Moir was apparently rated a top 5 prospect before developing a hip issue or bursitis?
Might be worth a punt if he slides to pick 40, or pick 27 (if we trade up our pick 40)?

If anyone could be bothered to watch 80 mins of gaelic football, here's a recent U20 Cork game ... Liam O'Connell is number 11 (red guernsey).

Or be could be a fast burn at CHB? An instant star, there, who knows?
Roberton was pick 45 and averaging 25 possessions at CHB under Richo - what could Kingy do, there, given his height and athleticism?

We will probably never find out.

So some believe Matthews is a successful administrator but Lyon an unsuccessful coach? Lyon was reportedly on $1 mill/year at Freo, when he first started with them ... close to 10 years ago? $1 back then would buy $1.50 now, easy. So, he was "perceived" to be a top-notch coach, back then ...

We need to assemble the best recruiting team ... whatever it costs.

Fool's paradise, false dawn, whatever ... I know Sicily and May (and their managers) would love to shake Lyon's hand and personally thank him.

Our recruiting/drafting is our main issue ... apart from the obvious blunders (petracca), even James Worpel at pick 45 vs Clark pick 7. We banked on Clark eventually having the higher ceiling, but Worpel has been the better player from the word go, year after year, and Clark hasn't bridged the gap. ...

We struggle kicking goals, and we're still bombing it into our F50. And the ball leaves our F50 too easily. Same old, same old. We know where the probably lies, and our two previous coaches also knew, but we still can't do anything about it. Players like Sicily and May love playing against us. We're...

Of course. We're just looking at possibilities - he's averaged 350 metres gained and 16 possessions from 53% game time, in a strong Carlton midfield - I'm just extrapolating from that, and the real possibility that he'll be afforded more game time.The possible upside - as you say. I'm bullish on the...

Crouch is probably better than Dow at throw ins, along the boundary line (where you can use your body against an opponent to get to the drop) ... but Dow would have him covered at the crucial centre clearances, where leg speed and quick hands/quick reflexes are important. They can complement each ot...

Dow averaged 16 possessions with 53% game time this year.
Will be averaging closer to 25 possessions with us, with decent game time.

Disposal can't be worse than Gresham's?

Something he can work at improving, anyway.

That reminds me to have my rear window demister looked at, next service.

I can hear the crickets ... must be cricket season or watch the paint dry season.

Unconvincing re Richo. Also Imagine you don't argue parents are redundant and school teachers unimportant? I'm not saying anything re: Richo or any other coach on their ability to develop players ... but the article was damning re development during the Richo years without examining what actually h...

Player development was non existent under Richo ... ? Steele, Ross, Membrey, Roberton, Webster, DMac, Battle, even Wilkie in his first year in the big league ... all either flourished or had breakout years under Richardson. Clark hasn't developed much since Richo ... he'd already reached his ceiling...

See next post...

Paddy Dow's impressive 16 possession average with only 50% game time should nudge closer to 30 possessions next year, with decent game time.

Will add much needed leg-speed too ... good get!!

Hopefully the Dow Jones index reaches new heights next year.

Gresham's a midfield forward and Dow is a midfielder. Butler and Higgins are the stay at home small forwards. It wouldn't have been fair to compare them to either Gresh or Dow. The way Gresham dashes and darts around, and given his extra game time, I would have expected Gresham to have at least doub...

The thing about Dow is with only 53% game time compared to over 80% game time for Gresham, he still averaged 100 more metres gained.

That really surprised me.

... we will be gaining from this trade.

With equal game time, he'd go close to tripling Gresham's metres gained.

Dow averaged 16 possessions with only 53% Game Time, this year ! He should get around 80% game time with us ... so around 25 possessions plus. His disposal efficiency is running around 65%, not great - but he has around 10 kicks per 6 handballs, and in the midfield, you are under a lot of pressure. ...

We should simplify the recruiting process for our recruiters, foolproof it and dumb it down for them ... have 3 boxes for them to tick, with the headers "skill," "speed" and "power." If any draftee ticks all the 3 boxes, you recruit them - simple as that. Same applies f...

In another team's jersey, he found his fame. Our recruiters' loss, to our eternal shame.

He was there for us to draft. His x factor was obvious - power, speed, skill - but our recruiters knew better, of course.

When there's the choice of passing the ball to players of the calibre of Petracca, Oliver, Viney, Brayshaw, Langdon, etc... he's probably not getting the ball delivered to him as often as he would at St Kilda. Think of it that way. We won't be giving him 50% game time, thats for sure.. We could end ...

James Jordon with only 55% game time, still averaged just over 13 disposals this year in a strong Melbourne midfield. He's not playing as a specialist forward, probably more as a midfielder to half forward. In 2022, with 76% game time, he averaged over 20 possessions as a 21 year old. The main midfi...

CQ saint: For team balance, and also from what we should have learned about our specialist small forwards from previous finals (their reduced output and effectiveness in tough, physical games) over the last 15 years or so, we probably should've dropped one of our small forwards at least, for a bigge...