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I don't know who else is available but I wouldn't want to spend a first round pick on a second ruckman

Well then no deal. This is a salary dump so the pies will have to take a second or third rounder. They have little leverage here. Take lower picks or eat his salary for the next 5 years

The contract is the issue. The price needs to be right for us (which is nowhere near $1m. What a ridiculous contract that is) But why posters would be arguing against bringing a 2 time AA ruckman to the club based on his ability/style is beyond me. He can adapt and thrive with us I'm sure. And we fill the gap left by LJ departing while saving the picks we get for a crack at a KPF in a year or 2 (hopefully one of the King boys). If the price is right this move makes plenty of sense I reckon

It's the right decision. No conspiracy this time. the tin-foil hat brigade will have to find something else to occupy themselves with Further, I'm delighted he's not playing against us. He's a super player so him not playing improves our chances of winning

Makes sense at the right price. Just need a coach to help Maxy with his goal kicking. No point having him play forward if he's going to spray his kicks left and right

Matt Rowell got up and played on after the willie Rioli incident iirc. The Brisbane doc says that Ah chee is under medical protocols and will miss 1 or 2 games. Much different outcome so I think the ban will be upheld

Tommy bugg could throw a mean right jab

Never paid much attention to him previously, but between him acting like a tool and the pies fans singing that nauseating “USA USA” chant I’ve developed a strong dislike for the bloke.

bailey fritsch last year. initially rubbed out for a game (I think) but got off on appeal

Don't do that. Burn down Ikon Park instead

If the AFL want him to get off just appoint lethal Leigh, Luke Hodge and Jonno Brown to the tribunal

Hang on. I thought the AFL wanted Carlton to play finals so would find a way to exonerate Cripps?

Neither Howe or Ed are the brightest. Best let your footy do the talking lads

Could make the same joke about us unfortunately

Carlton getting murdered at the centre bounce. Another reason to be optimistic next week

Or when we finally managed to break our 57 year drought It can be done for sure, but easier to do without any psychological baggage i reckon

Jonno Brown reckons its a football incident. If these old schoolers were in charge at the MRO no player would ever get suspended

Brisbane are even worse than we are for butchering goal scoring opportunities.

Nearly took his head off. The Lions player was in the air so couldn't brace for impact. Should get multiple games

Carlton's form is rotten Brisbane's goal kicking is pathetic Reasons to be optimistic before we play them both

This is a fair point What i was trying to say (and perhaps not very well) is the grand final winning experience could be the difference. There are many factors that which will determine success or failure (they are being discussed ad nauseum on numerous other threads at the moment) But if it comes down to 1%ers our winning experience could be the difference. It won’t matter if we don’t play well like you say but in an even matched contest, knowing that we’ve done it before matters Geelongs’s finals experience over the past decade has been of ultimate failure despite high hopes and expectations. I wouldn’t like to be carrying that baggage. The Doggies have experience like you say but came up short because all the travelling during last years finals series caught up with them. When the deluge came midway through the 3rd quarter in the granny they were spent and hit the wall. Enjoy the rest of your day

If you are genuinely arguing that experience doesn't count I won't bother wasting my time lol yourself mate

A giant myth! In every walk of life, every endeavour, experience counts. To say otherwise is absurd. Of course we had little finals experience but then neither did the other contenders. I'm sure glad it wasn't Richmond we were playing in the granny last year to break our drought. Dusty would have produced another Norm Smith from muscle memory alone

One big advantage we have is we are the only team with grand final winning experience to draw on when the whips are cracking in September. Geelong have a massive monkey on their back, the collywobbles are a fact and the rest of the contenders have little to no finals experience. Richmond have plenty but they don’t have the cattle anymore and will just make up the numbers.