2023: SC Planning Thread

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Not the sharpest tool in the shed, gets a day off in the middle of a training camp and goes and does coke in a club...
Pretty common, the stupid part is letting someone film it.

Sad part is that the AFL standards basically force it upon them as can't drink if they do want to go out and socialise with people their age. Also most young people do it, really it's a bigger issue that it hasn't been decriminalised at this point and the way the media treats what is entirely normal behaviour.
 
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Pretty common, the stupid part is letting someone film it.

Sad part is that the AFL standards basically force it upon them as can't drink if they do want to go out and socialise with people their age. Also most young people do it, really it's a bigger issue that it hasn't been decriminalised at this point and the way the media treats what is entirely normal behaviour.
"Most" and "entirely normal behaviour" is a stretch. It's use is likely to be higher among AFL footballers because talented young people are often treated as a commodity from a young age. Unfortunately sometimes by parents. You often here it's because they have lots of money, which is part of it. But it's probably more to do with the lack of healthy coping mechanisms.
AFL players are being paid for their physical performance so should look after themselves. That's the gig.
Many people live happy lives without being AFL footballers.
 
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I've got a little over $1.4M to spend on two forwards and R2. Anyone any interesting combinations?

Fyfe, Marshall and Rozee already in the side.

Grundy, Taranto and somebody?

Cogs, Cunnington and Lycett fits!
 
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Honestly, this kid is going to be in my SC team every year for the next decade - absolutely elite.

How many Brownlows will he win in that time I wonder?
He is shaping up to be a superior version of Josh Kelly with a longer and more accurate kick.

Expecting a more even HB / Mid split between Pendles and Naicos, with the latter spending the majority of last season down back.

Personally I don't have him in my starting team but if there's 1 current player able to produce premium output in his second season it's Daicos.
 
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Hah I thought I would surely be the only one trying that.
I had Ziebell up until watching the Roos internal trial this morning.

It isn't that Cunnington dominated, which I didn't notice in the half I watched, but it was the pure midfield role he had.

Ziebell needs to be taking kick-ins and probably playing a somewhat loose interceptor, which he definitely wasn't doing.
 
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Anyone else's watchlist more than full and we haven't even seen some real preseason matches? 🤔
I found it much easier to create a list of those I didn't want! Such a smaller list! :)

Honestly, this kid is going to be in my SC team every year for the next decade - absolutely elite.

How many Brownlows will he win in that time I wonder?
Yet, you couldn't find room for him in your elite predictions! :p Too easy lol
Who was last years prediction?

And also, I'm with you in that I can't see a reason not to have N Daicos in our teams for the foreseeable future! (YES there is of course 1 reason but not jinxing that here!) :)
Laird has been that guy for me for many years now, and will go again with him!
 
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He is shaping up to be a superior version of Josh Kelly with a longer and more accurate kick.

Expecting a more even HB / Mid split between Pendles and Naicos, with the latter spending the majority of last season down back.

Personally I don't have him in my starting team but if there's 1 current player able to produce premium output in his second season it's Daicos.
Bont was big in his 2nd year, lots of hype pre season, opened with 126 and 142. Then they clamped down and he only ave 103!

Daicos could be the same!
 
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