Demons1858

No, you just look to change context to avoid the possibility you might not know everything .. thanks, l will have a good one

You replied directly to his comment where he implied we had depth in the form of Dunstan and others. Your so selective with your quotes above. And who cares what order it was in, you failed to fully appreciate the broader potential benefits of trading harmes out given the glut in mids which was suggested to you

I have read his post and he talks about covering Harmes with Dunstan or other good young options we have in the VFL. Implying that we have depth in those roles. You may have missed the point he was making

Agree harmes is better, but its money ball and if you have a glut of depth in any area that isn't fully utilised then you move them on and go get (or retain) another ruck / forward / winger that covers up a bigger hole and that then drives significant improvement

If Dunstan, who would be cheaper, can provide the same input and we release the money we pay harmes then its definately an improvement ... same with hunt given we have a number of small defenders that can play his role ... we do have a glut of those types

It's rare but we paid overs for lever who was out of contract and nominated us. we also picked up KK because some new medical report said his neck needed strengthening and it would stop. us concussion ...

SOS has built a list that has/had few holes in it at 2 clubs ... as for BP definately agree. The blues if coached well should finish top 4 to 6 for a number of years

l think its more a case of players wanting opportunity in what has been a very structured and regimented game plan and selection strategy. Might also be thinking Brayshaw will get the remaining midfield time. Especially hate it when a player feels they need to leave the club they supported

I suggested this the moment he retired. We get him for pick 80 plus which is better then drafting a kid with limited ability. We pay him a basic wage on the promise of a premiership. Play him sparingly and then let him lose for finals. If it doesn't work we lose nothing. Alternative is to wait for Weid to come up, no thanks we know how that ends

Not a clear cut salary dump, if reports are right and they pay $300k

Feel for Yze who deserves a shot, but glad for us - may be a bleessing in disguise for him given they aren't the most stable club

The stats might also be interpreted to suggest that contested possessions aren't a strong predictor of whether a team wins or losses and that other factors are more predictive. The quality of opposition in the latter rounds could also be driving a skew in results

Yep, despite 2 years of success, seems we can't attract more than average interest from the market place. Bit disappointing

Watch the gf again, Naughton also helped us become premiers

Bit of a fluff piece, no real insights

Thanks for that. Last year was a strange one, would be more interested in comparing other top 8 teams this year. Also, different grounds likely result in different high speed outcomes, dry decks in qld and wa might also result in different outcomes. Round19 last year looks like an error/outlier also. Still very interesting, but to make conclusions from it it need a greater deep dive

l think grundy is disgruntled because they have done a 'treloer' on him ... can't see him going back regardless

Feels like we are still the reigning premiers given l don't have any cats mates to remind me otherwise

Interesting about the running, but that can be due to motivation and effort also. Would be good to understand which other teams also dropped off in the back half of 2022. l would hypothesis that teams fatigue as the year goes on

Lachie hunter might be an option if dogs cover some of his salary ... said to be looking on sen

yes, lots of talk of injury which you have confirmed but only 2 confirmed cases of surgery (one being a eye which l am reluctant to count). tmac hasnt played for ages so not counting him. every team has injuries l think its just hard to accept we might have just been really poor in the 2nd half of the year as goody has said already

I hear we were banged up. I recall we had a bye pre finals. I hear goody in the presser say all teams carry injuries and that we have been inconsistent for some time now. I recall our inconsistencies started some time ago and coincided with tmac getting injured and our forward structure not recovering sufficiently. I continue to listen with interest to reports of players having surgery, but as yet I have heard none.

Thanking your old club usually only happens after the trade in minted. He is still contacted to mfc for a bit more

Caro suggests Yze could bring Mark Williams with him, that would be a disaster for mfc. Williams having worked at the club years ago