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What's up with the Big Bash fixturing? Renegades and Stars due to play their 7th match each tonight, while we've only played four? Then we play our first match since Boxing Day tomorrow, which is the first of four matches in 8 days?

Looks like a few of us got down this morning. Would echo the other posters thoughts, but will try not to duplicate: Having not been down to an open training for a couple of years, I'd iterate how difficult it is to spot all the players, especially when they're wearing caps. Keys and co do a...

Guys like Max Laughton and Kane Cornes know the eagles supporter base is large and parochial, and write incendiary articles to get clicks - hey, it's worked on me and many of us. Max does actually raise some legitimate points. But * me, he assesses them in such a low-effort, surface-level...

I'm not really comparing the intensity of one to the other; I'm refuting the people that say there is nothing else Maynard could have done. And regardless, I disagree that competing in an intense finals match-up absolves you of your duty of care. I also don't quite agree on the comparison to...

Haven't read back so not sure if it's been raised, but I saw the comment made somewhere and thought it as pertinent as any - if Maynard was at training and was attempting to smother Nick Daicos in the same manner, do you reckon he braces for impact in the same way? No chance. IMO Maynard could...

old man yells at cloud - 2006 flag didn't happen https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-news-2023-stuart-dew-sacked-gold-coast-suns-defended-by-malcolm-blight-updates/news-story/0f1115c359b883e4c3927b81de25c35e

Wasn't the knock on Culley last year that he wasn't a very good runner and couldn't get from contest to contest? seriously impressive to grab a top 3 finish

Dunkley - 50% CBA attendance for the year - C/F Rozee - 50% CBA attendance - C/F Coniglio - 49% CBA attendance - C/F Taranto - 44% CBA attendance - C/F Short - 36% CBA attendance - C only make it make sense

Fifth all-time for brownlow votes for our club too with 109, behind Priddis (149), Cousins (141), Matera (126), Kerr (114). Pretty bloody good career.

not a single replay of any discussion of that decision either....garbage

Just weird vibes from fox footy in general they have referred to our game as a 'famous win' for the suns a couple of times...wasn't it just the favourite getting up against an undermanned opposition? they put us 17th in their 'power rankings' table, behind essendon in 10th, who got absolutely...

apologies to post something that isnt an inside joke for a moment... does anyone know if fans are able to attend tomorrow? or is it a behind-closed-doors type scenario where even people outside the fence get shooed away? oh yea uhh, Chesser already our best player, etc

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Wil Powell is an absolute gun. Runner up in the B&F at Gold Coast (though admittedly not in a super strong field). Plays similarly to Brad Sheppard and has a very high ceiling; his game against Carlton was one of the better games from a defender i've seen in a while. Would just about be one of...

Gov won his 4th AA in a weak field, there wasn't really anyone else that demanded selection that year. He was still first in intercepts and 3rd for contested marks across the whole league. People just tend to re-frame what they expect from gun players; by his standards, he was a bit down, but...

Is 2 rucks a bit silly? sure Is it more silly than not playing any wingmen, shoe-horning 2 mids into the HFF spots, and not having any forwards or defenders on the interchange? no AA team has never been about picking a team to play a real game, its a reward for a good season. and that is...

I think Gawn's mark and goal locks him in for the #1 spot; recency bias and all that. And as others have said, the Max Gawn #1 ruck narrative has been in full motion. However, Nic has been knocked his entire career for his 'low disposal count', with suggestions that if he could get it to 15+...

Havent been more incensed by a non-call in as long as i can remember. If thats not a 50, what is?

Thought that apart from Shuey, Witherden was the one clearly a class above for the WAFL. Has fluffed a couple of kicks at AFL level but I am increasingly confident that we have a good long-term ball user off half-back to replace Hurn once he retires.

cant stand the way every eagles free kick is replayed, picked apart, scrutinised at quarter time breaks. but when its the other way, nothing

giving us a 10 day break for no reason, right after the bye, rather than spreading those days out over the rest of the year. frustrating. though that sunday arvo slot against the bulldogs has been a happy hunting ground over recent years, have smashed them a few times, even when they've been...

Poor Bucks

The Rioli name is footballing royalty; reckon the AFL wont be too thrilled if his career is ended. gut feel, based on absolutely not much, is 2 years. any longer and he's surely gonezo

good ol' fashioned incompetence

completely ignoring stats for a moment; Nic: 7th in the AFLCA 8th in the AFLPA 7th on the brownlow predictor 3rd in the 'AFL player ratings' So in the eyes of the coaches, players, AA selection panel, AFL statisticians, and (it is predicted) the umpires, Nicnat was not only the #1 ruck, but...

Nic: 7th in the AFLCA 8th in the AFLPA 7th on the brownlow predictor H2H he beat Gawn, trashed Grundy, trashed Ryder + Marshall, and imo shaded Goldstein. How anyone can think Goldstein or Gawn had more influence on games or their teams fortunes this year blows my mind Well done to our boys...

Yea it does feel a bit harsh. Incredible grand final but just hasn't had the consistency since; is excellent one week and very worrisome the next. Think in that second bracket ive listed, you could easily change the order around. Looking at your list, we have 9 of the top 10 the same. I think...

1 Naitanui 2 Yeo 3 Gov 4 Sheppard 5 Shuey 6 Gaff 7 Kennedy 8 Darling 9 Ryan 10 Kelly 11 Redden 12 Sheed 13 Cripps 14 Duggan 15 Hurn 16 Barrass 17 Allen 18 Waterman 19 Cole 20 Nelson 21 Schofield 22 Jetta 23 Hutchings...

worst part of the fixture. essendon after the bye -> richmond on a sunday 10 day break then three 6 day breaks in a row? zzz