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Don't mock Orazio just because he doesn't play for the Pies. DraftGuru has him listed as a B grade player so equivalent to say Ginnivan, MacDonald, Weddle, Battle, Barrass, Jiath, Hardwick, Amon on Hawthorn's list and rated better than Watson and Dear.

I may be interested in Cam as a possible Flex. Fairly sure Hawks have a preseason match against the Cats so I will be following closely. Re. Tsatas he might be okay for Fantasy but DE counts a lot in SC.

According to DraftGuru: Motlop C+, Williams B, Fogarty C+, Moir D, Cooper Lord D, Fantasia B Not enough information on Moir and Lord , even if they have played promising games. Even Jagga will be a D at this stage but for list comparisons he may be a C or even C+. After playing a full season...

Merrett possibly starting at HB to allow the young mids get CBA's. We'll see but imagine him as a DPP. Wanting to start Newcombe as POD'ish but he has the same early bye as Zac. Early days.

With Nicky D having plantar fasciitis I"ll start JHF as a mid. Brent Daniels as F1 and the usual suspects including the Pou. All the boys should be back at training today so we will get a better idea from now on.

Wouldn't mind Butters. "If you can't beat him, get him to join you". Harley Reid of interest too even though he has never ripped us. Glad we didn't chase Perryman or even Smith last year. Much better to go for the cream. The better we go this year the more attractive we are for the premium...

I'm happy to be death-riding Carlton this year. Hawthorn The Hawthorn inside mids are often underrated being relatively low draft acquisitions. Worpel Pick 45 2017 Draft, Nash, Cat B rookie 2018, Newcombe 2021 MSD. They are all decent size and like to tackle. They are prime/near prime age...

A skit of a player impersonating our celebrated Olympian Raygun is really beyond "inappropriate"! Deserves more than a fine. About 6 players facing suspension. Would like to draw GWS in round zero, or whatever it is called.

Wow! Eagles gave up 3 for 12 & 14, also giving up late assets to pick up Owies. Will have 12, 26 & 73 in the draft if they give up 14 for Baker.

Badly need Butters and Harley! Seriously, our blue collar mids stack up well against the opposition. We seem to handle the AA heavyweights fairly well, apart from Dangerfield on the rampage. With more CBA's for Mackenzie, Ward and even cameos from the Wizard we should be able to keep our stars a...

Started him over Martin. His first game was about the highlight of his season. Really poor at the pointy end. Influence fades at the end of games, often finishing the last few minutes on the bench. Never again for me.

Nah. Was taking the piss out of their strategy. Hope we play them twice next year. Well actually, four times would be nice.

Collingwood is going for Gold with an aggressive strategy this season. Assuming they can get Houston they will be set up for more silverware well into the future. In two years time, with Pendles, Sidebottom, Mitchell and Howe gone they will still have an incredible base of A graders, albeit...

I'm happy to retain as many of the best 30 types in to next year. If there is mid season trading we could have some very attractive trade targets for clubs affected by LTI's. Most of our players are still on an upward trajectory and they will only get more valuable trade wise with another year...

Needs to develop his tank. I'd prefer Sheezel, Daicos or even Harley Reid over Max at the Hawks. Barring injuries these three should have Max covered in 2027.

Not a Pies fan but they have the better coach and Nick Daicos so tipping the Pies in 25. Carlton seem to be aggressively trying to improve their list but the total coaching panel seems to be the weakest link, and they are locked in for 2025. Remember the gaggle of coaches in the box during R22...

We lead by 41 then Butters went berserk in the last. Gave up 2 goals in the last 15 seconds. Learnings! Were without Sicily and Scrimshaw and Houston scored 3 goals from HB. Missing Frosty but Butters won't be 100%. Living in hope.

Mid/Fwd, average 74.3. 5 rd 88.8, 3 rd 95.7. 119 against Doggies Fri. Very busy forward.

Lots of Hawks in my planner. Meek, D'Ambrosio, MacDonald and possibly Newcombe.

Matthew Kennedy might be a good fall back. Above average in all categories and would be a big bodied mid to shield your up and comers. Might cost about pick 30. Not one of Voss' favourites so a 4 year plus 1 deal would be a win win for both parties. Only 27 so might be too young for a mentoring...

Mass isn't hopeless defensively. Limitations one on one and aerially but he has a dip. 13 CP's and 5 clearances against the Doggies ain't to bad!

As an outsider Matthew Kennedy to North would make a lot of sense. They are still light on quality mids so a big body would help.

After a slow start to the year Duke's hitting top gear at the right time. He does like playing the Doggies, though. He's massively underrated by non Hawks, being a MSD pick up, but still as a load of upside, with a long career ahead. Big, strong, tough, skilled and durable. Also a very fair...

Doggies brought physical pressure to the Giants last week, even their lesser lights. Expect them to try the same this week, so I hope our boys are willing to settle into a dour contested struggle, after a few weeks of Hollywood football. Just hoping their forwards have an ordinary night in...

Would like to hold on to Reeves unless he wants to leave. Retaining quality ruck insurance is prudent. He had an interrupted pre-season this year and the change of rules for rucks disadvantaged him initially. Then had back problems this year. His back end of '23 was good against quality...

I don't think so. Saw an article today that it might need to go up maybe 100k/annum to trigger band one. Who knows with the AFL. Battle would probably be less conflicted about leaving the Saints if they received good compensation.

we are hoping to chair him off after a victory in the Qualifying! Most expect both him and Gunston to get another year.

It's a nightmare matchup for us but we are happy to be there. The cards may fall that the winner can progress to the GF only leaving the MCG for a PF in Sydney.

Elite pressure from all the Doggies. Scary!