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I see Max Knobel has been delisted by Freo with the promise of re-drafting him in the Rookie draft. Ruckman 206cms who apparently plays with a lot of mongrel. Maybe use our last draft pick on him ?

The only jarring issue in all these draft teams is ruck. I just have little faith in Conway’s feet being reliable. I’m thinking there is a situation where SDK is the ruck with Stanley as a back up given his age now, and Blitz at CHB for one or two years. Hopefully by then Mitch Edwards is ready...

Love Bowers development this year, also Bruhn. Hopefully this is Clarke’s breakout year, for some in tight smaller, quicker zip and add Smith as bigger inside/outside. I think ruck is an issue but the wild card is actually Mitch Edwards as an athletic ruck coming on later in the year. Ain’t it...

Andrew Mackie - cool hand Luke. Well done, didn’t get drawn in, toned down your natural trash talk when on the field (Sacred Heart boy ). We have a job to do with Smith but he will contribute NOW while Danger, Blitz, etc still have a juice, and then when they retire, he will still have at least...

Hey how about pick 17 for Oliver and Smith goes to pre-season draft ?

Forget Soldo - knee issues and attitude questionable. I wonder, given the poor state of Conway’s feet, would they look at the Southport captain, Crossley, a 25 year old ruckman. Bridge player as we gamble on Conways fitness and Mitch Edward’s developing.

So let me check this - no.2 and no.9 in the B@F want to go and no.3 already gone? Lets smoke em out for Oliver - gonna be a dumpster fire that the media drive for the next 3 weeks

Clearly the Oliver thing is really a cluster#### of Melbourne and Claytons making. We have done the right thing by putting our case, but I bet we were clear on what we would pay both in trade and salary. If Melbourne want to continue to make the hole they dug bigger, fine. We have Martin, we...

Conway can’t get on the park, his body is not up to the constant work/rucking. SDK the ruck option with COS in at FB

We weren’t good enough to beat Lioms so we’ll done to them. Still feels like we blew it this year.

Well we need to worry about Max Holmes durability and we now don’t have a ruckman and Conway cant get on the park. So disappointing how much the pressure dropped off in the second half.

I have faith this year in the selection committe after years of poor calls. They will make the right calls, and this week, I am looking forward to ANOTHER Chris Scott masterclass - he runs rings around Chris Fagan.

Was there and the conditions were perfect. Our total team wanted the ball so much more than them. Defense looked better with Blitz in there hope we keep that. Lawson Humphries is a jet and made the Port young stars look second rate( except for JHF who was unbelievably good). Mannagh did even...

With Farrell and Huston out I am expecting Scott to put on a masterclass and our small forwards to run riot. We will break even in the midfield and get over the line.

Pretending this year

Watching O'Sullivan get up and down the ground, and the running ability of Neale, I think post-Blitz we are in reasonable shape. There wont necessarily be a new Blitz that can ruck well, but in O'Connor and Neale we have very tall, aerobic runners who can moive from back to front, and midfield...

It seems to me this year we are running with A graders in Attack and Defense, and going for a 'midfield by committee' approach. Thats fine as long as the mix suits the opposition and they alll turn up to play. Will be a good challenge in the mods this week, given the bigger bodies of the Hawks...

I like the changes this year 1. Stable back setup ( not injury hit), 2. The ability to stabilise when momentum is against us has gone to a whole new level, and 3. The acknowledgement our A graders are in the forward and backline, so focus has been on building midfield depth and lifting all...

Loved unsung efforts from Parfitt and Clarke, hope we persist with Managh. Mullins timid needs to go back to seconds for a decent stretch

That last quarter was when Tom Atkins became the leader we needed

You are absolutely right - it was 2022. The points you make are fair and insightful - let's see how he goes.

Saw Neale live in Adelaide v Port. Think Stanley went out at half time. he was very competitive in the forward line in the first half and then in the second half played all over the place and was pretty impressive with his effort. The all at sea line did not apply to that game. He looked like a...

There is a growing concern for me on the number of our key youngsters showing bad luck/ durability issues. At the moment Conway and Clarke have apparently serious foot issues. Henry as well. Hopefully it's part of the normal list issues, but injury seems to be holding Conway back and hopefully...

George - you couldn’t have done any more, including coming back from the ACL. Congratulations and welcome to the Cats family. I couldnt be happier. Just get out old videos of Joel Corey and see how he went OK - just like you will go - there is no substitute to workrate and getting the ball - you...

Good luck to him. Bad luck with injuries, but has the tools. Reckon a change of scenery, and get under the wings of a few of our senior leaders and see what happens. If he is desperate to make it, he should with his attributes, so thats a different path, but not impossilbe. Crack in Emerson.

Welcome to the Cats Lawson. What a journey for you so far to follow your footy dream, and now you get your chance. I'm really happy the Cats believed enough to give you a go, and I hope you give it a red hot crack. We will all be cheering you on.

Love this pick - great potential in his own right but also essential given Conways durability issues - it’s tough on your body in the ruck so this is welcome depth as well as offering a forward/ruck option. Couldn’t ask for a better base as a ruckman. Head down, work hard Mitch and can’t wait to...

Love the ruthless nature of our draft - best defender, addressed the Conway durability worry, 2 mids that can play next year, and 2 Wells's specials

32 Archie Roberts (speed) 36 George Stevens (clearance) 63 Bodie Ryan (tough, backline run) 68 Wellsy special fwd of some sort With O'Sullivan (love that pick), gives us quality backline boost, and grunt and speed in the midfield we lacked this year. Roll the dice at a crazy...

Love the O'Connor pick especially when we could get Hastie with pick 31 ( likely 35ish). O'Connor and Hastie is a great boost to replacing Kolo and others heading out over next few years or struggling with durability ( Jack Henray).