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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.

Wiz is a Melbourne fan- there was some great footage of him celebrating in the stands after a finals win last year. His son however, being born and raised in WA, may feel his allegiance lies elsewhere.

He was huge in the closing rounds of 2018 and the finals. Tough, aggressive and literally hurt the opposition. We have missed him this year. In fact, AVB and Hannan were playing different, but equally important roles in our forward half last year. When those two were fit, we played our best football. 100% keep and cross our collective fingers that his ankle can hold.

Trengove and Scully were regarded as the better players (by some margin). It's also worth bearing in mind how close Dusty came to crashing completely off the rails in the early years of his career. It's a credit to Richmond (and Martin) that he got through that phase. I'm torn on Bennell... individually, he's a massive talent. However, the baggage that he could bring with him has the potential to poison the whole playing group. For his own sake, it's probably a good move to try to leave WA... whether he'll find the same trouble over here remains to be seen.

Was a very strong contributor to their premiership- plays with pace, intensity and aggression. Has fallen away in the last 18 months, but would gladly take him.

My god! Can you imagine if we’d done the Stocker trade instead of Adelaide. (Gifting Carlton pick 2 this year) Demonland would break the interwebs!

If Petty plays forward, I think he’s a third tall. He’ll be fighting J.Smith for that position next year.

In fairness, the article does say this at the end and adds: ‘considering much of the club's core is only a little older than this group, there aren't any major concerns around the make-up of the list.’ Add to this the fact that we have arguably the best under 23 player in the league, and this thread starts to look like a bit of an overreaction.

I have definitely been through each of these this season and can clearly remember each one. Fortunately, am now we’ll and truly in acceptance. 2019 is gone and there’s nothing I can do about it; may as well enjoy Brisbane playing some exciting football. However... I am quite confident that we’ll bounce back next season... so it’s possible I’m in ‘bargaining’ still and don’t even realise.

Gonna be tough to make the 8 now...

All a bit strange. There is zero chance of Roos taking a senior coaching position next year- MFC or Carlton. He may take a consultant role at CFC to top up the super, but nothing more. Roos wasn’t fired by the MFC; he left. He didn’t want to be a senior coach anymore due the the overwhelming demands it put on him and his family. If the club doesn’t want Goodwin, we don’t have to hope that Adelaide will bring him in; the club simply fires him. With that said, you don’t fire a coach 10 months after a preliminary final. Next year he may be under pressure, but it’s not there yet.

The hyperbole here is next-level ridiculous. Save the bemoaning our loss until after the match. Dees by 20.

This is a big get for the club; a genuinely world-class practitioner. Well done to everyone working behind the scenes.

I'm not as well versed on this issue as many on here, but this latest proposal/rumour seems a lot more realistic. Would plant us right in the heart of the Melbourne sports precinct.

Lever, May, Hibberd, Frost, Jetta, Lockhart, Salem and co need some continuity and game time together. The remaining rounds are invaluable in ensuring that we hit Round 1 2020 with all guns firing.

This is a stretch... and that’s being generous.

FWIW, I can't remember a year when those 'reports' haven't done the usual media rounds... not convinced we'll finish bottom two at any rate.

We've been after Langdon for (at least) 3 years, if he's keen, I think we'll snare him. Bit of negativity on him recently, but the kid can play and still has his best years ahead of him.