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"I hope that doesn't come back to bite them." | First Thoughts - The Rosas Trade (04.05.26)
03 May 2026
Chapter 1: What led to Gold Coast's trade of Malcolm Rosas to Sydney?
Kingy, what else is on your agenda? What else have we got? Oh, we've got plenty. Have we seen another skinny Sean? Tell me more. Max Heath? Oh, he was good, wasn't he? Well, I saw him at St Kilda a couple of years ago in a practice match against the Bombers. I remember doing the game. It was one of those early February games or mid-Feb games.
Chapter 2: How did Malcolm Rosas perform in his recent game?
And I thought, what's going on here? I was actually hoping they'd play, I can't think of his name now, the left footer. Laddams? No, no, no, the Saints. He'll come to me in a sec. Keeler. Keeler?
Is it Isaac? Isaac Keeler.
Yeah. Yeah. I'm just being very careful with who I mention these days. I'm just taking my time. Those names come to me, Cornsy. Yeah, I was hoping they'd play him this occasion. They didn't. They went with Max Heath in the ruck. And he just looked really heavy and slow. And I thought, no, he's no chance of making it.
Well, since he's gone to Melbourne, obviously he would have been a work in progress at St Kilda. His body shape has totally changed. He just looks rock hard fit. And to see him jump against Grundy, that was a great battle yesterday. Grundy took the honors, no doubt. He beat Max and both the Maxes, Heath and Gorn.
But to see this young man just stake a claim for an AFL career, he looks like a really promising player.
Some of his tap work at the centre bounce, I thought, stood out. And the beauty of it, I've been asking the question for ages, what's life look like after Gorn? From a leadership point of view and also from a ruck point of view. And can this give Max an extra couple of years? He went forward, he kicked a couple of goals. He's not a natural forward, Max Gorn, but...
if it can save his legs for late in games and also extend his career with five on the bench this is a good move and they got him for nothing I think it was a fourth round pick as well so I wouldn't mind staying on that game with with Roses who I know you highlighted last week in terms of his ranking as a... Horny, Horny did. Horny put him under the lights.
As the second highest rated small forward behind Nick Watson. And he's kicked five in the first half, he's kicked seven for the game. I was like, what did they give up for this guy, Gold Coast? And it was nothing. It was like a bag of chips, really, what Sydney gave up to get him and how important that could be.
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Chapter 3: What insights do Kane and Kingy share about Max Heath's development?
And then I look at Gold Coast and their lack of small forwards. So if you're looking at their smalls, would you say like with their goal kickers, Gold Coast, so King's got 28, Petrarca 12. Long I'm not counting as a small forward. He doesn't quite play that role. Reid, Humphrey with six goals. He's not really a small forward. Probably their only small forward is Lombard, who's kicked four goals.
Roses has got 13. Is this going to cost Gold Coast a shot at the premiership with this trade? And did they know what they had with Roses?
It's a hard one, isn't it? He's 24. He's played just short of 60 games. You're seeing him just become ā you're probably seeing his ceiling at AFL level. In a different system that probably works for him more than the Gold Coast system, to be fair. And they have that much talent. These sorts of guys get pushed to the side. The Holman, Rosas types, they get moved out.
I don't have the answer to that. He'd be a different player at the Suns. We wouldn't see this at the Suns.
Well, you're right. We've seen him at the Suns. Not do this. No, at all. ride him off too quickly? Should they have been more patient with him? Did they know what they had? Did they have the right role for him? These are all the questions. But I'm looking, they're desperately in need of a small forward goal coast. They've got one who's kicked four goals and the rest are mediums and talls.
And then they've got Roses kicking five and a half and seven for the game. And you go, I hope that doesn't come back to bite them on the prelim final.
Well, it's one of those roles that when you haven't got it, It stands out like... I won't say what it stands out like because I'll get in trouble again. You'll get in trouble with Level 5.
When did... Do you know what I found out during the week? What's that? There's another level above Level 5.
What do you mean? Hang on a sec. I feel like we haven't maxed out yet. We've got some growth.
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Chapter 4: What questions arise about Gold Coast's small forward situation?
Mate, watch us get loose now.
So much.
Where do they hide these people? We haven't even scratched the surface yet. What are their names? Do we know? I don't want to put a name to it. Do you know their names? Yes. Male or female? I had a chat to this level, a friendly, very friendly... Male or female? And they said... I think it's narrowed down a little. It's always good if you don't hear from me. So that was... Hang on.
This didn't come up at six. Why are you hearing from this person first?
No, just ran into this person. Anyway, so we're going okay. Initials? You want to speak about Brisbane? Any initials? Kingy, you want to speak about Brisbane? Above Hutchie. You mad cuddler. I don't think it's above, just below. Above level five? Just below Hutchie, I think.
I'm going to have to follow that up.
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