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Why is Melksham in the rehab group? What is he recovering from?

This is listed as the final OPEN training session for 2018. Does that mean it is the last session before the Christmas Break or the last Open Session before the Christmas Break?

The club needs to convert all those people begging for membership barcodes during the finals.

Excellent reporting as per usual @DeeSpencer. Were the rehab group just running laps? Were any of them doing ball work (of the non contact variety obviously)?

Re: Round 1 clash versus the Demons. Well let’s hope it’s 2013 again I guess 2019, just like 2018. Tough game first up Last time we played Melbourne in round 1 at the mcg is still one of the best days at the footy I have been too. The uncertainty of how we would go and the hype of the Melbourne supporters brutally rebuffed by a new free scoring port, the debut of Ollie wines and a jay Schulz mark of the year contender. Happy times. Hope for a repeat. Pencil that one in as a near certain loss. The only strength we have now is our inside 'bulls' as KT called them, and theyve been hammered inside by the maturing young group that Melbourne have for a while now. Theyve been too quick, reflexes too fast, and simply too hard for us. We got super lucky last time at home against them and we've only gotten worse since then, while theyve got a shitload of organic growth left in them. In a year where we will really struggle to make the top 12 let alone 8, its a terrible start. Nothing like starting the season with a 10 goal loss Always good to get games at the G Dees by 79 points. So we going to Crows vs Hawthorn to boo Chad Thread title needs to be changed to Swimming & [censored] Cup lol ----- I reckon old mate will be in the SANFL lol Lol who ******* cares. I'm still not even close to remotely wanting any sort of football. We will get smashed Bring back 2013. It'll be 237 days since our last win. We could be due.

I can't tell if this is a photoshop or not. Never seen either of these guys smile.

He'll just change the narrative and say we bent over. He probably won't be wrong with that but that wasn't his original claim. Looking forward to his avatar change as we force feed him humble pie.

If it's Hogan for May does May get the number 1 guernsey?

If Jesse was less introverted I would have expected him to be paraded out in a Freo jumper but I doubt he'd be up for that. Maybe some Freo socks.

I think I'm only comfortable with losing Hogan because of who he is likely to be going to. I don't want to lose him but if he wants to go I'd prefer he goes to Freo than he go to a Hawthorn or Essendon or any club likely to be competing with us.

Freo claimed that Melbourne were asking for too high a price in terms of picks and they also alluded to the whole "due diligence" suggesting "other issues". I still believe they would have taken Jessie with his "due diligence" issues if we only asked for 2 second rounders. They can go shove their "due diligence".

Can't confirm the authenticity of this photo.

Maxy's favourite ruckman!!! On a related note to this trade Tyson wouldn't have hit the target that The Big Prussian hit with the kick from the free.

The more I listen to or read what Sam McClure has to say the more I'm convinced he was intentionally dropped on his head as a baby.

It does seem to be the case of cash making a club a destination club. I think we were all fooling ourselves that we were a destination club due to the direction that we were heading in.

If Jesse wants to go home this year but we can't get the deal we want then what happens? Do we get screwed and have to release him or do we make him play out his contract? I don't believe Jesse would put us in that position but I don't want to get Cam McCarthyed.

So are we no longer perceived as a destination club? Gaff is either chasing dollars or thinks North are better placed at a Premiership tilt. He obviously wants to come home but what is his other motivation. If Shiel is choosing the Blues then his decision is purely cash based. Why not choose the Dees? I'd play for us given ability and the choice and I'm not biased at all.

Dollars? Premiership Window? Chance to help develop and build a list? Are we no longer a Destination club because we don't have the $$$ or the picks to throw around? There are some big names bandied about, (Gaff, Shiel) but none of them want to play for the Dees. Why? I'm not counting Steven May because his priority seems to be to desperately get out of the Suns rather than specifically go to the Dees. So is there such a thing as a destination club or does the timing of $$$ and picks have to be right to be considered one?

It's midday on the day after this was announced. Why haven't we had a press conference with Pert paraded around in Demons regalia?

Sometimes you have to put the cart before the horse inorder to build a better cart.

I'll take him. What do we have to give up and do we have the currency given our poor draft position? $$$ could be a problem if we want to keep TMAC which we obviously do.

I love Gus. I'd kiss his helmet if it were socially acceptable. Almost like a new recruit this year.

I think we've found a player here. Adds a lot to the team. Can find the ball, is quick and defends and tackles well. Big tick.

I can't believe we allow this reporter to be a host of the club's official podcast. He has the knives out for us. Fox in the hen house.

Bought my membership at the family day. I'm a 25 year veteran this year.