Believe it or not but I had Collingwood as a second team back in the mid seventies. Under Tom Hafey they played a good game of football.

Don't worry I saw the light in 1988 when abused by a little old lady magpie supporter for cheering a Melbourne win.

Since then GWS has been my second team. For a while they were like a fantasy football league

On 23/12/2024 at 12:06, Roost it far said:

He signs his name with #34, that says to me he's coming our way. I'm more confident now than I was last year.

Yep 

 

He’ll be a Dee barring some late winds change — ie upheaval or sudden major decline that looks unrecoverable.. but can’t see that as even IF absolute worst happened & we lost Trac, Clarry, Max next year and even Kos, I honestly blv the haul we’d gain in conjunction with our young talent means it’d be a 2-4yr skid at most! But my current feeling is that this group now is closest thing we’ve had talent and fitness wise to our 2021 group, line by line, 90% doing 90% of pre season etc so of course that can all change but KW a demon is about $1.27 for mine 😉 

15 minutes ago, Tolstoys Nudge said:

Yep 

 

He’ll be a Dee barring some late winds change — ie upheaval or sudden major decline that looks unrecoverable.. but can’t see that as even IF absolute worst happened & we lost Trac, Clarry, Max next year and even Kos, I honestly blv the haul we’d gain in conjunction with our young talent means it’d be a 2-4yr skid at most! But my current feeling is that this group now is closest thing we’ve had talent and fitness wise to our 2021 group, line by line, 90% doing 90% of pre season etc so of course that can all change but KW a demon is about $1.27 for mine 😉 

Pricing KW.

It's triggering my cost of living angst.

On 28/12/2024 at 19:55, Tolstoys Nudge said:

Yep 

 

He’ll be a Dee barring some late winds change — ie upheaval or sudden major decline that looks unrecoverable.. but can’t see that as even IF absolute worst happened & we lost Trac, Clarry, Max next year and even Kos, I honestly blv the haul we’d gain in conjunction with our young talent means it’d be a 2-4yr skid at most! But my current feeling is that this group now is closest thing we’ve had talent and fitness wise to our 2021 group, line by line, 90% doing 90% of pre season etc so of course that can all change but KW a demon is about $1.27 for mine 😉 

Call me paranoid, but I fear the AFL will pull some sort of swiftly on us, again. 
Q: is it paranoid when you know actually and truthfully they are out to get you?  

A:  Nah, this is Paranoid.  Who's that fresh-faced young singer?

 

 

I see Kalani was training today with the boys…

4 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

I see Kalani was training today with the boys…

13 minutes ago, adonski said:

I can’t view that for some reason 🤨

14 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

I can’t view that for some reason 🤨

If you're running an ad blocker, try turning it off.

59 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

I see Kalani was training today with the boys…

Wonder if he was also down here signing some paperwork with Tim lamb 😉

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I am confident he will end up with us. However, he is a young and skinny,  and I really don't see him being a good AFL player until about 2028  - he will need to fill out, and learn the senior game. This is absolutely not a knock on him, but you can't be a ruckman or a key position player until you have some weight and strength. 

47 minutes ago, Ollie fan said:

I am confident he will end up with us. However, he is a young and skinny,  and I really don't see him being a good AFL player until about 2028  - he will need to fill out, and learn the senior game. This is absolutely not a knock on him, but you can't be a ruckman or a key position player until you have some weight and strength. 

yeah, expect he will have similar trajectory as sam darcy

38 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

yeah, expect he will have similar trajectory as sam darcy

If he does, we’ve hit the jackpot. Sam Darcy will be the best player in the game within the next 2 years. He also progressed extremely quickly for a tall. 

55 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

yeah, expect he will have similar trajectory as sam darcy

Or he may be like Mac Andrew and not be worried about his weight. 

On 01/01/2025 at 20:19, monoccular said:

Call me paranoid, but I fear the AFL will pull some sort of swiftly on us, again. 
Q: is it paranoid when you know actually and truthfully they are out to get you?  

Perhaps you may need some sort of counselling. It couldn’t happen again. Look at it from a half glass full not empty. 

It was a dreadful act by the AFL and some compensation should have come our way. 

5 hours ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

I see Kalani was training today with the boys…

Proof below and on today’s training thread 

2 hours ago, The Jackson FIX said:

If he does, we’ve hit the jackpot. Sam Darcy will be the best player in the game within the next 2 years. He also progressed extremely quickly for a tall. 

well so do i wish.   but i was just talking of development trajectory, being a similar height and body profile.

2 hours ago, 58er said:

Perhaps you may need some sort of counselling. It couldn’t happen again. Look at it from a half glass full not empty. 

It was a dreadful act by the AFL and some compensation should have come our way. 

Counseling  for paranoia never helps, because the counselors are really part of the plot and are out to get you 🙄

Just coz you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you!

On 27/01/2025 at 15:45, Ollie fan said:

I am confident he will end up with us. However, he is a young and skinny,  and I really don't see him being a good AFL player until about 2028  - he will need to fill out, and learn the senior game. This is absolutely not a knock on him, but you can't be a ruckman or a key position player until you have some weight and strength. 

Sam Darcy says Hi

17 minutes ago, 58er said:

Sam Darcy says Hi

Sam Darcy was drafted in 2021, he only just started coming on last season so it's taken him a few years to get to the level.

On 27/01/2025 at 18:30, 58er said:

Or he may be like Mac Andrew and not be worried about his weight. 

Ian Cooper was very skinny...

On 27/01/2025 at 16:45, Ollie fan said:

I am confident he will end up with us. However, he is a young and skinny,  and I really don't see him being a good AFL player until about 2028  - he will need to fill out, and learn the senior game. This is absolutely not a knock on him, but you can't be a ruckman or a key position player until you have some weight and strength. 

Still feel we needed to draft or trade in a ruckman in the 22-26 age bracket ready to take over from Max in a couple years, even if we get this kid it's ganna take time

3 hours ago, Rednblueriseing said:

Still feel we needed to draft or trade in a ruckman in the 22-26 age bracket ready to take over from Max in a couple years, even if we get this kid it's ganna take time

Liam Reidy is the one we should look at end of 2025