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Farewell Alex Neal-Bullen

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18 minutes ago, Tracca said:

What?

 

not sure if you can read or not but my comment was to gawndy the great who said that something is rotten at the club and players want out.

 

petracca has not said he wants to be traded at all. He is disappointed with the season and dissolusioned with the direction the club is going. I would expect every player to be the same after this season.

 

anb is leaving due to family issues not because he “wants out”

It was a joke about how some posters choose to take the media at face value with certain things but not others to suit their narrative....

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    A great servant for our club, disappointing he wants to go,  but the reasons are OK,  Good Luck in the future.

    I am sure you will play your heart out for the next two games. And I for one  hope you get a carried off the ground on the last one, or lead the players off.

     

    Well done Nibbler

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    2 years left on his contract....appreciate he might want a trade but the Dee's have been fleeced when it comes to senior players leaving for no return (Harmes/Jordan/Grundy/Bedford) so no way we can let him leave unless its fair value or a senior body in return. 

     

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    1 minute ago, Fuchsias Forever said:

    2 years left on his contract....appreciate he might want a trade but the Dee's have been fleeced when it comes to senior players leaving for no return (Harmes/Jordan/Grundy/Bedford) so no way we can let him leave unless its fair value or a senior body in return. 

     

    Agree, no doubt his manager has been talking to the Power and the Crows.

    Contracted to 2026 so we would want better than the pick 28 we gave for McAdam.

    ANB has given his all to our club and he will be a great get for another club.

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    34 minutes ago, binman said:

    I reckon the list stops at Langers, Windsor, Mcvee, maybe Chin, maybe Spargo and at a stretch Howes and AMW. 

    Maybe Tommo? 

    That's about it though yeah. 

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    4 hours ago, Ollie fan said:

    I just hope we don't trade for Houston. We have Bowey, Hore, McVee, AMW , Rivers, Howes, Woey - we don't need another HBF. 
     

    Out of left field: Ratagolea? He does some really dumb things but has size, can take a contested mark, and can chop out in the ruck.

    This is an insane post. Houston is a genuine a grader. A proven a grader.

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    I don't want to trade anything good for Houston but the ANB trade has given us a card we can hopefully play...Houston would make me feel much better about losing ANB, isn't he very versatile anyway?

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    I remember Nibbler kicking from just inside 50 metres near the boundary and kicking it ‘round the corner.’ He kicked that goal.

    It was 2021 towards the end of the season.

    We never looked back.

    Thanks mate

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    This was clearly leaked from the club against theirs, and the players wishes.

    Someone should hang for this. A player being up front and honest with the club in a professional manner that allows them to plan for the future, and someone betrays that and runs to tell a journalist? All that means is the club won’t have players come forward in the future, and will leave them scrambling.

    It’s hugely disappointing.

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    Good presser from Goodwin but I hope their main focus will be skills, skills and more skills, followed up with decision making and more decision making all under pressure. 

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    8 minutes ago, Young Angus said:

    Journalists are real parasites sometimes hey

    Don't blame the messenger, it's their job to source and publish info like this. 

    And for those calling for a witchhunt for a supposed leak at clubland. this type of info could have been passed on by a person 4 times removed from ANB. Player managers talk to family, who in turn talk to friends and workmates. It's easy for this story to get out. And he's hardly a high profile player.

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    37 minutes ago, Jeremy said:

    Crows in the box seat 

    Hard to think of a more prototypical crom player than ANB

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    One positive is that we don't have to watch him getting mowed down from behind 3-4 times a game 

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    1 hour ago, manny100 said:

    Pick 28 for McAdam. I would say given ANB's consistency we would do better.

     

    We'll be lucky to match that. Adelaide will play hardball in the extreme unless Port get involved.

    Ironic given that if the move was in reverse (Adelaide to Melbourne) you'd probably have about six clubs after him.

    We could of course pay a large chunk of his salary and "buy" a higher pick. Not a completely dumb idea

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    I am shocked at this. Lets hope it is the final kick in the guts for the MFC in 2024. Angus at the start and nibbler at the end.😫

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    3 hours ago, Dr. Mubutu said:

    Also a possibility that it was leaked from one of the SA clubs......

    What would be their angle? 

    Why burn or sour the relationship with our club, let alone a player you are trying to get to come to your club, by leaking private information?

     

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    MFC: Can we have pick 26 please 

    AFC: no sorry. 42?

    MFC: (checks phone. No messages from PAFC). Um yea, guess so.    

    Would give us 38 42 43 and 50. Could package those up to move higher. 

    Gold coast have 5 picks in the top 34. 

    Freo have 4 picks in the top 25. 

     

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    1 hour ago, Demonland said:

    Goody on Nibbler.

     

    “I wanna sing the song in the next couple of weeks.” 🥹

    He wishes he could pick the footy club up and place it in Adelaide and stay in the red and blue.

    I’m not crying, I’ve just got something in my eye.

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