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Well, I spoke to Ray Buckley, Nathan's father at training one day. He used to be a ruckman for Footscray Reserves. When we were expressing frustration and talking about Grundy's approach of tapping to his own feet and the fact they had A Rocca serving as ruck coach, Ray declared that he didn't...

They had him more commonly linked to Melbourne. But you might be on the right path. He'd suit our needs at 199cm, athletic (good leap and a low 6's 2K time trial time) and able to play both ends. 2 x premiership player with Sandy Dragons, so part of a strong team when he's been available. His...

Waylon Davies Motlop has talent but is bigger by a factor of 2 than that talented indigenous player we had called Kayle Kirby that had the heart troubles. I don't think I'd go near drafting him.

He no doubt has talent, but he doesn't impact the game nearly enough for me to be remotely interested in paying for him to return to Victoria.

Don't start me on Cam 'flipping' Rayner. He is good for 5 mins in a game. Not fit enough for the midfield. Seriously overrated for his output, despite obvious talent. Please no.

Agree with the sentiment of this post, but we could have taken Logan Morris with the HDM selection. Pretty clear the guy could play and was more of a need than another half back flanker (or two incl Jiath or 3 incl Ryan the year prior) (for which we've just picked up the best of them in this...

Best I can tell for my son and I to have Legends memberships in 2025 (Level 2 for home, Level 1 for clash/away) $1,140 for me $880 for him (student/concession) $2,020 the pair

What BS. Guy is a good footballer down on confidence. Works his arse off and just needs a bit more confidence and consequently polish

Buckley was one of few coaches to have a positive win/loss against Chris Scott

I think the story is likely unfounded. He could have chosen a Perth club when he wanted to go to Essendon. A year later he landed at Collingwood. He seems very happy at the club. Agree re pick 5 value. He's performed in a GF and kicked 5 this week, so one could suggest his form is building. A...

Surprised we went with Frampton up forward and Howe down back. Presume it was to allow Frampton to back up ruck more easily, bit it robbed us of potency. Leggy up forward was playing a tagging role was he? Another odd decision, nothwithstanding he scored a goal. In hindsight, Krueger would...

I'd be happy to draft Brynn Teakle for immediate needs. Seems sensible given our ruck situation at VFL. Happy also to give a player like Lachlan Voss a go in addition and try and develop him. 200cm, just turned 19yo on Sandy Dragons list as an over ager. Missed the start of last season with a...

In week 1 he played well, attacked the high ball aggressively and hit targets by foot, save a couple late in the game as he fatigued. These 2nd week efforts didn't look great, particularly in the first example when he could have identified that Weddle was a player likely to break and burst and...

Only a club debut, rather than an AFL debut. His Mum and family attended the game and a presentation was done prior.

Let's be honest, It's payback for overlooking NSW for Gather Round. This is their big week of football in NSW with the first two games of the season incl the reigning premier.

He's a mature body with exposure to senior football over a number of seasons (albeit injured for much of this time) and has basically played as much practice match time as anyone this immediate pre-season, having done all the work required. Time to give him a run when the opposition has several...

They signed off on it at the same time as they approved Travis Cloke's glove

6mins is sharp. Tarkyn O'Leary won the NAB Combine 2k with 5.48 in 2023. Only Ollie Hollands and Jason Gilbee ran sub 6 in 2022 end of year combine (each 5.55). Drury ran 6.25 to finish top 10. But, to your point, it was Dyl Stephens slowest time trial time for a while I understand. Those times...

He ran a 6.32 2k time trial at the recent time trial. Similar to what Nick Daicos won the Pies club time trial with last season. Sympkin ran around 6.10 to win it. D Stephens 6.20. Give him a chance under a coach who is instilling belief into him. Hardwick was unpopular with a lot of the...

No, that number had been selected when offered, but Hardeman had a deeply personal connection to 17 (you may note he wore it for WA as well) and requested it. Biggie duly obliged.

Probably his speed and size. Perhaps a bit like Logan Morris in that respect. But he has a good tank, decent hands, good forward craft, accurate kick incl excellent field kick, good in traffic and a ripping kid.

Athleticism for mine. Quite slow and not a great spring/leap. Dragons went with Lachlan Voss to take Caddy in their final as an example. Good intercept mark and reader of the play. Generally neat by foot.

There is some prospect that the Eagles try and offer their future first round to snaffle Curtain if he slips a little. From about the Giants pick on they could offer their future 1st, which is likely a top 3-5 pick, to bring in a highly rated local kid. Cupboard looking bare next season in terms...

I've seen the clip he's referring to.

Yep, Arie Schoenmaker is the kid that KS is referring to. Seems like a really shit kid. This booze in the pre-season is not his only blemish. I hope we steer clear of him. He's not so good that we couldn't find alternate options with less black marks against him.

His forward craft is very good. But I believe that Adelaide have been interested in him as a defender given Doedee's departure.

I think Lloyd is intelligent/footy IQ, has a good temperament and work ethic, decent tank, clean ball handler, can work in traffic when playing midfield, has good set of hands and a neat kick (both goals and field kick). I've watched him kick bags of goals in opposition, coached him on a...

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I can see them cheating away with Cotton On paying half his wages, which is what I believe happened with Selwood. My understanding is that Cotton On was actually paying Selwood more than the Cats were. The whole 'plays for less' thing is a bit overdone. Dangerfield getting 2 x Fords each year...

I think his tackling has been good this year. Others in the midfield at Sandy were a bit more one-way traffic (Sanders and Ashcroft in particular). He ran a decent time trial at the State Combine from memory (6.24). He also had some games with 30+ disposals at Melbourne Grammar, along with Ryley...