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I don't know about Brown's previous contract, but Darcy did make us sweat in his contract after winning the AFL MVP and his first year under Rohde. During an Age article where he said he was pushing negotiations back until the end of the year, he publicly said something along the lines off: "I...

He openly said that he wanted to make enough money so he never had to work again after his footy career, but he also said - before the trade - that if the contract offers were in the same ballpark, his preference was to stay. He could have been lying, but he would have looked quite foolish if we...

Their fitness seemed to really come to the fore late season. They were bottom four half way through the season (2 games and 30 percentage points out of the 8), and were one of the few other teams to lose to West Coast. If we follow a similar trajectory where we're as fit as they were in the...

Geelong's hands were utterly elite last weekend. The amount of times they, after being under serious pressure, had the vision to find and execute a high degree of difficulty handball which realeased someone into open space was insane. We on the flip side seem to find a way to get the final...

There's obviously outliers, and I didn't say it was a guarantee of success - in fact bringing up our squad in 2005 was my own proof that it isn't. The level of quality associated with those AA players (multiple AA star vs someone scraping in) and the age profile plays a massive part. A dozen...

The judment above is of Eade in his first season vs someone in their 10th year. What were your thoughts on Eade when he was starting 0-3 his 8th year with us, with zero Grand Finals and zero flags? Eade often went with "this is a development year for a young squad" mantra that season, which...

Out: VDM, McNeil, Harmes In: Daniel, Macrae, and Clarke if we stay small, or otherwise I'd much prefer Darcy to Keath if we're adding a key defender Those 3 cost the team dearly. This week will be a test on the new coaching setup. Historically, like Ayce Cordy, McComb, Gowers, Honeychurch etc...

Is there single recruiter in the league (who's been in the role for at least 10 odd years), who doesn't have dozens of failed selections? Assessing recruiters comes down to a lot of assumptions, but I'm assuming not many others in the field walk away with Bont, Macrae Naughton, English with...

Geez, I'm an idiot - didn't spot that at all (a lesson to not post after Friday night drinks) I guess I could see myself, in the same shoes, "weighing up whether to nominate" to try get some intel to report back to the club so they could gain some kind of advantage, but yeah, a pretty...

I love it, and this is in no way a criticism, but I don't know if putting this out there publicly is in the club's best interests.

Not saying fitness isn't a contributor, but in quite a few of the close games we lost, we were finishing strongly and peppering/had the run of play (kicking the last goal or two). Surely if fitness was the key issue, we'd consistently be out on our feet with 5 mins left? Is there any fitness...

Basically interviewed one person and hired him on the spot, desperate for a known commodity after the Rohde disaster. Management were scared s***less that Hawthorn would interview Eade later that week and we'd lose him if we didn't come to contract terms during the interview. We really showed...

Isn't the "worse than they first thought" that the club was hoping that it might be 4-6 weeks, and instead it's approx 8-10? Or has there been an update on the update? If it's 9-10 weeks, he can still keep his fitness up, and slot straight in after the finals week bye - not a disaster given...

Yes, to say he singlehandedly rebuilt the list is incorrect, but that he navigated a full blown rebuild while making finals twice is accurate. The average age of our top 22 during that time was borderline as young as the Gold Coast/GWS teams in the early 2010s. Yes, we had Bont, Macrae etc, but...

Also a possibility that Bomber was an ice dealer/addict by then. You say that Hardwick had his "odd-one-out down" years, but his best years (in his first 7 seasons) were the equivalent of Bevo's last few "down" years. With Cochtin, Martin, Rance and Reilwoldt and most of their 2017-2020 foot...

Jeff Kennett was a big believer in that. If he had have won the Victorian 1999 Election, he was already planning to walk mid-term, thinking 6-8 years was the ideal time for leaders (government, business, sport) to leave. This interview of his was after loss against Geelong in 2013, and it's...

There was a crazy post somewhere here where it was suggested that Bevo and Dalrymple were against the Schache trade, but McCartney and Grant were for. If it was true, I still find the idea that a coach could be given a recycled player he doesn't want mind-boggling. Believe it was Fronk who...

Every single one of these trades would have had other clubs offering significantly more than Geelong in return for the assets that GC gave up. Every single one. You can argue the Bowes deal was restricted by his choice of destination club, but the deal is still insane. I know corruption gets...

When starting out, Tudor had a ridiculous record - coaching his own team to a VFL flag, then something like 7 out of 7 prelim finishes as a midfield coach, across three different clubs/coaches. Assistant to two premiership coaches (Thompson and Longmire), and assistant to another who was a...

We apparently offered Brown an insulting 3 years/$1mil ($333k per year), arguing we didn't have any more money/cap space for an AA, top 10 in the comp level player, yet then were happy to offer Rawlings (not one of the top 10 key forwards in the comp at the time, let alone all round players) 4...

Bomber Thompson had won two finals in his first 7 years (didn't make finals more often than not). With one of the most talented lists in history (15+ AA standard players under him). Hardwick didn't win a final in his first seven years (0/3). With Dusty, Cotchin, Reiwoldt and Rance in the their...

Not doubting that this is accurate, but find it amazing. Some clubs have $20mil+ in the bank and a fair bit to move with their annual profits/bottom lines. You'd think wealthier clubs accepting a 75%(?) tax on a footy department soft cap overspend would be quite common.

As good as his first year was, I'm sceptical that Sam Power would have signed him to $800k-$900k p.a. at 19 years of age, with 21 games to his name. Especially when that contract was likely negotiated/finalised in the off-season (announced round 5), pre any breakout games as a key forward (such...

John Howard did similar with a Whitten Oval funding pledge pre the 2004 election - probably didn't have much to gain electorally, but overall was more aimed at the working class vote in general. The next day after the announcement, Howard was mobbed with pats on the back and handshakes while...

Until (if) Sweet becomes ready, he's my preference for the second ruck role. By the Flemington straight. 199cm, covers the ground well/great endurance, smart, great kick. As you mentioned, he also offers the flexibility of an additional option up front or down back - though he hasn't been...

But it would be pretty silly to write off a player like, say, Reiwoldt or Pavlich, after their first 7 years in the game, when trying to draw a direct comparison to someone who'd had a 17 year career (Lockett etc). 8 years in to his career, Clarko had 1 premiership, 1 losing Grand Final, and...

This is bloody fantastic.

Small world! The first time in almost 18 years that someone has mentioned that little tidbit in my username. I'm not Lerian, but I might as well be with the amount of Lerian koumbari in our family. Leros United was (is) an amateur soccer club that started in West Footscray (now in Maidstone)...

Can we take it easy with the disparaging of all fat, disgusting balding pieces of sh1t, just because Hutchy happens to also be one. Most of us are nothing like him. Thanks.