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All the usual caveats injury etc.... Matthew Nicks - has to make the 8 to stay. Absolutely cannot survive otherwise. Chris Fagan - safe Michael Voss - likely has to win at least one final to stay. Coaching in year 4, had a bit of a down year in 2024 after looking like genuine contenders, so...

Ah yes good point i forgot about Day! Seems almost certain to play OR. Will be very interesting to see how he goes

If we end up with no Oscar for the first month, no Smith or Fort as a Daniher option, and no Hippy (or very underdone) I think that could hurt us. It would be something like Ruck = Fort. Key forwards = Morris, Gardiner, Hipwood if fit? Ryan might be a chance given that side has no back-up ruck...

I think the cats are not a terrible opponent. Still seem to rely a lot on Dangerfield who will be on the verge of 35yo by then. Went deep in to the finals like us - they are a good side no doubt but they caught the comp napping in 2024 off their non-finals season in 2023. Agree Chris Scott is a...

It was interesting to hear on the Roar Deal that Whiting really emphasised how many were in the rehab group. Off the top of my head: Hipwood - time didn't fix his groin so he had to have surgery, sounds like he will be racing the clock for OR. Big issue with Daniher already gone Neale - sounds...

True 4/6 i should not complain. The long drought between GFs was pretty brutal though! It's interesting that we could so easily have not made the granny let alone win it in 2024, and yet looking at the past few years, we have been so consistently good it was clearly a deserved flag. Never a...

Bruce is a big unit isn't he. Fort is such a rangey looking player, listed as 9kg lighter than Oscar. He got absolutely thrown around by Briggs but Grundy just didn't bring that physicality did he? Would not surprise me if he is the third target in the forward line. He has excellent hands i...

This is a very balanced view! The weather made me very nervous that day. For what it's worth there was a pretty soft free to Lynch in the last quarter. Much more consequential than the Rocca 'miss' I reckon. 2023 - I think on balance the pies were clearly the better side on the day. Lions had...

Definite outs: Daniher Possible outs on decline with age: Zorko (weird one - just had an AA year, also about to turn 36yo) Lester (could play every game and be a gun, could also be very satisfied) Pressure for spot: Answerth - i think he deserves first crack. To me he just gave our backline...

I feel as though my old sliding doors post was misinterpreted - to me it has what has made this flag the sweetest of them all! I just cannot get my head around the fact we won it from where we came from is all. I have never been so relaxed about the next season. See if that lasts haha. Seeing a...

Been mulling over a couple of things. 1. Getting a key forward will be hard. I was trying to think of those who have RECENTLY moved clubs who were the club's best key forward. Daniher and Lynch came to mind - both from struggling clubs and players who had been there for a while very keen for a...

No more than a vibe. Suspect the tigers will stitch us up and go with pick 1. If not definitely round 2. I can see Marshall slipping a bit. I don't think people will go early on him as there are a lot of late bloomers in this year's draft, and they will know there is a risk we will not match...

The astonishing thing about the trade is Fevola was gone. Done. He was being fired. He was absolutely wild on Brownlow night. Damaged goods with known off-field issues. So even if we had decided it was worth a risk getting Fevola - how on earth did we stump up for him as if he was a required...

I keep thinking of the sliding doors moment. Daniels just keeps his mind and picks the ball up and kicks that goal. Or the free kick is taken and converted (rubbish free in my view). There is almost no way we win from there No 44 point comeback. No 25 point comeback the next week and epic GF...

TDK would be an insanely good get for us and perfect for the role we like as forward / back-up ruck. I would have to agree with old mate Blues WalshisGoat or whatever it was, who i thought put out the perfectly reasonable case that we won't have the draft capital and the could match a bid to...

If starce wants to go home we can’t compete with that. He’s a gun but lockdown half backs don’t get big dollars so the eagles wouldn’t poach him just with dollars. Joe leaving creates an on field problem but we would be front loading his money next year which will help a bit with the cap...

Shocks me north haven’t been interested in any of our players. Prior would be a great get for them - strong lad who doesn’t shirk a contest and is afl standard. I guess they are okay for mids but given how poor they have been why not go Dev as a half forward putting pressure on and setting an...

I am fairly sure Gillett was the player a couple of lions officials told me had ‘no aggression’ so won’t be him Has Gallop come on late?

Thanks all, so at this stage we lose pick 66 / 80 points?

Someone with more brains / time than me So we now have the required list spots for our picks? Meaning we go to the draft with what we have, get levi and marshall, redraft craven and joyce, plus how many left after that?

No Joe will definitely be a challenge and we'll need to adapt Melbourne is an interesting comparison in terms of no real key forward. I think we do have better firepower overall with our smaller / mid forwards. As you say ball movement a big factor to - as well as Melbourne putting defence...

58 games in 15 years SO FAR and getting a year 16. 3.9 games a year. Incredible stuff even for a ruckman.

TdK would be absolutely perfect but at this rate his next contract will be $1.2m i reckon. Don’t think we can afford that

Genuine question for those who watch them closely - Richmond had 5 picks in the top 30 in 2021 draft. Are any of them looking like good picks? I know there have been injuries for Gibcus. On the face of it seems like a bust of a draft but they are all relatively young but 3 seasons in you usually...

I would guess nobody else would be that hot on our mid year draftees? But guess is the operative word!

Seeing as we seem okay for points I don’t mind keeping dev and prior Depth is always good. We have four blokes coming off ACLs. Also helps having a strong 2s team so you can play your style and structure in the 2s and players can come in ready to go

Yep exactly. Lukosius is pretty flakey. Hardwick molding his side. Suns had some disappointing moments but the media narrative of 'oh wow same old gold coast' was way too premature.

Interesting to note that while our draw was ranked equal hardest pre-season, it was rated second easiest after the normal season was finished. Double-ups turned out to be pretty decent: Suns, Pies, Dees, Saints, Crows, GWS. Only one finalist! There is obviously when you play a team and how you...

Yep could be a massive period for the Dockers. They were third on the ladder after round 20. Yes they stumbled just when the whips were cracking, but that suggests they were not as far off it as their ladder finish suggests. They knocked off both grand finalists. They seemed to have a lot of...

I’d say he was worth $600k - especially given his versatility. It seemed to be we just wanted to have a different mix from 3 left-footed KPFs. McStay was also a perennial underperformer re actually kicking goals too. I do wonder if Fages had the blinkers on with Gunston somewhat. He did start...