Rodney (Balls) Grinter

Ireland should be part of our NGA through the Stynes connection and give us priority access.

Totally agree. Strong as an ox and has a great penitrating kick on him. Showed so much potential in 2021, but has flat lined and probably even gone backwards since (being demoted to Casey at a time we are down in the mid is evidence of that). I don't know what the dynamic is between the two at the moment, but I think if Trac so desperately wants us back up there, he should take Tommy on as his pet project and pull him up to the next level. Maybe then, we can have some more bang bang bang on the last day of September.

One thing I don't want to see again in 2025 is Turner played as the starting sub. Too impactful as a forward to have sitting on the pine for 3/4 and seems mobile and adaptable enough that he could play a bunch of roles even if we looked excessively tall in our forward 50.

If this is the assessment, then I think KPP backman remains one of the key recruiting / development needs, that and/or the club needs to work out and stick to their guns on who of Petty/Turner are forwards and let the other solidify a role down back. Personally, despite some glimpses I think the Petty forward experiment has failed and I'd rather see him down back again. We've got a huge Steve May sized hole to fill when he retires.

Hawthorn, then daylight to every other team.

If it's true, the whole brand thing really reeks. I'm not actually that convinced it was something that Christian nessacerilly put such a big emphasis on himself as opposed to the media types blowing it out of proportion. But if true, there are two sides to the coin (pardon the pun). He signed up for massive money to a long term contract and that ought to have counted for alot more than it seemed to in the situation. He's paid to be a footballer first and his own ' brand' is totally secondary. Such a shocking look in a team sport. This situation where free agency has diminished the value of contracts is total BS IMHO. I think there are plenty of others like Viney and Gawn who's professionalism is the equal of Trac, but whom didn't shop themselves around and didn't seem to air the club's dirty laundry so publicly when the chips have been down for us this season.

Speaking of which, I wonder if Melky will go around again next year? I could make cases both for and against it in terms of his best still being bloody good and the sort of smart dynamic player we need around our forward line, but just questions on if his body will allow him to play at the level next year - feel he was being managed as the super sub towards the end of the year. Would love to see him stay on, I'm just not sure it's a wise move though.

Really happy for Jesse. Still have a soft spot for him, just wish we could have lured him back to the MFC after he left Freo. Probably would have won the flag the past two years with him leading the forward line and Roo playing the second key forward role.

Is that red blood on his hand?

Yeah, maybe. But surely he could write and have a statement released on his behalf.

To think Trac's name was being thrown around at one stage as future captain material. I'll wait until the dust has properly settled until I make my final judgement, but I'm not looking favourably on his performance at the moment. Contrast Trac's public actions over the past few weeks with that of Gawn and Viney and you can see who the real leaders are at the club. Probably leaves Jake Lever as next in line to the captaincy IMHO.

Spotify on DubDee this is a point that those that suggest footy as being just a business really need to wrap their head around it alot better. Sure there are some business principles that need to be applied to make sure the books ballance, but it's a 'business model' built on people's passion and loyalty - stuff around with that too much and they might find their revenue streams evaporating. I do have to say that the way that the best seats at the MCG are sold for our home games to the exclusion or regular MFC members is something that's seen my enthusiasm wane, particularly thus past half season when we have started loosing again as well, as have the cold late night game timeslot that's great for the TV business, but not for me. Back on the ANB aspect, I do think that if players are going to request trades like this and/or be militant about it, then the club's should have better mechanisms to claw back player payments etc retrospectively. There needs to be a better disincentive for the players to demand breaking contracts. But as I've stated elsewhere, in the case of ANB, I think he owes us nothing and helped deliver a flag for us. And he's going home, not demanding a move to the Magpies, Hawks or Lions for more money or other opportunities. I think the club gets better rep and ability to attract and retain good players, by treating the ones we have well, reasonably and fairly.

Yeah, so maybe he needs a challenge? You get double points kicking on your non preferred don't you?

