Gawndy the Great

How does it feel being hunted Collingwood?

Maynard gotta be reported for that knee. That is just dirty.

Sydney doing a Melbourne.

We don’t have to match anything next year. They will need to wait another year for that.

It is a bizarre decision, but i suppose its likely a matchup related one. I thought he would have definitely got the role on Rory Lobb (while May takes Naughton and Lever to JUH). But we will get our first look at TMac and Hore down back i think.

McVee? surely not. There are several others that deserved that gong before McVee.

Wasn’t in the memo.

This is getting ridiculous

Watch the arc over rule

Nice throw Cripps.

How many BS frees can the umpires give in a quarter?

Definitely got the memo.

I hate that stupid in the back rule from a legitimate tackle that would otherwise be HTB

So McKay can fix his kicking… hmmm

At that size, to move the way he does, is just freakish. His marks stick and has great kicking technique. Takes the very best to take him out of the game.

Curnow is just so enjoyable to watch. Will be an all time great. A true KPF. Blues as good as they are offensively as they never win a flag without another KPD.

And you’d be dead wrong. We are bog ordinary. If there is one thing we could emulate from Collingwood or even Carlton for that matter is the influence of their crowd.

Not a priority IMV. We need: 1. KPF or KPD -> dictates where Petty plays his future footy so either would do. 2. Ruck 3. More outside runners.

Right now it’s unclear if AFL has forced Brayshaws retirement or whether it was taken voluntarily. We may not ever know for legal reasons. i was just covering both angles from a salary cap perspective and nothing more.

My view is if Brayshaw has acted on private medical advice, he forfeit's his contract ( unless there are specific provisions in his contract) and is ultimately able to draw down on insurance and other non salary cap related pay outs. . If his retirement was forced by the AFL then frankly we shouldn’t be held liable and the AFL should exclude any payout from the salary cap. So in both cases I don’t think there is much that MFC is liable for.

JUH is almost 2m tall and is super athletic and mobile. Probably better to compare against Joel Smith in our team wrt role and athleticism but clearly trumps on talent and skill. Having Petty, JVR, JUH may just turn our mediocre forward line to premiership quality. Also gives us the option to send Petty back if we want to line up smaller or if Jeffo comes of age.

Just out in the media (yes huge caveats on reliability) that JUH is linked with the Hawks. Mentions Collingwood, Essendon and a few others also in the mix. Why oh why are we not in there? It is very early days, but surely we have been having some sort of conversation with his management for a while now. Why are we always late to the party or never invited at all? Given our obvious issues, our massive warchest, our list demographic we are the best place for him... It is infuriating.

What has been lost a bit here is the impact Joel Smith's absence has had on the list. He is often overlooked in terms of his importance but he kicked 3 snags in the SF against the Blues. He is an athletic, mobile forward that works well in tandem with a stay at home KPF. He did lack the brains a little somewhat on the field with forward craft and was often a little injury prone too, but he did have a great mark and kick on him. Had he been available to play, i think he takes the 2nd tall forward position next to JVR and our forward line issues are nowhere near as problematic as they are right now. Pity he has now likely torched his career.

Said in the other thread that got shut down. Highly doubtful he goes. The only way he does, is if he is pushed out by Melbourne. I cannot see him initiating the move himself. In either case, you can't seeing us getting more than a first round pick for him given the circumstances.

Has Petty even done a pre-season?