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Followed him in his draft year and was a big fan of his brother. Haven’t seen him play at senior level and was surprised to read Nth fans potting him recently. There’s a knock on his intensity and agility to play key defence. (Similar criticisms have been levelled at Petty) The kid’s a beast and may be worth a look, whilst not directly addressing a key need on field.

If Petracca plays forward again next year, he needs to be the one that steps up to help McDonald on the score board. Personally, i’d rather him get super-fit and play midfield. But if he’s staying forward, there’s no reason why a player of his talent and ability can’t kick well over 40 goals in a season. That’s not to discount Weideman- it’s just that when you look at our forward line talent, Petracca is under performing in regards to scoreboard impact.

ANB interested in a flight home..?

I respect our female staff and volunteers too much.

In Mahoney’s time at the club we have been through a huge range of leaders, from Presidents, to CEOs to Coaches. All of them have had the opportunity to remove Mahoney, but none of them have- to the contrary, he’s been consistently promoted. If Peter Jackson and Paul Roos were both happy to at first retain him, then develop and promote home- then he’s fine by me.

Yes. 1000% yes. With a new year come limitless possibilities. Without that hope, what’s the point?

And if we lost New Balance? Where would your blame lie..? Marketing and sponsorship is a significant element of Pert’s role.

Current football department issues aren't Pert's fault. The club's response in the coming months are for what he should be judged. New Balanced signed on for three more years; he's had a good week.

I tend to agree with him. Hoping for a a Geelong 2006-07 or Tigers 2016-17 turnaround this off season.

Over coached. Took the instinct, joy and spontaneity out of the game. In addition, there’s the intense pressure that comes with being part of a club like Carlton. They, more than any other club, have a messiah complex. Whether it’s ‘highly rated’ draftees or players they’ve sold the farm to trade in. They mount all their collective anxieties onto a few. Pagan, Judd, Stevens, Gibbs (leadership group in 1st season), Thomas. Then the absurdity of believing that trading in the Giant’s 2nds team would lead to success. Even the Stoker trade puts immense pressure on Bolton and the players to perform. Once a couple of losses pile up, the pressure becomes intense.

I feel we’ve been promised this for a while...

They should... but their and our history shows that it is much easier said than done. Having potential doesn’t guarantee success, just as being the hunter is significantly easier than the hunted. No one will take them lightly next year, so will be interesting to see how they cope with the pressure.

Yup. Pick 1: Jack Martin Pick 2: Jesse Hogan

Very tight-lipped when Scully, Frawley, Rivers, Howe, Moloney, Sylvia and Hogan left...

GWS went into the 2012 draft with 1,2 and 3 after trading in picks 2 and 3 from Melbourne and GCS in exchange for their mini-draft selections. Shows what an unbelievable advantage they were given as a start-up compared the GCS initial concessions. The two mini-drafts were more than excessive. They bombed the picks though with Whitfield (tick), O'Rourke and Plowman.

Is he a free agent?

Clearly tanking. We could have won every match this season, but instead are choosing to lose. Thank god someone has finally addressed and shone the bright lights of justice upon the 'elephant in the room'.

Taking the blinkers off- I think Grundy has had a better season than Gawn this year. There’s definitely room for both in the AA team, just as there was last year. Gawn’s year holds up against any other in the competition and is as good as Grundy’s was in 2018 when he was on the AA bench.

I’d go as far back as building our home ground on an aboriginal corroboree site.

Sure! Who did you want for 800k that’s better than Lever?

Conor Rozee went at pick 5- would love to hear how you’d suggest we nab him with the pick 19 we traded away. The open market placed Liam Ryan’s value at the 26th best player in the draft. We traded away Pick 10. You and Olisik want to play Captain Hindsight and cherry-pick the best players in the draft to suit your preconceived idea that the trade was a bust. Doesn’t work like that. The draft is the best indicator of where those players were ranked at the time. It is an open, transparent market.

When the trade went through, Lever had just played off in a Grand Final and made the 2017 All Australian squad. He was one of the top young players in the league. Lever, 2017 Pick 37 and 2018 3rd round. FOR Pick 10, 2018 1st and 2018 4th round. Which seems to have worked out to be: Jake Lever Pick 37 2017: Harrison Petty (Melbourne) Pick 47 2018: Matthew Parker (StKilda) FOR Pick 10 2017: Lochie O'Brien (Carlton) Pick19 2018: Liam Stocker (Carlton) Pick 67 2018: Robbie Young (StKilda) Doesn't look too bad to me...

Hate Geelong. Like their collared jumpers.

There’s a time and a place for your endless negativity; this ain’t it. Back under the bridge with you.

1) We'll have pick 2. 2) Wouldn't be trading away pick 2 for a player that is not an automatic selection for any team in the league. 3) Wines has plateaued; he's not the player he looked like becoming after his first two years. Not to say he's not a good player, but he's not a top shelf target.