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99.99% likely to be utterly false but best thread for a while👍.

Khamis played well enough when given opportunity prior to this year, but the issue was his tank. Tall backs need to play high tog% and he just couldn't. I think he's been properly managed, but essentially the credit goes to him for getting to this point because he's put in the hard work.

If Jack Macrae wins 9 possessions on the weekend he will move into the top 50 all time, pretty staggering for a player still in his twenties (only just, admittedly). If you rank those players by possessions per game, he would rank #1. Of all teams since stats were recorded. I know stats aren't...

Caleb getting sent to the VFL for the first time in years would've been a bitter enough pill to swallow, but copping a game at Willy really is a double whammy.

Mecca or Macca's?

Seriously good night. A few blokes under the pump really delivered; Jack Macrae with a clear game high 12 score involvements. Rory Lobb with a clear game high 9 inside 50s. Bailey Dale with an insane 874 metres gained.

He's struggled with his body over the past couple of seasons and just hasn't strung consistent performances together at VFL level. Has had 2 very strong games this year, another good performance or 2 should see an opportunity come his way.

Another curious factor about nominees to date is that no-one from last year's draft has been nominated yet. If we had 3 nominations in a row, including the first nominee from last year's draft, that would be a real feather in our cap.

Every year a handful of players and personnel come and go and best 23s and tactics are refined weekly so refresh, evolution and rebuild are just semantics. Change is constant.

Darcy drops the knees and draws a high one. Classic.

Frustrating to date, but jeez LJizz and Buks are holding up well. Building nicely.

He is a shocker. Others were wrapping Rozee's game tonight. Lyon's contribution; Petracca might have competition as the best player in the game😳

There are plenty of bad ones, but the clear worst for me is Dwayne Russell. The insane hyperbole starts immediately and never lets up. I rarely last more than 5 minutes with the volume on when he's calling.

That's the point.

If English and Darcy are firing at the end of 2025 and we can get something for Lobb at that point, it'd be a win. He'll have served us well.

Whenever Libba comes up against orthodoxy, orthodoxy is wrong.

Early days yet, but that injury list is pretty modest compared to most and mostly accidents, so good signs from the new conditioning team.

Has been given coaches votes in 2 of his first 3 games. Fair start.

I'm not against Bubba being moved on because the coaching panel needed a thorough rejuvenation and it put an end to the Chris Grant old boys club myth. I still reckon he was a damn good line coach though. What he cobbled together in 2016 and 2021 late in the year was outstanding. Everyone...

(In a Robert Duvall voice). I love the smell of the Bont. It smells like....victory.

The king of quick turnarounds after a very slow start has to be Tony Liberatore. 18 senior games (4, 12, 1, 1) and a heap of reserve games in 4 years under Mick Malthouse. At that point, most Dogs fans had him pegged as severely limited and lucky to still be on the list. Then Wheels comes in...

I'm in the Richards in for Poulter camp, with no other changes. I'd play Ed on Cameron. Although he is kpf height, he really plays as a flanker. Averages less than 1 contested mark per game at Geelong but kills his opponent on work rate and gut running. Would blow Buku up. My starting match...

Geelong will just play to run down the clock this last quarter after this delay.Hawthorn have nothing to lose and should go hard. Good for us

West would be the last guy you'd send to blunt aerial dominance. Better off to send Darcy to Stewart, get him to play back shoulder and punch everything that comes his way Ryan Gardner style.

I know the opposition was weak, but one player who really took his opportunity today was Taylor Duryea Bought a calmness and experience down back. 19 disposals, 8 intercept possessions, 3 score involvements and 100% disposal efficiency. Very tidy.

AFL boys kicked 18.6 off the boot last week. VFL boys 10.1 to date this week (excluding rushed). Johnno must be smiling.

He really is a gem. Paraphrasing, but best bit was when he was given the Bob Murphy quote about Libba making his teammates play braver, and Libba replies deadpan "it's not hard to make him play braver." Gold.

Reckon the phrase 'what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas' would've been uttered many, many times during that trip too. Silly boys. Having faith that WhatsApp group chats stay 100% private have bought a lot of people undone.

Over the last couple of years he's been doing hilariously awkward Instagram ads for Coles express. His hot pockets one was the original and best.

Just hasn't been the same since doing that Coles express hot pockets ad. Must have been soul destroying.