Rodney (Balls) Grinter

I'm all for a Tassie team, but I think the above is a fairly flawed statement. It could also be said that the NT and to a lesser extent ACT, could also make fairly legitimate claims to requiring a team for it to be a truely Australian competition.

...with him holding the premiership cup aloft. I think I'd almost get an A0 size framed poster for every room.

Pates, went to all the games this year at Carrara/Metricon. Almost always a decent breeze, with very little protection from the minature grand stands and virtually no protection at one end. I do remember Weid missing those set shots and thinking if he had just nailed one, we would have been home. But he wasn't Robinson Crusoe that night, by a long way. Harley Bennell, who was a gerally a beuatful shot on goal also missed an absolute sitter that I thought he would have nailed in a heartbeat 99 time out of 100. Our feild kicking in general against the Dogs at Carrara was abysmal, resulting in numerous abhorrent and costly turnovers that went a long way to loosing us the game - again quite windy conditions. Perhaps this is something for Yze to work on with the team?

To me, I agree absolutely with Lockhardt and Chandler ( also agree Re Jordon/Bedford whom you mentioned). I do think Mitch Brown is reasonable key position depth/insurance based on his quite serviceable performances throughout the year. I guess he is a fairly short term backup too given his age. Probably on pretty modest coin too, so ticks that box for us as well.

Very happy to seal the deal with North and Ben Brown and such a good deal at that. His unruly mop always gave me the [censored] when we played Nth, but that's probably because he was kicking bags of goals against us. Now that he's with us, the mop can stay and give our opposition supporters the [censored] - particularly if he's kicking goals!

He wasn't directly from North, but Shaun Smith was a super star and a great contributor for us.

Watching his highlights, I don't think it will matter if we kick it to him well or not. He seems to track the ball through the air so well, time his launch and clunk the marks from everywhere, so I think that suits us well.

I don't think it's quite like that. Yes the club was prepared to trade him on the basis that it could be mutually beneficial arrangement, rather than potenitally T Mac get shirty and frustrated at the prospect of competing for spots and playing twos week in/week out, but that's a bit different from 'wanting to get rid of him'. MFC footy department these days has more class than Collingwood.

The big Pedo bear put in some pretty decient cameo appearances when we needed them, so if that's how it turns out, I could well live with that. Like Pedo, I get the impression that Tommy is a pretty solid citizen, so I think we could do far worse than to have an influence like that around the club. I also think he's a pretty fierce competitor and that is the exactly the kind of attitude we need to have at the MFC to be putting pressure on Side Show, Wied and Jacko and others. I am really hoping that we have all underestimated T Mac, but time will tell ...who knows, he may even be part of a last minute trade for all we know.

Quite happy for T Mac to remain at our club. If he can shed the kgs, then I think he still has plenty to offer. Personally, I don't get the benifit of us paying several hundred grand a year for someone else to be getting a solid mature player, while we'd still be paying an additional few hundred grand for any sort of backup worth having. T Mac's versatility is a big plus he has going for him IMHO. Can do a respectable job up forward, down back or in the ruck. If Max gets injured, I don't want us to have to be in a position of flogging the guts out of Jackson if his body isn't quite there. Conversely, I'd be quite comfortable with rotating Brown, Jackson and T Mac through as ruck/forwards. Actually thought T Mac was starting to find form as a forward and clunk some good big strong marks before he got his eye poked out of its socket earlier this season. If Steve May goes down, we still need a player capable of taking on the gorilla forwards. Not so worried about his previous weaknesses woth disposal comming out of defense. It's true that he was pretty hit and miss by foot at that time, but we were a side under siege in those days without the same quality of players around him. Beyond all, I do like the sentiment of T Mac finishing in Red and Blue. He's been with us, copped pleanty through some pretty lean times and think he deserves some respect and an oppertunity to share in any success that we might have in the next two or three years.

Who's our Bart to thwart Side Show's plot? Of course if Side Show's evil plot is boot goals galore, then go for it Bob.

Potential to pick him up as a rookie under the AFL's new monthly rookie sign on rules (or whatever they are) potentially? But I'd hope we were not in pole position to get him based on us having a low enough ladder position at the time to pick him up.

Glad that Brown has now publicly nominated us, but I won't be celebrating until it's a done deal and/or we get through this whole trade period without giving up a player we'd rather hold onto. Something about counting chickens and hatching them.

