Strategy Best 23, Post Draft edition for Season 2025 (updated)

[Kitcat]

Didn’t we give him a 2x year extension.

Seems overs for mine but time will tell.

Personally I just don’t see him in our best side anymore.

O'Connor showed great potential early on but never moved to the next level. Good utility player and team man though, plus he has height which we need in his positions.

 

[D BRIDGE]

O'Connor showed great potential early on but never moved to the next level. Good utility player and team man though, plus he has height which we need in his positions.

Probably played really good footy as a back pocket from memory.

Got flicked around a bit due to versatility.

Was a good stopper from memory.

Solid squad player I guess... Unlikely to be on good coin so it's all G having him on the list.

 

[Mr Meow]

Yeah I actually feel for him as he looks like a great Cats man but all of a sudden feels way behind? He did not train at the club pre christmas and did his recovery back in Ireland (hand issue). I assume back and firing now.

Doesn’t feel like he can afford an interrupted pre season given some players going ahead of him

Body permitting he'll play a lot of footy the next 3 years. But we never know what these injuries end up amounting to. Sometimes it just turns into an extended poor run and time away from the game is never good.

But otherwise, if healthy, he's one who really should play more games than a sizable chunk on this board will be happy with.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Probably played really good footy as a back pocket from memory.

Got flicked around a bit due to versatility.

Was a good stopper from memory.

Solid squad player I guess... Unlikely to be on good coin so it's all G having him on the list.

Once he did a number on Lachie Neale and the Lions made some phone calls about it to afl house that was basically the end of his tagging career. He would get pinged for anything, though I did feel that if he started in the backline and then moved into the middle through the game then he was called normally.

 

[Son_Of_God29]

Think its a Pretty simple 23 for R1 (Given everyone is fit)

B: Kolo J Henry Z Guthrie

HB: Stewart SDK Humphries

C: Blicavs B Smith Dempsey

HF: Close Cameron Miers

F: Stengle Neale O Henry

R: Conway Holmes Danger

I: Bruhn C Guthrie Bowes Mannagh

 

[catswhiskers]

Yeah I actually feel for him as he looks like a great Cats man but all of a sudden feels way behind? He did not train at the club pre christmas and did his recovery back in Ireland (hand issue). I assume back and firing now.

Doesn’t feel like he can afford an interrupted pre season given some players going ahead of him

O' Connor is a valuable squad member. Versatile, big body run with player, and still has development to go.

He does need to work on his tan tho. Obviously, he didn't see much sunlight back home.

 

[Cataholic]

Great question.
As you have probably discerned from earlier seasons, Cam was one of my favourites.
At least 2 possibilities.
1. Because he has missed so much footy since the last quarter of the 22 GF (Hamstring), his body may be well preserved and fresher.
2. He is actually cooked and unable to rejuvenate his career.
I favour #1 because he was such a gun mid, and he is younger than Duncan and Danger, and it's what I want to happen, but ... time will tell

Quad tendon....achilles tendon....coming up fast on 33 years of age...

It'd be good to see him make a good contribution to the team, but he'll have some demons, some uncertainty, and some rust from a long lay off, so I really don't know what to expect - hence my stance that I have no expectations, so anything will be a bonus.

 

[Tony Barber]

Once he did a number on Lachie Neale and the Lions made some phone calls about it to afl house that was basically the end of his tagging career. He would get pinged for anything, though I did feel that if he started in the backline and then moved into the middle through the game then he was called normally.

Nah, I called it at the time.
I said we were going to break him. (was laughed at)
He did an interview and said he'd never played a role so hard. He honestly looked like he couldn't walk.

2 weeks later, he broke.