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Think I’ve hacked into picket fence’s personal stash. Jeffo looking minted.

Who knows what happens without that kick in 2021. Maybe the single most pivotal disposal in our history. All the best in retirement Harmesy! Very solid career.

I like the NFL, it ties in nicely with the AFL season, meaning there’s football of some kind all year round. Most of the playoffs this year were incredible to watch and I just love how there’s no second chance saloon for any team once January hits. But, today’s spectacle was an absolute snooze fest. Definitely wouldn’t have won many casual fans over. About as interesting as a 2 hour long Simon Goodwin press conference.

Windsor is the standout in that clip. Will be interesting to see how his career pans out from here. He looked like a genuine A-grader in 2024, then last year Goody had the genius idea of playing him as a defender. Made him lose all confidence and it took Dan [censored] Butler to kick a bag on him for Goody to give up on it. Played a quarter against West Coast in the guts later in the year and looked a million bucks (granted it was junk time against witches hats), then did his hammy and wasn't seen again. Will he be a flash in the pan and become a glorified Jayden Hunt, or can he become that A-grader? I'm confident it can be the latter.

Very interesting article. Am I reading it correctly? If Essendon took X Taylor then we would have taken Nairn and Pickett and left Farrow on the board. The melts would have been something else.

First time in many years that our early picks weren’t foreshadowed in the media so this was a pleasant surprise! Really happy with Taylor sliding in particular and then the bolter in Pickett. As mentioned, normally it’s Cal Twomey who knows exactly what we are doing in advance so I was looking through some highlights vids of Farrow and Nairn in recent days. I know it’s easy to say now, but I just couldn’t get excited about either of them. Farrow looked really good but I’m sick and tired us investing in these Perth kids, and Nairn’s kicking action and overall highlights were just… meh. Glad we ended up with our two. Glad we didn’t dangle our F1s to grab Nairn too. Nice work JT and Timmy!

I don't see why everyone has such a big problem with this? I reckon it's great. More footy, more sudden death and more hope for fans. The argument that its rewarding mediocrity is a bit weak IMO. The final 8 system is flawed too, in what world do we want a 15-8 team to miss finals like what nearly happened this year? The Dogs missed it with a % of 140! They definitely deserved to play finals. Nothing wrong with selling a bit of hope to fans either. Our 2024 and 2025 campaigns would have been a lot more interesting than what actually transpired with dead rubbers in June this year. If we go 0-5 then 5-6 again next year and start shooting for a wildcard? That's way more exciting. There's always the hope a team will catch fire and win 5 in a row. Of course, it will never happen, or once in a blue moon, and the premiers will keep coming from the Top 6, as it should. But overall, more footy is good! Just the way I see it.

Went the early crow here. If Tom Morris' trade is the real one, then Lamby boy has made out like a bandit!

You have to be kidding me! Sick to death of Lamb treating picks in the 20s like expired coupons. No wonder we have no depth.

I'm not into personal attacks on Demonland, people can choose to believe stuff written here or not, but I'm still curious, how is Demon Forever's track record? Don't really recall any of his/her prior intel. Are we dealing with another goodwindees/Chook in Perth or Grand New Flag?

Yes and no. Trac and Clarry were two of the pioneers of the modern day mega-deal. The Clarry one is a clear fail, although who could have predicted his fall from grace would be so steep. Perhaps internally it isn't such a shock, who knows. One things is for sure, if we pay him 700,000 a year NOT to play for us for five more years, then that has to be a black mark on the regime that penned it (LAMB). Trac on the other hand, being contracted for four more years, clearly works in our favour. You can also see with Curnow, Merrett and even Humphrey, that 3+ years on a deal give clubs a lot of strength and bargaining power at the trade table. I think that's why we're seeing a lot more of them in recent years. They work for players and for clubs, in different ways.

Analysing that chat from Lamb and a few prior musings from the coach and CEO - I think Clarry is a goner for sure and Trac is likely to stay in a 'professional for hire' role.

Always a nice feeling when a player wants to play for this great club. Welcome Brody! Still not entirely sure what Lamby and Steve are playing at, are we playing finals next year or not? But I guess, either way, having an old head who can actually kick straight should help in one way or another.

Gave more away in 18 minutes than Goody did in a decade! Goody did get us a flag and this might not even get us wins but as a fan this is refreshing!

I know it’s early days and may end up being untrue but I don’t think Guerra could have answered that any better. Like every single word is perfect. I’d rather he stayed. Don’t really care if he’s a prime donna or a poor kick, he’s still one of our best players and 30 is the new 25. Draft picks are so overrated and the ones we’ll be offered will be absolute rubbish by the time the compensation picks and bids come through. If it’s Bailey Humphrey or we can get Flanders and change from a trade I’d be listening but let’s wait and see. But seriously, how good is that communication from Guerra!