Going back through the archives, some decient players have worn in the moden era Jetta, Dyson, Brett Lovett...but only for a season or so. Playing a bit on the number, some may say that 50 would be appropriate, because Brown is twice the player of T Mac... but I wouldn't be one of them. I do really value the contribution that T Mac has made over the journey. He played some pretty solid footy as a backman in a time when we were getting smashed every week, could have sought greener pastures but didn't. Really enjoyed his good work as a forward whilst it lasted. I wish him well where ever he ends up and do hope he has some good years of footy in him, just not against us!

To me the most of the review was just meh. I honestly don't have the inside knowledge or depth of understanding to know its good or not for Chaplin and Stafford continue in those roles or not. What we really needed is for our CEO/President to come out and state that the club will win multiple premierships in the next 5 years and become an AFL powerhouse over the next decade - that seems to work!

Agree. I recall it was suggested that there was a considerable undercurrent of disapoinment with Mahoney missing out on the CEO's role when Pert was appointed, which to me suggests that he'd be more than happy taking on a role with more of a commercial focus that his new one should provide. Richardson is much better suited to the intensive day to day footy focus. Whatever the formal roles might fall, I'm sure there will also be plenty of room for each of the assistants and even guys around the traps with strong leadership and football nous to also play a mentoring role in player development amongst the squad. I even feel like their could be a role for our current CEO in this capacity - was a pretty decient player in his day. I do actually like the cut in football department spending. It's more back to basics, which is what footy clubs should be about. When AFL finances recover somewhat I'd hope there could be a resistance to upping spending at the elite level, in order to channel those finds into grass roots footy, which could take a huge hit from COVID.

Very happy the club has signed up Hunt. He has actually been the 3rd highest goal kicker over the past two seasons combined. Remember watching him play what I think was probably his real break-out game against the GC at Carrara in 2017 and thinking wow - we have a player here. Just think he needs something to click to solidify his role in the side and become a really valuable asset to the team. I think we have a few like that with enough ability and potential which if realised will take us from being compeditive to genuine premiership contenders. Don't think this means that Jayden and other need to star every week, but they do need to find a way to meaningful contribute to the team every week, even when they are well held or having an off day.

Re "...or is a Melbourne midfielder on the Kangaroos' radar?" - I think we came out with the last time North swapped a tall for a mid, so deal away.

Doing the sums, I actually have Hunt as our 3rd highest goal kicker over the past two seasons on 31. Behind only Trac and Fristch, just ahead of Weid and Melksham.

So what you think there is value to be had in the players from other states that in any other normal year wouldn't have made the cut? Even if they did make it, knowing our luck, they'd want to puss off back home to WA or Adelaide anyway.

Despite his lack of selection, Hunt has been one of our best forwards over the past two seasons. Without being sure of the actual stats, I'd say he would actually be in our top 3 - 5 goal kickers for the past two seasons combined...and neither were really a good season to be a forward at the MFC. Really hope Hunt is one of the next signed for 2021/22.

He finished 9th in our B&F, so I hardly think he's 'cooked'. Don't think you were watching the same games as the rest of us. That said, Hibberd is getting on in years and I don't see a ready made replacement to step straight into his shoes. To me it makes total sense that the MFC would keep on all of Smith, Hore and Rivers in the hope that one of these guys will fill the big hole left by Hibberd in the next couple of years. While Rivers certainly looks the most likely, I still think we need to hedge our bets a bit and perhaps in time we might also want to use Rivers in other spots on the ground like wing or half forward.

The agressive, compeditive nature of Spargo was one of the things which attracted us to him in the first place and the main thing which kept getting him selected in his first season in 2018. I'd argue his good kicking (particularly for goal) has also been a past feature of his best attributes. My assessment is that this year he brought himself back to the standard he set for himself to start with after a bad case of second tear blues last year. Supporters these days are so impatient and unforgiving, it's like one bad season or if you aren't dominating by your second you are out of here. Look how long it took players like Trac and Max to deliver.

So in this Garry makes the point about list size changes due to COVID. Has this been announced/confirmed by the AFL? And if not when? Clubs are making decisions now on who to sign up, who to trade for over the next few weeks to a month. I would have thought that the time for this to have been confirmed would have been about Rd 12, not still be a topic of discussion now. Unless I'm missing something.

Your question is somewhat academic Chazz. I see the scenario's like this: 1. Jones snaps his leg off at the hip in pre-season and retires imeediatley; 2. Jones plays his 300th game on Queens Birthday at an MCG with as many MFC supporters as the pandemic will allow; 3. We win the flag with Jone on 299 and no one cares if we carry another veteran into 2022 or not. We got Jordan Lewis to 300 games and then some. No way Jones doesn't play 300 next year - take it to the bank.