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Contract size isn’t the same as how highly rated a player is. Overpaid sure but not overrated.

Parish and Hipwood cop as much flack as anyone in the league. I don’t think anyone really overrates them.

Jacob Konstaky is the one we should be well and truly into imo. Not sure how he’s been performing in the reserves but looked really good in his draft year.

I know he probably didn’t have his best day (not that he was awful either) but I genuinely reckon without this bloke we would be 1-6.

Pressure small forwards and an elite distributing half back to free up Martin are the two obvious needs. I’m relatively comfortable with our stocks in pretty much every other department. Key defence is also a slight issue but once Ridley and maybe Reid return it will look a heap better.

It’s tough to say whether this result is a genuine positive or just another false dawn. We should glimpses of a team that could do genuine damage this year, obviously not contenders by any means but perhaps break the elusive drought. If we drop any of the game to WC/North/Richmond over the...

3. McGrath 2. Martin 1. Merrett

What does your midfield mix look like tonight?

Was copping a lot of flack from North supporters last year who were happy to see him go but he has looked a ton better playing for a merely average side instead of a total basket case.

They only have to look in their own backyard with Ben McKay.

In fairness you could use that range for just about any Essendon side over the last 15 years and you’d be pretty accurate.

What does your midfield mix look like today with Wardlaw out? Does Simpkin get more minutes or Phillips full time in the guts?

You’re probably right but I’m just a Bevo hater in all honesty.

My coach rankings 1. Chris Scott 2. Damian Hardwick 3. Adam Kingsley 4. Craig McRae 5. John Longmire 6. Alistair Clarkson 7. Ross Lyon 8. Michael Voss 9. Brad Scott 10. Chris Fagan 11. Adam Simpson 12. Ken Hinkley 13. Simon Goodwin 14. Sam Mitchell 15. Adam Yze 16. Justin Longmuir 17. Matthew...

Entirely possible honestly.

Silenced a few critics tonight. He was very good and nice that he was able to kick the match winner in his 50th.

3. Caldwell 2. Durham 1. Merrett

That effort in the 4th where he held off 2 Crows players and won the ball off the deck was unreal.

I think some are being harsh, he is probably not going to be a 30+ accumulator anymore but that is probably a good thing. He can win a hard ball and has gotten a lot better defensively.

Still very raw and opponents bounce of his tackles too frequently but I thought his pressure was solid and ran out the game a lot better than last week.

Out: Draper, Hind In: Wright, J Davey

We were 4-4 after 8 games and peaked at 9-7 after round 17 where we 5th. Last year was a bit different as we typically start poorly and finish the year alright to sneak in/just miss out on the 8.

Needs a spell.

I can almost taste the elimination final loss already

IMO this is how Scoff sees the 23 fully healthy: B: Ridley - McKay - Martin HB: Redman - Reid - McGrath C: Kelly - Merrett - Duursma HF: Perkins - Wright - Stringer F: Langford - Draper - Gresham R: Goldstein - Parish - Durham I/C: Setterfield - Caldwell - Heppell - Guelfi Sub: Cox/Hobbs/Menzie

The 800-850k figure that was thrown out as the average per year seems pretty fair value based on his current production.

Sorry might be a silly question but do DPP changes apply to draft leagues?

This game looked like being an absolute snooze feat this time last week but a little bit more interesting now.

Not necessarily a typical AA side (loaded with mids) but the side I would pick if I was a selector based on actual roles/balance: B: Andrew McGrath - Sam Taylor - Brayden Maynard HB: Dan Houston - Alex Pearce - Luke Ryan C: Errol Gulden - Matt Rowell - Josh Kelly HF: Gryan Miers - Jeremy...

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