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  On 15/10/2023 at 08:44, deanox said:

Honestly, I loved what Steven May said, and as a supporter it felt great. He could've qualified it by saying "We really let ourselves down with our kicking so didn't perform well enough to win BUT I think we are better than Collingwood on our day" or something, but he was a few drinks in.

That kind of personality from players is fantastic and helps build the contest!

But list strategy? No chance anything real gets discussed external to inner sanctum.

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Our last 4 or 5 games against them we've had 'all duck, no dinner' (Langdon); 'see you in two weeks' (Mcrae); football action (Maynard); and now we have May's we're better than them.

There's definitely a fierce rivalry building. That said, I'd much prefer our players letting the football do the talking.

May has to back that up now.

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  On 15/10/2023 at 02:20, DeeSpencer said:

I never liked the Grundy deal but it was a roll of the dice with little else available and it hasn’t cost much.

Otherwise the plan seems to be to focus on 2 quality draft picks and to save cap space.

The biggest cost so far is that Oliver has gone from a prized asset to a major concern and Petty has gone from a huge part of the future to someone who’d seemingly rather be in Adelaide sooner rather than later. A couple of pretty big disasters we’ve managed to find ourselves in there.

I’d like the club to make some kind of comment on the list strategy once the trade period is done. Are we banking cap or are we just paying the bill for past performance?

And I wish it was possible to ask them why they haven’t  been more aggressive with list turnover at the back end of the list. 

 

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Agree with Oliver & Petty..  I’d like the club to comment on the whole Grundy disaster in particular Goodwin 360 in him & what went wrong …will be egg on his face if Grundy succeeds at the Swans even more so if they happen to win a flag!

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  On 15/10/2023 at 08:54, Demonsone said:

Agree with Oliver & Petty..  I’d like the club to comment on the whole Grundy disaster in particular Goodwin 360 in him & what went wrong …will be egg on his face if Grundy succeeds at the Swans even more so if they happen to win a flag!

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We never should have courted him in the first place. The Pies are the ones still paying him; I hope he succeeds.

We thought Gawn could make it as a forward - he couldn’t. There is your story - Max will go out of the game in a blink of an eye at the top of his game right in the ruck - he won’t fade away in the pocket kicking three a game while someone not as good as him battles away to make us better than the sum of the parts. His id won’t allow it - it is his only failing and his final fallibility.

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Posted
  On 15/10/2023 at 09:58, Deemac said:

Funny how Gawn and Grundy didn’t work but we beat the two grandfinal teams with them both in 

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No we didn't.

We beat Collingwood with both, Brisbane we didn't.

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  On 15/10/2023 at 08:54, Demonsone said:

Agree with Oliver & Petty..  I’d like the club to comment on the whole Grundy disaster in particular Goodwin 360 in him & what went wrong …will be egg on his face if Grundy succeeds at the Swans even more so if they happen to win a flag!

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Absolute ****te! 
 

Was it a disaster? By who’s reckoning?
 

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  On 14/10/2023 at 08:29, adonski said:

Trac to go back to Casey to work on his kicking. Don't mind it.

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…. and maybe his forward craft?  That turns out well. 🤗

  On 14/10/2023 at 09:28, chook fowler said:

Let’s hold a referendum 

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What could possibly go wrong?  

  On 15/10/2023 at 03:04, Binmans PA said:

Why?

I don't want the club showing their hand. Downright dumb.

'Hey, rest of league, here's our plan for next year.'

Why do some supporters think the club owes them a response at every turn? And don't give me the 'I'm a paid up member' claptrap.

It's dumb. And the club should STFU and get on with trying to win premierships, not spend their time placating neggy nuffies who [censored] the bed every time something doesn't go perfectly.

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“Our aim is to continually improve the list, and get the right balance between talls, mediums and smalls, matching pace with strength and blending experience with youth.  Of course character and leadership are also paramount “
 

May I please have the job as spokesman?

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Posted
  On 15/10/2023 at 00:32, Demon Dynasty said:

Account hacked by Werridee?

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Of course McAdam will get a game starting on the bench and probably dropped for the next week to put in Pickett. Do you want a best 22?

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  On 15/10/2023 at 11:50, WERRIDEE said:

Of course McAdam will get a game starting on the bench and probably dropped for the next week to put in Pickett. Do you want a best 22?

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Never count your McAdams before they've hatched!

Saturday good!

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Best 22

B: McVee, May, Lever

HB: Rivers, D.Turner, Bowey

C: Langdon, Oliver, Hunter

HF: Petracca, van Rooyen, Neal-Bullen

F: Fritsch, Petty, Smith

FOLL: Gawn, Brayshaw, Viney

IC: Salem, Sparrow, McAdam, Chandler

SUB: Spargo

 

I couldn't help myself I'm an addict.

