team defence is the key i suppose ( pressure from team mates ) makes a defender job much easier so in saying that height for dean is good enough .

Bump.

Will a KPD be the priority for our SSP?

A KPF wouldn’t hurt either.

No offence to Will White, but if we pick him during SSP ahead of a KP player I will spew.

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Will it be enough to half fill a glass or will you need something bigger like a bucket, say like Mr Creosote.

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I will spew like Terry Wallace.

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I will spew too.
I feel the need to recruit a ready to go KPD is unquestionable.

With the addition of Byrne, who looks like a great small forward, (and Ainsworth) I can't see the need for White, or Fogarty, or Motlop, with Williams and Evans ahead of them.
With the addition of Hayward, Ainsworth and return of Smith, let alone an improving Moir who has stints as a midfielder, I dont see the desperate need for Elijah either.

There's a few good kids who were overlooked in the draft like the hot forward Hibbons-Hargreaves, and Greeves who Hawks seemed desperate for, as for a DEVELOPING KPF, I was surprised to see Ludowyke on the board for our picks (and overlooked) and we were linked with Heatherton, and overlooked him too.

Has to be a KPD we will sign up. If the target is better than Ethan Philips I will be rapt. I think Pies and Swans have had eyes on him too. I'm OK with Philips such is my desperation to find a 196-200cm mobile CHB.

HOF as an LTI may land us the developing KPF, then next year its just a case of topping up with the best available.

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Bump. Wade Derksen rumoured to be a new train-on for us.

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I still think we are paper thin for talls on our list - probably has more upside than other mature agers - can't expect much from Harry O this year, and I think we're definitely expecting to much from Harry D this year - so Derkson probably worth a punt.

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Derker Derker, Mohammed Jihad

https://www.gwsgiants.com.au/players/2886/wade-derksen

Good KP backup, esp for defence

Edit: Apparently made the VFL team of the year squad at the end of last year, but not final VFL team of the year.

I've heard derker derker is a bit of a jerker. Great poem me

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This and Wes Walley has given me so much joy.

O’Farrell looks like he’s making good progress.

Making good use of the free weights as well, from the look of him. Still got a concave chest & the core of a bloke that’s been off his legs for six months. But, he’s putting in. No question.

It’ll be a difficult call to designate him LTI. I still think it has to be made though. If he does make it back, somewhere around June/July, he’s effectively a second first year KPD. If you think that through, we’ll have one that’s drastically underdone & another that’s overdue for a spell.

Of course, we might just have one that’s a diligent worker and excellent healer, and another that’s as durable as Bill the Bastard.

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Ohhhh! Derker derker derker


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Derksen signed.

To the VFL team….
https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/19478 ... e-signings

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Following the Frank Evans path.

Each SSP hopeful only gets two weeks, but contracted VFL players get longer.

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Derker looked ok at training on Friday
No star but moved well good leap

Excellent news. Sign him up.

Cheers Frank!
This article is from a few years ago (when he got picked up by GWS) but shows the journey he’d been on up until that point - https://www.aflplayers.com.au/news-feed ... res-a-wade

Whether he’s playing with our AFL or VFL team this year, good luck to him.

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Now we know we all were on the right path with this one even back in October last year after trade period
Surely they will put Motlop on the LTI list (made the mistake last year with Newman) and EH and Derker on the list