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Yeah, screw work, I am heading over to squiggle. 

Excuse me…

 

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    18 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    All Clubs need money, i am not disputing that, but in my opinion we give that game away too easily.
    Over a period of 12 months there is no reason why $800,000 cannot be generated by a Club with 70,000 members, we need to become more innovative. 
    and we need to contest that 4 points in Melbourne 

    Make the memberships $5 more and there is $350K right there. Im sure others would be willing to even double or triple that without hesitation. 

     

     

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    21 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Freo are not a great side in Melbourne 

    They have had our measure for the last 2 games in the G albeit close losses.  
     

    Let’s take the $800,000 and turn it into a charter flight and package it for Dees fans also. 

    Ay the same time get Kossie  to run as Deputy Mayor of Alice. 

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    On 16/07/2024 at 13:38, FearTheBeard said:

    We don't need to beat Fremantle in perth, its probably our hardest game left.

    We do need to put in a good performance to show that we can match it with everyone and that will carry forward into the last 5 games.

    Freo is still a very winnable game especially if its wet over there.

    Well said. I've got us 5th even with freo loss

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    Quietly very confident about Sunday... we're on a roll right now, and Freo's not. Paired with their horror flight and a surprise loss last week, the boys can get the job done.

    We win this, and we're somehow a chance to make top 4.

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    1 hour ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    Make the memberships $5 more and there is $350K right there. Im sure others would be willing to even double or triple that without hesitation. 

     

     

    That’s the exact starting point i thought of yesterday $10 on every membership 

    it’s not hard

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    4 hours ago, binman said:

    Agree.

    And there will mutiple games from now on where contenders are playing teams who are def out of the finals race who have put the cue in the rack.

    Richmond, North and WC are now effectively "playing" for pick 1 in the draft. Or pick 2 if you're North. 

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    Essendon's loss is great for us.

    We will be 5th at the end of the round assuming the Swans and the Giants win.

    We will be 4th at the end of the round if the Swans win and the Giants lose...

     

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    4 hours ago, At the break of Gawn said:

    Essendon's loss is great for us.

    We will be 5th at the end of the round assuming the Swans and the Giants win.

    We will be 4th at the end of the round if the Swans win and the Giants lose...

     

    Big caveat is that we win 

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    15 hours ago, Demon17 said:

    Well said. I've got us 5th even with freo loss

    For what it’s worth, Hodge has us finishing the home and away season with one loss and in 4th spot! 

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    With a win tomorrow, I believe the wildly ridiculous best case scenario is currently that we finish this round 2nd. We would have to win and make up like 7-10% and then each of Carlton, Geelong, Brisbane and GWS all lose, which is possible as none of them play each other. Without the percentage gain we’d be 4th, and then 5-6 depending on if Brisbane or GWS win.

    On the flipside, if Port win and pass our percentage (very possible) we can win and go down a spot on the ladder (all those sides above us win/don’t go below our percentage).

    If we lose we may stay where we are if Port, the Dogs and GC lose, but worst case scenario we’d be 12th (Port, Dogs, GC and Collingwood win and the latter two pass our percentage).

    So, our window at the end of this round is 2-12.

    What the [censored]. 

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    Gee the bombers look as wobbly as all.

    Let's face it they are on a run of 13 games out of 14 to be played in Melbourne.

    From round 9 to 23 they play at Marvel or Mcg with the one exception of people stadium against the Suns which they lost .

    Afl have moved everything to try and get this mob to play finals. A joke of a fixture. Talk about a.......FIX ture.

     

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    On 16/07/2024 at 11:59, Jaded No More said:

    No. 
    He won’t play again this year. We need to forget that fantasy. 

    Why? Serious question, if we do well over the next 5 games and were top 4, you don’t think they’d be some some discussions amongst coach and player. If he is doing any running in August AND we are playing well, the drums will start to beat.

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    Some considerations as I ponder our run home:

    Positive - our bevy of young 2024 debutante players have picked up the gameplan and AFL standard footy really quickly, meaning we are now in the contest for every game we are in. We are rarely blown apart, and if we are behind late in a game, come home with momentum. 

    Positive - we travel well

    Positive - Melksham's inclusion has given our forward structure a whole new sense of strength and variety. 

    Question - can our bevy of young 2024 debutante players keep it up through to round 23 and into the finals?

    Question - how long will Max be out of action?

    Negative - the form of Petty, Bowey & Salem.

