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Mmm, I suspect your viewpoint is more objective and less romantic than the journalists...

Imagine if that was Goodwin, there would be a range of posters suggesting that he is only trying to save his job... personally I rate buzza

I presume that the FD have 'made sense' of the poor 2019 vs the very good 2018 around the 2019 pre seasons injuries/surgery and therefore limited preseason for 'fitness' in getting bodies right, as well as cohesion for the team. As well as working on clear deficits : recruiting Wing's - working on delivery into forward line, enhancing the fitness aspects through Burgess, they are backing the same players to have a very solid 2020. Which is their perogative, hence no need for Jenkins (but that does not mean they have not being going for a bigger body forward - as @Yokozuna has alluded to, it just means they have not snared the forward that they would prefer and are not willing/wanting to bring in Jenkins). IF it is a similar outcome to 2019 WITH all these things addressed, then I feel it IS evidence that TMAC/WEID etc is not viable going forward.

I would assume @Demon3, there is a lot more that you probably (and myself as well) are not aware of in our particular clubs decision making process as to why they would deliberately choose not to have him on board. If you were to know these reasons, it would seem less 'crazy' and probably quite astute.

Good to see Dangerfield owning the joint. Imagine if that was happening at the Dee's - it'd be all, 'tail wagging the dog'.

Bravo @deanox

With all your nous, you do understand that it is not only Goodwin making the call on this one. I am curious why you always bring it back to Goodwin saving his job, vs Goodwin looking at the bigger picture and being club first, which if pays off, also saves his job?

Missed your optimism for a while there @olisik x

I didnt say he isnt a nice person...

Because they don't like his character perhaps...

It seems no one has identified the identified key forward as yet on this thread...

The beauty of having loving connected relationships within the club, and fostering loving connected relationships external from the club over many many years. This is the unrewarded and unseen work that goes on within the industry, that allows these trades to happen.

Has the external review created better outcomes for the club yet, than an internal review? Let me know @Clint Bizkit

Bent over again...

I think you're the first to use the expression! Congratulations!

aye, correct weight sir!

@Yokozuna - care to put it in a riddle format? ie: "The guy that spreads both butter and his wings, yet remains ocean-bound"

Has the name been mentioned in post#262 ?

You may well be correct @dazzledavey36 Just on that, do you happen to have the whiteboard list of the clubs preferred forwards to be drafted in perchance?

um no, um yes, um i don''t know what you're getting at.

my you are provactive....

who makes way if Bruce goes to the bulldogs?? Josh Schache I'd be happy with that....

Surely that was Misso's brief also right! Right?

Learnings... what were the learnings?

Earning big bucks doesn't preclude you from mental health issues, nor does it heart balm the fact that being a gifted athlete means you grind out the process of your chosen sport and at times, wish you were somewhere else, doing something different, away from the grinding out training daily, the meetings, more training, more meeting, more meetings, AND more meetings, honing craft, AND more meetings rehab and did i mention the meetings?, social events, playing in front of 15-95,000 people who scrutinise you, rinse and repeat weekly for 6 months of the year. Then there is the scrutiny internally from your club, from yourself, from commentators, from the average joe on a keyboard, with no respite, ever, until you retire. Also, sometimes workplaces are a bit [censored] and its ok for him not value being an AFL footballer.