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3 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

 

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Naww. Bitters found a wig.

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    Nufflands new clubsong

     

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    11 minutes ago, A F said:

    Naww. Bitters found a wig.

    No...its an old pic...before he sought sanctuary at the Manor !!

    Life became a little more macabre after  ;)

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    once we were the laughing stock

    Times change

    I like us.

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    8 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

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    to think....that's all the Hope they have !!!

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    21 hours ago, EnterTheDragon said:

    Posters on here talk about Josh Kelly as though if North don’t get him he’s as good as coming to Melbourne. In reality we’d just be one of about ten suitors throwing cash at him. It’s a long shot.

    I don't think we will be chasing Kelly...let someone else pay way overs for him.

    We have a couple of our own we will need to secure in the next couple of seasons.

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    Gaff turning down a massive deal from North as another “big fish” says no to them is almost as good as us landing someone we wanted ?. Their war chest doesn’t seem to be worth as much as they hoped!

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    It was interesting to read one of Tim Gossage’s tweets. He said he had contact with a few WCE players and they were all blown away but pumped Gaff stayed. The players he spoke to thought he was leaving.

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    Has anyone seen Deryn, since the Prelim Final over in Perth ?

    Parliament is starting to become concerned.

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    So if a club has to pay to the cap, what does North do with all the cash? Secret Santa with the current list? They have been putting aside dollars for years now, how do they spend it?

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    37 minutes ago, DaisyDeeciple said:

    So if a club has to pay to the cap, what does North do with all the cash? Secret Santa with the current list? They have been putting aside dollars for years now, how do they spend it?

    Front loading existing  contracts to Goldstein, Cunnington, Brown, Tarrant, Higgins,  Waite.

    That's also probably part of the way they sell their mega offers to other players to their existing list.  Look here's half your pay for the next 4 years so we can afford this.

    If they can't swing a Gaff replacement  this year they'll front load Polec to the max next year.

    It only works for so long though.

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    1 hour ago, Rocky said:

    shut it down

    Seems a bit hasty. They still managed to finish 9th last year without Gaff. 

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    2 hours ago, DaisyDeeciple said:

    So if a club has to pay to the cap, what does North do with all the cash? Secret Santa with the current list? They have been putting aside dollars for years now, how do they spend it?

    You can put a small amount away each year if you don’t spend the full cap.

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    1 hour ago, Skuit said:

    Seems a bit hasty. They still managed to finish 9th last year without Gaff. 

    haha, not nmfc skuit..although...

    i was referring to this annoying thread. 

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    WCE will be hard to beat again next year. From the GF bring in Gaff, Naitanui, Sheppard and Tim Kelly....that's a serious side.

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    41 minutes ago, SFebes said:

    WCE will be hard to beat again next year. From the GF bring in Gaff, Naitanui, Sheppard and Tim Kelly....that's a serious side.

    Yep, and the Norm Smith Medalist finished outside the top 10 in their B&F. Hoping to play them at the G next year for a change. Was the last time in 2014?

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    * Shuey might have missed a few games.

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    Just now, Dee Zephyr said:

    Yep, and the Norm Smith Medalist finished outside the top 10 in their B&F. Hoping to play them at the G next year for a change. Was the last time in 2014?

    Yep and we need to win games like STK next year, need to get that home pre-lim final is the key.

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    6 hours ago, Fifty-5 said:

    It only works for so long though.

    this is what i thought, must be close

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    Re: Gaff, we might be a chance here just quietly...

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