Imagine AO with signs showing donuts held up around the ground. Would be a funny sight & probably get more air play than Sack Hinkley signs.Dibs on being the guy who carvesinto happy clapper foreheads.
Preview 2024 Goodbye (To 2025) New; Preseason Discussion
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Imagine BT's thick skull trying to wrap his head around it for 40 minutes of the broadcast, coming up with all sorts of theories.
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that is the eureka moment, that pink donut (channel 9 officially used in their graphic right?) is iconic at this point, imagine 12,000 of them scattered around the crowd. "a picture's worth a thousand words"
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I attended the open training today and each of the young draftees impressed. Berry was easy to confuse for Butters at times, similar height similar energetic hard running, great vision and clean hands. Butters went in that bit harder when it came to tackling though. Berry looks the most likely to debut early, as would be expected from their relative draft positions. Whitlock runs hard and tries to create but his lack of body size will hold him back for now. Moraes, Cochrane and Barrett were also impressive in different ways. Moraes looked dangerous on the outside, Barrett zipped around extracting the ball from close quarters and moving it into the open and Cochrane showed good skills and balance. Cochrane also showed some great team traits, encourging Rome when his attempt at being creative was thwarted in a strong tackle.
Of the trades, Lukosius is ridiculously mobile for a bigger guy and you could almost see him used as a tall midfielder in the Bont or Cripps style. Richards was clean with the ball and showed good pace. Atkins didn't stand out as either especially good or bad.
SPP hope, Josh Jai, is an impressive athlete and has nice skills. He made some very impressive dashes with the ball. For me he has more scope to be a star than Watkins but I would have liked to see some match simulation to get a better picture. It will be a difficult choice for the recruiters as Watkins was also impressive in the session.
Of the trades, Lukosius is ridiculously mobile for a bigger guy and you could almost see him used as a tall midfielder in the Bont or Cripps style. Richards was clean with the ball and showed good pace. Atkins didn't stand out as either especially good or bad.
SPP hope, Josh Jai, is an impressive athlete and has nice skills. He made some very impressive dashes with the ball. For me he has more scope to be a star than Watkins but I would have liked to see some match simulation to get a better picture. It will be a difficult choice for the recruiters as Watkins was also impressive in the session.
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It took that lump retiring for the coaches to review the game plan? Not reactive at all.
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Been bombing long way longer than just the last finals series.
There’s a lot to like about Berry. I can see why the club were happy to trade up for him. It would be interesting to know where the club had him ranked amongst this years draft crop.
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Imagine going into 2024, knowing Charlie was cooked and still running a game plan around him.
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Lol watch us overhandball and turn it over alot then start bombing it anyway.
We have always bombed long dixon or not.
We have always bombed long dixon or not.
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I can't believe he fell to us all the way from no.1
It's hilarious that Ratkins has said on radio that bombing it on Dixon's head isn't an option anymore, just highlighting how players from other clubs have noticed Hinkleyball spray bombs to the hulk for the best part of the last decade is trash.
I feel like we started every season over handballing under Jack, them settled into a good balance as the season progressed
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He would come to the conclusion that it relates to a new Balfours sponsorship, and the other commentators either wouldn't know, or care enough, to correct him
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I look forward to us doing the Wines special of hand balling to a passing player without assessing the situation and passing them straight into a brick wall.
We’re generally quite good at that.
We’re generally quite good at that.
'Could it be a reference to the old hemorrhoid cream, Richo?'
'You'd be an expert in hemorrhoids, wouldn't you Brian?'
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So when is the Buddy draft usually? Keen as again this season
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We're going to do it a bit closer to the season kicking off so as to maximise numbers.
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From the article
Power development coach Hamish Hartlett revealed the plan after the club’s training session at Alberton Oval on Monday, saying list changes were part of the reason behind the tweak.
One of the most notable is the retirement of long-time spearhead Dixon and the arrival of Gold Coast swingman Jack Lukosius, which leaves the attack more athletic but without its best contested mark.
Dixon averaged the eighth-most contested marks in the league last season for players with at least 10 games.
He was second in the AFL in 2023, eighth in 2022, third in 2021 and first in 2020, as teammates up the field had a 200cm, 100-plus-kilogram focal point to kick long to for nine years.