    Negative - constant reliance on Woewodin, Laurie, Billings, or Howe to come in and pinch hit for one or two scattered games, only to be sub or emergency and have to return to play at Casey. Unsustainable I would think. 

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    1 hour ago, DEE fence said:

    Why? Serious question, if we do well over the next 5 games and were top 4, you don’t think they’d be some some discussions amongst coach and player. If he is doing any running in August AND we are playing well, the drums will start to beat.

    He hasn’t even started running yet. How could he possibly be back to top condition in such a short period? It’s another injury waiting to happen and a risk the club won’t take. 
    Trac could have died. This isn’t being dramatic it’s the medical reality. He’s had two lots of internal surgeries and two lots of anesthesia. 
     

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    17 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    He hasn’t even started running yet. How could he possibly be back to top condition in such a short period? It’s another injury waiting to happen and a risk the club won’t take. 
    Trac could have died. This isn’t being dramatic it’s the medical reality. He’s had two lots of internal surgeries and two lots of anesthesia. 
     

     why they continually put him as ‘indefinite’ and not ‘season’ on the injury report? This suggests to me that they are leaving the door open for him to return this season 

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     why they continually put him as ‘indefinite’ and not ‘season’ on the injury report? This suggests to me that they are leaving the door open for him to return this season 

    It suggest to me that there are no guarantees of when he will return next year. 

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    15 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    It suggest to me that there are no guarantees of when he will return next year. 

    They'd then call it "Season" surely?

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    4 minutes ago, Binmans PA said:

    They'd then call it "Season" surely?

    Well I think they don’t have a return date yet. If they say season and he doesn’t play until halfway thru next year the fans will have a meltdown. 
    To me indefinite means we just don’t know when he will be back. 
    I highly doubt it’s because they are leaving the door open for a return this year. Just look at this latest videos on TikTok, he looks incredibly skinny. I reckon he’s lost a heap of weight on top of muscle and conditioning.

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    30 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Well I think they don’t have a return date yet. If they say season and he doesn’t play until halfway thru next year the fans will have a meltdown. 
    To me indefinite means we just don’t know when he will be back. 
    I highly doubt it’s because they are leaving the door open for a return this year. Just look at this latest videos on TikTok, he looks incredibly skinny. I reckon he’s lost a heap of weight on top of muscle and conditioning.

    Not to press this point too much, but they'd just list him as "season" and start him as "indefinite" next year, plus there'll be multiple videos over pre season with him if he doesn't make it back for 2024.

    I don't think fans will have a meltdown if this is the media strategy we have (and should have).

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    33 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    He hasn’t even started running yet. How could he possibly be back to top condition in such a short period? It’s another injury waiting to happen and a risk the club won’t take. 
    Trac could have died. This isn’t being dramatic it’s the medical reality. He’s had two lots of internal surgeries and two lots of anesthesia. 
     

    I think it's unlikely don't get me wrong, maybe 1/10 not 0/10 but not fairytale either. However as you point out two lots of anaesthesia can be the hardest thing to work through depending on how you react. On tje other hand may e I've been watching too many action hero movies.

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    38 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Well I think they don’t have a return date yet. If they say season and he doesn’t play until halfway thru next year the fans will have a meltdown. 
    To me indefinite means we just don’t know when he will be back. 
    I highly doubt it’s because they are leaving the door open for a return this year. Just look at this latest videos on TikTok, he looks incredibly skinny. I reckon he’s lost a heap of weight on top of muscle and conditioning.

    Would help if they published his weight so everyone on the site like me could give a considered medical opinion. But seriously if I had to bet I would put a months salary on he's done for the year. 

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    18 hours ago, hardtack said:

    For what it’s worth, Hodge has us finishing the home and away season with one loss and in 4th spot! 

    That's worth something I guess.

    On ya  Hodgey.

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    7 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

    Well I think they don’t have a return date yet. If they say season and he doesn’t play until halfway thru next year the fans will have a meltdown. 
    To me indefinite means we just don’t know when he will be back. 
    I highly doubt it’s because they are leaving the door open for a return this year. Just look at this latest videos on TikTok, he looks incredibly skinny. I reckon he’s lost a heap of weight on top of muscle and conditioning.

    When Melksham did his knee last year I'm sure they just listed him as season, not indefinite.

    I'm not saying that I think indefinite means he can come back this year. I think it just means, we aren't putting any timeframe on it.

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