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Carlton would be crazy not to pick up Bugg. They lack players in their mid twenties. even as a defensive fwd he would be worth it

I think it is time to continue the changing of the guard which started when Viney became co-captain. We need to enable the young group to take us to our next flag. Viney sole captain makes sense to me as he is our best leader. Jones VC with Lever/Gawn as LG. Jones is legend of the MFC but is past his best although still playing good footy on the wing. it is no insult to pass the baton to a young leader when you are in the last years of your career. He should be proud that he is passing the baton when we are in such good shape. he will still be there to lead and to captain should viney be unlucky with injury again. It will also give Jones the chance to concentrate on his game without the weight of captaincy I like the idea of one leader at the top and have never taken to the co-captaincy where a final decision is not always easy and quick to get

Josh Kelly 16-1 for the brownlow. juicy odds I see we are $3.50 to miss the 8. so we are twice as likely to miss the 8 than to win the flag! that sums up the craziness of this league I think!

Gees its good not to be a basket case club any more. So many exciting games at great spots. the first 12 rounds are tough though, we better be switched on from round 1. only 2 games that we should definately win. 7 finalist plus Port, Essendon and Crows. plus WC away off a 6 day break. I'd say we should be 7-5 at least. and then win 5 out of the next 6 to be 12-6 with 4 massive games to decide our position how long til the season starts!!? im pumped!

Agree. however this type of draw should make it possible to stop selling our home games to NT in the next couple of years surely. attendances should be up 20% on last year you'd reckon.

but they'll be home games next year so what's the difference? the accountants should be able to handle the difference for one year going we will cash in next year edit. although if you mean not having a reserved seat etc then fair enough

"I'm going out (out) in a Blazer Glory" anyone else bust out some Bon Jovi when they see this tread title?

Wow it has disintegrated into a discussion about how and when a thread should be closed can we add that to the reasons a thread should be closed? close thread ?

So sad. i wouldnt be surprised if he had his own issues he was dealing with as he always seemed to out of control even in his 30's, the poor guy. thoughts are with his family and friends can we correct the spelling of his name in the title please?

Pumped we are playing Port at home. We couldn’t beat them this year so we owe them a proper stuffing we had our biggest crowds for years in 2018 so I wouldnt be too worried about money. We’ll get some big games throughout the year and push our membership towards 50K

Wow, a hindsight hero. I didn’t know that Hogan wanted to leave at the time hence the post.

Impossible to know how good he is until he plays a few Afl games. lets hope he gets a run at it

C - Jack Viney VC - Nathan Jones LG - Max Gawn and Jake Lever Viney is the inspirational leader we have waited for. Certainly time for him to take the reins solo imo, especially as Jonesy's performance could slide next year

60K in round 1 at the G and 90K in the final should hopefully be enough to move Geelong games to the G but it wouldn't surprise me at all if none of the above changes in 2019

Righto message received. Gnf is full of sht

I agree with the above. Although we came to this situation as hogan wouldn’t commit and/or wanted to go home. Thats my point. Not trying to stick up for gnf

Apart from the last paragraph it seems on the money. We wanted him to stay overall as he is a gun. He wouldn’t commit so we supported a trade.

I’d expect 4 Friday night games at least anzac eve will cause some disruption but will be fine in the years after next i guess we can expect a tougher draw after finishing 5th? Expect to play more finalists twice. Although the league is so tight playing north/port twice versus cats/Sydney May not be easier for example Aside from that much the same as usual. Dons once away. Lots of Saturday’s in the first half of draw and Sunday’s in the second half.

Spoke very well on the Trade Table show: very genuine, said he knew he only wanted to join the demons after he met Goody. Admitted his career has plateaued recently and he needs a change used hibbo and melksham as examples of us developing players from other clubs.

He is on channel 9 in a few mins. Trade Table show. Try to ignore the hosts!

Hawks, Pies, Bombers, Tigers etc have all improved their list significantly. Will be tough to even make the 8 next year. We have bolstered our defence but lost a key forward so break even at best. Luckily our list is young and talented so we should see some natural growth. Hopefully the Weed has T Mac or Viney as a training mentor. We need the Weed!! an interesting year awaits

Hopefully there is some talls in the draft to grab Otherwise I think playing less tall in the fwd half without Hogan will be the option. Hopefully Weeds continues to develop too.

Lol. Saying one thing means another? of course we all want to win a flag. Keeping your best young players generally helps with that

Really disappointing to lose Hogan. I reckon he could have become our highest ever goal kicker and dominated the comp for the next 5-7 years. Anyone down playing his value can only be trying to make themselves feel better Not much the club could have done though as he wanted to go home.

Neale goes to the lions But hogan stays at the demons. Freo do not offer enough to satisfy a deal KK traded to Melb for late pick an unexpected trade occurs bringing another player to the demons scully does his other ankle tomorrow. You don’t wanna overcompensate when coming back from an injury, rookie error