Canadian, McGrath has watched Shorsey.