YesitwasaWin4theAges

He sounded very keen without trying to sound like he was to keen.

Longmire is still based in Sydney forget about him as an option. Like other posters have said and I agree he's had everything handed to him on a silver platter up in Sydney and 1 premiership to show for it. Yes he made 3 other grand finals got smacked by 12 goals in 2 of them and lost to a team who finished 7 on the ladder after 22 rounds. Buddy gifted wrapped for him, the academy picks, COLA, favourable scheduling, No pressure from the Sydney public, not living in the fish bowl environment etc.... Its a big no from me.

Slightly off topic but couldn't help but think about Neal Bullen's great escape from all this madness. What timing this man has, friggen impeccable.

He looked very jaded after that GF in 24. Pardon the Pun @Jaded No More 😂

It will be interesting to see what bodies Troy Chaplin has going through the midfield in the next three games. Also if he is prepared to bring anyone in from Casey.

I reckon we might recieve a belting this weekend. We will found out very quickly who wants to stay and who wants to go.

His philosophy along with Buckley and Longmire is outdated it would be a disaster we need new thinking. We are not starting from ground zero there is talent on our list to work with. We can challenge again in a couple of years with sound drafting and trading but we need to be clever. We need a coach with a new philosophy on the game and has a network of people who respect him this helps attracting new assistance along side them. Something Simon had trouble accomplishing. Enright or Bruce either one of them that can attract or put a decent team together around him. Bartel might help Enright in some capacity.

Agreed and they will bring in their own people i hope. You would think the club does a deep cleanse of the Footy Dept, Richo, Chocco i.e assistance coaches, medical dept i.e Selwyn, list manager i.e Lamby etc. Fitness at the top of the tree along with ball movement, trading/attracting talent and coach with enough back bone that is strong enough to take back control of elite fitness programs.

I'll never forget the moments in Perth and the joy you bought this football club Simon in 2021. You can leave with you head held high. Its best for all parties, thank you. 🏆🥇🇱🇮

Hawthorn are the ideal club to do a deal with as they have plenty of cap space to do a deal. They also have a nice draft hand with picks 6 and 24. We need them to bomb out this year, so the need to top up is greater.

Darren Burgess he's taken the Blueprint from the Dees and created a monster. With young quality talls at their disposal who aren't on their last legs in Thilthorpe and Fogarty. He has also transformed Taylor Walker, he was finished at the end of 21, Burgess works his magic and look at him now. Still reckon it was a factor in us not jagging another flag along with not attracting another tall forward.

He's playing for a trade Fritta is.

That would been an idea against the bottom table team.

I'm afraid this will be the case. My recommendation is to blood the kids, give them a taste, something to take into pre season.

All im saying is just give them a taste of it, if they are not up to it just yet that's ok. You don't know until you try. Simon has dug a massive 🕳 for himself now, these players mention above should have been blooded by now. Not all at once gradually 1-2 in selected games that would have appeased alot of supporters including myself once finals was no longer a reality. This is not rocket science.

He's a Demon from birth its different 😂

Forgot about Jeffo is should have clarified my rant a bit better, players drafted onto our list as a 18 y.o. The others are not straight from the draft they a mature aged recruits VFL/AFL players Hendo,AJ, Sharp and Fullerton. How many after mid year when out of finals contention? Answer = 1

Well there you go, Simon finally caved into debuting a player after Harvey and Lindsay this year. How about Big Kent?

It will be interesting to see if Simon makes some changes in personnel as a result of this "routine" board meeting or he sticks fat with the current crop that let last week's result unfold. Do you reckon this is the first time Steven Smith has joined these board meetings through conference call? First I've heard of this occurring, thought he was starting after September?

Just seeing this request by West Coast instantly makes me think we will beat the Eagles by 10 goals, but stranger things have happened like last Sunday arvo.

We can sell them hope in Lever and Viney experienced leaders.

They might be stupid and desperate enough to actually give us pick 20 and 38 for Lever and Viney that would be a coup. Hawks pick 7 for Trac and pay a potion of his salary. Picks 7, 20, 38 plus our own picks we have 24 and 52 that's a decent hand for JT to work with. Fritta and Clarry to think about also.

We should package Lever up with Viney and im not joking either they would thrive on that shy te. We have to start think this way people. We need new eyes looking at this years trading table can we attract a new list manager and pluck off Lamb he's run his race now.

No, no free agency was bought in to keep Collingwood, Sydney and Geelong at the top of the table. By keeping the money machine pumping for the AFL by rorting the system blind keeping the strugglers at the bottom for longer periods of time.

If its true he wants to go to Hawks and the Hawks want him and we demand their pick 7, and we have to pay 200-300k of his contract for the next 5 years would you do it?