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Impressive. Sends a great message through the whole list - the two best players in the GF are already putting in the extra work.

Bit of a head-scratcher in the tail end of that segment: De Goey appointing his fire-fighter brother-in-law as his manager?

6 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Bit of a head-scratcher in the tail end of that segment: De Goey appointing his fire-fighter brother-in-law as his manager?

Yes….stems from the David Cloke management book of genius. 

 

Who's heading up the fitness department these days?

25 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Impressive. Sends a great message through the whole list - the two best players in the GF are already putting in the extra work.

Bit of a head-scratcher in the tail end of that segment: De Goey appointing his fire-fighter brother-in-law as his manager?

Sends a message through the whole comp IMO.


7 minutes ago, Dwight Schrute said:

Who's heading up the fitness department these days?

Selwyn I believe 

29 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Impressive. Sends a great message through the whole list - the two best players in the GF are already putting in the extra work.

Bit of a head-scratcher in the tail end of that segment: De Goey appointing his fire-fighter brother-in-law as his manager?

The only thing surprising about this Bing181 is how surprised you are. It's De Going Nowhere for goodness sake. Exactly the sort of dumb thing he would do. 

 
Just now, Demons11 said:

Selwyn I believe 

Glad to hear, he's very highly credentialed, i imagine the program will be very similar to what it would have been under Burgo 

9 minutes ago, Dwight Schrute said:

Who's heading up the fitness department these days?

Trackta. 


I honestly think the Grand final was a break out game for Petracca as scary as that is for the competition, he's finally accepted that he's the best player in the comp and teams have to stop him to win, and Oliver seems to really thrive as the number 2 guy i reckon. 

I will be putting $$ down on a Petracca Brownlow in 2022, i reckon he's set for an incredible year 

Driven blokes like T Mac and Viney have plenty of mates now. 

good to see everyone is fit and doesn’t need time off legs. 

I like the idea, maintain fitness rather than have to get it back. Train hard now and have a good break over Xmas 

im expecting a more impressive H&A season next year. With some smashings 

13 minutes ago, Dwight Schrute said:

I honestly think the Grand final was a break out game for Petracca as scary as that is for the competition, he's finally accepted that he's the best player in the comp and teams have to stop him to win, and Oliver seems to really thrive as the number 2 guy i reckon. 

I will be putting $$ down on a Petracca Brownlow in 2022, i reckon he's set for an incredible year 

Petracca willsave his best footy for the Grannie

1 hour ago, bing181 said:

Bit of a head-scratcher in the tail end of that segment: De Goey appointing his fire-fighter brother-in-law as his manager?

Makes perfect sense, needs someone to put out all his spot fires. 


18 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

Makes perfect sense, needs someone to put out all his spot fires. 

Never underestimate what a Firefighter is capable of...... I'm just sayin'.

26 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

Makes perfect sense, needs someone to put out all his spot fires. 

First managed by his father, then his brother in law.

What's next? His father in law's brother?

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58 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Driven blokes like T Mac and Viney have plenty of mates now. 

good to see everyone is fit and doesn’t need time off legs. 

I like the idea, maintain fitness rather than have to get it back. Train hard now and have a good break over Xmas 

im expecting a more impressive H&A season next year. With some smashings 

Anyone knows what the go is with Oliver? He’s generally in shoulder surgery post season. Anyone with inside info on whether he’s having it done again this year? 

I went past Goshes today and noticed some training but had no idea it was our guys, would have stopped if i did.

1 hour ago, DubDee said:

Driven blokes like T Mac and Viney have plenty of mates now. 

good to see everyone is fit and doesn’t need time off legs. 

I like the idea, maintain fitness rather than have to get it back. Train hard now and have a good break over Xmas 

im expecting a more impressive H&A season next year. With some smashings 

Certainly there were many (myself included) who were disappointed that other than theGC game we didn’t really smash anyone during the H&A season, but I seem to remember hearing / reading somewhere that this was part of the grand plan, pacing ourselves and letting go come finals time.  The way the season panned out this could well be the case.  


28 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Anyone knows what the go is with Oliver? He’s generally in shoulder surgery post season. Anyone with inside info on whether he’s having it done again this year? 

I get the impression he gets banged up pretty good every game.. heard a few times that he struggles to walk the following day.

 

50 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Anyone knows what the go is with Oliver? He’s generally in shoulder surgery post season. Anyone with inside info on whether he’s having it done again this year? 

I heard late in the season someone at the club say his shoulders were fine this year which was why he was marking above his head. So potentially just wear and tear on the big bull

GO THE MIGHTY DEES BACK TO BACK

 

Remember that time Jack Viney and Tomald ended up in a punch-up? I'm a pacifist through-and-through, but it was pretty cool. Now what, they're training partners? Boo a bit. 


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