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The Jackson FIX

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  1. AFL.com.auā€™s predicted Sydney backline; Lloyd. McCartin. Rampe Florent. Blakey. Jordon They are tiny. And that is weird. Never been a fan of using a tall as a sub but on a small ground Iā€™d be throwing everything in the height bucket against these smurfs. edit. Looking a bit more closely at their predicted side, it appears the work experience kid mightā€™ve been thrown this one.
  2. I know Ben. Heā€™s more of a ā€˜vibeā€™ guy than a ā€˜data pointsā€™ guy
  3. Going to be a mouth-watering contest for the 500 in the crowd
  4. reducing the penalty by 1 week (from the AFLā€™s requested 8) is the most arbitrary thing Iā€™ve seen for a while.
  5. Selfishly, Iā€™m not looking forward to the drafting and recruiting chaos it will cause. The whole league gets shaken up to introduce a new team and Iā€™m not in love with the idea of doing this for a team thatā€™ll be all of the localsā€™ ā€œ2nd favourite teamā€. Having said all of that, I think it is a wise choice for future economic benefit in the state and will benefit the next generation. Early years will be strange though.
  6. It does seem odd that they would ā€˜ask about his availabilityā€™ in February, a 23yo premiership player who has just dominated a practice match. What do they expect Melbourne to say ā€œsure, yep, weā€™ve been thinking about getting rid of him anywayā€. Either made up story or Adelaide just leak this stuff to put pressure on Melbourne ahead of contract negotiations, still seeking retribution for the loss of Lever.
  7. I didnā€™t realise the offer to Petty was so bigā€¦ and from memory Adelaide were insinuating a Petty-for-McAdam swap would be about right?
  8. Stunned this is still in ā€˜talksā€™. Melbourne: ā€œplease exempt his salary from our cap or weā€™ll begin talking about our concerns that the AFL isnā€™t doing enough to protect our playersā€™ wellbeingā€ AFL: ā€œsounds fair. Help yourself to some mentos on the way outā€
  9. Iā€™ve been on Demonland for quite a few years now and I have no idea what this thread is about? šŸ¤£ Would welcome an explanation (wrong answers also welcome) šŸ™
  10. Excuse the naivety but what does ā€˜being near the bottom of the ladderā€™ mean? Is it that we have fewer positive results from tests or fewer tests in total?
  11. Yes. Perhaps we could release a dog on the field for Maynard on Kingā€™s birthday?
  12. First a pig. Now a snake.
  13. Agree. He will come back in soon though (as he should). Liked the midfield mix last night and felt like they hit targets in almost every spot inside the 50. Hope Clarry was watchingā€¦
  14. Tonight King and his iPad were glowing of Melbourne. Maybe you shouldā€™ve gone to more than one training session David?
  15. I missed the other post, possibly because my retinas were amidst an acute bout of PTSD caused by our media department
  16. OLD MAN ALERT: The team sheet on the MFC site hurts my eyeballs. Not the players on it - the font, the sizing and the spacing. Took me way longer to figure out who is playing (and where) than is necessary. Hopefully that is my only gripe with the MFC today.
  17. Feel like we say this every year in the first month of footy and are constantly let down.
  18. Chasing AAMI. Pettyā€™s new role in 2024
  19. Genuinely interested to see how they get faster and keen to see how others better expose their backline pressing up the ground when theyā€™re moving it forward.
  20. No words WCW, just an enormous picture of Gusā€™ helmet with a premiership medal draped on it on the banner and we all know what that means.
  21. STICK IT RIGHT UP THEM DEESā€¦. All of them.
  22. In other news, David King and his iPad donā€™t reckon weā€™re top 6. Fairly sure it is just minesweeper on his iPad though and he just makes up footy stuff.
  23. Would barely get a look at it with the way we move the ball forward.
  24. He also has $3m+ owing him on his contract so the above comment combined with his choice of words in being ā€˜medically retiredā€™ suggest to me he was making sure there is no stuffing around when it comes to a salary payout in full.
  25. Thats my evening (and weekend) sorted then: 12 slabs of beer, third quarter of the 2021 Grand Final on repeat and a box of Kleenex. The Kleenex is obviously for the tears.