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Last one. The coach There are two questions directed at the century’s winingest coach: did he get all the flags only due to the extreme talent on the list eg Buddy and as the flags were a while ago is he up with current game styles. This is his chance to show it wasn’t all happenstance. The...

46 Robert H Another one that will benefit from a full pre-season. Last year, both in the AFL and VFL, when in a goal kicking position he routinely chose to give it off rather than take the shot. This is not surprising for a young Indgenous mid year draftee from a country league. Will need his...

45. Hamish F At 110kgs he is a lumbering, hard working type of ruckman. Will benefit from a full preseason. Given CCJ’s lingering injury concerns Free is one Xerri injury away from a debut. At worst he will play the season in the VFL and give Goad time to develop his body without having to...

44. The Bull The team’s energiser bunny. Out of necessity he plays as a the second marking target alongside Souva when at 190cm he should be the third target. Can kick multiple goals quickly. With our stacked midfield hopefully the experiment of playing him in the centre square is over. He’s in...

42. Kal D I don’t get why this bloke hasn’t played more than 5 games in a season and a half on our list especially when Griff went down last year. He hasn’t looked out of place when he has played. Now that BMac has gone and Griff is still down he must be a serious chance to play Rd 1 as a...

41. Blake D At his size you gotta have a one wood: speed, tackling, elite disposal or goal sense. I sense he doesn’t have one. The Caleb Daniels-like backline trial last season didn’t seem to work and he returned to the forward line. We only have him and Hansen Jnr as small forwards so there is...

40. Elvis I am so glad I got this bloke wrong last year. I pigeonholed him as a flashy HF. While he is a HF and was our de facto tall marking forward last season he is much more than that. He showed he could play up the field and even collected 30 possies one game on a wing. Has probably...

39. Moose At 197cm he is too small to be a ruckman and we have four on the list so it will be interesting to see which end we play him at. He is a rookie who has only played in lower leagues so the expectations shouldn’t be too high. However if CCJ was unavailable & Chom plays back he would be...

38. X We have put a lot of faith in him and his last two pre-seasons have justified that as he has been a standout. Now he needs to get his body right and get a clear run at it as we don’t have anyone that can replace him. The next cab off the rank is CCJ and he has his own injury worries. His...

37. Cooper There’s a bit of swagger about this bloke. Needs to get his body right after an injury interrupted u18 year and a pre-season op this year. Needs to get another string to his bow as it is hard to play consistent footy as a small forward particularly in a side that does not have a lot...

Yep. I reckon as Co-captain & unofficial captain of the backline LMac gets the first go, but he had want to make a good fist of it after his career worst year this year.

35. Charlie Laz I feel sorry for this bloke. Plays in the midfield in the VFL & gets stacks of possies but doesn’t play as a mid in the AFL. We need to find a defined role for him. Played a bit of midfield in the Suns game and did well. Perhaps we could use his speed and ball winning ability...

34 Junior Arch He’s different to the other HBFs as he is a shutdown defender rather than a rebounder so I don’t think he is competing with them for a spot. He is more competing with LMac. Good overhead and brave as his surname suggests. Overtrained last pre-season and missed half the season...

33. The other George His draft profile highlights a fast lead, a thumping kick and innate goal sense. Despite BF rumours I see him as a medium, leading forward in our setup. Given he is coming off a knee reco and a serious elbow injury I don’t see him playing round 1 but it shouldn’t take him...

32. Toby Pink. We recruited him as a mature aged player for one reason, to play on the gorillas. We do not have another player that can play this role. He won’t be judged on intercept marks or possessions, only on his ability to at least half contests and bring the ball to ground against the...