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i'm definitely in the "wait and see" camp on this change

The group chat turned on me when I said i didn't mind the fact the second Rayner free kick was given. Yes he went down softly, but as others have said hate the fake macho tough guy thing that is in our game. Also if you're an AFL player and your teammate has just given away a silly soft/free kick leading to a goal, maybe don't come in from distance and unnecessarily bump into a opposition player in front of the umpire who gave away the initial free kick.

Adelaide’s statement re the booing last night: “We want members and footy fans to be barracking and passionate however, they should do so respectfully and any behaviour contrary to that is disappointing and not appropriate.” Very weak statement.

The booing last night was disappointing. Football tribalism at its worst, and it brought to mind the time Liverpool fans booed Patrice Evra after he reported being racially abused by one of their players.

Yeh we do not have the collateral as far as i see it (at present)

I do feel a little bad about it, as i try to live by the one club mentality (support all teams) as much as i can

Yeh honestly I would not travel to Casey to watch the team. Would go to Punt, Vic Park or Ikon though.

Once Punt Road is redeveloped, is that an avenue we could explore? I know Richmond would probably be reluctant but at present its not that many games we'd be playing there.

I like Spargo but know he needs to improve aspects of his game, Imagine the compensation won't be too flash, and we're in a diluted draft anyway. At least he's ticked off the 100 Game father/son option. Matter is complicated by the lack of coach at the moment.

Was sad when we lost BBB as i admired his moral compass, but glad we have another good egg with TC

But it would be box office seeing Tom Morris v Bevo as a Melb coach if we keep having leaks

Has represented a few footy players in their "issues" over the years. But he is also a Hawthorn fan.

They want to be a Ghostbuster

Not sure where I read/heard this but they were arguing that the soft-cap should be increased for assistant-coaches as they're losing some good brains/minds to the media.

don't mention Dirk unless you want @layzie to pop up

At worst Hore/Fullarton replacement.

Whoops me brain is switched off today, then why would they get no compensation for the fella?

Lots has been said in the last few weeks about us being in the wilderness, needing a massive rebuild and not being a good team etc. But if you look at our games against the top 9 teams - how lost are we? Adelaide - lost by 13 points Geelong - pantsed Brisbane - beat them by 11 points Collingwood - lost by 1 point, lost by 6 points Gws - lost by 3 points, Freo - won by 10 points Hawthorn- pantsed twice Bulldogs - lost by 6 points Gold Coast - pantsed, lost by 19 points Anyway the article says very little, summarises each player on the list and has a going/staying verdict. Only ones Going - Billings, Hore, Fullarton, Taj, Kynan Brown, Henderson, Some ? on May, Petracca, Lever, Oliver Nothing groundbreaking

Forgot SOS was an unrestricted free agent, still find it a little unfair clubs get nothing for this

What sort of compo are Carlton looking at for TDK and SOS?

Extended (7): Bayley Fritsch, Max Gawn, Jake Lever, Steven May, Clayton Oliver, Christian Petracca, Christian Salem Fritta and Salem only ones not to make cut

Do find it a little funny that 3 rucks are in the Squad and they've all played for Melbourne recently.

It gets worse though, they then traded their first round pick in 2026 for pick 27 in 2025 draft. so in a roundabout way (and with hindsight) basically traded pick 2 for him.