Just as Laverde is ready to return.
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Is he a half back flanker with potential to move into the midfield?
More importantly can he spell Gatorade backwards
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Surely we wouldnât go for a key defender.
Thatâs the last thing we need.
Baldwin has shown a bit the last couple of weeks. Laverde due back.
Reid and Hayes potential future options
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Not even by his Mum?
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Whos the lad playing for sturt avg 14 tackles a game i want him.
Tom Lewis I presume. Yeah Iâll pass thanks.
Doesnât have a lot in his kit bag
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Sounds like hes too busy trying to tackle everyone.
He is tackling them because he has turned the ball over to them 
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Haha i dont watch sturt games unless the eagles are playing.
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Bring back MUSCLES
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Former Carlton and Melbourne defender Oscar McDonald is on the verge of reigniting his AFL career at a third club in next weekâs mid-season rookie draft.
McDonald is expected to fill a hole in an injury-hit Sydney backline in the back half of the year after lodging a late draft nomination this week.
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The Swans have been decimated by injury among their key defenders this season, with McDonald shaping as a ready-made replacement after an impressive campaign for Williamstown in the VFL.
The 27-year-old was delisted by Carlton at the end of last season after spending the majority of the past two seasons on the sidelines with stress fractures in his back.
However, he has since got his body right and has played all eight games for Williamstown, averaging 16.8 disposals and 8.3 marks.
McDonald, who measures 196cm, has also rated elite in the VFL for intercept marks (4 a game) and above average for intercept possessions (8.9 a game).
Sydney defenders Paddy McCartin (concussion), Tom McCartin (concussion) and Dane Rampe (neck) are all currently on the sidelines, with uncertainty remaining around Paddy McCartinâs football future.
Oscar McDonald appears set to join a third club. Picture: Michael Klein
McDonaldâs Williamstown teammate and former Melbourne defender Marty Hore has also attracted some late interest ahead of the mid-season draft, including from the Western Bulldogs and Greater Western Sydney.
Hore, 27, has been the leading intercept player in the VFL this year, averaging 5.6 intercept marks and 10.4 intercept possessions.
Former Sydney ruckman Sam Naismith is understood to have attracted interest from Geelong and is another player to have made a late draft nomination this week.
The 206cm big man has been the best performing ruckman in the VFL this year, averaging 15.1 disposals and 40.9 hitouts a game for Port Melbourne.
Naismith, who turns 31 in July, played 30 games across nine seasons for the Swans before being delisted at the end of last year.
Gippsland Power forward Ryan Maric is tipped to join West Coast, who hold the No.1 pick in next Wednesdayâs draft.
Ryan Maric celebrates a goal. Picture: Josh Chadwick/AFL Photos/via Getty Images
The 193cm Maric has spoken to 10 clubs in the lead up to the draft after being a bolter this year following a four-goal haul in the opening round of the Coates Talent League.
Maric booted two goals in an eye-catching VFL debut for Box Hill last weekend and has trained with Hawthorn over the past week.
North Melbourne, which currently holds pick 2, is believed to have its eyes on 204cm Eastern Ranges ruckman-forward Clay Tucker, who is another player to have attracted plenty of interest from clubs.
Oakleigh Chargers tall forward Will Elliot, West Australian speedster Robert Hansen Jr, Calder Cannons halfback Rye Penny and Richmond VFL forward James Trezise are among other players who have caught the attention of a large number of clubs.
Recruiters expect about a dozen players to be selected next Wednesday, less than last yearâs mid-season draft when 17 picks were used.
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How tall is trezise?
I saw it mentioned he had rucked in the vfl, but i also read he was 188cm, which seems a little short to ruck
So weâve got 2 picks now with Jones being ruled out for the season, right?
Yes
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Or 1 if we decide to take J Davey off the inactive list
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Correct. I doubt we use two picks anyways
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