Collingwood's 'extreme' B&F change, coaches want interchange tweak

0:00With a sportsbed AFL same-game multi combine multiple legs for bigger odds about Smith 28 plus disposals Gorn 40 plus hit outs and Cameron 2 plus goals lock it in with sportsbed conditions applied chances are you're about to lose It's Monday, March 9. I'm Josh Gavillage and this is AFL daily. Look out Northern Club, someone else wants in on opening round. Colin Wood makes the Nick Daycos amendment to the Copeland trophy system Christian Petraka rolls back to life on the goal coast and how exactly did the coaches use the extra man on the bench on the weekend. I'm joined by CalTurmy as I will every Monday afternoon this season. CalTurve part of a new look AFL daily teen this year. Good to be part of it Josh, I'm looking forward to this one every Monday afternoon. We'll wrap up the weekend Gorn. Look ahead to the week ahead and also drop in some new tidbits to so looking forward to it. Let's start with something new because you've just reported on AFL.com that are you that someone else wants in on opening round. It was introduced in New South Wales and

1:02Queensland only a couple of years ago. We've had some hiccups along the way on the weekend. Victoria got a taste because of the Labor Day weekend and what a success it was. It's about the crows and their interest. I'm interested in your view on this one because the crows I put up their hand well and surely to be involved in opening round next year. I spoke to Tim Silver's there CEO today earlier on Monday and he was pretty bullish about this prospect and how much the crows want to be involved in this. So he was up obviously with the other club bosses last week in Sydney. So he sees and understands the reasons for being a northern focus round and the challenges of buying into that that focus up there. But just to quote Tim Silver's here today. We're chatting on a public holiday here in South Australia and there's no game of 40. So what a great way to launch the season if the Adelaide crows were to play a game today or even the Sunday night game. I think it will be a nice way to really bring foot into the state of SA remembering it's a 40 heartland state. So that's very much I want in. We want in. Now we wait to see if they develop that because the

2:02MCG of course next year with the 150-year test match that'll be played between Australia and England might well be off the cards in terms of that opening round game and all the turn rounds are going to be really tight. The crows want in. It's a bit gritty from the crows when you consider. In a month's time the whole industry heads to Adelaide for gather around. It's been such a smash hit till they need both. I think you can you know one or both if you're the crows that they'll pack it out wouldn't they and it'd probably require a big strong Victorian club to make the trip over. Look there's a public holiday today in Victoria and also South Australia. They want to fill it. Is the concept working Cal? Let's let's just have a quick look because the logic is sound about launching in the northern states building a non-traditional heartland. Groud attendances were decent but they didn't blow people away. 40,000 at the SCG on Thursday night. 19,000 at people first on Friday night. 16,000 at ENGY including Tom Hanks. 31,000 at the GABA and then last night at the MCG 82,000 a record for St Kilda. Clearly a huge appetite down here. You were there for that one.

3:06I was. Would you think of it? The atmosphere didn't feel like a proper 82,000. It is a little bit soon for 40 but it makes a heap of sense. Labor day weekend don't raced it if you're the AFL. Well that's right and I think that the introduction of the MCG game added another element to this round. So we see what they built on for that. Clearly the SCG kick off and pitting Carl Tenning and Sydney was the perfect opening for the other Victorian clubs. We know that with the Western Australian clubs as well would prefer a game at least one to be in the state. So we say how that evolves. Just on the crisis well did speak to Tim Silver's about their list management role as well. They're replacing Justin Reed expecting an announcement within the next week or so on that position. Joe, Joe roughhead from the Hawks, Simon Murphy from the Cats and also an internal candidate Tom Healey right in the mix. I've seen Justin Reed around this building in recent weeks so I'm looking forward to that that role being filled in the not too distant future. Now Carl Clillis and Kilda has been the talk of the town in Melbourne across the summer. That's what happens when you do what they did last October. Laning massive free agents in terms of

4:10Tom DeConey, Jackson Varnie, then going to the trade table and getting a job done for Sam Flanders that added Lame Ryan as well. But last night it was all about Collingwood and it was all about one man now. It was almost two years ago to the day that you ranked Nick Daycos's first 49 game. I think you need to do it again because game 96 was one of his very best. Yeah it was. Well I am going to do it again. So for all the fun and amusement that came with that top 50 we're going again for the top 100. He's due to play his 100th game in gather round. So I've got a few weeks to settle on the order. Look, last night's game for me will be somewhere inside that top 10. His top 10 is amazing. Like there's last year's games against Richmond. He had 42 and 3. So I have to include that somewhere. I think he's going with the start of last year against the Brisbane Lions. It was a top 3 up potentially. Last night though was outstanding and I was surprising in some ways in terms of the Saints not deploying a run with player until later with Hugo Garcia and the Pies deploying a run with Taga against the Zaiwangan and Miloura. But you know there was some

