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It's not just because of a single poor interview though. There are problems at the club she has presided over. Facilities are her specialist area and after 10 years there's still no home base. If she has been proactive in seeking out steven Smith then that's to her credit. And she has been very supportive of the AFLW team. She was part of an administration that delivered a flag. But the last few years have not been good. Time for change.

She's been excellent. huge loss for the season. i hope she can fully recover. And i wouldn't mind if she gave the boxing away and focussed exclusively on footy. return to boxing post footy

The Tayla Harris news is shocking. Huge loss. I hope she can recover fully and is raring to go come rd 1 next year.

Communications with members, and in general, have been very poor and will be one of the main areas the review will cover. There will need to be some level of transparency around the results of the review otherwise how can we have confidence it has been conducted properly. That doesn't mean people get machine gunned but i expect high level recommendations and plan to implement are made public. And besides, results will probably be leaked anyways. Get on the front foot if nothing else.

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This game has been scheduled for 11am on saturday morning. WTF I would have brought the kids to Casey but that time clashes with their basketball games. I know finals are on but is this the best the AFL can do for a marquee match like this? braindead.

Yes as long as the review has been conducted independently

this thread is ticking along still. I hope we have a good start to the season next year otherwise this whole CP5 thing will de-stabilise us again.

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Change is afoot. Wouldn't surprise me if the external review is a condition of steven smith joining the board. Adopt the recommendations and put a broom through the place. start again afresh.

Talented but unprofessional so it's a no And he has one of the worst tattoos going around. a real shocker.

No they don't. It's why it's never a good idea to feed them

Fair call. Max has been excellent

I’ll back Trac in to get back to his best. After hearing Maxy’s interview last week I’ve no doubt ll get back on track with the playing group. I’ve no concerns there. Neither Trac, the playing group or the club covered themselves in glory during this whole shambles. The backgrounding to the press has been appalling and an inditement on everyone. I would like to know what issues Trac raised and how these will be dealt with. There needs to be communication from the club to the members here. The usual “she’ll be right, every club has problems” line won’t do. I expect to see changes and it looks like Pert and Roffey are in the gun. Huge 2025 coming up for this club.

Impressive effort from the wooden spooners

My takes from this whole imbroglio are: 1. the club leaks like a sieve. Stamp it out now. 2. trac needs better advisors. 3. Kate Roffey needs to prep properly before interviews. And her and Pert need to can the corporate speak. Talk plainly to us members, acknowledge issues and communicate a plan to address 4. Max Gawn is an outstanding leader and communicator. Pert and Roffey take note 5. Stop talking about culture. Demonstrate culture through actions on the field.

We have plenty of problems at the club. Max as captain is not one of them.

I reckon we should trade him

6. Hore 5. Mackin 4. Heath 3. Goldy 2. Pearce 1. Mithin

I think you should write a letter to Kossie Pickett @Swooper Northey

Looks like your letter did the trick. well done Swooper

I'm just glad this nonsense is sorted and didn't drag on until the end of the trade period. what a pointless solo run from Trac. a trade was never a possibility. hopefully he can get his head down, focus on his recovery and be fit and firing come round 1. After listening to Maxy yesterday I'm sure there'll be no bad blood between him and the playing group and he can re-integrate without any problems. We need the norm smith trac doing what he does best on the footy filed. Leave the brand and cooking recipes until post career. The leaking and backgrounding needs to stop. the next anonymous source that feeds news to the media needs to be hunted down and banished.

Very good start to the season against a tough opponent Kate Hore class the difference. Macken very good as well. Shelley Heath a little tiger as always. Not perfect but always great to win at that sh*tpile. We don't get the W down there too often. Go Dees

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Macken has been excellent all night