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Posts like this say a lot more about you than him.

Accuracy in reporting is not a priority. It’s all about generating discussion, outrage, re-tweets and, dare is say, threads on fan websites.

At his best he is a very, very good footballer. He has weaknesses (mainly in mindset) but would fit in perfectly on the opposite wing to Langdon. If it’s a salary dump and costs next to nothing in trade, then it’s a yes from me.

I’m going to file this away with the ‘Petracca requests trade to Geelong’ rumours last preseason.

1. Petracca 2. May 3. Oliver 4. Langdon 5. Gawn

Congratulations to all three of them on their careers. Got to do what all of us could only dream of doing. All the best for the next phase of their lives!

You should watch it, it was really interesting. Gave some interesting insights into the running of the club and some of the people behind the scenes. It was a membership promotion, not a manifesto. Very strong opinions from someone who hasn't watched a second of it.

Would be curious to see the breakdown of games where Gawn did/didn’t play. He missed 3 matches and could barely move in another.

That's quite remarkable; completely unrecognisable as a player. Fast, agile and aggressive in the air. There's clearly something physically holding him back and I sometimes wonder if the club is better served by telling the fans. I understand that they want privacy for the player and to not give opposition teams a heads-up, but surely there'd be less pressure and unfair criticism of his performances if we knew what was wrong with his toe / feet / ankles.

Would take him in a heartbeat but also feel like Hawthorn would never let him go. He's a strong leader at the club who's still performing at a very high level.

I've seen enough 'rebuilds' in my time to know we are long way off needing a rebuild. Our list has plenty of talent that is underperforming as a whole unit.

I got told not to.

Mind-boggling stupidity and lack of professionalism and respect. They’re at work. They've been explicitly told not to do it. They did it anyway. AFL doesn’t like it, sponsors don’t like it and members (as it was leading into the most important quarter of the year) don’t like it. Gives an insight into some players focus and mindset. If we’ve ever wondered how we don’t turn up to play in big matches or drop the easy ones...

I think they're about one Round off with most of their predictions. (Except the Hogan one - that's completely off the mark)

Harmes has value and any team lacking midfield grunt would happily snap him up. With that said, I wouldn’t trade him for Saad.

It'd be a no from me, unless he came cheap; which he won't. He's either going completely off the rails or he is one of the dumber people playing AFL football... his ofield decision making is seriously awry.

It's impossible to say what pick 22 will end up as, but I would have thought an early second round pick is close to spot-on for Saad. Would happily part with 22, but think throwing in TMac is overs unless something else comes our way. Would be reminiscent of the Melksham/Hibberd trades.

Green’s already got one so it Rivers’ to lose for this round.

I think the case is now closed!

I’m always one to look on the positive side when team sections are announced, but I’m really struggling to get excited by the selected team this week. Smith, ANB, Brown, Melksham, all very lucky. One thing I am happy to see is Hunt named at half back. Hopefully he actually plays there and it’s not all for show.

I thought Ryan had hit his ceiling in 2018 - he just keeps getting better and better. Great player.

Can't speak with any confidence about us winning both, but I think the Saints losing to both WCE and GWS is the most likely way through for us.

By my count... Saints have Eagles and GWS. Bulldogs have Hawthorn and Fremantle. GWS have Melbourne and Saints. melbourne have GWS and Essendon. We win both and Saints lose both, we're in. We win both and Bulldogs lose one, we're in.

The heart wants what the heart wants.

Heard that Collingwood were keen but can't for the life of me imagine how they could fit him in when they're struggling with Moore and Degoey's contracts as it is. I'd take Jesse back, no problems.