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I was certain he was going to retire this week to then find out by Sunday that he had converted to a Monk and was living in a cave somewhere in Mongolia. Genuinely would not have been surprised one bit if that actually happened lol.

You really clutching at some straws here.. First of all, the Brayshaw one I get, unexpected retirement which obviously shakes the place up and comes at a time where from a list management perspective, you simply don't get the chance to fill the void. Smith isn't a big loss at all, he'll most likely be delisted this year and someone that continued to struggle with injuries.. makes sense in a way with his complete lack of professionalism. On Petracca, we still had a fully fit trac against the likes of West Coast and Fremantle and it made zero difference to us getting thumped. On the injuries front this year alone, Gawns missed 2 games this year, May had only missed one game prior to this rib injury on the weekend and Lever had missed 4. These are absolutely not long term injuries. This whole injuries excuse is getting tiresome. Brisbane lost Kiddy Coleman to an ACL at the start of the year and someone who was probably a Norm Smith winner had Brisbane gotten up in last year's grand final. Incredibly important across half back who just sets them up beautifully with his precise foot skills. They also lost Lincoln McCarthy to another ACL this year who is one of their hard working half forwards that's similar to ANB in terms of importance to the team. They've had their second best key defender in Jack Payne miss 7 games this year to injuries and then Will Ashcroft has missed half a year to a knee injury and looks like he hasn't missed a beat. What have they done? Made zero excuses and just got on with it. They've found soldiers to help fill the void and have even had to rely on 1st and 2nd year players as well. We haven't even been hit hard with injuries at all this year. Petracca is probably the only best 22 player that is out with a long term injury as it stands. We have zero depth because we failed to address and fill that void. That's absolutely on the whole coaching staff and recruitment team. That should not be an excuse when they clearly refused to address this in the off season especially around the ruck situation.

Give me more...

Of course the one day I raise concerns around when he would sign his contract they... announce his contract signing 🙄 Great to have him on board!

Do you mean 2021?

Paging @goodwindees...

Lynch would be good but unfortunately he's very injury prone over the last few years. I liked what Gold Coast did a few years ago where they brought in Levi Gasboult as a bigger body to take the load off Ben King and Jack Lukosius and provide some valuable guidance and leadership. I don't know who's out there perhaps at the end of the year that we could look out but I think this is something we may need to go down the path with instead of spending big. Could that be Lynch? It would be a yes from me if he wasn't so injury prone.

With three rounds left of the season, is anyone slightly concerned that Langdon still remains out of contract?

I think that speaks more on champion data then it does with Houston... For instance, Champion data graded us as having the number one list in the entire competition at the start of 2019. I'm still very hesitant with splitting put pick6/7 for a a couple of pick in the teens. With Tasmania coming into the competition in a few years, we'll need to make sure we're continue to stock pile on talent and rebuild along the way. With Jason Taylor, you've got a potential 10-12 year player with our earlier pick.

Pretty clear cut that @dees189227 states "I think" the club stuffed up not "the club stuffed up" as what you just made up. Clearly didn't read what he wrote and then proceeded to take an unnecessary swipe at him/her. Personally think we'll never see him back at the club in some capacity. It would be too much for him and I think he would just be happy to drift off into the sunset perhaps. He's in the cooperate business world which I hope that is something that will give him some peace and happiness at least. I wonder if they will retire the number 10 next yea You would think this number holds some huge significance now similar to the number 2 which JVR is proudly wearing.

Playing pretty well against Darcy and Jackson in the ruck.

Well this is damning..

Houston is not in the same calibre of talent of what Cameron was when he was traded, not even remotely close. Cameron had already achieved far great then what Houstan as and Cameron is a key forward so of course clubs are going to pay premium for them instead of a half back flanker. Who's knows if they'll dangle Oliver. But based on his current contract, no club will take that on board.

I know it's noise but to give up two first round draft picks for Houston would completely set us back years in terms of a mini rebuild. I like Houston but he's not what we need now. He'll be 28 next year and we're potentially giving away two elite talent that could have 10 year careers with the dees. With Tim Lamb on board I can't be surprised anymore if we did offer up two first round draft picks.

In: Jefferson Out: May Daniel Turner to take May's spot. Howes, Tholstrup, AMW, Woewodin to play out the rest of the year alongside Jefferson. If they can also sneak Kynan Brown for a full game or two I think that would be good for his confidence going into the pre season.

Oh dear. We're still loading when finals has been shot and players are banged up. There's excuses and then there's this. I've heard it all now @middleagedemon

You got me.

Not sure if serious or not..? He had the Norm Smith wrapped up in 2021 when he kicked his 3rd goal to put them up 19 points. He single handedly carried that team on the night until we went on our run. His last final which was an elimination final in 2022 he had 30 disposals and 2 goals. Go watch the doggies 2016 finals series and he was one of their best rated players during their finals run. He performs in big games and it shows.

Yeah bit like Windsor this year huh..

Simply no comparison at all. Watching Bont on Friday night and then for this year it's ridiculous how good this guy is.

Because some clubs actually like to back their medical team and think they can turn the injury prone player around in a whole new environment. Happens all the time, we did it with Harley Bennell and Brisbane did it with Joe Daniher and Lincoln McCarthy. Heaps more examples of this everywhere. If you think Salem is worth more then a 3rd round based off evidence of the past 3 years then you're in for a reality check. No club is coughing up more then a 3rd rounder for a guy who's going to be 30 next year with a crook body. C'mon, that's not how the landscape works.

He was also out of contract. JJ like all players who come out of contract get to dictate where they go, not the club. JJ went to Sydney purely because he thought that was the best fit for him moving forward. I personally have zero issues with that. JJ's family are also family friends of the Longmire crew here in Corowa, so that was another factor as well.

Exactly.. And of course a nuffy supporter is going to say every single player loves the coach. She'll hear what she wants to hear and certainly wont get the full truth in how it all works behind the scenes. This whole narrative that every single player loves the coach is so far wrong. You ask any AFL player going around and everyone of them will say that there are players in every club that either won't like the coach or have grown stale because they've been there too long sprouting the same [censored] each and every time. You then get your ones where they can be quiet disgruntled especially when it comes to team selection etc. You think Tommy Fullarton is loving Simon Goodwin after copping it the other week? You think guys like Bailey Laurie and Adam Tomlinson are loving Goody of late every time they are brought into the side and then dropped the following week?? [censored] laughable to think that there aren’t current players that have lost faith and trust in Goodwin as we speak. Happens at every single club.

I was scared pre game against the doggies. On Saturday, I'm literally going to pretend that I forgot the footy was on and just miss out on watching.

Because our supporters are the most sensitive bunch going around and easily triggered when journo's write stuff to generate likes..