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There's talent and then there's application. The big unknown is whether there's some blowback in terms of morale/happiness that some of those that have been publicly shopped around might not be as committed to the cause. It has the potential to unravel very quickly for them if there is significant dissonance between the senior players and the coach/es.

Story by Howard Kotton, bio from CT website below. Looks promising. CT is actually pretty reputable. "Howard Kotton has been a journalist for 43 years, working in various parts of Australia and overseas on assignment. He has spent the past 13 years as a senior journalist with the AFL Record"

I've read the list ten times now. No Dusty... what the? I know he missed five matches at the end because of his injury, but that's only a couple more than Tex for his brain explosion.

The same complaint Dockers fans had about Lingers - and then they boo him when he collects his medal! The one thing about our game plan it doesn't rely as much on precise delivery as it does on G&D.

Also loves being called the "First Lady of Football" - Hutchy says it so often on Footy Classified that it must be in her contract.

I can't be bothered finding it, but when I opened this thread I assumed it would be about Caro's opinion about half-way through the season that we couldn't win the premiership. She was wrong on that too!

Correct and I think the entire footy world was stunned by that trade. Pick 2 for Lachie Weller...🤯 If he's on the table then you'd expect their list manager is looking for a new job.

Darcy won't be ready for a while. Their only two rucks are Martin who will be 35 next year and English who Bevo clearly doesn't trust in the ruck

I'm not sure either side will want him, English is 24 and isn't trusted in the ruck by Bevo. I know big men take more time, but I'm not sure he gets much better than what he is at the moment. Whilst the Eagles need to replace Nic Nat they have two developing rucks and Vardy has retired, but I can't see them being overly enamoured with English's bruise free approach to rucking. Freo have Darcy, Meek and Lobbe. Lobbe is on a stack of money so to recruit English to play the same role doesn't make sense unless they can unload Lobbe and his contract, but it seems like they'd be trading one NQR second ruck for another NQR second ruck. I've heard a strong whisper that Ladhams is going to the Dogs (which is obviously why people like Lloyd are saying that they need to get a 24-26 y.o. second ruck and make them a main ruck). It will be interesting to see what the Dogs give up in order to get him and the picks necessary to avoid going into draft deficit for 2022.

Bunch of secessionist morons!

No, not really. Two years ago maybe, now not so much. I think he's cooked. It gave me great delight to see him and Rozee's pea-hearted efforts in the preliminary... hopefully not lost on Max as they were the first two to get stuck into him in 'that' game in 2019.

So I haven't fact checked this, but happy to stand corrected if I have been misled... apparently no premiership team in VFL/AFL history has ever played a single game together after they have won the premiership. Could we be the first?

Good to hear from you again Ash, hope you are well.

TBH I'm a little surprised. I just assumed former greats of the club (Captains, B&Fs, Brownlow medalists) would have been offered tickets by the AFL/Club - doesn't seem to be the case though. Max is just such a legend!

I did feel like Saint Nick was trying to put words in his mouth, but Jones has understanding that what you deserve and what you get in footy are in no way related. Life (and by extension footy) is often cruellest to the most loyal of servants. There have been many of them for the club that have never had the opportunity to play in a GF, let alone a premiership. It's been cruel to Jones right at the end, but Chunk more than Nick seemed to understand that Fairytales are for kindergarten and this is the real world. He deserved more, but at the same time there's a very special place in our hearts for players like him and Robbie who gave so much to the club and who never got to reap the rewards for their bravery and loyalty.

It's on 7 mate here in Canberra.

Training loads.

I wouldn't worry too much about it I don't think either he or the club have intentions of him going anywhere. Once it became known that Cerra had met with us and there was some real interest in joining us, journalists went to work doing what they do and threw names against the wall to see what sticks. Jacko's name fell off after Pert hosed down any speculation he would be traded, the next name was Gus's simply because his brother plays at the Dockers. No real substance and Gus has hosed that down as well - expect to see Riv or Kozzie's names mentioned next. I think if we get Cerra it will need a few moving parts related to player movement and draft picks from more than one other club.

Champion.

Sorry they've already gone. Hope you can find some more.

Sorry all gone.

I have two priority 1 barcodes if anyone want to PM me.

I think they will consider bringing Smith in, especially for a player like Weightman. Hunt would be the other one in the frame - naming him might give the Dogs some pause for consideration, Hibbo would be very stiff, but he was dropped after we played them last time. It might be Hibbo and Jordon out for one or both of Smith and Hunt.

I think the attraction is Tarrant might be interested in moving if it's to a club that may play finals and he would be relatively cheap. Also worth keeping in mind that his 10 games was affected by a very unusual medical issue and not necessarily his body failing him. Geelong interested in a 32 year old - he's right in their demographic recruiting window - a likely replacement for Lachie Henderson who hasn't been great this finals series; they would not have much salary cap room either. List is about to fall off a cliff - roll of the dice. Richmond - Astbury replacement - not as dire as Geelong's list, but reloading for 1 more tilt while they still have Cotchin, Riewoldt and Dusty can still do Dusty things. If I was Tarrant and the motivation to move was success this is who I would choose.

As suggested OTC last night, unless Freo can offer a really good trade - I'd be inclined if I were the Lions to make Neale stay for at least one more year of that contract and if he wants to be traded at the end of next year then he can be without them having been blindsided. I understand COVID has changed the parameters somewhat, but I think the whole family angle is slightly overplayed and another 12 months would be quite manageable for most families. Though far from ideal (but what is in this world) or not really understanding the nature of the circumstances of Neale and his partner, we do live in a modern first world country where he has been handsomely remunerated for his talents, and where it is likely (but not certain) that restrictions once we reach a vaccination threshold will be relaxed.