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Not once in the entire article did McLardy try to take any credit for it though! He simply said he was thinking of people like Jimmy and Robbie Flower who would be enjoying this so much. He's obviously been asked for a quote, all he's said is that it's taken a long time to get the whole club right and now finally it is, which I don't think anyone can argue with. Rome wasn't built in a day, it's been the hard work of many people over the last decade that has got the club to where it is today. Including Jimmy and Don. The gist of his quotes are that he couldn't be happier, especially for people who have been there for the long haul like Jones, Gawn, Viney and Mahoney. Not sure how it's destabilising in the slightest, and how you could hold that view unless you didn't read the article?

Ignorant and incredibly disrespectful to a bloke who loves the club and inherited a position he never wanted. Put in an unbelievable amount of work for no reward, to the detriment of his own business and personal life, in incredibly trying times. Not your best post Adam.

Again - ???. Been common knowledge throughout AFL circles for over 15 years that he's just about tactically inept.

Christ. How dare anyone show any confidence or ambition ?. If you want to be successful you can't have a team of introverted robots.

Agree. The other thing I like about Fritsch is that he's got so much development left in him. Like Oliver he took a slightly different path to the big time compared to most players on AFL lists and hasn't been as professional for as long as some others his age. Once he develops physically, both with his tank and upper body, and also gets used to the game plan and being in AFL environment he becomes a seriously damaging player for us. This is opposite to someone like Billy Stretch who has basically lived the life of a professional footballer since he was 16 with access to far better coaches, programs and facilities. I still think Billy has a place on our list going forward but there's not nearly as much upside with him as with Fritsch.

He's only 22 mate.

Brayshaw a free agent? Huh?

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People seem to have comprehension issues, and as soon as they see "two first rounders" panic and ignore all other elements of the deal. Let me say again, according to the AFL draft points calculator, the end result of this trade is we have given up the equivalent of pick 10 and pick 32. Pick 10 and pick 32 for the best young defender in the game. If you're upset about that then you've got rocks in your head.

Griffen AND pick 6.

Interestingly enough, using the AFL draft points calculator, we've actually paid LESS than our initial offer of 10+27 (2100 points). Cannot for the life of me understand the tantrums on here. We've just landed the best young defender in the competition for the equivalent of a first rounder and a second rounder.

Someone's daft alright.

Huh? Lever is 21. He's not even close to being a free agent.

Good lord.

"The Hogan trade"?

That is insane. Anyone with even half a brain would take Blicavs last of those three.

Very limited player. Wouldn't get in the side before Pedersen or Weideman. Would hardly have made the difference between finals or not.

Mate have you watched him play at all in the past two seasons? He's an absolute shadow of his former self. He's about to turn 30 and is done.

Kieren Jack? Really? He can't get a game for them anymore. Would make no sense.

I'd say pick 14 for Mitchell was about right.

Brett Anderson who's got pretty good sources and is a huge Dees man has been saying for the past few weeks that we're having huge cracks at both May and Lever.

Don't want to mozz it but was stoked to snap up the 21.00 odds pre-season on Oliver being our highest Brownlow vote getter. After 5 rounds he's into even money.

Pretty sure he was saying that that was the order he had the three of them at the time.

Yep people forget how good he was. A Brownlow and the most all-Australian jumpers of anyone in history.

I've said it before, but Ricciuto is the one he really reminds me of over the past 20 years.