mo64

I'm expecting a 100 apologies from the Demonlanders who questioned his character.

And we could end up with the next Tapscott, Gysberts and Blease. For Trac and Kossie, I'd be looking at 3 picks within the top 5.

Presti was fortunate to get SGA as part of the Paul George trade. OKC wouldn't be a playoff team without him. None of your trade scenarios includes another team sending a gun young player our way. Cameron Schwab had the same plan and look how that turned out.

Disagree. Four years ago the Pies were getting piled on by the media after their fire sale of players. The Blues and Bombers constantly get piled on by the media. I don't read the H/S or listen to SEN, but I do know from mates who support Essendon, Carlton, Richmond and Collingwood that the talkback lines run hot on SEN when these teams are struggling on or off the field.

Excellent news. I wasn't keen on getting Houston from the start. We need to allow Jason Taylor to use our draft capital, rather than Tim Lamb blowing it on players that don't move the needle for us.

TBH, with the number of players leaving/retired/delisted, we may need Kenterfield in order to field a side.

Pass this list on to Tim Lamb. Suggest that it's a better source of talent than recruiting rejects from other clubs.

That was my response to the email.

Smurf, I'm all for an external review, but I see a "No" response to the email as an endorsement of Peter Lawrence Deemocracy, which could not be further from the truth. I'm all for change, but Peter Lawrence's efforts seem to be ego driven, rather than what's best for the club.

Houston - Don't want to give up 2 1st rd picks. Rather go to the draft. Macrae, Parker, Shiel - No. Getting players on the decline has been terrible for us in the past 3 years. Peatling, Hobbs, Davies - Yes. Young players who have shown ability and could be prised from their club.

It would just be a shuffling of later picks.

No surprise. He's been pure depth for us, and even when he performed well, he was straight out of the team. Unless, Petty or Turner move back to defence, it leaves us short on kpd depth. Adams is still an unknown quantity.

Trac doesn't suit their timeline, and I doubt they would see him as a leader, unlike Jack Viney.

Que? Houston would want to come to a contending club. We aren't contending without Trac.

He did his ACL in his 1st preseason. That's adversity in my books.

The criticisms of Fritsch are ridiculous. As others have pointed out, it's not always the role of a key forward to be chasing backmen up the field. Sure, he could improve his tackling, but nearly everyone on our list could improve some aspect of their game. Some Demonlanders want to trade him in 2020, but without him, we don't win a flag. I always go into games thinking that unless Fritsch or Kossie fire, we have no hope of winning.

It's impossible to measure the impact of assistant coaches. But I feel that Goodwin needs some fresh ideas around him. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a club decision to part with Stafford, but gave him a dignified exit by saying it was his decision to leave.

Started following the club in 1972. 1. Flower 2. Gawn 3. Lyon 4. Neitz 5. Petracca If Oliver can get back to his old self, then he'll get in the top 5.

I don't think so. If ANB was of the same quality as Kozzie, we would hold him to his contract, and make arrangements to satisfy his family issues in SA.

The point I'm making is that Garry Lyon has often been ridiculed on Demonland when he "rationally" criticises the club. And it's the same people who ridiculed him then, are in love with him now.

Former great player makes emotional rant supporting the club. - Demonland outpouring of love to former player. Former great player makes rational critique of where the club is at. - Demonland want him burnt at the stake for heresy. Until Trac and JV come out and say that their future is at the MFC, I couldn't care less about Garry Lyon's opinion piece.

If you've followed Casey all year, there's been plenty of games where Casey has been stacked with senior players. The problem is that most of these players have been recruited from other clubs, and are either past it, or are unmotivated. Casey have been putrid all year even when they've had the more experience.

So hypothetically, what if Trac tells Pert that he has an issue with Goody's gameplan? Or he's concerned with the direction of the club in terms of our poor recruiting in recent years? Pert can't direct Trac's concerns to the respective departments. It undermines the authority of those people in the roles. This is why an independent/external review of the club is needed. The fact that a CEO has to address the concerns of a player suggests that all is not well.

I doubt that he was referring to a positional role. It's more about Trac being a senior player, and his influence within the playing group.

He's seen as the heir apparent to Witts. It's just a shame that we don't have a similar player at the club. Verrall is bog average.