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Love the work of LittleFires - great poster in general but absolutely shone in the preseason with the regular detailed training updates. Also just seems like a good footy brain in the Dylan82 mould where you generally trust their opinions on stuff.

Agree with all these points. Zakfer no longer feels like 'Lauren's sister' on our list - super reliable, does the boring things well, will only get better etc. In fairness has maybe had more consistency in her role than Lauren but still, credit to her. Roux looks dangerous (and shitlordy) and...

It was state-based, so we had the first pick in the WA pool. Would have gone top 3 minimum by all reports if it was national.

I do agree in general about the need for a HBF linebreaker and definitely see where you're coming from, I wouldn't be overly against going that way. I suppose how I see it is less about needs for another elite mid vs elite HBF and more about maximising value. Increasingly more and more of the...

Yeah like Mop I like the post and think it raises some good points, but I still think taking the best mid at that pick is a necessity. The good teams seem to consistently have 3 elite mids + a role player/defensive mid or two + some specialist wing/flankers who can go through there. Sydney...

I see him hopefully developing as that midfield version of LeCras we got for a few half-seasons. Don't see him ever racking up GAJ 40 disposal games or having 12 (or even 6-7) goal LeCras games but in that still valuable area inbetween. Forward half playmaker who can pinch hit through the...

Yeah good comment. I'd hope for our sake we were using salary as as much of a bargaining chip as we can - we obviously don't have a list demanding top coin and would rather we use it in scenarios like this to get in as much young talent as immediately possible. Bigger priority for mine than for...

Just curious from VFL watchers/Hawks supporters etc. With Barrass going we obviously need KPDs coming through, and age-wise DGB would make more sense than plucking an 18 year old (plus we need the draft to fill the other million holes on our list). That being said I'm quietly confident we have...

I'd for sure take him. Seems like a younger Redden type (#reddenreplacement) in the sense that he'd be able to mould what he's doing to the midfield around him and make our more exciting players better- if we needed him for the first few years to win a bit more of the ball I reckon he's got that...

Yeah agreed I think absolutely worthy winner, lots of games where he was genuinely the solo difference between a win and loss. The 45 votes though is insane - certainly don't think it was an outright better season than Martin's 2017, or (and obviously an extra round this year but for argument's...

I get the sense (without watching her juniors to be fair) she was one of those players that at lower levels was that much more agile and skilled on the deck than anyone else that actually marking it wasn't as big of a deal. Think we may have all played with those types (often the elite mids who...

Others have summed up better than I will but do want to add - for a player with a bit of a reputation for brainfarts and the vaccine stance it's sometimes underrated how unselfish he's been throughout his career as a key forward. Kicked 53 in his second season with Kennedy injured for most of...

I do agree on the upgrade aspect, however don't want to do a Carlton/Essendon and bring in 4 of these type players to push for 9-10th for years in a row. Would want to see them as helping develop an A-grade midfield - in that train of thought would prefer Peatling > Robertson/Carroll > Graham...

I do agree with this in general and think you're absolutely right on the early judgements - it's very hard to tell what an assistant coach will bring in totality. However (and in fairness this is simplistic) would hope we give a slight weighting to coaches from outside successful systems -...

I do agree that (whilst the 2018 success needs to be equally acknowledged) that the last few years/complacency should be called out generally, with Simpson one part of many responsible for that. However don't agree with the Reid stuff at all - feels like a statement included because he's good...

I do agree we should take what was offered and run, and I was probably in the drop him camp at times this year also, but I don't think that's necessarily because he has nothing to offer. We had Waterman/Allen beginning to come into their prime and both providing leadership in that...

Has a bit of a truck-like turning circle so will get caught out particularly with slippery rebounders going around him (Sheezel if playing back there would just run around him for instance). However your small forward pressure presence is better than ours and we tended to play quite tall forward...

Thanks for the summary! If he wants to come I reckon Parfitt of those options you've listed would make the most sense IMO - he's hard and a bit bullocking, does the defensive stuff, right age and seems the best fit to put around the Reid/Hewett/(Draper) etcs to give them a bit of physical...

$501 seems to be the price a lot of betting agencies put as the cap-out least likely odds for various things and I think he'd genuinely fit there. Coming off his hospitalisation, with our team's projected performance for the year and his fringe status with our relative supply of key forwards...

I dunno, taking off the WC hat for a second I'd much rather an upcoming ex-player media addition be willing to be harsh on their former club as opposed to your Gary Lyons who will unashamedly rag every club bar their own. He's probably finding his feet on the balance of it all, sure, and is...

From a few mates close with the Dees and semi-involved in the club (not trying to claim I'm ITK or anything just passing on general vibes) the issue is way less that he's annoyed at the club and more that he's made the annoyance about him and not the club. I love when good players get angry at...

Why would we lose pick 3 if we picked up English as a free agent?

Sorry yeah gotcha, good point/well made and totally agree.

I dunno, this is maybe an overly simple opinion but I don't like viewing a head coach as a 2-3 year stopgap until we attract someone more exciting who's happier to take over a list that's already gone through the muck before they get there. Different if it's an experienced, Paul Roos type who...

I actually think he has the same type of weapons a Kyle Langford does - awesome kick, good contested mark for a non KPF, good contested player for a forward etc. Would be an awkward matchup in the right side. I sadly don't think that fits our team specifically though - our forward line both...

I don't see it that way at all. From this article: https://www.nine.com.au/sport/afl/news-2024-tom-barrass-west-coast-eagles-trade-period-western-bulldogs-hawthorn-20240726-p5jwtd.html "By the end of 2022 Barrass was not only a premiership player, but also a newly minted best and fairest. He...

Regarding the sacrificial wing role, I feel like as a club we've remained a victim of a pre-standrule, Gaff and Masten mindset where we had a switch kicking transition gameplan and two endurance beasts who as high picks really got given the time to find their roles/footy IQ as we developed our...

Disappointing him being rated higher than Knobel in his draft year yet Knobel looking by far the better prospect at this stage. Another blight on how the Beagles setup develops players - at Peel Knobel has played a bunch of reserves games getting used to being the #1 ruck and confidence up...

He was awesome. Think everyone forgets there was a year or two after Yeo came to us where he was a bit lost positionally and was struggling to rack up the touches as a mid. Switched him to HBF and left him there for a season and became AA. When he was well and truly ready moved back into the...

Nah you know what I love it from Reid. Yes it's stupid, yes if he was 24 and we were contending I'd be mad at it and want him to just play footy. But it's just nice to see some ****ing fight and passion. Would so much rather he be making the mistake of stepping over the line now rather than...