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Lij is an absolute no brainer IF he ticks every single box over summer.

There’s some faint promising signs but it’s very early. A year in the VFL is ridiculous, he has this pre-season, that’s it. And he’ll have competition.
So a bloke that arrived at the club already on his second chance - completely fails as a professional athlete (at the very least) to the point the club delists him with a year to run on his contract but if he can keep his s..t together for a preseason we will welcome him back with open arms because his 17 possessions and half a goal a game are just too good to pass up?

IMO this is a line in the sand moment of what our club stands for and what standards we are willing to accept.
 
Rookies:
WC: Rodriguez
Mel: Onley
PA: Watkins
Car - PASS
Fre: Kickett
Haw: Greeves
Gee: Driscoll

Passes other than ours ignored.

StK, Syd (2), GWS, GC, Ade, Gee, Bri: re-rookies

PSD:
Ade - Ah Chee

Also a bunch of academy players auto-rookied.
 
Onley off to the Dees, Rodriguez off to the Eagles, Port recruiting out of their own SANFL team.

Richmond, and Carlton have passed, re-rookies from St Kilda, Sydney, Gold Coast, Giants, Geelong, Brisbane, and Adelaide.

Leon Kickett off to Freo.

Greeves to Hawthorn...

Everyone passing now, starting with Eagles.
 

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I thought there were a bunch of delisted players set to be picked up by new clubs or will that happen during SSP?
There were 8 re-rookies, and a couple re-drafted last night. All the Cat B, next-gen, and father-son options would have been pre-listed prior ot the rookie draft.
 
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In case you were wondering "Who is this pass player"...................This is him, we drafted him in the rookie draft
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All 3 draftees good left footed kicks.

Jagga good kick
Hayward good kick
Florent good kick(until his off year this year)
Ainsworth good kick
Chesser good kick
many of us have pointed out our kicking deficiency for years … happy footy dept woke up ! ..however.. what has the footy dept been watching ?
come on 2026 !!
 
many of us have pointed out our kicking deficiency for years … happy footy dept woke up ! ..however.. what has the footy dept been watching ?
come on 2026 !!
It's nice they finally woke up to it a year or two ago but prior to that it really was baffling. Weren't even selecting bad players, just all slow contested beasts. Was no balance in the list.
 

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So a bloke that arrived at the club already on his second chance - completely fails as a professional athlete (at the very least) to the point the club delists him with a year to run on his contract but if he can keep his s..t together for a preseason we will welcome him back with open arms because his 17 possessions and half a goal a game are just too good to pass up?

IMO this is a line in the sand moment of what our club stands for and what standards we are willing to accept.

If Lij is showing all the signs of turning a new leaf we have absolutely nothing to lose by letting him trial over summer. If not, kick him to the kerb I don’t care.

I was happy he was cut, but if Walsh hasn’t given up on him then I’m not going to be close minded over it.
 
I watched this replay last nite - Vic Country vs Vic Metro in the U18 Championships. All three of our draftees were playing that day.

If people have a bit of time over the summer break, I encourage them to check it out. Ison was a little quiet this game, but Dean and Byrne were sensational. Dovaston was playing for Metro, did four fifths of **** all, but up the other end, Byrne was just lighting it up :cool:

 
So a bloke that arrived at the club already on his second chance - completely fails as a professional athlete (at the very least) to the point the club delists him with a year to run on his contract but if he can keep his s..t together for a preseason we will welcome him back with open arms because his 17 possessions and half a goal a game are just too good to pass up?

IMO this is a line in the sand moment of what our club stands for and what standards we are willing to accept.
Unfortunately guys like him very rarely make it back …
 

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So a bloke that arrived at the club already on his second chance - completely fails as a professional athlete (at the very least) to the point the club delists him with a year to run on his contract but if he can keep his s..t together for a preseason we will welcome him back with open arms because his 17 possessions and half a goal a game are just too good to pass up?

IMO this is a line in the sand moment of what our club stands for and what standards we are willing to accept.
he’s not a criminal … some young with disposable make wrong choices … pleased the club is giving him a foot up… hopefully it works out for both parties !
 
he’s not a criminal … some young with disposable make wrong choices … pleased the club is giving him a foot up… hopefully it works out for both parties !

I don't want to belabor the point or demonise drug use.

But he was convicted of a crime.
 

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