Rodney (Balls) Grinter

Have wanted Gold Coast to make finals and do well for years, but now I'm more than happy to ride them to the bottom. Having them finish towards the bottom would be an awsome outcome for Brand Petracca.

And paired with a pair of Max's in the ruck.

Nup, just becomes the BH wants back to Victoria thread from Rd 1 next year.

This doesn't say 3 first round picks - has the Age screwed this up? Or have we been dudded?

Welcome CJ According to everyone on Demonland basically all players are hack kicks so pfft. I'm looking forward to watching this guy play with a bunch of athletisim, enthusiasm and excitement.

I think @deegirl's comment still stands. Majak was at the club during COVID, so probably no real chance for the coterie to meet him. He was only with us for a microsecond as well.

Look, I'm OK with Brisbane being back to back premiers. Quite like them as a team for various reasons. But do you really think that the reining back to back premier that played off in the last three grand finals(and is now the most successful side this century), being gifted a bunch of top tallent practically without giving anything back anything in return really helps equalisation? Likewise if the two of the key mechanisms they got said players (i.e. F/S and accademey picks) will be taken away from others that could use that in the future, then how's that just envy? Wouldn't it have been great if we could have picked up Mac Andrew for nothing? Similaely, if the White twins end up elsewhere, because the AFL decides to strip away the father son rule, right at a time we might have benefited like Brisbane, I'll be ropeable. Adding a few gun players to your list makes a huge impact.

Another thing that could be looked at with the academy and father son picks is to close down the loop hole with the points system that allows players to be picked in first round with a bunch of realitively rubbish 3rd and 4th round picks. If the player gets bid on with a first round pick, then at least one first round pick should be required to bid on them.

The priority picks and academy picks are a problem, because the dilute the value of the draft as a equalisation measure. But just turning off the tap in a knee [censored] reaction won't acheive equalisation. It will likely result in more outcomes, where clubs that haven't benefited from it will loose their opertunity to access talent, like it did with us and Mac Andrew. Asides from just the free agents they have hoovered up this off season, Brisbane have also picked up the two Ashcroft boys, who were drafted around a pick 5 equivalent and are poised to pick up an academy pick this season who is tipped to go in the top 10. I think what needs to be done with the accademey and father son picks is limit how may top 10 or top 18 of those picks a club can have over rolling ten year period. Brisbane and Collingwood for instance have had enough of their share for now.

Who cares!

Rossy, Rossy, Rossy - come to your uncle Chop Chop.

So who's barrister is going to work with Gold Coast and Fremantle to get the deal done to get Dogga back in the red and blue?

And unlike Gawn, the Moose doesn't 💩 the bed in front of goal.

I know it won't happen, but I'd happily accept a straight swap of Clarry for Jessie from GWS.

The way he's behaved in the past few days, I'd say most of the 'meltdown' has been on Clayton's behalf. I'm not going to point the finger at all of the cultural issues etc being at his feet, but his public media comments have been pretty unedifying. He's got to accept the responsibility for that. I've got no idea of the full truth of the mather, but it sounds like the club may have been blunt and laid down the law to Clarry, but I think he owns the meltdown part of it.

While I totally get the nickname "Checkers", not sure if I could call hime that, knowing that's what he was at Collingwood - would just feel so dirty. Perhaps the couple of alternatives that I could be OK with: If he clarified it was he was known as since primary school; or We change Checkers to Checker as a nickname with a proud history at the MFC.

I'm a bit torn on this. I get the past respect bit for Trac, but his primadonna behaviour in requesting a trade etc at the end of last season and this season has really lost me at the moment. If the trade doesn't get done, he's got a long way to win back my respect as a MFC supporter. And I also agree that there were a number of moments in games this season where he looked disinterested and unwilling to do the team things like chasing and tackling. How he finished second in the B&F is beyond me.

I could cheer on OMac and Wagner against other teams, but only Freo, Jackson and Judd in extenuating circumstances like if they were playing Collingwood, Hawthorn or something.

With No.s 4, 9, 13, 14 already available and the possibility that 5 may also be, perhaps he wants a further upgrade (I mean asides from ditching that black and white 💩 for a mighty red and blue one!)

Well, the Lions have two Ashcrofts and as premier are just about to load up on an academy player that's tipped to go in the top 10. Similarly, Collingwood have x 2 Daicos Honestly, I think if the AFL are going to address equalisation, then they need to get smarter than just turning off the tap on the FS and academies. Given how clubs like Brisbane and Collingwood have been allowed to cash-in on it, introducing a limit on how may clubs can take as a high draft pick equivalent over a 10 year rolling period would be much more reasonable propersition than just stopping it altogether from next season onwards. ...but we all know how the AFL works on fairness and reason right. Just look how well they have reprimanded Geelong for their out of cap, under the table payments.

Just for context, Tootsie = Tobie Travaglia Is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was selected with their first pick, the 8th overall, in the 2024 national draft. You know your being take seriously as an AFL footballer when they start calling you Tootsie 🤣 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobie_Travaglia

Wasn't Campbell just contracted for another year. I'd also say the reason why Campbell isn't superfluous are injuries, age and possibily coaching potential. Both Max and Campbell are particularly at an age where injury is more likely to strike at any moment and/or they need to be rested more often. Would pay to have a bit more cover in that respect. Also wounder if with restrictions on the soft cap if we'd be better off not hiring a non-playing ruck coach and just rely on Max and Tom to get the job done and instead put the money into another mids coach or something (or perhaps just cover some of the Goodwin payout)

Pick 8 in last year's draft could have got us Tootsie. Is he Trac tradable material? As good as JT is, there's also a fair element of luck about the draft I recon. That's where trading Trac a player of established senior capabilities at AFL level for BH of similarly established capabilities, be it somewhat less established, but in a younger body is a more reasonable trade than dipping into the draft. Particularly in a weak draft year, where there could be plenty of Tootsies.

Don't know if it's already been stated, but if Bailey wants to go down that Country Road to Moe, training at Casey is about the closest you'll get in the AFL.

As they say - draft based on best available and trade based on needs. Given how long it takes to develop rucks, it would almost seem crazy to draft guys for that position. Asides from Gawn, I can't actually recall anyone we've plucked out of the draft as an 18yo that has actually gone on to regularly play the position.