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    Strategy Trade and List Management Thread Part 8 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

    Why pay when you can get Butts for free? Surely he's our #1 priority as far as KPDs go, rather than multiple firsts/seconds for a contracted or non free agent KD option (picks which we may not have depending on how the Butters situation plays out). Unfortunately, as a FA KD Butts is looking at...
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    Strategy Trade and List Management Thread Part 8 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

    A small thing, but does this non-change above along with the change of rules for points for NGA/Father sons, mean that Port might be slightly more likely to accept the first round Butters compo? If the kid they want gets taken at 2, they'll possibly NEED another top 6/7 pick to take him? More...
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    Strategy Trade and List Management Thread Part 8 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

    At the same age, Matty Boyd was playing Frankston reserves. Boyd would have looked completely out of place in an AFL game at the equivalent age, much more than Cooper does. In fact, even at 22-23, some people on here were calling for Boyd to be delisted. Before the multiple B&Fs, AA, club...
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    Strategy Trade and List Management Thread Part 8 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

    And IMO it would have essentially meant Lobb could have been the genuine back up second ruckman on the list. Multi-position versatility counts for little if lack of cover for your primary role means you can't be moved when needed.
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    Coach Future of the Club (Bevo; Board; Assistant Coaches; Football Department) - Part 2

    I think you need 12-18 months to get a really good idea. That's not to disqualify the idea that King might be really good in the long term, but the 'new coach bounce' can play a role early before reality sets in. McCartney as an example was 5-6 mid season in 2012 with some really solid...
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    Injury Injuries 2026

    We have to learn from that catastrophe - IMO the loss of Luke in that pre-season could very well have cost us a premiership in 2006. The good news - that first rehab, Luke Darcy was absolutely flying in his path back to playing. Genetics wise, Sam should be in a good spot. Stupidly, the club...
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    Strategy Trade and List Management Thread Part 8 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

    I forget who it was, but it was an ex-Hawk player who would know, speaking on one of the panel shows. He said that Sam Mitchell's first option for a key defender a couple of years ago was Ben McKay. They only switched their attention to Barass (pipping us at the post) after McKay rejected them...
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    Umpiring Nick Foot reporting Zak Butters for abusive language

    Agree with this. There is nothing wrong with running with "playing for over 2 hours, I don't remember my exact words, but whether it was "how's that a free kick" or "how do you pay that?", I 100% know it wasn't what has been alleged". My conclusion comes down to this, and it's unfortunately...
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    No Oppo Supporters Non Bulldog Footy Talk - Bulldogs Only - Part 6

    A year or two after you arrived, as President of Carlton, Elliott said we had a "tragic history". The first time we met (after those comments) later that season, not only did we beat them comfortably, but a crowd chant of "Elliott's a w***er" blasted across the stadium. Then, a year later...
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    Strategy Trade and List Management Thread Part 8 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

    Especially as a free agent. I reckon he was probably getting 600k p.a. offers at the end of last year, IMO today after his last two games, no club would flinch at $750k, but there will be clubs offering $900k/$1m p.a by the end of the year if he keeps this up. Apparently he was ours if we put...
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    Prediction Michael Sellwood - our mastermind?

    Thanks. Just looked up the follow up extension to keep him on the list, it was for 1 year, so he's out of contract at the end of the season. Another few games like that and he'll be fielding a few offers above what we may have been expecting, I'm sure Power will be on top of locking him away early.
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    Prediction Michael Sellwood - our mastermind?

    I think he was originally on a 6 month contract? Did we extend for 1 or 2 years? If it's one, I'd be getting on to that ASAP. Based on past experience, a couple of those tackles in my mind I had expected to be broken and had marked down as Brisbane goals - and then the niggle and scraps...
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    Prediction Dogs V Hawks Friday 27th WO 7.10PM

    As a rapper once rapped, ✅️✅️✅️✅️ Boom.
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    No Oppo Supporters Non Bulldog Footy Talk - Bulldogs Only - Part 6

    I personally wouldn't have an issue with 4 gather rounds given it could go a long way to equalising the draw with a couple of basic rules in place (eg; all teams play a max of one away game to a home gather round state team), but 100% it would lose its appeal. I think one more gather round per...
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    News What They're Saying - The Bulldogs Media Thread - Part 5

    In the Foxtel post game coverage, they started talking about shows that will be on their channel once the footy starts back up. One of them is a doco about the Lions premiership run last year. It's called "Run towards the fire" - for those that remember, that was a pretty iconic line from a...
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    Strategy Trade and List Management Thread Part 8 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

    Ah, the old circumvent (rival's poaching attempts).
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    2025 Draft Thread

    I might be mistaken, but wasn't there some kind of "additional to your list" indigenous rookie spot that everyone is going to get? Or is that starting next year?
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    2025 Draft Thread

    Guess our main interest now is whether the first $100k of Darcy's salary for the next 2 years is included in the cap or excluded (rookie list)?
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    Fixture 2026 Fixture Discussion

    I think North in one of those slots was an outlier due to their 100th anniversary. Hopefully there's an even 3/4 split between the games, but even if there isn't, I think with the extra sponsorship /having more exposure to more existing/potential fans, highly anticipated away contests against...
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    Fixture 2026 Fixture Discussion

    For the first 15 years of this century we were complaining that we'd never get our fair share of these types of high rating/high exposure fixtures on account of being a smaller club. Reading the room across the last few seasons, now many of our supporters hate the amount of them we're getting.
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    Coach Future of the Club (Bevo; Board; Assistant Coaches; Football Department) - Part 2

    I'm not saying those guys should never have left, was more making the point that with almost every highly rated assistant leaving, Bevo's philosophy hasn't really paid off / been reciprocated. That we've lost so many in 5 years does seem unprecedented - most premiership coaches seem to have a...
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    Fixture 2026 Fixture Discussion

    With sufficient clearance to Anzac Day most seasons, I think we can get away with it for 22 out of the next 25 years! On FTA and being early season (both team's still in finals contention), I think TV ratings will take care of themselves. If the crowd is 45k plus next year, I think we should...
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    Fixture 2026 Fixture Discussion

    I understand that it's been much more cut throat over the journey, but my question was, for those who remember, was there so much uproar when a similar change happened and over 50% teams qualified for finals in 1994? If the argument/fan anger is against rewarding mediocrity, would a move to a...
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    Coach Future of the Club (Bevo; Board; Assistant Coaches; Football Department) - Part 2

    I remember an article from about 10 years ago about Bevo having a philosophy of absolute loyalty to his assistants. In retrospect, what's it achieved? While we wanted to keep them, King, Gia, Hansen and now Spangher have all walked to other non-senior roles. Have other (generally finals...
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    Fixture 2026 Fixture Discussion

    I was only in my teens and didn't really know what the general fan consensus was, but was there this much hate for a change in 1994 when the 8 was introduced and it meant over half the comp made finals? The push back is all about "rewarding mediocrity", however the main argument in the last few...
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    Strategy Trade and List Management Thread Part 8 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

    Patrick Dangerfield - after being drafted interstate - stayed an extra year in Victoria to concentrate on his schooling.
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    Coach Future of the Club (Bevo; Board; Assistant Coaches; Football Department) - Part 2

    Agree he would have been excellent for us. Apparently we were in deep talks with Cameron but he decided to stay in Sydney to not interrupt his kids schooling with a move to Melbourne. I think Buckley is either doing it to take over Scott or otherwise gather and use all of Geelong's IP in his...

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