Listened to one of Max's interviews on the club Web sites post signing interviews and he reflected back to our finish of the 2020 season beating GWS and Essendon and how it gave us something to build on for 2021. I was at Carrara for that game and remember thinking that we weren't as far off as people thought either. Incidently @DubDee, ANB had a cracker that day, but was a frindge player at the time and many would have been happy to delist him for nothing, just to free up a list spot, so I hardly think he owes the supporter base anything. I'll be going tomorrow night with both my kids, the youngest of which is a BBB fan and has the number 50 on his back, which he will be wearing with great pride. I'll also be thankful to ANB for his great service to the club and with Trent Rivers 100, there are plenty of reasons to attend. Above all else, I really hope we give Collingwood the end to their season they deserve and given we are on dead even percentage, we'll also finish above them on the ladder for good measure. GO THE MIGHTY DEMONS!! ❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙

The other thing that riles me so much about this whole Trac injury saga is how Scott free Darcey Moore and the AFL have got off on this. Protecting the head is well understood and is know a given, but we've now seen several players seriously injured through knees driven wrecklessly into others with careless abandon. It's not a football action and it should be outlawed, just the same as sling takles and head high bumps. If you carelessly throw your body parts at another player that could be reasonably foreseen it could cause injury - suspension, easy. Chol on Steven May was similar. Trac's mum needs to go and tell Moore's mum, that if he ever does that to her son again, she's going to deck him.

I think the timing was also very poor. Everyone allready getting the boots into Melbourne about Clarry, then Trac. The Todd at North angle also probably also added credibility and made it even more of a story. I'd be filthy on Clarko if I were Todd, even though maybe it might have resulted in a few more $K being thrown Jack's way just to be sure and perhaps get the deal done quicker. Love Gary's defence of our club. I'll take Gary Lyon over David Schwartz post retirement any day. David is always banging on in his criticism of our club, even though from what I gather of his influence on club culture was probably a contributor to us never snagging one in that era when we had so much talent. So glad it was Gary got to hand over the cup to Gawn and Goodwin. I think he walks the line between objective media outsider, club great and passionate supporter pretty well really.

Seems like the first 100 have come up in no time. Could potentially become another 300 game champion of the club. Would really love to see him used in more attacking goal kicking roles rolling through from midfield and letting his raking left foot set sail for home from outside 50. Is a perfect give to handball for players from a stationary position/fee kick/mark 55m out as well and would like to see him do more of that.

Yeah, I kinda get that too. It would be nice, but perhaps unrealistic to expect JvR's development to be linear, when KPPs usually take many years to mature. And I am still also somewhat juries out on if Petty is a key forward. He played a few dominant games last season, but also alot when he didn't have much of an impact. I do suspect that he's the type of player that might take a number of weeks to find form as a forward, so let's wait and see. Until then, we just need these players to provide adequate output that enables our game plan for multiple other players like Fritsch, Kozzie and others like perhaps Disco and Chandler to come in and kick their bags when the opportunity arises.

Gee, that ****** we've found at CHF is a gun. IMHO no team in the AFL has a flawless list or * power in every position. It's about making what you've got work.

This Facebook post from Everything Hawks that I just saw made me smile with satisfaction: "Can’t stop, won’t stop 💛🤎 It may have just been North Melbourne, but boy does it feel better being a winner come Monday 🔥🤝" Guys in the video clip is going off in celebration as well. https://fb.watch/rDnkmy_Y29/?mibextid=Nif5oz

And Kozzie also got a week for the Adelaide thing for less than Greens act. Green jumped, his shoulder made high contact with medium impact - that's about the logic that got applied to Kozzie. Additionally, Green can hardly use the Charlie Cameron (I'm an angle that's never offended before) [censored]. See ya later Toby. BTW, I like Green, but after seeing Kozzie go for what he did, I've got zero sympathy for other clubs loosing players to the tribunal for high contact... I just wish they'd hit that scum Maynard with an 8 week retrospective ban a few games out from finals.

Ingo was a gun. A few others we picked up from other clubs in that era went all right as well: Peter Rohde Marcus Seecamp

Can one of our sponsors please pay for Jason Taylor to have a holiday in Ireland over the Australian summer?

Jessy Hogan also says hi.

How good is it to see a No.39 in the Red and Blue out on the G again!!!