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The issue is one of that the Club has had 4 years of care and development of this player ( Since Day 1 of our NGA) and he has politely and graciously referred to the Dees very important role in his last 4 years). To do what the AFL has Done is high handed and at least a compensation pick the next draft no. after he has been taken should be in place for the first 2/3 years if that player has been involved in a reasonable period of development. It's another AFL over reaction without looking at the total damage! First your argument is about Mac's ability citing a national weakness of Sudanese sports people as weak competitors. My point is made which you ignored completely about the Indians at cricket and their transformation in the last 10/15 years. The Sudanese will in the future do the same. Then you say we may not take him anyway if he was available. That's not the point. It's that the rule on the run partly because of Ugle Hagan last year that he change occurred. Ironically it didn't turn out costing any one a foot inthe 8!! Yes we can't rescue the rule NOW snd officially only Jason Taylor has commented publicly. He is in the best position I believe to assess the impact in this case of the change in the Rule. BTW I don't think it applies to any of the NSW or Qld Academy NGA boys! Just because we are top of the heap ATM this does not prevent us standing up for what we believe is better for the game. We will move on as no other option is real and I hope that Taj Woewodin is the best No 40odd NGA player ever!!

Great posting Dee56

Yes

Good Luck AVB and thanks for your efforts at our Club we greatly appreciate your heart and soul footy despite all your injuries.

Here here this is wrong I think 4 picks and we may use only 3 !

Yes it looked sad really Doesn't the Red and Blue just look amazing with the Cup. Bought the small replica Cup and put red/ blue ribbons on it Re going to Museum on the Sat at noon for photo op and tour as will be so crowded on the Sunday for photo op I reckon.

THanks a lot DrG.

Best to ring Museum and ask.

Ring club but sounds like an "Open Day" and op for photo with Cup

Any way we can contact WEG for a newly done one now with 2021 on it?

Mac is not as well developed as Dogga in his career. But huge potential for future when he puts on weight and muscle.

Yes so much so that they will take the risk and further develop his tank etc. WJ think back a decade or so how unfit and physically weak the Indians played cricket. Look at them now !!! Your reasons for not fighting the rules changes and for Max are about as weak as the Gold Coast Suns football after Round 6 or 7? Each season. Some one will get it right and they will prosper. Just look at what he Mighty Dees did this year when they got everything right at last. Success will breed success and countries learn from Oz and our athleticism competitiveness and fitness. The Sudanese will do the same quickly I would think!!

Some of us are very short sighted with recruits. Our best 2 examples of bigger players are Weid and Jacko. One has looked likely from his first few games and developed to changing games in the premiership quarter! Some still say he will be a good/ great player when he matures!! Sorry Jacko is maturing before our eyes and is in the present with a great future ahead. Other end is the frustration with Sam and his potential. Six years on and still got the potential but why not performances to date to really whet the appetite. I have a theory Sam is our third best option ( leaving BBb and T Mac out of the ruck) at the second ruck/ forward role NOT the full forward/CHF role only. He needs to get around the ground and is quite good in general play rucking marking handballing and competing. BUT his best position could also be as Key Position Back ( CHB preferably or even FB). He also needs to solve his mental side of his game which he can't seem to do just on the forward line. Lastly I think Sam is probably too good a footballer to not succeed in our team but it is up to him and the Coaches to be creative in achieving his potential for the team. PS Vossy says Hi We have a forward turned defence star vacancy in our leaking squeaky back half. Bet he would do better in that position than Oscar McDonald.!

One in a million Maxy and deserves any awards and success that come his way, Fantastic to see his new family and little George. He will be a great father as well. Skip until he decides to stand down!

I suspect that many more of our mids and smalls play more outside now than they did. ANB is the best example of growth this season that he starred in the GF and was a revelation on the ball with his outside run ball movement and excellent defensive skills esp. his tackling. Dr D you would ( like us) be very proud of his play and his great leadership as well.

