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    Horse was on Footy Classified

    Horse was on Footy Classified last night - numerous topics touched upon.

    Buddy/Sam's/Daniher's injury injuries

    I'll skip over all the predictable and dull waffle about how wonderful Bud's condition was - long story short, it's a bad tear but Horse expects him back this season.

    Andrew Russell (ex Hawthorn High Performance guru, now at the Blues) suggested that Buddy needed to shed some kilo's to get the best out of his latter years.
    When asked to comment, Horse wouldn't be drawn on the suggestion, but suggested commenting on another clubs players like that was inappropriate.

    Then Cornes asked him to comment on JD's situation, he politely pointed out that given his response to the Russell suggestion - he wouldn't be commenting on an Essendon player. He really is the calmest of Equidae.

    While Horse remains confident that Bud has plenty of good footy left, he highlighted two Bud-positives
    a) We wanted to make grand finals and
    b) because his presence has helped young players develop (citing McCartin).

    The Future

    He was then asked about Tadgh, and he pointed out that it was a hard conversation and expressed his hope that the AFL wasn't going to far in that area.

    The conversation moved to the Eastern Seaboard Competition, noting it wouldn't be the VFL and suggested that while it sounded ok, the details were important.

    He pointed out that last year our NEAFL team fronted up with as few as 10 listed players (including rookies) and wondered how a team could field a competitive reserves team if the lists are trimmed by 10.

    He then went even further with a note of caution saying how he was hearing how good the AFL will be when we get through the covid thing - but he isn't sure. Will the cuts go too far he asked? Will they hurt the product? What happens to those players that need development?

    Some of his comments on the future, echoed those made by some of the more thoughtful RWOers.
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