I saw my response on my mobile and thought the response in yellow against the dark blue with faded lettering looked a mess.
I actually came in to space it out, make it more friendly to the eye. Then of all colours you highlight your response in green.
Agree there's a better way. How about this:

Ollie looked light in the midfield when tried there 2 years ago, but did give us some drive. He was too light on for a mid role at 20yo. Maybe he's still too light but there's no denying he's doing something about it in the gym.

He has missed targets, but so does everyone. You can't hang a kid (ie kill him) over one kick that highlights the "team's issue".

Curnow wasn't responsible for all our losses, but he could have won games for us if he kicked straight. He missed a lot of easy shots as did other forwards. We missed a lot of easy set shots at goal this year. Too many. Forwards had their chances. They didn't take them. Small forwards were putrid. At times we had 5 of them playing.

We have enough candidates for the wing. Some will miss selection. I prefer Ollie on a wing and don't want him filling holes in defence. He's a running machine, a two way runner, like Cottrell and Acres, and his effective kicks are just fine. No wingman is perfect. Langdon had a shit year in 2025. But he's also an know to be an AA. He was was traded to Dees in his fifth year of footy. That's when he blossomed and we all took note. Players do improve. Maybe Ollie can. I know he's played great games and you have acknowledged that, but when he misses a target (like all other players), you love to make a song and dance. His bombing forward isnt and wasnt exclusive to Ollie. Bombing has been the norm, and looks like its dobne under instruction. Maybe with that statue with his hand up in the air going to the Swans will improve our forward entries.

If Chesser pushes out Ollie I will eat my words.

I believe a champion team will beat a team of champions. Not everyone has to be a star. Ollie, if you consider him peripheral then he goes well for a peripheral player. Shouldnt expect a peripheral player to be a star in any team. Just do theoir role. Not sure where we will find a star to replace him other than our No1 pick Walsh and our No 3 pick Smith, but they are mids.

Back to list management. We WILL draft Dean (developing KPD), and Ison (developing HF/mid) and have 2 more spots. What I'm saying is its not going to be a wingman, not because we have ample mids and Walsh and smith can play there, but because we have ample players to play HB and wing roles. We will be targeting a KPD and .....best available? small forward? Mid? developing KPF? definitely not a wingman. Wing aint a problem for us. Ditto next year. IMO. I don't believe for a minute Ollie wont be in our best 23 week in week out, and I will be surprised if its in defense this year.

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Other than my early call for LOB to be paid out to leave when you shot down and called me a lunatic and this ongoing Ollie debate we agree on just about everything else.

Healthy debate.

Thanks for that. Mush appreciated.

I'm sure we will have a great 2026 and play Finals. Could end up 10th

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Paul Amy
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VFL: Werribee premiership forward Sam Paea locked in at Carlton and doing some sessions with the AFL squad as a VFL-signed player. Ditto for big 'Easy', Ethan Phillips.

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Good news for the VFL, and may be a hint of a possible future with the seniors. Philips definitely is.

Paea is one I was watching this year. He is agile and a good mark. I was kind of hoping he'd be the one we pick to be a Milocek type of forward for us. He may be considered on the MSD if HOF is put on LTI list.

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That the thing though isn't it Bondi , you put them into a full-time professional training program and anything can happen . Paea has already lost 3 kg . Don't forget , Paea is a superb kick of a football .Watch his Werribee highlights . I am biased with Paea because I have become very good friends with his Dad . A big man with a big personality who lights up a room .

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We all bag Acres for his kicking, but he won us a final with his hard running and.....kicking a goal under huge pressure.

I agree with Bondi, we need a number of players who "just" play their role, like Ollie.

That's the point of my argument sinners. We can't have stars in every position. We can't have our good players trying to do what stars should be doing. If we add the ingredients we are missing, speed and kicking skills, then we will be less reliant on those with other attributes to play their role. A Champion team.

I think Reidy will surprise. I think the question will be Pittonets strength vs Reidy's mobility between them.
I think we can get by with Weiters & Young as our KPD's and McKay and O'Keefe as our KPFs.
The only shortfall I see if one of our KP's breaks down. We need some depth in those positions, or improve on Young.
We have 4 spots to fill from Draft & SSP, knowing we have Dean Ison joining us, & Walker next year.
I think we can fix that too.

We are not rebuilding!!

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One Podcaster and one InBusiness member told me that Elijah, under the guidance of Walsh is tracking along nicely to win his spot back.

I received a call to check out rumours on BF, and sure enough two posters (one ITK) say the same. in fact one suggest there's 4 invited as train on. From what I understand, Philips, Paea, and obviously (based on what rumours suggest on BF) White and Elijah.

Tells me IF we take 3 picks in the Draft, one open rookie spot will go to Philips and O'Farrell will be put on the LTI, making the other spot open for Elijah....and if he fails to impress, another KP??

Happy with that.

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Phillips & Paea are with the VFL team, so don’t need to be ‘invited’ per the SSP rules.

Not that you can just roll up & join in. But, if we only take three in the draft, we still have the option to ‘invite’ two others come down once the SSP begins.

There’s also the possibility that other clubs will like what they see/hear about either of them and use a draft selection on them.

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We only have three primary list positions available now with O'Keefe elevated. One rookie position now open. Then one spot if O'Farrell is put on the LTI list. Of course we could get another LTI during the year that we don't know about opening more opportunities.

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I hearing Walsh is under the guidance of Elijah.
Expect another mystery hotspot

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If you want to see how convoluted Draft night has become then watch this 2 hour soap opera

Regards Cazzesman

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We still have four primary list spot open. The O’Keeffe elevation means that we now have the option to sign that 44th player to a rookie contract.

Primary: 35 - including Dean & Ison.
Cat A: 5 - Lord, Carroll, Evans, Charleson, F.Young
Cat B: 2 - Monahan, Duffy

If there’s one thing that Austin has managed, no matter what, it’s that he’s never been painted into a corner. Now, the only ones that know for sure if we’re taking three or four picks in the ND, are the ones that decide whether we take three or four picks in the ND.

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Ah. My mistake. So we can have:
1. 36 primary and 6 Cat A rookies, or
2. 37 primary and 5 Cat A rookies.

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The primary list must be a minimum of 36 and maximum 38 players.

But yeah, those are the two scenarios ahead of us at present.

Promoting O’Keeffe gives us the option of taking just Dean & Ison in the draft. We could also add a Cat B rookie by moving Monahan to the Cat A group.

We’ve got four positions to fill & every possible option is on the table.

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Every so often I go back over the rumour thread on BF and basically the "ITK" strike rate is no better than you or I guessing.

I don't doubt that they have 'connections' but in reality they're often wrong, or rather, not right.

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Callum Twomey
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Carlton's picks No.9 and No.11 are on the move.

Essendon* is the frontrunner to land No.9 using its picks late in the first & early in the second round.

North Melbourne is in line to get pick 11 using pick 25 and a future second-round pick as the key parts of the swap. @AFLcomau

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Bad move. We lose points in both scenarios. We also lose access to another top 20 player this year.

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Do we? I'm nowhere near an expert but i'd suggest 9 and 11 will possibly become 12 and 14 before a bid is likely on Dean. But Bombers 21 may drop to 22 at worst and 25/27 will stay around their mark with the GC and Brisbane picks dropping out. So the later pick value will be less impacted. Plus we get Norths future second which you'd think will be an early 20's selection at worst. Keep in mind, we can trade any of these futures on draft night if we see something we like. You'd think the recruiting team have a strong grasp on where the Dean pick will fall and are bomb proofing us as required.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

Flynn Riley as well.

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