5:13debate around the status of both of those players. I think Nick Daycos clearly has the runs on the board as the best part of the competition by some way. So look, what I want to talk to you though about is the admission basically post game. It wasn't much of a push from the media. It wasn't to get the admission out of Craig McCray that Collingwood had changed its voting system for the Coventry Fee. Where does that land? Well let's have a listen to what Craig McCray had to say inside the boughs of the MCG after that two-go win over St Kilda. Yeah the system was needing to be changed to reward the extreme games. Yeah, here in the extreme game tonight didn't he? Forty odd touches and clearly killed a massive talking point coming out of last year's count because Nick Daycos, despite a remarkable season again, all Australian again finished runner up behind. Darcy Cameron in the best and Ferris that did raise some eyebrows. Now their system, like a lot of clubs, is for all five key coaches, the senior coach, the senior assistant, the three line coaches to vote zero to four. So maximum of 20 votes, Craig McCray confirmed

6:14last night that they have elevated that. So if there is an extreme performance which Nick Daycos has produced many of, they'll get more votes. I like it. And other clubs should follow suit because there's some odd moments throughout the best and Ferris voting isn't there. So I think sometimes clubs and coaches as well can become a little bit, what would just say, complacent with some of their suitors does. And then you judge some of the role players a little bit higher if they fulfill a role. We've seen that across history with best and Ferris awards. Nick Daycos could be a four-time Australian by now. He's got three in a row. He could have easily been in his debut season off half-back. He could easily be a two-time best and Ferris. You know, could easily be a two-time brownway medalist. I think we'll see some of the rewards come his way this year, particularly with the way, now I'm positive looking at the statistics. So they're getting a read of what impact his game is going to have. And also, if the coming with footy club plays like I did on Sunday night with this ball control, the following, the Brisbane model, we'll see more of that. I just want to talk quickly about Harry Paramon because he did the job on desire wing and named Miller last night.

7:16I think clubs miss the trick a couple of years ago when he had the most valuable three-letters attached to his name, UFA, unrestricted free agent. Everybody could have gone for him. There was no threat of a matched bid. A couple of seasons ago when he was at the Giants. So the Hawkes really can. They met with him. In the end, they prioritized Tom Barris and Josh Battle. Makes sense. Tick-tick, those two have been terrific. Port Adelaide were all in. Probably had the most money on the table, but he had the lure of Victoria and Colin would sleep like. West Coast had shown some interest, but there were plenty ahead of him. Jolong had Bailey Smith coming, so that was the priority there. Melbourne, Rinton, James, Peatland, amongst others. Esther and Carlton weren't in contention. Now, never really in the frame. I just think those couple of clubs should have gone harder for Harry Paramon. He's had those golden three-letters next to his name. He could walk there without that trade. He's a leadership guy, a glue guy, a culture guy. I think he showed on Sunday night that he's a culture guy in the way he played to. Came fifth in the couple of trophies. Last year, no, we've just spoken about that system, but it is recognition of how good he was in his day of overseas. The coaches' votes are in,

8:19and there are no surprises. He Nick Daikos, Paul Dalton, he'd expect him to pull three brown low votes. But Harry Paramon didn't pull a coach's vote despite shutting it up. What? As I, a wanganian miller, are on Sunday. No, that's remarkable, isn't it? Nick Daikos said post-game, he thought he was best on ground, didn't he? He did. Well, Nick Daikos was best on ground, but I would have thought that Harry Paramon deserved the vote or two from Craig McCray. Dan Houston in those coaches votes after he's best performance yet in the black and white. Now, Kelt, small sample size after just one weekend and five games, but some early lessons for how coaches are using the extra man on the bench. Klee, rotations haven't changed. You wrote about this in the pre-season. They still stand at 75 despite having that extra man on the bench. So, it's going to be intriguing in the first month of this season to see how different coaches use that. What did you like out of the weekend? What took your eye? I think like everywhere, and the Scott Pennery management was brilliant. There were three that stood out, so that the management of a veteran, Klee, he's going to be managed across this year at the age of 38. The way Sydney and Dan Cox used Tom Pappley after such an interrupted pre-season was also quite

9:25interesting. Finn Callahan, to a lesser degree, he still played 75%. But Tom Pappley said on the bench for the first 20 minutes, he would have played otherwise if I don't think they'd change the rule. It would have been like a caged animal. Yeah, he looked like that. He looked like that. And the other one that stood out for me, and this will go under the radar a little bit, was coaches are going to pick players based on form in-game. In-game as much as week to week. We saw that with Jordan Croft at the GABA on Saturday night. Played just the 43%. On the in-ease third game. So, young player, Finn McGinnis was the other one that stood out to me. 56% game time at NG didn't have a great game against GWS, but it's interesting to see some early lessons. And also Carlton, and I'll probably one of the few that went in with the second Ruckman and Liam Reddy, and whether they persist with that or go with more of a running option. I think that fold-half runner, an impact player, is so far the way clubs are looking at filling that role. And also, the other part is, as you mentioned, the 75 cap, like I spoke to a couple of senior coaches over the last 10 days or so, and they want more. They want more already.