It's a fine ball with the Pies scenario last season with Adam Treloar being dumped ( for his salary overload of approx $900,000) which bit them on the bum as they paid off $300,000 to the Dogs not for ONE season but 3 it appears. Adding insult was a disgraceful propaganda beat up highlighted by his Coach ( of a combined 28 years playing and coaching without an AFL flag to his name) advising him that he was "disliked " ( or was it hated?) by his teammates. All of this was a mastermind of someone at the Pies who obviously had to dream up the "Great Big Fire Sale Salary Dump of 2020". Is it any wonder the Club finished with a paltry 6 wins and 17th on the AFL ladder with a credibility rating of ZERO in 2021!!! We now move on to the perennially lowly Gold Coast Suns who were just caught napping ( asleep on the job like their players after about Round 7 each year) with there panse down. To be honest this trick is older than Tony Cochrane by taking a player off their list Recruiting another and then reinstating said player on the Rookie list. But good on Kangaroos last on the 2021 ladder for footy but not for brain power as both ex Crows Noble the Coach and Greenwood the player fooled the footy "brains" at Metricon with a pre Draft heist to be savoured. When evaluated I reckon the Suns were just plain DUMB but the PIes to be in their position were just plain DUMBER. Even the AFL rules makers can't protect some Clubs against themselves! But it does justify the average fans reluctance to embrace the series of rules changes for the playing of games that seem to be rushed into every pre season by an AFL administrator desperate to leave a big blob on his CV for his grandchildren to be proud of! The off season ( or Pre season) just gets weirder by the day but the AFL without doubt loves any publicity bad or otherwise! Can't wait for the Draft.

Well done Players and Coaches such good feeling for the game!!

Clarry shadowed the Bont from third quarter on but no knowledge of the origin of that master stroke. Might have been a comment from Yze or Chico or Goody "to keep in touch with the Bont in this half " perhaps OR Clarry giving a peep into his future coaching skills after he retires. The Gawny "keep Jacko on the ball and I'll continue resting etc. was not a bad move either! Onscreen this is the chat between Burgo and Goody in middle to late Q3 when that message from Gawny was allegedly relayed. That's as much as being more aggressive and all players and notably our on ball champions lifting and taking the ball on the forward side of the pack. Here starteth the lesson and 16 goals later we have a precious unbelievable and thoroughly deserved and unforgettable 13th Premiership.!!

What a year and he is still vastly underestimated by the media and opposition supporters. But he reached new levels in team play kicking hand balling and fierceness and determination the longer this season went. And whether he was asked to or he used his initiative to ghost the Bont after half time it was a master stroke as Trac took over the game and Clarry wore down the Bont and starred in the 16 goal shellacking that followed. Best quarter and a half of footy from the Dees in my 63 years of watching and how scary is that fir the future! Many of our "role" players played equal to or their best ever game in the GF. Big game nerves not on our watch Most improved and all contributed. When our A graders all get going we are unstoppable as the 1.5 last quarter and a half showed. Clarry and Trac led the way but all the team were in sync and contributed on the biggest stage yet. What more could we ask? To do it at the G in Sept 2022 again in front of our absolute ( great adopted faithful and many true fans who found their way West to WA ) faithful at home!! Thank you Clarry and 43 others who have made our lives just that more brilliant by your exploits and feats during an unforgettable premiership braking drought year of a standard hard to top in excellence and excitement and of course achievement. Long May it continue !! ( no pressure).

Agree totally and he always looks even more determined in the ladtcquartrr of a game! Viz Vs Cats at Cattery R23 says it all!!

Watching the Dees vs Blues Round9 game which Jacko missed so was surprised about how reasonable Sam was in the 2nd Ruck role. in fact he is far better in the Ruck and round the ground (than a statue ) on the forward line. if Sam is to survive then that is his role or as a defender. He thrives in those situations not on the forward line. If Tmac drops form then Sam Jacko and Gawny can share the merry go round very well in my opinion.

That would be a shopping centre one. Doncaster Shoppingtown is on Sat night 6-8 pm I think Haven't got the Friday date/s in front of me. Sunday 5th will be huge but hard for photos I imagine that's why I doubled up!!

Who was at fault really ? Defenders or mids?? Clarry took care of the Bont and atelier only got one more goal in Party time !! Johanissen took an unbelievable mark just like Weightmann did in Round 19!! ( Our last defeat) Guess who provide the ladders ?? our tallest in Maxy and smallest in "" Bowser " Strange stepladders !! Both one great and another one in the making!!!

You mean the Museum or the5 th ? Or both if you are me !! ( coming from Brisbane )

Agree totally Cracker and Neal as well. If fit enough. And in the flag raising in Round1