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  On 15/10/2023 at 12:01, WERRIDEE said:

Best 22

B: McVee, May, Lever

HB: Rivers, D.Turner, Bowey

C: Langdon, Oliver, Hunter

HF: Petracca, van Rooyen, Neal-Bullen

F: Fritsch, Petty, Smith

FOLL: Gawn, Brayshaw, Viney

IC: Salem, Sparrow, McAdam, Chandler

SUB: Spargo

 

I couldn't help myself I'm an addict.

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Really? I hadn't noticed.

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Posted
  On 14/10/2023 at 04:40, Tarax Club said:

messiah crib GIFAFL in their omniscience created the draft.

Lesser ‘equals’ at Struggle aka Arden Street have a cargo cult lead by high priests Clarkson, Viney and Rawlings.
 
Meanwhile…

In the more salubrious surroundings of  Jolimont Terrace. A messiah cult has again re-emerged with a growing number idolatrous adherents seen fervently worshipping the mysterious  “No. 1.” 
 
Understandably DL is a broad church, but will the moderators ensure a modicum of common sense prevails? Or will it be necessary to call in the Inquisition to purge these heretics so equilibrium can again be re-stored?

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Not going to lie, don’t understand half these words.

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6 and 11 to Suns for Ben King.
 

Petty to Adelaide for McAdam, pick 10 and nexts years first/second rounder. 

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Posted
  On 15/10/2023 at 13:27, Demonsone said:

So Grundy trade wasn’t? Having Shache as a sub to cover if Gawn went down really… 

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  On 15/10/2023 at 13:27, Demonsone said:

So Grundy trade wasn’t? Having Shache as a sub to cover if Gawn went down really… 

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No it wasn't a disaster. In the 4 matches where Max was not available he stepped up and averaged over 100 AF points per game. 

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  On 15/10/2023 at 12:38, McQueen said:

6 and 11 to Suns for Ben King.
 

Petty to Adelaide for McAdam, pick 10 and nexts years first/second rounder. 

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I wouldn't say no to trading out Petty if it means we land B King and 10

In - B King, McAdam, Pick 10, Adel 1st Rnd 2024

Out - Petty, Picks 6 and 11

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Posted
  On 16/10/2023 at 00:48, DistrACTION Jackson said:

Apparently Tim Lamb is coming up on trade radio at 12pm.... I may break my rule this year of not listening to any trade radio to just catch what he says.

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If you aren't hearing the ads ringing in your ears as you drift off to sleep you're not doing it right 

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Posted (edited)
  On 16/10/2023 at 00:48, DistrACTION Jackson said:

Apparently Tim Lamb is coming up on trade radio at 12pm.... I may break my rule this year of not listening to any trade radio to just catch what he says.

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  • Fullerton; been tracking for a while. Feel he got "stuck in the tube" at the Lions (behind Daniher, Hipwood etc)
  • Grundy; Charlie Gardiner at the Swans was great to deal with.
  • MacAdam; feels that a Future R2 is a fair offer.
  • Petty; 100% that he is NOT going anywhere. See him as the forward partner with JVR.
  • Draft Order; feels the points system creates a 2-tier system - clubs that need points and clubs that don't. This year we didn't and Taylor thinks there is a significant jump up in quality as you go higher. Potentially may try to trade up even further if the opportunity presents itself.
  • Pick 1; that's up to WCE.
  • Melksham; definitely with us in 2024, finalise whether that's primary or rookie list over the next few days. Thinks he might be back earlier than most people think.
  • Tomlinson; showed strong form in the back half of this year. He wanted to stay, we wanted him to stay.

First time I've listened to AFL Trade Radio. I feel dirty. It's shower time...

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Posted
  On 15/10/2023 at 12:38, McQueen said:

6 and 11 to Suns for Ben King.
 

Petty to Adelaide for McAdam, pick 10 and nexts years first/second rounder. 

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Picks 6 isn’t something the Suns would want given their Academy players and bids

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  On 16/10/2023 at 01:19, TRIGON said:

Taylor thinks there is a significant jump up in quality as you go higher. Potentially may try to trade up even further if the opportunity presents itself.

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What was also said is that Taylor believes that the difference in quality between 14 and 11 was quite significant, which is indicated by the price paid to move those picks.

There's obviously a big difference between the top 15 (including Academy/FS picks) and then there's a big drop off in quality after that. We've got two picks in that top group, which they're really happy with.

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Lamb reiterated that Petty will 100% be a Demon next year. 

But aside from McAdam and maybe another pick swap, it sounds like we're about done for this trade period.

 

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Trade radio tweet saying Billings getting interest but no clubs mentioned. We allegedly had interest a couple weeks ago so maybe a watch there.

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Posted
  On 16/10/2023 at 01:21, Pennant St Dee said:

Picks 6 isn’t something the Suns would want given their Academy players and bids

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This is why you don’t see me throwing up potential trades too often mate. 😂

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