10:25More, more, more. Now, coaches always want more. They lobbied for more spots at the bench. Now, they want more interchange rotations. I don't think they're overly confident that the AFL will actually budge on that even at the end of the season, but I'd expect that to be a storyline to grow and grow throughout this year, because they find it hard to rotate that extra player on and off the ground. Stick with us on AFL Daily. Up next, Christian Petraka reminds us that he can still be one of the most destructive forces in 40, and two segments that will become regular fixtures on Mondays. Hey, this is Adam Keesley from The Jots. Subscribe to the AFL Daily podcast and never miss an episode. Probably tough to feel is Stings Knight, but Christian Chakras, a lover of the game, would you sort of please to see him settle into his new home up here and play us a well in Queensland, especially? Yeah, right for him. It's great. All right, thanks a lot. Welcome back to AFL Daily. That was the voice of Jeloncoach, Chris Scott, after Christian Petraka produced one of the best performances of He's Korea in his first appearance for the Gold Coast Suns. Kyle, you saw him up close on the Gold Coast during the

11:28preseason. Did you see this performance coming? Yes. Yes, yes, yes. I actually tweeted about how good he looked and how fit he looked and how well he trained that day and popped a bit of flak for that one at that time. Look, some tweets last well. Chakras, sums down. Yeah, yeah, all over it. It's an industry now. It is. Absolutely. It is. I think there's a feature story in it in the track watches out there, but he's he knowing the work that he put in over the preseason. He he tested faster and fitter at the Suns than he has across his whole career. So no surprise to me that he made an impact in this game. Something I would like to say, though, and look, the numbers stand out, don't they? It was the best game of his career, according to the AFL player ratings. That's like we're not talking about a first or second year player. Well, then he's Norm Smith, extraordinary, extraordinary stuff. Disposal efficiency, 82. Have you ever seen him kick that well? It was precise. I was in here and penetrating in flat like the ball was moving at a rapid rate. Last year's average was 65%. So attended 19 center bounces. Clubs kill for the 4.5 dynamic match breaker. They've got two

12:33in in Petraka and Bailey Humphrey and both are excellent on Friday night. The other bit I'd say as well, Victorian selector's got it wrong. He had to be in the big victame. I think this is the one that they missed and he was the most unlucky player for me. And very quickly, I think we've realized that this guy who's a four-time Australian between 2020 and 2023 got injured 2024. Last year was solid. Like he was second in the terrestrial. I wasn't a terrible year by any stretch. I think there's a legacy pace to the big V selection. I think they got it wrong and not having him in there. It's a good point. Just quickly on the Gold Coast Suns, because we've been captured by Jagger Smith across the preseason, the clear favourite heading into 2026 for the rising star. Yeah. But they're going to have two leading contenders, not just Zekiewland, but the opening round rising star nominee is Leo Lombard. Yeah. And he was terrific. It wasn't he, the muscle man. I think the way he just, what a beast. Yeah, he's a beast. He pushes people around. He loves the tackle. We saw that early in his AFL career last year even in practice game. So he gets that nod. And what a show off to the riches that are in that football club when Ben Ainsworth,

13:35who was a pick four in his draft year, about 10 years ago, he moves out the door at the end of last year's trade period. But the Suns knew well that Leo Lombard was ready to replace him in that half-forward role. So he more Zekiew gets more votes at the end of the year. I think Zek, like Zek's first two and a half quarters were great. Yeah. Now he did have some goals, kicked on him late by Oli Demsys. So it was an intriguing day, but don't forget how much we missed last year in his draft year, of course. Now this is a new edition of AFL daily in 2026. And what we're going to do on a Monday afternoon is we are going to have the stock exchange, where we look at some items that we are buying, selling, holding when it comes to clubs and individuals, maybe even coaches across this season. So are you a paddy Dow Jones top of guy or? No, this is not my domain. No, no, no. You've driven this segment. Start us off. Who are you buying and who are you selling? All right. I'm buying Errol Gordon's Bramow Stocks. 25 votes in 2024. 27 votes in 2023,

