Mach5

Filler. Morris could have pondered the same thing a week ago. Nothing new to see here.

Bingo. Hawks send F1 + change to WC for Barrass. WC F1 + change to Richmond for Baker.

Not convinced of that at all. But the media narrative is that he is worth less.

To be fair, any halfwit who thought leaving their club might be a distinct possibility in the off-season would clean out their locker ahead of time, to avoid the need to go back at any stage if it comes to fruition. It’s not like they are big & time-consuming to “clean”. It’s not a warehouse.

A cynical mind might say that Clarry’s papers were stamped this time last year, but as his trade value was so low we elected to hold off, give him a season to show some form & recover some value in the market. Then you’d say maybe Geelong have seen through this and have chosen to attempt to combat the recovered value with the use of their media mates. In the end, he only goes (if he goes) for what we agree to, and not the media-driven consensus. But don’t be surprised if you see me outside Kardinia Park driving a tek screw into Mackie’s tyres.

* DESTINATION CLUB * Time to re-hang the sign out front of Gosch’s Paddock.

Because Mackie is happy to waste everyone’s time, thinks he’s smarter than everyone else & thinks he can secure himself a bargain. The new Dodoro.

Smilie looks like Jason Cloke 2.0. I think we’ll be after Lalor, but if he’s off the board we could even go for Armstrong.

GC want pick 13 to go to Port, so they can freely trade their F1 to GC for Lukosius.

I’ll say. Imagine the stress on opponents trying to clear a ground ball from defense with Kossie & Kako buzzing around. Also don’t forget we were very keen to trade up for Watson last year.

F/S & academy selections will make later picks evaporate & hopefully pull it back in.

Relevance? He never stated DB was a Geelong supporter & it seemed fairy correct. DB is very pro-Geelong.

For superstars Battle & Perryman... bugger me. After Ben McKay last year. What a sh*t show. Having said that, it may be hard with Freo, but I could see Richmond maybe wanting to get some picks moved to next year. Better to spread the talent influx where you can. And everyone loves a deathride.

Fair enough. It seems a strange thing to criticise a coach for - being close to his players. Particularly when that approach worked to the point where we won a flag. Can’t help but feel Goodwin is in the gun and Lamb is in the gun; both appear to be carrying the stress of those under heavy scrutiny. But somehow our CEO escapes the microscope? When he’s chiefly to blame in my view, and continues to demonstrate such. I’m dumbfounded.

The term “destination club” is a furphy.