Clintosaurus

So the media hysteria got him to their beloved Pies instead of us? Well done media!! Would the timeline be aligned to when John Noble said he wanted out?

Also took a copy of the Collingwood playbook to Carlton.

Taj Hotton looks a JT pick. Couple of fantastic games for Sandy before the ACL.

Wasn't someone in here potting him for not getting us a gun key forward? Cos they grow on trees and other clubs will trade them for pick 135.

Philly, Cincy, Baltimore

Of course the club isn't perfect, but it isn't as [censored] as some on here seem to want it to be or claim it is. The media's ability to almost unchallenged say we are a total shambles is prime in shaping perception. Either way, winning solves everything. Although not enough for some.

Job well done by the media. Mission accomplished.

That is also what the media spend most of the trade period advocating for. Can include Geelong in that. Most other clubs - well nobody would want to go there according to Manure, Morris etc.

What do we need to know other than the reviews have been received and the club will be implementing the findings?

Neither review needs public airing. Some changes will be obvious to see. Others not so. No point giving Barrett etc more ammo.

Bit of editorialising at the end. He's hoping to say I told you so.

I'd say the employment status in terms of independence versus editorial control are two very different things.

Geelong think their [censored] doesn't stink. Got the 90s Essendon thing going.

Geelong also have a local newspaper where the journos are very good at burying any bad Cats stories. Similar to the Courier-Mail and the Broncos, especially in the 1990s. Some of the stuff that never made the public domain.....

I agree. Won't stop them continuing until Wednesday night.

But they are happy for Barrett etc to batter us into submission so their favourite teams get what they want.

That is what the Geelong compliant media are pushing for.

Geelong have been working Bailey Smith for 2 years. Probably the same with Clarry. Media do their bidding every time. Also Pies and Blues. Good luck controlling the narrative when any of them are involved.

Barrett too. Both clowns.

But we don't definitively know the leaks are coming from the club. There's a lot of external parties dealing directly that are privy to information and it could be any of them. But the narrative is the club is a sieve and plenty have bought it.

We did have Cerra but not the draft capital, and Houston before the shambles narrative took over.

And using the media to influence the club to accept a lowball trade offer. If Pert contacted other clubs to gauge interest in bettering Geelong's offer, isn't that just doing business? His only mistake would be that nothing stays 'within the room' in clubland, and asking for that is naive.

If he said things were OK nobody would have heard it.

Outstanding win. Abbey Holmes devastated.

Think the bid for Kako will be the Saints. Tom Morris mentioned it on SEN this morning.