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That’s ancient history the last pump up he got out of the club was 3 months ago. The bleating whenever he gets overlooked is well OTT when he’s a bog average player (at this point). Edit: we haven’t seen any yet so maybe we’ve moved on from it 🤞

AmericanMustard i saw that one hah. It won’t be against a northern club my guess would be one of the Marvel matches we normally play against a Marvel tenant.

I’m in favour of this one! It helps being an AFL member which is shit for Marvel anyway and I’m tired of hosting the Dogs or St Kilda at Marvel each year. As long as the money’s right lock it in Ned.

For the sake of clarity my comment was less about him and more about posters on here. The coverage he gets for a best 30 player is ridiculous! I’m not fully convinced he’s shown development, but you can’t be sure unless you’re on the inside and I’ve been less invested the past fortnight...

That HH stuff was for last week.

Ooof the collective groans of the Macrae fanatics almost took my breath away!

By the end of the decade the best player at each club will be worth $2m+ and he’d still have 7 years to run on that contract. By the time a 12 year deal starting in 2025 ends he’ll have cycled through 3 CBA’s and at the current rate of growth a clubs salary cap will be circa $30m by then. A...

Where do I sign?? I think you could add at least $5m on that and still be comfortable you’ve made the right call!

Reading through I take it Long is no longer flavour of the month? The ebb and flow of this board with these fringe types is insane!

I guess that’s up to each person to decide. My POV would be the same as it was back then that it’s fine to introduce guys here and there, but there’s a critical mass where it becomes unproductive. I think we reached that tipping point two weeks back and have been lucky to catch the two teams we...

Should those two get up it’s still a downgrade because whilst Beau and Brodie are cogs in our forward mix they aren’t as materially important as JDG. That’s without factoring in the loss of WHE either. The point remains those calling for youth 6 weeks ago weren’t geniuses based on those two...

Against WC and Adelaide (with JDG) in Melbourne? Blooding youth in those scenarios and coming away with the W is hardly being defined as genius. Fremantle at Optus is a completely different assignment. Also spare me that Sullivan and Richards were on the lips of those posters in Rd 3…

You made comments in the build up to the WC match that the team we were putting out there was crap. This weekend will be worse, against much better opposition, on their home deck and off our second consecutive 6 day break. I would regard this as our best win under Fly if we pull it off and I...

There is none, but that wasn’t my point. We’re now getting a look at what some on here were screaming for 6 weeks ago and I believe this week will be instructive on the intelligence of those posts. Hopefully they were the geniuses, but I’m afraid that’s unlikely.

It’ll be six under 20 games of experience, (unless a Sullivan or Macrae also goes out) Shoota still finding his way, Cox in scratchy form and Markov if he survives another really struggling to find his mojo. Fremantle have shown up every week bar that one they’re a different beast in 2024 and...

I wonder if those screaming for exposing the kids earlier this year are going to be keen still at 11pm Friday night 🤔

In light of the Cameron outcome I think the AFL would appreciate avoiding a repeat of a high profile player entering protocols after playing out a game especially one that kicked the match winner against the Adelaide football club... We’ll see how it plays out, but this one has hairs on it...

I’m going to err on the side of the scan coming back with minimal damage and no ongoing cause for concern with JDG to be assessed ahead of Rd 12 and ultimately available.

Glad someone else went there! My guess is it’ll be one of the quickest recoveries for an abdominal strain in the games history… About 12 days by my count.

It felt to me like a lot of the close ones we’ve had since 2022. The key difference was Fremantle’s horrendous goal kicking which killed any momentum they could have built. On the flow of the match it should have been a tight one, IMO.

My take as his manager would be that 1st ruck positions are thin on the ground for 2025, but you’re likely to see match time at Collingwood because they play a two ruck system. Unlike you I think it’s the way we want to structure up rather than out of necessity although I’d prefer a one ruck...

...ruck system. We then have 2025 to decide on what type is needed longer term to replace Cox and Lobb. Personally that’s a Thilthorpe or Darcy type* although the alternative is a Mitch Lewis this year if we have the collateral. *type because those guys are genuine 50/50 rucks, IMO, and...

Not really thinking Cameron, but there is another ruck playing senior footy. In all seriousness though Bryan/ Moyle>>>>>any mature guy not on a list because that’s how much better they are than everyone else not at senior level. Pro scouting though Lobb is the one I’m open to.

Setting aside that he’s a long way from NBA relevant I would have thought being on scholarship with a big US college is not something you walk away from to try your hand at a domestic sport…

That was what I was thinking on getting the tone of it. Not sure I’d have included that myself…

The big watch from here would surely be swelling or soft tissue because those movements look relatively dynamic for a guy that had ACL surgery 6 months ago.

I 100% get the tone of your post, but for once I agree with the schmock. Bryan is alongside Moyle as the best ruck without a current senior role. He’s AFL ready in 2025.

Nope. At that time our ruck stocks were Grundy, Cox and Lynch who was about on par with Begg so he was a perfect 3rd in option. The correct balance on a list is 4 ruckman, IMO, so he was the right fit at the right time just as I suggested Meek would have been back in 2022 (que sera). I also...

No he would not have played 5 matches this year. If he were the player you’d described and so highly regarded that he’d have pushed past Cox then we’d have brought him onto the list in February. The reason he’s a side grade is because he’s not an improvement on Begg or Steene. To reiterate...