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Massive match and round coming up. We could be close to getting back in the mix or we could be close to being done for the 2024 flag depending on how things go. Based on every team finishing 4th the last 10 years has had either 6 or 7 losses and given since the current version of the 8 started...

This is where journos get really lazty and we have to take care not to get caught up in thier hype. For a start IU would ban the word warchest, it gives an inflated sense of what we have. Lat week it was reported Collingwood would be looking at a $4.5M or even $5M warchest going forward as our...

Yeah 1 top ender would be likely possible then shrewd trades/FA

I agree we will be active in the trade/FA space. I think we will be obliged to as we wont replace the over 30s with whats on the list now and the draft. My point is we may be more active around the McStay/Hill types not the LUD/Allen type level as some are suggesting. All the reports I can see...

Argument might hold a little water except Brookes tips it upside down. He has improved on his recent results since joining LIV, won a major and 4th in the Masters last year as well as Ryder cup team. The evidence suggests 3 day tournaments make no difference to the best in the world which makes...

The other question I have is do we really have lots of $$$ compared to the rest of the competition. This is a terrible article, a fluff piece designed to to get the biggest supporter base clicking. It really contains next to no analysis. Despite the claim Glen McFarlane "took a deep dive into...

Thats because Call was a long way ahead if Fin at the same time of his career and looked a lot better at AFL level. Even so that wasn't enough for him to make it longer term but he played 22 games in his 3rd season

Agree with your sentiment. Fly not only did a great innovative job coaching a list that was only just there in terms of contention but he also went all in with his career. Rather that take a partial rebuild type process he went for immediate success probably knowing if he didn't pull it off his...

Pride in being a tossbag should perhaps be reined in

For sure, the man marking the 1st rover was the oppo 1st rover and that was the laxest coverthere was. Other thing to consider was it was largely a game of territory and positions. It was only in the U11's where there was a mass of players around the ball with no heed to position. Also defending...

It was the centreman or even the ruck rover who would cop that. The rover has free reign up forward, no one told them to get out.

We will have to disagree. Ginny has ducked far too often but he didnt here. He may have moved down a fraction and then rose again while attempting to mark but that was a natural reaction. Biomechanics would say its pretty hard to run backwards and then prop to mark without using your knees and...

There were of short rovers, often taking the role of the 2nd rover. I think of "Wee Georgie" Bissett 168cm, Paul Callery 165cm, Brad Gotch 166cm and Libba 163cm. Often the short rovers thrived on being tough although Bissett was also very skilled. He lost the Brownlow by 1 vote in 1969 after...

The Ruck Rover was a bigger player than the Rover or Centremen, really a hybrid between a ruck and a rover. A tough workhorse, sorry to say Manic, but not overly skilled often. Serge Silvagni would have been the quintessential RR. For centre and rover there was little difference in size it was...

No way, you just cant reach out and drape your arm over your opponents shoulder in a marking contest. Yeah Ginnivan does hook his arm but thats after the event and its Maynards momentum and pulling on Ginnivans shoulder/neck that takes them to ground. To me thats very clear cut. You just cant...

Actually the Collingwood 6 footer wasn't 6 foot

No,thats 100% Ginnys free. As they run back both have eyes for the ball but Maynard reaches out with his left and initially finds Ginnivans R shoulder then drapes his arm around his neck. Throughout that time Ginnivan is only eyes for the ball and has not reached at all for Maynard. 100% you...

Might be the only thing comparable between those 2