titan_uranus

Texans, Steelers, Falcons

I’m fairly confident that post you quoted is made up…

IIRC kids went free to this year’s WC game. Although we do tend to get bigger crowds earlier in the year with the better weather and the optimism.

35,000! That would be a win if it happened. We’ve had the Dogs at the G in Round 1 three years in a row. Might happen again?

Whilst there are plenty of jokes to be made, I strongly encourage everyone to complete the survey and give your honest views. If you don’t like the club’s comms, this is your chance to say so. If you don’t like seating arrangements, this is your chance to say so. I’d also encourage you to focus on the good things where you find them - for me, the New Balance sponsorship is a positive for the club. I like their products and I think they properly invest in their football merch.

Silly comparison. Campbell’s been playing one position - ruck - for 12 years. Tomlinson came to us as a jack of all trades and if he had form on a wing it was fleeting. Grundy we all know wasn’t a forward. Once again, the question on Campbell isn’t whether he’s the right type of player to add to our list. He’s precisely what we’re after, a ruckman who can be the number one ruck if required. The only question is whether he’s the best option for that role. His VFL form this year suggests he’s at least in the conversation.

Sorry, completely missed your first sentence somehow. No idea who the other FAs are - perhaps none. I was otherwise agreeing with you - FA compo pushes picks back but f/s and academy picks don’t, as those players aren’t on the market.

It’s been genuinely pushed back though by the Battle, Perryman and Cumming compo picks though. More FAs might mean more compo pushes it back further.

Fullarton isn’t good enough to play ruck. We know that from this year. Verrall’s too young/thin/inexperienced/incapable to play first ruck in 2025. There’s nothing strange or questionable about us taking an experienced ruckman to play in Gawn’s spot if required. The only question is whether Campbell is the best option for us.

Agree. 407 is the lowest winner’s vote count, excluding the shorter 2020 season, since 2016 when, funnily enough, Viney won with 407. We played finals the previous three seasons but the winner each year polled 600+ (in 2022 Clarry won with 608 and just one extra game played, given the additional H&A game this year).

Morris reporting the board said no once they found out. So did the board not know, then found out, then intervened? Who else at the club isn’t in the know or on the same page?

The logic is sound. He may not be the best ruckman at AFL level but neither is Darcy Fort. The concept makes sense and means we go into 2025 without the same level of fear over a possible Max injury.

So are they on the same page? This suggests they aren’t.

2021, eh? So that’s before we signed him to a 7 year million dollar contract that is now the noose around our necks in trying to do what you both are implying is the right thing to do?

You’re in a “win now” window. You have to be. Your list is primed for a flag. Houston might only give you say 4 years but if you win a flag in that time no one will care, and tbh you should win a flag. A list with Cripps, Curnow, Mackay, Walsh and Weitering shouldn’t be battling just to make finals.

We started this. We called around and asked if clubs would deal. He gets all the way down the path and wants out. We complain there isn’t enough value in a proposed trade. All of which was completely foreseeable. As if we didn’t think clubs would refrain from throwing massive draft pick hauls given his recent history? As if we didn’t think throwing his name out there for the second year in a row would create a major media storm and [censored] Clarry off? All the parts of this that have been within our control have been mismanaged by us.

Kane’s right. We’re absolutely pathetic.