titan_uranus

If we end up with a Geelong v Sydney GF again then it will mean those two clubs plus Hawthorn, Richmond, West Coast and Collingwood, will have won 18 of the last 20 flags (the Dogs and us being the other two). And then the other two sides won the four previous flags, which mean that we are guaranteed to see that 23 of the last 25 flags (2001-2024) have been won by 8 clubs.

He kicked their only goal in the fourth. Had a poor year by his standards, and probably by any standards tbh. It’s somewhat remarkable that GWS were as good as they were this year despite him being mediocre.

I wouldn’t be so sure. Geelong looked great last week but how much of it was Port not showing up? Their H&A form going in wasn’t that impressive. I would have had GWS favourites next week had they hung on tonight. A bit like us last year, had they avoided the choke and got through with the pressure off I reckon they’d play with more freedom and their best IMO is second only to Sydney.

Not sure about Fagan. To me it was more a combination of Brisbane finding some goalkicking accuracy, the mids lifting in the fourth, and GWS [censored] the bed. Still, he has four prelims in 6 years of contending so he’s clearly doing something right.

This sort of makes my argument. Gibbs had 1 year left on his contract. He would have been traded the year he requested but the deal fell through at the last minute. Papley had 4 years left on his contract, so Sydney held him to it. Trac is more like Papley than Gibbs. Having 1 year left presents the club with the risk you leave the following year for less/nothing. Very different to a player with multiple years left.

We never led Collingwood and we never played well enough against Carlton. GWS were 20+ points up at 3QT in both games, 44 up in the third and 30+ points up in the fourth. At home, against an interstate side.

Won them a few games himself this year but was awful tonight.

That free was bad IMO but they never should have been in that position. 44 up 20 mins into the third and 31 up 4 mins into the fourth.

Surely Brent Daniels didn’t hear the whistle when he took the advantage…

How [censored] disgusting. I cannot stand that mob and now I have to watch them play Geelong in a prelim? GWS choked worse than we did last year. Led both finals by 20+ at 3QT and lost both. Completely fell apart in this one, had a 7 point lead and the ball in a slow play with 4 minutes left, too.

So you’d keep them all out of contract waiting to see if we can find, what, 10 new players in trade week?

This is usually how it works for out of contract players. The club runs the risk that if it doesn’t accede to the player’s request, the player will put a price on their head when nominating for the draft to ensure they get to their preferred destination, and so the club does a deal to avoid getting nothing at all. For a contracted player, run the counter factual and assume we say no. What does the player do? Sit out the year in protest? How does that help their cause?

What is this?

Not yet official but seems close. Same article also says we’ve not offered Tomlinson an extension yet, and that Hore also has to wait to see if we extend him.

I’d be interested in Cerra but only on the basis that we’ve done medical due diligence and are satisfied his repeat soft tissue injuries can be fixed. At any rate, even if his soft tissue problems are fixable, he’s no longer worth a first round pick IMO. Not without something else coming back.

The main benefit to this is that he would no longer be able to kick bags against us. (In all seriousness, I’m not against it as a cheap option to try to strengthen the forward line, given my view is our capital needs to be spent first and foremost on our midfield/half back line).

When I said “sued” I should have said “claimed against”. Not all of it ends up in court, and not all of that ends up plastered all over the media either. But regardless, it’s not the club I’d be concerned about if I were Caro. It’s the MFC doctor individually, who she is borderline alleging was medically negligent, or the other medicos (ambos, hospital docs), or MCG staff (she insinuates there were miscommunications which led to Trac’s condition being worsened).

No they don’t. They get sued all the time for defamation.

I take it that you’ve not once this year bemoaned us not getting Chol, D’Ambrosio or Ginnivan, nor bemoaned Jordon leaving us?

You’re still salty about not being allowed to go on radio and mouth off at the club?

This is true. However she went very close to alleging medical negligence by the club, AFL, ambos and/or hospitals. She even caught herself and said she wasn’t explicitly suggesting as much, which was a bit like trying to unring the bell.

Great post. The way Caro stumbled over what she was raising as “issues” is telling. She was asked where they would lead and had nothing to say. All that lies at the heart of her story is that Paul Marsh has just returned from 3 months leave of absence, which means he wasn’t here at KB, and so he’s now asking questions about what happened. That’s not entirely surprising. It doesn’t mean there are new issues, nor that they’re the club’s fault (or anyone’s).

From whom? You can DM me if required.

If you think Kennedy's kicking "too regularly fails to hit targets", but you think Nick Hind is an option, I don't know what you're seeing.

Yes, I mean the affidavit itself. Is it publicly available?