1 hour ago, Demon Forever said:

ask yourself how they knew this? I will leave it at that

Mate, EVERYONE knew this.

18 minutes ago, Jpop said:

BH still posting "take me home" Instagram stories.

Good to see Bailey checking out the new Caulfield facilities.

1 hour ago, bush demon said:

Nah.... The '21 flag was sublime, especially the part after Bontempelli's victory goal. There is no entitlement to follow-up premierships, just ask StKilda. We are living in times where AFL head office are trying to force-feed a flag into franchise rugby states. At least there is the fig-leaf of compensation, not like the old days when Barassi, Alves, Wells, Keenan etc could just walk out the door.

I think I might not have been entirely clear, but I agree :-)

The point I was trying to make, was that after all the years we waited, as amazing as the win was (the whole year, and finals included - and it will live in my mind forever), it's hilarious that it was played and won away from our home - plus all those other things I mentioned. I am not sure of any other team in history who have lost their 2 pillars not too long after a GF win. Think Bont and Libba being traded by 2020. Anyway, I thought it was funny (dark sense of humour).

Look. Personally, I never thought we would get him, but it has been a fun ride.

For those potting people that have posted rumors of what they have heard, all I'll say is that the interview with the manager yesterday does give weight to what some have posted. We have most likely gone very hard for Humphrey and it is Gold Coast that have not been willing to budge. Otherwise, the manager would have come out last week after Gold Coast to reiterate what they had said, but instead he sounded exasperated in the interview yesterday that he couldn't get his client home.

Edited October 15, 2025Oct 15 by AshleyH30

1 hour ago, LePig said:

Don’t get me wrong I’m being blindly optimistic but I don’t understand why everyone thinks we have no chance next year. (outside of a capital standpoint)

It's The Veil of Negativity

We are amongst the most negative supporters in the league despite having experienced recent success

3 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Good to see Bailey checking out the new Caulfield facilities.

The bottom comments on it lol

Bailey to the dees?

100k sports reply was 🤫🤫🤫

3 minutes ago, Mattyrobbo24 said:

The bottom comments on it lol

Bailey to the dees?

Jevvy100k reply was 🤫🤫🤫

Just now, Mattyrobbo24 said:

  4 minutes ago, Mattyrobbo24 said:

The bottom comments on it lol

The 🤫 was posted before the "Bailey to Dees" comment lol

Just now, Sean Balor said:

  1 minute ago, Mattyrobbo24 said:

The bottom comments on it

Just now, Sean Balor said:

  2 minutes ago, Mattyrobbo24 said:

The bottom comments on it lol

Ohh 🤦‍♂️ don’t worry about me then. Had my blinkers on

18 minutes ago, mo64 said:

Because we are still incompetent from top down.

Even the handling of pushing Clarry out the door for nothing and paying half his wage reeks of incompetence. And I'm sure that it would have needed approval from the President and CEO.

Ok you say we’re incompetent from the top down. That doesn’t answer nor even address my question. Again, my question is: why, if he’s useless at his job, hasn’t Tim Lamb been sacked?

16 minutes ago, DubDee said:

It's The Veil of Negativity

Hm. Maybe.

I think there's also a VERY compelling case to be made that a team that finished in the bottom five for two years in a row and has now lost two of the midfielders essential to their most recent period of success, one still a strong contributor, will struggle for at least the next little while.

Maybe there's a really compelling alternative case. I haven't heard one that doesn't include:
a) Our under 20s are simply better than everyone else's (which I would say is wishful at absolute best)

b) Oliver and Petracca were always going to take multiple seasons to get back to their best (no longer relevant)

I'm enormously excited to see where a completely new coach who obviously wants to go in a completely new direction can get us to. I just don't think it's finals next year.

It would be great - it's not impossible - it just strikes me as highly unlikely.

Seriously, does anyone want Trac or Cee Oliver to stay after all this?

Serously...

11 minutes ago, The Taciturn Demon said:

Hm. Maybe.

I think there's also a VERY compelling case to be made that a team that finished in the bottom five for two years in a row and has now lost two of the midfielders essential to their most recent period of success, one still a strong contributor, will struggle for at least the next little while.

Maybe there's a really compelling alternative case. I haven't heard one that doesn't include:
a) Our under 20s are simply better than everyone else's (which I would say is wishful at absolute best)

b) Oliver and Petracca were always going to take multiple seasons to get back to their best (no longer relevant)

I'm enormously excited to see where a completely new coach who obviously wants to go in a completely new direction can get us to. I just don't think it's finals next year.

It would be great - it's not impossible - it just strikes me as highly unlikely.

i think we are cooked for at least 2 seasons. like, will play some utterly trash football in that time and probably tally up 12-18 wins total.

1 minute ago, jumbo returns said:

Seriously, does anyone want Trac or Cee Oliver to stay after all this?

Serously...

Im in the NO camp. Move forward now

It's time to move forward. We're probably 12-24 months too late but it's time

2 minutes ago, Demon Forever said:

Im in the NO camp. Move forward now

Give me a morsel of hope DF

While it seems all but certain tha Humphrey wont be joining us this trade period I have had a heap of fun on here and will keep a close eye on Humphrey's 2026 campaign. He seems like a good character to have in a footy club and hopefully we secure a good 2026 pick that can go towards chasing him next year.

4 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

Seriously, does anyone want Trac or Cee Oliver to stay after all this?

Serously...

Nope not a chance.

I will be there round 1 supporting the boys who want to be wearing our jumper.

My expectations are low with a younger group having to step up but I will be there to support them of course.

4 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

Seriously, does anyone want Trac or Cee Oliver to stay after all this?

Serously...

Absolutely not. Still feel bad for Clarry but the reality is he was a main contributor to our current state. We need to turn over a new page and for that, get rid of all the bad eggs.

2 minutes ago, biggestred said:

i think we are cooked for at least 2 seasons. like, will play some utterly trash football in that time and probably tally up 12-18 wins total.

Agreed (although I think the win total might be more like 8 to 14 over the next 2 seasons).

The only silver lining to the complete balls up of our list management is that we now have noone to pay next season...so perhaps we can clear off a bunch of the Oliver and Brayshaw money so it doesn't linger to the end of the decade...

Edited October 15, 2025Oct 15 by Sean Balor

1 minute ago, Sean Balor said:

for Bailey

2 minutes ago, Sean Balor said:

More to it = BH??? 🤔

Just now, Red But Mostly Blue said:

More to it = BH??? 🤔

I think this thread is done now.

1 hour ago, Demon Forever said:

which all comes back to: Should we have got rid of them last year? I can understand why they didmt with Trac as his value would have been even less after being told he almost died and didnt know if he would come back. Clayton definitely should of moved on last year.

100% we should have gone ruthless and traded them last year for a speedy player like Caleb Serong but we kept on trying to make the relics of a 2021 team play like it's 2021.