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Officially more kids are taking up playing AFL here in Sydney than taking up playing NRL. I know kids living near me are more into AFL.

I hope Bailey gets to play wing, where he has done so well recently.

‘Protecting the Brownlow’: AFL savaged over call on hits which ‘put people in wheelchairs’ At least somebody noticed that Butters got different treatment to Crouch.

Firstly, Simpson is not ready to come in yet - he was getting beat up by WAFL players in his first game and was hurt. Imagine what AFL defenders would do to him. Johnson is looking bad because he is playing wing and is not suited to this. Banfield looked his best when playing in this role to...

I would expect so. Darcy, Jacko and Treacy could all rotate through the ruck.

Here's hoping it progressively gets harder and harder to make a spot on the A team.

There have been several times in Freo history where we started the season with a bang and shot up the ladder, only to be overcome with injuries by about mid season. Granted, we no longer have Weber; but you need a lot of luck to go your way to compete all the way through a season. We really...

Free kicks in the back pocket don't equal free kicks in the forward pocket.

I wouldn't be too concerned about the slow start (this time). Away game off a 5 1/2 day break was always going be tough. We've got another 6 day break now, but being at home should help a little. Also, we were missing a lot of our preferred defence and the defence was under the pump early.

I dunno, getting Harley off the back page may take a lot more than a premiership.

An away game at a strange hour of the day with a few more players out - it's always a risk, unfortunately.

With the Tassie team on the horizon, we should stock up on first found draft picks while we are able. Meany teams (don't mention names) will be left with old teams and nothing coming through.

As is always the case, away games are very difficult and even North will prove a handful - so this is a long way from a gimme. Being at Docklands, we definitely don't want to go too tall. If Ryan plays tall to cover Oscar then we will need another small - here's hoping Walker is up to it, as...

So far this round, the only home team to lose are Collingwood (poor dears). Let's keep it that way!

Throwing a 17 or 18 year old into the fire first up is a tough gig - would prefer he eased into playing against men a bit myself. AFL players can really hurt young guys.

Also, given all the discussions regarding list age requirements for success, bringing in more 18 year olds versus somebody a few years older is another plus.

It would certainly see this as highly likely - have a bit of a run to find touch, but don't over exert.

Probably everybody who is not injured gets a run at some point.

If we can start 2024 like we finished 2023, it'll be much improved. Hopefully we have learned from this season.

Poor guy. Bailey Smith has suffered an ACL injury and will be sidelined for 12 months

I guess you can speak for yourself there. I personally was just trying to put him off his game like every other opposition star player. No doubt there was probably a few ferals in the crowd as there always is - but this doesn't apply to all of us - or even the majority. Regardless, it seems...

Yeah, I recall booing Stuart Leowe when he was cutting is up for St Kilda, and Gary Ablett Jr when he was on top, Anthony Koutifides and many others. Then when we also booed Adam Goodes it was decided that this was racist - even though we booed all the opposition teams best players. From this...

You can add Tabs to that list of depth players.

A possible wing rotation of NOD, Sharp and Stanley would seem to have a lot of potential. Success here could make a massive difference. Here's hoping.

I wouldn't be surprised if Fyfe never again takes the field for Freo. I think it's likely gone past him now - especially with the depth we have been accumulating in the midfield.

But he's in both teams at once! Special effort.

We had a few guys that had down years. Brayshaw was down on fitness to start the year and never really got back to 2022 form. Noddy same. Swaggy missed a few and as you say Switta was down a bit. And Chappy missed the entire year. Brodie never really got back to peak fitness either. That's...

And we have 3 round one picks to replace them with :)

It would be great if he could fill a part of a Shooter sized hole in our forward line. Maybe not as fast, but certainly experienced.

I really doubt you can consider Brandon Walker at this point - knees take a long time to heal (and often the player is never the same again)