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The same Casey where we trained to win a flag and still train and play? The reason we haven't received more is we don't have a location/land. Receiving nearly $10 million in government/council funds for our existing facilities when by our own admission they're probably temporary is pretty decent from that side of things IMO. Just off the mark how people keep complaining about this apparent luck of funds and conspiracy theories about not enough votes etc. Also - 'The State' didn't 'give' netball that, it was a business-efficient sponsorship from Visit Victoria's marketing budget. Not going further into that can of worms/cooker rant territory though.

Yes, we got $2 million towards Gosch's and $7.5 million towards Casey. You seemed to be saying we've got nothing from the government and we'd never see announcements from them - you were wrong.

Yeah it reads a bit award doesn't it? I wouldn't worry too much about their performance being superior to Blicavs and Stanley though, reckon they've got them covered!

I'm not sure I would call Tomlinson (168 games), Bowey (Premiership player), Chandler and Bedford (4th year players) or Weid (60 games) 'raw recruits'. That is also beside the fact that you wouldn't bring them in expecting them to carry the team or have a big impact. Just play a role within our system that enables the managing of more needed players preparation for when they are required for the business end of the season. If our game plan relies on an exact set of 22 players every week then we're in a bit of trouble.

We had well and truly started dropping off before the last month of game though. We had lost 5 of the previous 8 games before that last month. We didn't all of a sudden struggle because we came up against top 9 teams in the last month. The whole point is managing the year with an eye to peaking at the right time, and it seems from the outside we absolutely got that wrong and came into that last month and then finals banged up and not ready. Besides all that, Geelong were managing players half way through the year, they didn't just start doing it in the last month once they thought they had a good run home. For us, the ship had pretty much sailed by the last month came around.

TBF, I wouldn't have thought having one ruck in the middle and one floating back was totally groundbreaking for us given how much we've seen Gawn float back the last few years. Not too many options when playing two rucks.

Was just about to post the same kind of thing. Our problem is lack of land.

Bowey, Chandler, Bedford, Weid, JVR, Laurie, Tomlinson all could have been rotated through at different times late in the year without costing our system too much. You obviously wouldn't do too much at once, but giving the injured players that extra recovery could have made the world of difference. Cats did it, worked alright for them this year hey?

Not sure if you're serious here? There's tons and tons of these every year... Here's a brief snapshot only from that same promoter, and it even features the current premiers! Oh boy! Hope they're not over celebrating hey!

Yeah, in finals - 19 disposals and 8 turnovers per game...

Averaged 7.6 turnovers per game once he went into the midfield. Out of our other mids - Viney 5.4, Oliver 5.2, Trac 4.8. During that period he averaged 27 disposals per game, which is less than both Clarry (32) and Trac (28).

Averaged the 2nd most turnovers per game for us this year despite playing the majority of the year as a loose man in the easiest position on the ground. For reference, he was 4th for average disposals. It was a really poor year for him disposal-wise. He's better than that, and we need him to be better than that next year.

@george_on_the_outercan you please explain exactly what post I was given an "inappropriate language" penalty for in this thread? I understand some might not have agreed with my comments in regards to the timing of the complaints in this thread, but given they related to someone you seem to have a personal relationship with it doesn't seem like proper moderation to be deleting posts and handing out warnings simply because you disagree with them when nothing "inappropriate" was ever said.

Except that NBA franchises are privately owned and generally their practice facilities are nothing special. Also, often the team head offices are in the stadiums or other locations. Hmmm a training facility and head office in different locations? Intriguing concept. Probably not the best analogy to draw here.

I'm not anymore concerned about it than I was about this time last week. Keen for something to happen, but also understand the complexities, just find the timing of the renewed outrage interesting.

#DemonSpirit

It's 2022 mate, you need to get on the vapes and tik toks to be a part of the club now...

Yep, with you on that. Thought #GiveEmHell could have hung around longer and is a bit more inspiring. #DemonSpirit just feels a bit not connected to anything - Doesn't reference our song, doesn't have any kind of real 'Demon' connection, just a bit nothing. Wouldn't care so much if it was just a hashtag, but it's the whole marketing motto, and in the era of the 'disruptors' (god, I hate corporate speak) it's wishy washy.

I'm tipping him to potentially be tried on the wing, but I reckon Howes is one to keep an eye on next year too.

Would be pretty apparent if you read the article.

Love his talent, but if Richmond have given up on him I wouldn't think we'd bother. These comments from Xavier Clarke just days after the season finished make me a bit suss on Stack's prospects of turning it around. “I think we’ll give him another chance at this stage from my understanding,” Clarke told SEN Fridays at the Top End. “Hopefully if we do, he takes it with both hands and we see the Sydney Stack that we love to see.” “We all know ‘Stacky’ is highly talented and he’s still figuring out what it takes to be an elite AFL player, that’s the reality,” he said. “His challenge is now, this time of the year, what he is doing away from the football club. What next for Sydney Stack? Xavier Clarke on the future of young Tigers talent

Might have missed them, but not seen one comment 'lamenting' the loss of Weideman. Reckon this is just you taking another pot shot. Classy.

Work ethic? Was in our top 5 for distance covered per game in 2020 when he played the most games he had for a season. In that year he covered the same amount per game as Oliver. Or do they mean all the times they've been to watch him train?....