BDA

Both teams pretty rusty. Plenty of endeavour but quality lacking so far.

It's a recurring theme with Kossie so only a matter of time before he leaves. With Bolton joining, I think Freo won't need him. I reckon we should try to deal with Eagles next year. Bring Reid back to Victoria as part of the deal.

that does sound good if we can turn Trac into a top 10 pick and another in the mid to late teens i reckon that's as good as we can realistically hope for. no idea how that happens or if even possible.

This genius reckons hawthorn can get it done with pick 30, Mitch Lewis and a Future first. Laughable

I don’t start threads too often but I reckon it’s time I got into it properly. I think a “trade max Gawn” thread is the go. Or perhaps a “bring back neeld” thread?

Balls to cryptic crosswords. who are you talking about?

Maxy needs to give Kate roffey some media training. there's no BS with Max. Honest and authentic. 100% believable. I feel reassured after this (as compared to how i felt after Kate's interview yesterday). No way the playing group have an issue with trac as long as Maxy is captain. I'm sure Trac will be able to re-integrate.

in your experience, does it normally take 10 years?

I agree. Admit the problems, acknowledge the failings and get started on righting the ship. The batten down the hatches approach won’t cut it anymore.

The problem is not that she spoke, it’s that she spoke so badly and was unprepared. I’m in the camp that footy issues are perts domain and better if he spoke, but expecting your president to speak when the club is copping it is not unreasonable

If we can get a top 10 pick and another in the late teens for Trac I’d trust JT to find 2 good players for us. players will come and go. Things never as good or bad as they seem. As long as we have JT we’ll be right.

A long way to go until the end of trade period. This is all so pointless by Trac because the chance of a viable trade is practically zero. He has the most blame to shoulder for this shambles. And his "brand" advisors. Perceived or not, the club looks like a basket case. The press are just going to feast on us and our leaders have no plan. Strap in demonlanders. It's going to be open season on our club for the next few weeks.

Trac is a grown man. Blaming his missus is low. He’s been promoting his brand before she came on the scene so just as likely she’s doing what he wants her to do.

what did you like about it layz?

You forgot amazing. she's truly amazing as well.

I'm looking forward to this game. will take my mind off the sh*tshow that is the rest of the footy club at the moment. strong team. we should have enough to win the game and get our season off to the right start and best of luck to our debutants.

the president should be talking with one of our most influential players after the ordeal he has gone through simple stuff

i always suspected you were a troll. good work

i said if true go away fool

a media person with some integrity. very rare

why won't they work with her? i'll be gobsmacked if this is true

First up. she knows nothing about footy and presiding over a footy club. If she did she would have visited Trac. She should have stayed as a board member with responsibility for the home base. her one task (and a big task at that) Pert should have done the interview. where is he? And whats the go with Brad Green. whats the point of having him on the board? The club need to stop trotting out the same lines. Stop treating us like fools. There are problems. Acknowledge them and tell us how you intend to deal with them. I can;t say i have confidence this will happen. External review needed. Peter Jackson to lead it.

she has made matters worse the tone and approach all wrong. more deflection and spin "we are working hard in the background". doing what? what's the point in doing interviews just to give us more of the same. the same that has got us into this mess in the first place. just be truthful and sincere Kate yes. Trac has said he wants to be at another club. He has raised issues which are valid and which we will address. Thats where you start imv. what a mess