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Past 38. Will White

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Why wouldn't they do them in one go?
1st List Lodgement is this Friday.

I am only guessing but there is still another List Lodgement before draft and they will be interviewing and assessing players available such as DFAs.

Our List is massively unbalanced at the moment. We need some talls or we are going in 2026 with a lot of risks and as such it may be purely a development year?

I think as we get close to Draft we will have a clearer belief of what we can and can't do and will act accordingly
 

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I really like the kid. Good player with improvement in him. Very popular as well.

Issue is now his type is not a need. The role he can play is easily covered

We will get Dean, Ison and likely another through draft. Leaves one spot which surely needs to be a back up Key Defender? Dean will be a KPD but can't play on big bodies yet like HOF. Young is a back up but is also needed KPF or Ruck.

No one seems to mention it but I look at our list and if Weitering goes down we are in serious trouble down back. Haynes, McGovern are next and they are not true KPDs. Are we hoping Duffy steps up?

Names like Phillips Frost Jones Blight C.Dean must be an option?

We have lost Lemmey Charlie SOS TDK from our list. Only "tall" addition has been Reidy who is a Ruck only. I just can't see how we don't add another tall even if for a year
Interesting situation Soapy.

IMHO we’ve played too tall for most of the last 2 years and Lions didn’t exactly struggle when Hipwood went out.

Trend is towards smaller, mobile forward lines - so KPD’s not as crucial as they were.

Having said that - not sure what we’d do against Shannon Neale or Thilthorpe if Weitering was out of action.
 
Having said that - not sure what we’d do against Shannon Neale or Thilthorpe if Weitering was out of action.
Pray that the midfield and halfback line are dominating with silky slick ball movement and 100% efficiency going into the forward line, together with manic pressure. That way the ball will never get down there
 
Young works well, as long as they are not playing in the same team.

Back to Will White - think he's talented and wish him the very best of luck so he can show it and live out his dream. Hope it's with us, but my feeling is he will be more of a Holman-type story.
 
Young works well, as long as they are not playing in the same team.

Back to Will White - think he's talented and wish him the very best of luck so he can show it and live out his dream. Hope it's with us, but my feeling is he will be more of a Holman-type story.
I’m the same.
Love white and think he could become a decent player and would love to keep him.
He’s gunna have to rip up preseason to stay on you’d think.
Specially with bringing in the likes of Ainsworth/heyward ect
 
Still only 21yrs, full preseason with the senior squad, a strong year with the reserves team will have him in a good position for a rookie spot end of year…
Another likely handful of players to be moving on end of next year, good chance a rookie or 2 upgrade could provide a spot for him…
 
Interesting situation Soapy.

IMHO we’ve played too tall for most of the last 2 years and Lions didn’t exactly struggle when Hipwood went out.

Trend is towards smaller, mobile forward lines - so KPD’s not as crucial as they were.

Having said that - not sure what we’d do against Shannon Neale or Thilthorpe if Weitering was out of action.
Lions played 2 rucks with Morris and replaced Hipwood with Gallop. Hipwood was a goal a game forward so was no real loss. He really hasn't come on from from his 3year season. Also had midsized marking target in Rayner. That is not a small forward line
 
Lions played 2 rucks with Morris and replaced Hipwood with Gallop. Hipwood was a goal a game forward so was no real loss. He really hasn't come on from from his 3year season. Also had midsized marking target in Rayner. That is not a small forward line
Imagine we’ll play HOK, Harry, plus 2 x “3rd talls” (Moir & Kemp) plus Hayward, Ainsworth, Motlop.

All quite mobile and not dissimilar to Lions FWD line.

IIRC - Charlie av 1.5 goals per game this year as did Moir.

Moving Charlie on was a good move for Carlton given the return it generated.
 
Imagine we’ll play HOK, Harry, plus 2 x “3rd talls” (Moir & Kemp) plus Hayward, Ainsworth, Motlop.

All quite mobile and not dissimilar to Lions FWD line.

IIRC - Charlie av 1.5 goals per game this year as did Moir.

Moving Charlie on was a good move for Carlton given the return it generated.
ZW gets a gig ahead of Motlop
FTT needs a run as well
EH is lining up, if on the list & fit
See how Flynn goes too

There’s a few in front of WW in ‘26. Maybe bide the time for a reprieve in ‘27
 

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There’s talk and Pommyinoz phantom draft leans toward Dovaston. If he finds his way to Carlton I don’t like White’s chances of a list spot.
 
There’s talk and Pommyinoz phantom draft leans toward Dovaston. If he finds his way to Carlton I don’t like White’s chances of a list spot.
Agreed, but I'll be disappointed in the club if they leave Mitch Marsh on the board in that scenario.
 

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