14:37when he finished equal fourth. He's the equal fourth favorite right now, just an extraordinary user of the 40 standout player. And every time he kicks to Charlie, it's all going to be on Errol. And there's going to be a lot of umpire watches on him. So I'm buying Errol Gordon's Bramow Stocks. He didn't get the 10 coaches votes. He got eight, just a Macon and he got the 10 there. But I think we're getting three Bramow votes. What do you buy? I'm buying Connor Budrick as the best value recruit of last year's trade period. He made a business decision in October after the more than a decade of the Gold Coast signs, when you factor in six years in the Academy, six years on the AFL list, had the two knee reconstructions finally get back into the team. They finally pay finals for the first time and he leaves. But he left because he wants to be a defender and we saw why on the weekend, great piece of list management are reckoned by Michael Reagan, identified a real need on their list. When he got him, North Melbourne, we're in that race, Essner in the race, even Brisbane, had a good look at him. But he's not just a defender. He's actually great offensively, isn't he? We saw that with these 27 disposers and he's rebound in the second half.

15:39Here we say it, a money ball pick. That is like the ultimate. That's what money ball actually was back in it. Brad Pitt was there choosing those guys who, you know, necessarily were not the obvious picks, but could fill the role and he's absolutely able to do that. Right. I'm selling. I'm selling my giant doubts. I might have got this one wrong. I doubted the giants would even feature in the top 10 without Kelly Jones, Bedford, Daniels, Green, Taylor, Cadman. They beat Hawthorne who are premiership aspirin. So I'm selling my doubts there. I'm selling Rahm Marshall. Oh, got a feel for him because he saw this coming. He wanted out last year, requested that trades to Jalong. Jalong had the offer on the table. St. Kilda didn't let him leave under contract. And we saw why last night, why he wanted out. Tom DeConning is going to take all the center bounces. He's going to take the line share of the ruckus around the ground. Rahm Marshall finished with eight hit outs, six disposal zero marks. He's not a Ford. They need a Ford, but he's not a Ford. And then he ends the game with concussion. The sliding door,

16:40the sliding doors is if Max King was fit. I think there's every chance they would have let him go. Don't you? Yeah. But with the uncertainty on Max King, you just couldn't. All right. The one thing I'm holding, I'm still bullish on the sides. So I had the science ranked in my top six or seven on the ladder last week in our crystal ball. And we know how much time we put into our crystal ball like that. That is something that we stress over. So I'm holding my stocks there. 63 inside 50s for nine goals. There's some missing parts and polish, but I think there was enough there to work on. I'm with you. I'm going to do the same with you. I'm holding on the sides. They went terrible at all last night. As you touched on 23 more inside 50s. I mean, a couple of drop marks by Kupy Sharman and they might win that game. So don't, don't, don't, don't go off the stage just yet. It's one game. Just before we finish the day, Kel, we're going to introduce the watch list. Every Monday afternoon, we're going to look at something that's going to come this week, whether it's selection, contract, anything you like. Yeah. Pick yourself. All right. My one is more debitons at the bombers. So how many? So 15

17:44debitons last year. I think it's gone under the radar that they could have another three, potentially the fourth in the mix on Friday night. So I'd be shocked if Jacob Farron, Dyson, Sharp, don't play on Friday night. I think they should play. I think they're good enough to play. And then Hussein Alashkar with Isaac Kakao expected to miss. I listened to Brad Scott on Monday. It sounded very unlikely that they're going to risk Isaac Kakao. I think the hustler has to be in there. So that'd be three. And the smokey to early season form and selection is Max Kondo, Giannis off half back. It's particularly with Jordan Ridley out. They need some extra kicking prototypes out of there. I think he's one that is impressed over summer. So more debitons, they're running out of ex-players to give over the jumpers. That many last year. 15 was a record. You're saying four potentially around one. Well, I think three is more likely. Three is still outrageous. I think a fourth might be in the next couple of weeks. So and that 2000 crop of acid and premiership players, they're on rotation. They might need a fee. I'm going to stick with you on the Debbie Tump theme. And this is not a surprise. But expect

18:45to see Sam grill for the first time on Thursday night for Richmond against Carton. He's had a great debut preseason at Punt Road. So much disappointment last week around Sam coming. And that shoulder injury unknown whether we see much at all this year because surgery is inevitable. Just a matter of when and what the ball done. They should. They should. If it's a risk. I probably should have done it at the start of the preseason. I know they tried to get him through. I can understand some of their thinking but it is a shame when you think about how exciting he is and how good he's preseason was. And just one last one on Richmond. Josh Gibkus has gone under the radar a little bit because he did make that return around 24 last year. He's had a faultless preseason. Started to build a favorite confidence in his body. And he's ready now to resume his career starting this Thursday night. So I'm really looking forward to seeing him. Another first round pick from years gone by which is a good thing because of the fall that I'm missing right now from the past two years. I think everybody's hoping for a good run of injury for you now. Absolutely. That's all we've got time for on this Monday edition of AFL Daily. Don't forget you can join us

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