I reckon they'll keep it open for the mid-season draft. McMahon is committed to the VFL side.

There's still two spots open

_________________
░L░I░N░K░I░N░B░I░O ░

Yep, and I don’t think MC played the year before either (his draft year). Happy to be corrected, but I don’t think he’s played a fair dinkum game for 2 years. The clips from his underage year, and from this preseason, are impressive though.

So it’s a speculative selection - he won’t play senior footy in 2025, you wouldn’t think - but he is obviously resilient and talented.

I wonder if S.Durdin broke down again? Presumably we’re in the market for a mature age KPD, and you’d reckon being in our system for a couple of years would have been an advantage. Maybe they were seeing if he could get through the preseason before committing to him and his body failed him (again)?

_________________
It's never as good as it looks and it's never as bad as it seems.

Matt Carroll played a dozen games in 2023. School, Sandringham & Vic Metro.

Growth spurt, OP, whatever. They shut it down early last year & from the looks of him, he didn’t waste the time off his legs just sitting around.

Well done to him.

_________________
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

Agree. I also wouldn't be surprised to see him earn a game this year. There's a role there at half back for someone to grasp and if his body stays sound, he's up to the task.

_________________
Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

I would love to see Carroll make it

_________________
#DonTheStash

Ok just read the HS article that says we're not putting Newman on the inactive list until it's 100% he can't return this year (a call to be made ahead of MSD).

_________________
░L░I░N░K░I░N░B░I░O ░

Happy to be corrected about his 2023 season

_________________
It's never as good as it looks and it's never as bad as it seems.

There was an article posted about him only playing 6 games in 2023. I posted it in the players thread and it was poo pooed on here saying he played school boy footy but no one produced any thing to show he did.
The way I look at it 6 games in 2023 nothing last year he must have impressed big time in preseason to win the spot.



Sent from my SM-F926B using Tapatalk

_________________
If you allow the Government to change the Laws in an emergency
They will create an Emergency to change the Laws

Nonsense. You were clearly given links in the players thread that demonstrated he played 6 game for Sandringham and 3 for Vic metro. That 9 not including his St Kevins games.

https://central.rookieme.com/afl/player/matt-carroll/

6 games Sandringham
3 games Vic metro. There's 9 games for starters.

From his school St Kevins

_________________
Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

if all this wrath of Weiters gossip is factually based, frankly it’s a slight on Weiters’ leadership skills. heks in the elite leaders group for a reason. if he’s truely scarred a fellow bagger this bad then he needs to take steps to rectify the situation. apparently Nick Haynes and Weiters get on ok, or Haynes knows how to read the room better than Lewis Young.

Different types of players in many ways. like saying Weiters hasn’t ever ripped a game wide open like Charlie has numerous times in the third quarter. Cerra (who just got autocorrected to Ferrari, lol i don’t think he’s a Ferrari type either) is Mr composure and Walshy was just saying Cerra much stronger in the contested ball situations that some people seem to realise because he so frequently finds the ball with time and space. we all recognise 2024 was a shit year for Cerra, please don’t grade him on 2024. he’s not like Cripps or Walshy at his peak in the 2023 finals and he’s not a Jagger Smith or Hewitt. but he brings value and with Ollie likely to play more of a HB-midfielder-transition role in 2025 it should free Cerra up to spend less time plugging holes in our leaky defence.

Decision time today, apparently.

Phillips has been my preference since December… but, if SOS works…

White has got a bit of zip & Frank the Tank could be a Powell-Pepper type. I think we’ve got better tricks already.

Nervous Nellies will have McMahon as a lay down misère, but I doubt Charlie’s knee will be a factor. Lemmey, Kemp, SOS (if it doesn’t work), a second ruck… I think we’re multiple disasters removed from being desperate for a key forward.

I’ve been dead against DGB, but he’s the right type. The piss n poo is a crap club, full of awful people… I can buy into the change of scenery argument.

I don’t think we’re the type of club to swoop on a bloke that has been training elsewhere.

Phillips or DGB for me.

_________________
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

DGB out of the running apparently

_________________
#DonTheStash

Injured again?

_________________
The only way for some people to understand is for them to be on the receiving end

Left wing moralists
In self serving denial
They shit me no end

Yep.

Phillips for me. Leave the other spot open for mid season.

_________________
Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

Frances Evans it is- good luck

_________________
If you allow the Government to change the Laws in an emergency
They will create an Emergency to change the Laws

My preference would have been to add to our KPD depth.

However, adding a small forward makes some sense. Durdin, Fantasia, Fogarty & Motlop are yet to prove their resilience.

Francis must be in the mix for round one selection, otherwise why pick a 26 year old?

_________________
It's never as good as it looks and it's never as bad as it seems.

He's only 23 ABNS. I was hoping they'd select Liam McMahon. I think he could have been useful

Tho I suppose McMahon would have only been backup while Evans is a chance to play.

Evans played 17 games last year for Port including last 11 (incl 3 finals).

_________________
Go Blues

You’re right about his age. Not sure why I thought he was a couple of years older than he is. Anyway, I think it’s good that we’ve improved our small forward depth. Our list still looks short of one mature age KPD to me though.

_________________
It's never as good as it looks and it's never as bad as it seems.