Rodney (Balls) Grinter

Further to the Disco getting Gus's number thing, in the Disco video up on the club website, he does mention how honoured her is getting it and how he was quite close with Gus, having stayed with him and his parents when he first came to the club (as I understand many others have also).

I'd also say that Bolten, Kelly and Grundy grossly overpaid for their respective contributions. Grundy somewhat at the expense of Collingwood I hope/assume. Also says to me, how fortunate we are having Max as someone who could have demanded top dollar, but accepted a more modest salary for the benifit of team success. His consistent output justifies a bigger pay day than so many others on that list.

Yeah, also know as the WTF emoji

Lol. Oh, please bring back the faceplam emoji.

So interested in what you see as Chandler's weaknesses and/or if you see him as best 22 long term material? Personally I do rate Chandler for his general tenacity, workrate, ability to find the goals on a fairly regular basis and his reliability in nailing the set shots opportunities he gets. If you're suggesting he's a good overhead mark for his size, then I'd agree with that too. I also get the feeling that he's well liked around the club for his good character and willingness to do the team things.

And the worst haircut at the MFC.

Add Chandler, Woey Jnr and Doggy Brown Jnr to that list IMHO. Sharp is also one that could be in the mix if he can take then next step, secure a regular spot in the team and leverage his great athletisim to fill the ANB role - be it in a younger body, so again more generational rebuild.

Agreed. Biggest problem I see here though, is that Goody is almost always unwilling to throw the magnets around in any significant way, until the match is pretty much lost and there's little to no value in that. Incidently, I can also see the counter argument Goody and the coaches might have as there have also been some great wins we had where we had issues scoring, but persevered with players in their more tried and tested roles and ended up with great comeback wins like 2021 final H&A Vs Geelong and to some extent the 2021 GF. But as a whole I think I've seen far to many games where we have struggled to take marks in our forward 50 and lost the game, despite having forward half dominance and a key back who could clunk big marks like T Mac or Maysie and we went on to loose the game. I'd love to see him have a bit more dare in this respect in seasons ahead.

Great kudos for @Demonland! I'm assuming someone from this forum was the photographer with the scoop?

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Party time! Got big rapps on this kid. Think he's hot alot of tricks and alot of heart. Good choice for Gus's old jumper I think. I don't think retiring it for years is nessacery if you've got a worthy recipient good to go.

For me, I think it's Sparrow and Petty that really need it. By some stats I've seen, Sparrow seems fit enough and to be working hard enough, perhaps he just needs to be give a role and granted a bit more freedom to show off his attacking flair and be more damaging to reach his potential. Petty playing backline would help. Spargo probably also needs one to get a spot in the 22 and maintain relevance. Salem is another. Not that they reall 'need' it exactly, but I'd love JVR and Disco to go to that next level and become regularly damaging and dangerous key forwards. An uninterrupted preseason would help several of these guys. If we can maintain a fit list, then I think we could be in a position of having great depth again. I'd really like to see us manage that situation by sufficiently resting players throughout the season to hit finals fit and fresh, as opposed to tired and banged up like in 2022 and 23.

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Cool thanks for clarifying. Recall actually going to one of their grand finals Vs Heidelberg back in the mid/late 90s with my old man and one of his indigenous work colleagues. Was a pretty wild and rough affair both on and off the feild. Somehow I had in my head that this might be a team from Fitzroy Crossing in Northern Australia where maybe their may have been a little more professionalism, although that is probably still pretty grass roots type level and budget. Goes completely with Neville's character to be seeking out a role giving back to the comunity than merely financial gains. Still a great opportunity for him to coach a team in his own right and maybe build towards that at the top level at some point.