Dee Boys

Or Setterfield.

Well this is just idiotic I’m afraid - “sliding for good reason”. Smith might not have the ceiling of some but his floor is higher than anyone else’s - at worst he’ll be a 200 game A grade midfielder. And his character is absolutely flawless. He’s the “can’t lose” pick of all of them.

Who is “eth-dogs”?

Saty if you think it’s only a “rather small and vociferous” supporter cohort who are feeling some disenchantment with the club then I can’t help you. I’m generally pretty glass half full but it’d take me 10 minutes to write out the list of on and off field [censored] ups from the last few years. I love Nathan Jones for his on field performances and his loyalty, sacrifice and dedication to the club. But if he’s not the absolute best person for the job he’s been linked with then the move shouldn’t just be blindly applauded.

I love Jonesy. So I feel conflicted writing this. And it’ll probably be a wildly unpopular opinion. But I don’t like it, for a number of reasons. Sounds like he’d be coming in as our midfield coach. It’s bloody hard to coach and give strong feedback to blokes you’re mates with as he’ll have to do to our midfielders. Secondly he never seemed to have any burning passion for coaching. I don’t mind listening to him on commmentary but he’s never struck me as an incredible tactical brain and he’s never overly insightful. I was also excited about the idea of Teague coming in as he’s regarded as one of the best ball movement guys in the business. You’d think it’s one or the other with him and Jones otherwise with Bassett coming in and Chaplin and Choco there too, the soft cap would prevent it from happening. What experience does Jonesy have for what’s probably the most important line coaching role a team has? If it’s Teague OR Jones it’s Teague all day long for me. Also just reckon it feels like a bit of a token feelgood move to appease an angry and disenchanted supporter base. Would absolutely love to be proven wrong but they’re my initial thoughts.

Think of it this way. Yes we’ve potentially given up more than necessary and are banking on moving up the ladder again next year. But if we have another poor year then Petracca and Oliver will no doubt want to leave again and we’ll get first rounders for them anyway. So we can’t lose! 🤪

Well it’d be telling if she said anything relevant about whether he wants to stay or not.

Fill that hole? He played 3 games mate. With the output he gave us me or you could’ve filled that hole. There’s absolutely no way you could justify the trade at the time, and especially so in hindsight. I’m not as down on Tim Lamb as some, but it’s certainly an enormous blot on his copybook.

Well it’s this, clearly. Obviously the club thought it’d be more like pick 35 than 25 but even still, it should’ve been a 3rd or future 3rd for a 28 year old who’d only played 50 games and been in and out of his previous side. Reckon the ANB value’s about spot on.

CEO?! In absolutely no way would he be qualified 🤨

One was a pick 15, the other’s a mid season draft pick. Apples and oranges.

Yep as competent backup to Max, on minimum wage, happy to toil away in the 2’s. Something we’ve been crying out for for years. He’s not supposed to be Polly Farmer.

Enjoyed this at least

Ball movement is his speciality so makes sense.

Absolutely not true Tom Morris, @SthSea22 assured us it was a done deal

The count itself is only a few hours of the festivities.

100% fact.

He got absolutely sideways with Jamarra Ugle-Hagan.

Hahaha are you serious? Use your brain. Who else is it in the best interests of to leak the news that Oliver hasn’t been holding up his end of the bargain recently? Oliver’s management? No, they want to portray him in the best light possible. The MFC footy department? No, they want to keep him at the club. The only person to gain from painting Oliver in a bad light is Pert as he’s the one currently in the gun to supporters for shopping him around “for no good reason”.

Pert leaking this to Edmund is an absolute disgrace. Counterproductive and completely unprofessional.

Why would anyone be dirty on him for splitting with Nadia? 🤨 He’s just incapable of keeping it in his pants whether in a relationship or not, hence the comment about probably not wanting him involved with your sister or your daughter. Never come across a bloke with an eye as wandering. Which has absolutely zero bearing on his ability to do his job well.

Yep. While you probably wouldn’t want Jimmy involved with your sister or your daughter, not many better to have inside your football club.

When did Clayton Oliver say he wasn’t interested in Geelong? Or are you just doing exactly what you’re accusing others of doing - choosing to believe the parts of reporting they want to believe?