John Demonic

He has plenty of chance at redemption, he'll just have nobody to kick it to up forward as the cash we've splurged on him wasn't used to entice any marking target last year, and might'nt this year. And these conversations have been had on this forum for 10 months, not just after 2 bad games.

500k for 3 years, I accept. You take a risk, fill a position in need of urgent attention for the club. But how can he get a 4th and 5th year without any performance based trigger clause. He's not a very good player or has any potential to be one. He's serviceable and could even fall into permanent depth within a couple of years if other players on list develop or trades/recruits come in with a better burst of speed and skill that take that wing position. Then there's a 2 or 3 years x500k hole in the cap.

365k a year according to fox footy. That's a bit far off.

But wouldn't 3 years also be the median contract length. Tying up 2.5 mil over 5 years for a player that is currently (as of this week) depth doesn't seem wise.

And leaving aside Hill @Hogan2014, we could've outbid the Dogs and got Josh Bruce with that spare change. And thrown a cheap contract at Newnes and had him Baker, Salem or ANB compete for that wing spot for a year. Can't be any worse than Tomlinson

According to the age: "The unrestricted free agent has been signed by the Demons on a five-year deal worth $500,000 a year." Frakking Christ

What's he on a year again for the 4 year contract? Would've been better to throw that money on the pile that we surely had to have initiatially offered Brad Hill.

I've got video evidence of a dance clique at the MFC, and it's not pretty.

Fagan plays Hipwood. He hardly contributes from week to week and pops up occasionally with a brilliant quarter. also a player who had a very good patch of form in his first or 2nd year, like Weid. Hipwood is getting experience, building a tank, learning what works and doesn't, by being played week to week. Weid is in the same boat and should be played all year for development.

A bloke taking marks and kicking 3.5, 2.6 or 4.4 is a massive improvement on a ball being slingshot up the ground from No one taking marks. Defending kick outs an improvement. And as one of the best i50 number teams, he'd get way more practice to mark and kick for goal than he ever did at EFC

You would have to have if it was a first round pick. What's his pay grade? It would determine it? I thought we should've traded Brayshaw or Viney for Brad Hill last year. I'm still of the opinion that 1 has to go. Rip at the fabric? What fabric? The 'play too many contested bulls because they give 110% effort' fabric? Yeah we might need to rip that up and try something different.

Why wait?

If I were one of the Wagners, I'd be doing anything I could to not break a contract that was going to set me up in a good direction for my post AFL career in a year or two.

Deebrief notification on phone "Goody has 5 more weeks" did not see game so the result was spoilt. Saved myself 2 hours of frustration then i suppose? Go dees

And it's still looking like we should have traded 1 of our surplus inside mids to outbid and overpay Hill to have his sublime kicks to advantage moving forward. Worth the money.

We'll end up with an ANB, Lockhart, VDB, Melk, Fritta, Jones forward line by r12 With Kosi, Bedford and Bennell in the reserves chasing tackle numbers and high marks in the Goodwin Zone Class, to get back into the team ?

I think we're all just weary of Bennell getting the Garlett treatment. In and out all year because of fitness or defensive issues, but still kicking 1-2 goals a game and setting up a few others. If the season starts slipping away, then we might look back on r5-7 as a block of games we needed someone like him in. If he comes in later in round 8 or so, has a big impact but we're so far back that it's just an exercise in preparing for 2021, well what a waste. Hoping it's only weather related and he's in next week.

I think the wet might suit us now more than in the past for Petracca, Viney and a smaller forward line or Kozi. As long as we exhibit 'learnings' and tap it on. I'm more afraid of a dry WA like deck and letting the opposition showcase their rebounding keepings off skill

Let's be real. We'll be in it up to our necks but ultimately fall away in the last, it's the slow burn 2 season long form of "annihilation"

Richmond aren't annihilating anyone but Adelaide right now. ?

Savage. With all due respect to those boys, but there's a reason that we got most of them with picks higher than 25 and some in the 50s or later. None are elite or have the potential to be elite, Fritsch perhaps the highest ceiling - but never A grade. Sure, we might develop cohesion eventually, with everyone playing their role perfectly, but right now we are lacking some players forward that will make something out of nothing happen. Players with class and skill. Players who can at least have a big 3 or 4 goal impact when they're on. Goody thinks he's Nathan Buckley, shuffling around Jordan DeGoeys and Jayden Stephenson's

Peter is the Wright guy