On 21/03/2026 at 18:36, TRIGON said:

Trac avoiding his old team - Humphrey avoiding his next one.

BH with a free weekend. Fire up the barbie.

Edited March 22Mar 22 by Rab D Nesbitt

I think it was the Herald Sun that did a poll of which team will go unbeaten for longer, Suns or Dogs. Put that one to bed!

Suns have the Swans @ Gather Round next week

Back to back travel for GCS

6 minutes ago, adonski said:

Suns have the Swans @ Gather Round next week

Back to back travel for GCS

still a little funny they dont play the MCG again during the regular season

Not only did we give ourselves a little draft value gift today, but the on-field bickering and cranky-pants is EXCATLY the kind of flat-track bully implosion we want to see from Gold Coast.

All it takes now is a little spiral of Hardwick overdoing the hardness at his collection of top picks who would already have a subtle but pervasive imposter syndrome going on, knowing that everyone really does think they are nepo babies.

Fun fact - in the 1812 overture there is a seemingly overly long cycle of strings progressing all the way down the scales just before the final triumphal turn. That is the French army retreating, retreating, retreating, retreating, and diminishing all the way from Borodino to Paris.

Not quite as dramatic would be the "pick 18 becoming pick 12" overture.

7 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

Not only did we give ourselves a little draft value gift today, but the on-field bickering and cranky-pants is EXCATLY the kind of flat-track bully implosion we want to see from Gold Coast.

All it takes now is a little spiral of Hardwick overdoing the hardness at his collection of top picks who would already have a subtle but pervasive imposter syndrome going on, knowing that everyone really does think they are nepo babies.

Fun fact - in the 1812 overture there is a seemingly overly long cycle of strings progressing all the way down the scales just before the final triumphal turn. That is the French army retreating, retreating, retreating, retreating, and diminishing all the way from Borodino to Paris.

Not quite as dramatic would be the "pick 18 becoming pick 12" overture.

I think it's equally as dramatic

We have take off

I regret to inform everyone that Jack Pickett is not any relation to our current Picketts. You can kind of tell if you look closely because he doesn't have that little Pickett family moustache. Very promising tall forward who if I recall correctly has been absolutely cruelled by an early major injury?

But it also looks likely (touch wood) that somewhere along the way in '26 we will be able to figure out which of our multiple currently reserve forwards are capable of stepping up, so maybe another Pickett isn't the answer.

I do think we should send our pair of Picketts to visit him for a quick fun photo op.

Personally my big interest of those touted as early in the 2026 is

Xavier Ladbrook. 200cm utility. I heart 200cm utilities. I'll get a t-shirt made. A long one with lots of useful pockets. Obviously we'd be looking at him primarily as a defender, but to have a versatile and genuinely good tall is always a good thing. Will be great when we lure Dan Curtin back to Victoria.

Anyway, it seems like there's a great stock of talls, dominated by forward-rucks but also a few 'game smart' key defenders who surely are top of our shopping list.

Two picks in the teens in the 2026 draft feel like just what Dr Taylor ordered.

And just like that 18 becomes 16... progress

I have entered the chat.

Still think this deathride will end poorly but happy to celebrate along the way.

Back to our regular scheduled programming

Hmm, how does final position work out with the 'wildcard' round thing?

Let's say Gold Coast lose to the winners of 9th/10th, does that make them officially 9th for draft purposes?

As in

Loser of wildcard horseballs round is ranked 10th. Winner is notionally 9th.

The team which finished 5th loses all their finals, including to this team notionally 9th?

So, even if Gold Coast finish 5th on the ladder, if they manage a solid pants-wetting in finals we could still be looking at the draft pick value of finishing 9th?

good to see another loss for the Suns yesterday. Haven't seen the game but the scoreline looked comprehensive

Trac and Humphrey will make a difference for them and i still reckon they'll finish top 4 but i'm not as confident as i was

Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by BDA