Colm

Agree with all of the above, I feel that both situations were very different. Trac publicly and deliberately betrayed the club and fans to force through a move to a bigger club( the pies) to improve his brand. Very difficult for me to get back 100% on the Trac train after that. Clarry has had his issues but I don’t feel like he betrayed the club in the same way.

Agree, with the poor quality and amount of kids that are already tied to clubs in this draft I’m hoping we really attack next years draft before Tassie really compromised the following one. Hoping and praying JT remains with us to pick us some gems.

Nah no good. He’s got no pace😃 His big weapons were on display tonight. Some good contested marks and a powerful and accurate left peg. Ran the game and season out well too.

Trac looked unwell to me tonight. White as a ghost and paste looking skin. I’ve been in favour of trading him but it’s a hard call. If he goes he will be hoping a new head coach and kicking coach can get the best out of him and get him back to his best. Same if he stays

I really hope we don’t lose Clarry in the off season. Getting back to his best and would be gutting to see him in full flow for another team.

I hate losing to these [censored]. Hate losing to them.

I liked him in his draft year. He finished his year really strong kicking 4 goals in the championship decider at Marvel. Looked at that stage as he was going to be a star. I only watched him once this year and he looked miles off it. No intensity or second efforts.

Not expecting a win but I’d take a bog performance from big Max to seal his eight AA and prevent Daicos getting 3 votes.

I counted 4, for some reason typed 2 and missed the 5th🤣. Can’t fix stupid.

Lions just won a flag and have 2 in that team. We have a long way to go.

All depends on the cost I guess. If we could trade Trac to the likes of the bombers I’m happy to get a first round pick in this years or next years draft even if that means paying a large junk of his wages for a couple of years. I’m not in favour of trading our future first and a selection of second rounders to get into a highly compromised draft lacking quality. I’d rather try and fill a lot of holes over two off-seasons than a quick fix now.

Unless it’s a ruck I don’t think we should consider anybody over 24. Never mind a 32 year old who’s body is cooked.

Crows were already my favourites for the flag past few weeks. The way their defence stood up tonight and given that they can now let Burgess select which players to rest for the next 2 weeks before a home final makes me even more confident.

I don’t buy into the we have a list that could/should be playing finals next year coming from the club and Paul Roos. Obviously I’d love to be proved wrong but our recruitment strategy for both new coaching staff and turning over the playing list MUST only be about building our next window not trying to reopen the one that has just shut.

Windhager 22 touches at 3/4 time going at 86%.

Was Jack Martin from the Sins to Carlton not PSD?! It doesn’t happen often but that’s just because the club the players is leaving usually accepts a very average pick rather than getting no pick. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that. At worst let’s hope he does what Nibbler did a nominate a state not a club.

The timing of Simon’s departure is good from a trade perspective. Allows us to be noncommittal on most players and see what offers come our way.

Bring back Roos and PJ to oversee FD recruitment process over the coming weeks and month's.

Not in favour of any of the old boys getting chance to prop up their retirement fund. Game had moved on and they all got sacked for a reason. Buckley- the speed in which McRae turned things around shows Bucks should have been an able to do better with what he had. Hinkley- not unlike Simon relies on man management rather than technical ability to get his team up once every few weeks. Horse- with his GF record and our recent straight sets record we may never win another final. 🤣

Understand the decision and unlike others I don’t have an issue with the timing, the way it’s been handled seems very poor though. Overall just feel a bit gutted for him at the min. Always found him very likeable and he will always be premiership coach. Thanks and good luck Simon with your next chapter in life.

💯!! That’s the key thing that Trac is missing to be able to have same impact as danger up front.

I’ve said elsewhere I think we should make it known that we are open to good offers for all of our players rather than putting one or two up for sale. I think it weakens your hand if you put a player up for trade, it also doesn’t help with morale. If we got a good first round pick for either Trac or Clarry and went to the draft with that pick it would allow us to contribute a big percentage of the salary for next year which should ensure a good pick.

Anybody got any updates on how he's travelling of late? Don’t see any mention of him in the champs or for the Stingrays. Any updates on Prasard either?

Yes I’m aware. I’m worried that we might trade out 26&27 as they will likely be top 5 picks in good drafts. Even if Tassie comes has a lot of picks in 27 a top 5 pick in a good draft should still get a cracking player. We were told after the review in the offseason that our list was good enough for finals. Our current ladder position in a year largely unaffected by injury suggests otherwise.

I’m also happy with Lindsay but I’m hoping we give up on the Trade up at almost any cost policy. JT has picked a lot of quality players in the 2nd round of the draft over the years but we haven’t given him many picks in that range over the past few years which has contributed to our lack of depth. I’m a big JT fan and I think our policy over the next couple of year should be the go to the draft with what will surely be very good picks.