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[bombre-boy]

Guessing Ainsworth has told GWS he’s leaving… shoulder knock… still to consult specialist… season over!?!?

All that remains to need confirmed is where is he going?

Season over for shining Sun​

Gold Coast pressure forward Ben Ainsworth has been officially ruled out of the season after injuring his shoulder during the clash with Port Adelaide.

GC SUNS Head Physiotherapist Lindsay Bull said the small forward would consult a specialist later this week to determine the next course of action.

“Ben sustained a knock to his shoulder during the match which was assessed further post-match,” Bull said.

“He has unfortunately suffered a high-grade AC joint injury which means Ben will be unavailable for the remainder of the season.”

Season over for Power forward, latest on key Hawks, Swans midfielder sidelined: AFL injury news

Read up on the latest injury news across the AFL👇

www.zerohanger.com

Shoulder awareness at the Dons?

 

[ant555]

With such an even top 25 draft pool

Its hard to know if a pick around 10-12 will give enough confidence of being ahead of the bid or not

Youd think there would be enough clubs looking to drift back and maybe get extra the following year for example

Gold Coast 8 and 9 will be available and we may need some points

Will be interesting how it plays out for sure.

 

[Howard Moon]

Salty rent free tears

 

[fairbump_playon]

Salty rent free tears

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delusional pearlers
lol

so much help we get

 

[doug85]

Is that like in 2006 when the AFL changed the priority pick rule from a first rounder to end of first rounder? The change that probably cost us Joel Selwood.

 

[Bjchan13]

Proposed so not official yet? Sounds like he'd be a good pick up

 

[Vindicater]

Handy little rule change.

I am not as bullish on us finishing the season well as some others so think our first pick will likely be around 9-10 anyway so should get in before the bid.

 

[Howard Moon]

delusional pearlers
lol

so much help we get

I love it how he assumes they haven't been in mediocrity for the exact same period or longer and never received a priority pick

 

[Keystone agony]

Cal Twomey's Phantom Form Guide: Top draft prospects' July ranking

AFL.com.au's draft guru Cal Twomey delivers his first Phantom Form Guide ahead of the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft

www.afl.com.au

	July
1​	Levi Ashcroft
2​	Josh Smillie
3​	Finn O'Sullivan
4​	Harvey Langford
5​	Murphy Reid
6​	Jagga Smith
7​	Luke Trainor
8​	Sam Lalor
9​	Sid Draper
10​	Bo Allan
11​	Leonardo Lombard
12​	Taj Hotton
13​	Tobie Travaglia
14​	Harry Armstrong
15​	Isaac Kako
16​	Xavier Lindsay
17​	Joe Berry
18​	Jack Whitlock
19​	Cooper Hynes
20​	Tom Gross
21​	Samuel Marshall
22​	Christian Moraes
23​	Alex Dodson
24​	Alix Tauru
25​	Harrison Oliver
26​	Matt Whitlock
27​	Jobe Shanahan
28​	Jonty Faull
29​	Thomas Sims
30​	Noah Mraz

Looks like it might be a sit and wait situation draft night, to see if someone pulls the trigger on a bid before our first

 

[eth-dog]

The interesting debate for me is if/when we try to advance our second depending on where Kako lands (if outside the top 20)

Guys like Shanahan, Whitlock and Sims are very attractive prospects for where we're at.

 

[jdstorm]

If we get one of Langford/Laylor/Allen/Travalga

Plus Kako in the first round that’s a great draft for our list needs

Keep most of the vets. 1 Goldy veteran ruck replacement and you’d only need to swap out one more person to have a very good offseason.

 

[Mercurial89]

The interesting debate for me is if/when we try to advance our second depending on where Kako lands (if outside the top 20)

Guys like Shanahan, Whitlock and Sims are very attractive prospects for where we're at.

Get me a taller mid/flanker with pace and really good kicking skills.

 

[Tazdog]

Get rid of our first rounder and bring in a contracted player if well get kako for 'free'?

 

[Milanista28]

Get rid of our first rounder and bring in a contracted player if well get kako for 'free'?

Depends on the player but yeah much easier to swallow trading our 1st if we're getting Kako anyway.

 

[doug85]

Too early to start a Welcome to Essendon’ thread for Kako?

Also he’s been named on the HFF in the U/18 AA team.

 

[Old Campaigner]

The interesting debate for me is if/when we try to advance our second depending on where Kako lands (if outside the top 20)

Guys like Shanahan, Whitlock and Sims are very attractive prospects for where we're at.

I wonder if we should be pulling the trigger on Dodson if we have a second bite before a bid on Kako. Cal talks about Faull's aggression so he might be a good addition to our forward line too. I think Travaglia needs to be a priority for our first pick, although I can't find any mention of his kicking which would need to be decent.

I think the top 20 rule was a good one tbh. I'm not gonna complain because it came at the right time for us but yeah.

That was a good compromise that would have avoided egregious pisstakes like JUH while still allowing clubs to reap the rewards for putting time into their academies.

 

[BuffDog]

Dan Houston

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Dan Houston

Age

27

Ht

186cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

11.8

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

3.0

5star

MG

289.2

4star

D

17.6

4star

K

11.6

4star

HB

6.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.4

4star

MG

319.9

5star

D

16.6

4star

K

12.4

5star

HB

4.2

4star

M

7.0

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

279.8

5star

apparently a watch trade wise with the Dees keen. In the unlikely event a trade does occur we should be all over it.

 

[andleanback]

If we a guaranteed kako will should definitely look at giving our first up for Houston

 

[footyfanatic111]

Gee wouldn’t Houston be a welcomed addition off the half back flank.
Beautiful skills and takes the game on.
Someone you can really trust with the footy


Would free up Martin to move to a wing/half forward
His preferred and best position.

 

[ghostdog]

Gee wouldn’t Houston be a welcomed addition off the half back flank.
Beautiful skills and takes the game on.
Someone you can really trust with the footy


Would free up Martin to move to a wing/half forward
His preferred and best position.

Get Duurs on the phone. He loves Tulla.

 

[eth-dog]

Dan Houston apparently a watch trade wise with the Dees keen. In the unlikely event a trade does occur we should be all over it.

Don't get me wrong, he's a gun, but is he worth 2 firsts to us? Because that's what we'd need to give.

 

[Keystone agony]

Whats our biggest need after Kako covers the small forward?

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Whats our biggest need after Kako covers the small forward?

As long as we get one of either Perryman or Cumming in defence, I'd say a powerful or classy midfielder.

 

[jdstorm]

Whats our biggest need after Kako covers the small forward?

Ruck… probably need to sort that via FA

Then big bodied defensive mid/HB flanker ( Heppell replacement. a good player to target in the first round before Kako)

Backup wings.

Now that some pieces are starting to fall into place the talent on the list is looking pretty good.

 

[FootyGuru]

that's nice and all but surely having already go an abundance of the same type of player we move past it?

Hobbs may be a similar size to parish and Shiel, but at least he doesn’t avoid contact like them. Shiel and parish don’t want to be tackled and play hot potato with the footy, whereas Hobbs will happily take contact and get the hands free. Hobbs also is a willing tackler unlike the other two. Hobbs Caldwell and Durham make up for size with heart and aggression at the ball.

Caldwell Durham are only starting to get real midfield time this season, the nous and craft will get better with time.

I’m nowhere near as worried about the clearance numbers as I am about the consistent turn over goals we concede each game.