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Luke Ball was on ABC radio today talking about North and said exactly this - they were discussing that tanking story and he said it’s unfair to compare Reid with who have completely different levels of mature support around them.

He looked amazing when they were winning. Commentators said he was the only one of their midfield that kept trying but once the Pies got their act together he still looked like a shadow of the guy who was ripping it up early. Doesn’t matter who you are, it is bloody hard to do it all as a young...

Just saw a bit of the TV news and the reporter was saying he can play footy again after the suspension if over but he’d have to do behaviour training first. * me, Thomas isn’t the only one who needs to learn how to take lessons.

AFL and AFLW member and got no email, got used to it now - thanks to whoever for posting it here.

I know plenty of us have a victim complex with the AFL but they absolutely aim to manage s**t for every club to minimise the negative fallout as far as possible. It seems time to suggest that for an 18 game ban to be handed down and not negotiated back, what he has done is somewhat worse than...

We still don’t know anything officially. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/north-melbourne-waiting-on-afl-finding-before-making-call-on-thomas-20240219-p5f5yp.html

I guess when it is announced we will all know and won’t need to hang off scraps of gossip/hearsay/insider info? can’t wait for that either way.

I met Jack yesterday for him to sign his match worn jumper I bought in a charity auction - my partner organised a meet and greet and photo, which was very nice. I tried to obscure his Richmond gear for the photo (my partner insisted he take his cap off) but it was seriously good to see him happy...

Sealed unless hypothetically he still had a spot next year until very recently.

We’ll never know. It was so exciting when he was drafted to the club I support, I was so pleased to see him get a chance and work hard, and really hoped after his injury he’d get another chance on the rookie list. It’s a brutal business. Seems like collateral damage for Brady’s great work in...

Players are friends with each other, they aren’t tribal like fans are.

For the AFL, there is always discretion. That’s why they were stumped when WADA didn’t play by their made up rules back in the day.

I doubt it was “lodged” officially as early as Dodoro said. I also reckon the AFL would always massage a preferred outcome rather than apply a firm rule, so they are making sure this hits band 1 and Essendon are working on their little abacuses to make sure their warchest stretches to do that...

I’m beginning to wonder if we can trust things Dodoro tells the media.

That makes sense for him. I‘m trying to be grown up about this but can’t, it turns out. Thanks for everything and * off to Tullamarine, then.

Hopefully watching Bobby Hill yesterday was a timely reminder to * list managers not to get too cute when they have a player they want on the hook.

Weird rant. You need to be pretty tough to ruck at pretty much every contest for 300 games. Xerri’s hard as teak and tackles to hurt, Goldy was smart and had beautiful skills, if you can’t have it all very often, we’ve done well out of what Goldy has been. I still don’t get the rumour about...

Herald Sun says it’s between Essendon and Collingwood - that’s a weird one given where they are and how they use the ruck position.

Long time ago now. Round 1 this year was a big statement on the direction Clarkson would go - got sidetracked by injury but clearly Goldy was not the plan. And even for everyone unconvinced by the alternatives, by the end of this season it didn’t look like Goldy was up for being an effective #1...

So after doing a medical and interviews, Ben couldn’t be convinced to move to Sydney. Did he not realise earlier how far away it is?

It’s not rolling over if North gets its preferred outcome.

The idea that he’d want to outdo his brother is fascinating. You’d think if it’s one of these two they‘d both offer big crowds and big games - either could make a jump up the ladder, that’s hard to predict, so it’s probably where he better sees himself in the coach’s plans. I doubt Scott is a...

He was injured and out of the team for a lot of his last season there - I don’t think his form at the Pies dropped off otherwise, but in his absence McCrae realised he could run his team better with Darcy Cameron and Cox rucking and the extra cap space. His Melbourne stint has been a black hole...

Thanks for posting this. Hope you’re going ok with it.

I disagree - players from all clubs have decisions when they get near the end, and some hit the end faster than others. We can’t keep all the spots on the list out of sentiment if players want to play longer than the club thinks they can give their best. It was great to say goodbye to Jack and...

We can’t hold him, though, if he gets a better offer and wants to go?

It’s not exciting - more a relief that after a disrupted year for him and the club, there is now another season for things to get back on track and for a measured decision to then be made that delivers fair returns for Tarryn and the club.

I should have said I’m tired of hearing stories like this, as we don’t know what’s happening. It’s been exciting to see him get back to playing good footy and apparently enjoying himself. He is entitled to have his manager talk to other clubs and North, with a contract, is entitled to either...

Bit tired of our contracted players putting themselves on the market. And Essendon can * right off.

That’s the stage we have reached, glad to have got here.