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People on here have forgotten what he can do because he's been playing the role of a small forward for the past year and a half. Really hoping Ed, Murphy and Newnes play lesser roles in the preseason matches so we can assess the development of our younger midfielders.

I wouldn't worry about it. Based on what I've seen of Dow, his biggest deficiency is his ability to cover the ground for four quarters. Some may argue his disposal by foot, but he actually looks quite compact with his kicking technique now and has been more reliable by foot over the past 12-18...

Club has been tight-lipped with regards to McDonald, Moore and Maher. Last season we had Ryan Sturgess, Callum Moore, Lukas Webb and Jordan Cunico training with us to secure the final list spot. Sturgess was the most impressive in our practice match against Collingwood, however, we ended up...

100% agree with you on TDK/Casboult being the ruck/forward combination we need next season.

Developing into starting 22 players: Dow O'brien Stocker Kemp Philp

Yea maybe. I still don't agree with it despite seeing the logic. Always been of the opinion that you let the stars play to their strengths and let role players sacrifice their game for the benefit of the team. Our past performances could be considered irrelevant to this though. Keep in mind...

That's a very logical explanation and is the rule for team success. However, I'm not sure I agree with it as Cripps should be the exception to the rule. Even if Cripps had a low endurance base, his dominance around the contest when he had more size was our competitive advantage over every...

I think it's time to turn McGovern into a defender.

Casboult would be the KPD and would probably be supported by someone like McGovern. McGovern has very good speed and vertical leap. If he got his body right, he'd probably be more than serviceable down back. We just haven't trained him there for long enough. TBH, McGovern down back would...

One could make an argument that our list was too top heavy to begin with. By cutting the excess KPP's and replacing them with smaller running players, our list is now more balanced. Clearly Macreadie, Goddard, BSOS and O'Dwyer were not at the level because no one has entertained picking them...

Fair call on targeting Brander. LOB will be deserving of a contract extension based on form. Trust me on that on. I do get where your coming from in terms of making our club more desirable for our trade target though. Essendon were trying to do the same thing with Josh and Kyle Dunkley.

Majak Daw and Jackson Trengove would be ahead of McDonald on ability. However, maybe we don't see those players as the right fit for our club. The argument against is whether you can classify McDonald as 'AFL ready' if he's not an AFL standard player. If he's a liability at the top level, there...

Not convinced he would do a better job than say McGovern as a KPD. If we pick him, it's not a a decision I would lose sleep over. We need KPD depth, but if all our players are injury free leading into round 1, I don't see us being so desperate that we need to take someone like McDonald...

Would prefer to keep a list spot open for the midseason draft than take McDonald, especially if all our KPP's remain injury free during the preseason.

I know Maher was a midfielder in juniors, however, he has elite speed and very good agility. Could be developed into a small/medium lockdown defender with pace. I know some will say we've got enough cover down back, but we don't have many options with speed playing as a small defender. Saad is...

Agree with this to an extent. Difference between Maher, McDonald and Moore is that Maher could surprise to the upside. Moore and McDonald won't. We know what they have to offer and they're VFL support at best. We'd be better off leaving a list spot open than bringing in Moore or McDonald to see...

Thought so. I'm still over the moon about this selection :)

Not sure if you're being sarcastic. Unedited quotes in the draft thread leading up to the selection ^^^^^^. Feel free to click on all of them to verify the time they were posted. They were my thoughts at the time given who was remaining on the board leading into our selection. Carroll is the...

We used the pick from the Saad trade plus a future to get Durdin. Now it's time for me to take a long break from footy :) That trade period and draft did my head in, especially with SOS being so anti Carlton. Look forward to preseason matches starting next year :) Go Blues!

We got a 3rd back which was used to trade up the order to gain another selection in the second round.

Did we just pass?

If we're looking for a developing tall, Kolar is definitely worth a shot. Ginnivan, Winder, Maher and Trew. Still a lot of quality on the board. Would be good to pick up one more of these guys.

Jack Carroll a fantastic get. Well done CFC. Maher, Trew and Brand could be worth a shot late too.

Excellent selection by the club.

Please pick Carroll!!!!!

CARROLL CARROLL CARROLL!!!!! PICK CARROLL!!!

I'm thinking the same thing :)

Doesn't really matter. We don't need Walsh.

Winder or Carroll

Carroll or Neale might get through!!!