SaberFang

Wouldn't an intelligent list manager have started a bidding war for the concession pick, considering many clubs would've had their sights set on hidden gems? Create paranoia and play clubs against clubs, wait until someone blinks and offers overs. Oh, nope. We'll just settle for some shitty pick in the 50s on day 1 from the first club that asks. Nevermind all that. ?

What an insanely stupid trade from Carlton. Morons. Completely defeating the entire purpose of what that pick is meant to serve.

The reason Freo are playing hardball is because they know they can't easily get Lobb and Hogan without giving up everything in the first round. GWS will want one of their first few picks as well, we will obviously want two. There seems to be a concerted effort in the media to create the impression Hogan is only worth one first rounder. Wonder why!

Not debating that. My point was entirely around how we botched that trade. Don't give a [censored] about Howe leaving, stuff him, but we should be extracting better currency than the likes of Ben Kennedy for Howe.

They beat us, GWS and Richmond this year, so it was 3. And they won the same amount of finals as us.

Congrats Buckley. Qualified for the top 4 with one win against a top 8 side and didn't deserve a premiership IMO. Very happy to see Howe miss out. Very, very happy.

WOW!!!! And Darling nearly choked the whole thing!

And now delisted. ? Probably one of the footy department's few missteps over the last few years. Still, the same draft they brilliantly traded up to secure Oliver before Parish, so these things work out in the end.

Better hope he keeps it up. Don't really want to see Howe join Frawley as a player who walked out on us and won a premiership soon after. Gross.

Certified Grand Final choker.

Just shows how open this season was. We blew a huge opportunity last week, sad to say. If we'd played against this West Coast outfit today at the G like we played the Cats in week 1, we'd be smashing them.

If only we played these pricks at the G. Another GF choke for Simpson and his +90 free kicks at Optus Stadium Eagles.

Not sure I understand why anyone would prefer WC went after Hogan. Am I missing something? Their first draft pick is 18 or 19 after FA compo for Lynch. Fremantle could have 4 and 6! It'd be 10x worse than when Howe [censored] us over by choosing Collingwood over Gold Coast, a trade we ended up bent over a barrel (boy the Pies must be laughing now).

Doing this the week after Caro spent an entire segment on FC praising the MFC's media department seems pretty shortsighted to me. Talk about throwing any goodwill in the bin.

Oh, I did. I'm not sure you got mine.

Don't worry, considering his age Gus was likely wearing his hoodie. ?

Don't like this at all, seems very petty. Terrible optics after the weekend as well. Surely there's more to it?

The same way Tom Mitchell is Brownlow favourite; he racks up dozens of cheap, useless possessions every game and that puts him high up the stat sheet at the end of the game (when these clueless umpires decide which midfielder to award votes).

The bias towards "champions" is so blatant. His season was barely above average. Well and truly past it but racks up votes because of his surname.

Music acts, endless padding, Broooooce's cringe worthy interviews with drunk players, and it's 10.30 and they're still reading out votes. This is the Brownlow under the auspices of the clueless morons at Channel 7 who think people will stomach bloated [censored] like this. Talk about being force-fed cow manure by a broadcaster who are happy to treat their audience like morons.

Complete farce. Only one player in the top 10 that isn't a midfielder and it's bloody Franklin! Becoming incredibly clear the umpires aren't fit to award points for this award any more. There needs to be a better way, either with coaches or an esteemed voting panel that can adequately adjudicate these things without the midfielder bias.

Let me guess, they didn't miss the chance to give Cripps votes though?

Nah, Tom Mitchell the accumulator, with his 45 useless disposals a match will win it!

Disgusting. Absolutely no way we should have lost that. Players just gave up in the second half and the weight of the biased umpiring didn't help. Pathetic end to a pathetic weekend overall for the MFC. What a shocking way for PJ to depart the club.