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Jason Cloke recalls umpires telling him, 'You’re a has-been. I can’t stand your family. I hated you playing for Collingwood. I hate Collingwood. I’ll never give you a free kick!' Fantastic stuff. Makes me think umps aren’t so bad after all.


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speaking with a friend yesterday from the money side of town who knows a prominent CFL lawyer of middle eastern background, rkns the CFLs end goal -
to make the game almost completely contactless within 4 years :shrug:

Yep, it'll be like netball only on a much larger ground.
 
Just announced on Sen by Gary Lyon that the Zack Merrett to Hawthorn trade is off and he will return to training at Essendon 🤪
The new bombers Prez made that clear a month ago, he flat-out said Zach would be lining up for the Bombers in Round 1.

And Gary Lyin’ is still a knucklehead.
 

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speaking with a friend yesterday from the money side of town who knows a prominent CFL lawyer of middle eastern background, rkns the CFLs end goal -
to make the game almost completely contactless within 4 years :shrug:
It seems that way. Then they will wonder why people stop watching. idiots.
 

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poor Zack...feel sorry for him.

I reckon Essendon are bloody nuts. Good player yes, but he is 30 years old, they will never get more than what he is worth now. They aren't winning a flag before his career is finished. Essendon should be taking a 1st this year and a F1 to help with next year's bumper draft.
 
I reckon Essendon are bloody nuts. Good player yes, but he is 30 years old, they will never get more than what he is worth now. They aren't winning a flag before his career is finished. Essendon should be taking a 1st this year and a F1 to help with next year's bumper draft.
I agree that trading Merrett is best for them long term. But they've also got a fanbase who haven't seen their team win a final in 21 years and will only be more frustrated seeing their best player traded to a rival. They need to make sure they're getting a decent return so they can sell it to the fanbase. And then the picks are only useful if they actually get them right, which Essendon haven't in recent times (apart from Caddy).

Some teams can get impatient when they haven't had success for a long time (ours included), but they need to do things the right way and play the long game. Focus on building around and adding to the young players they have now, so they have a bunch of quality players coming through at the same time.

The supporters won't like being told to stay patient, but that's the reality after so many poor draft and recruitment decisions, player development failures and the damage to their culture from the supplement stuff and being unsuccessful for so long.
 
I reckon Essendon are bloody nuts. Good player yes, but he is 30 years old, they will never get more than what he is worth now. They aren't winning a flag before his career is finished. Essendon should be taking a 1st this year and a F1 to help with next year's bumper draft.
Yeah, can’t wait for Essendon fans start whinging about demotivated ex captain Merrett going through the motions like Bolton of 2024 for the remainder of his contract.
 

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