Bring-Back-Powell

We gave up our most points against in a season since 2015 so I won’t exactly be crying myself to sleep over this particular departure.

I should be shattered with this news, but he finished second in the B&F and we still came 14th.

They lost far too many role players last year in Peatling, Cumming and Perryman. Perhaps that's why they dug their heels in. I long for the day when the Dees are "that" club that can find a diamond amongst the rough (eg - Lawson Humphries or Shaun Mannagh) but I can't see it happening with Derksen.

Would Kozzie qualify for WA?

I saw and heard that from Dimma but I sensed a bit of resignation from him that Flanders is definitely keen to move. I would consider Flanders. It would be hard to get recognition in that midfield where Rowell and Anderson get all the plaudits.

Definitely not a fairytale premiership on the docket this year from the list you’ve provided. Although Hawthorn have come along way since the first 2 rounds of 2023 when they lost by a combined 140 points and had a percentage of 40.

Going to be strange see King celebrate a potential premiership 5 minutes before he takes over the reigns. Geelong are a professional unit and we’re not in a position to rock the boat, but I still think there’s a very outside chance he parts company with Geelong next week. No info, just my opinion.

Yeah GC’s pink clash jumper isn’t effective in this matchup. I’m a proponent of white clash jumpers for most clubs including ours. That’s when they’re at their most effective.

Flanders 2 elite uses of the ball, including an effective inside 50 in the opening minutes. That’s why he’s in demand.

First time in about 28 years I’ll be barracking for Geelong in a game of Australia Rules Football (v Hawks next week)

Makes our 2023 finals series a work of art compared to what Adelaide dished up this finals campaign.

Game over at the 4 minute mark of the first quarter.

Haven’t even started the game yet and the locals have already booed the Welcome to Country guy and the lady who’s signing the anthem.

Had a 2-5 record at the Suns as caretaker. Gerard Healy has been raving about his credentials for a good 2 years now (and I always tuned out as to the reason why). Not critical of the decision, but I find it a bit odd that he'll still be coaching Geelong, but good luck to him in his flag endeavours with the Cats. Don't we need a coach hands on deck to sort out list management?

Had a 2-5 record at the Suns and Gerard Healy hasn't stopped raving about him since.

If at the start of 2025 you were told that Trac would finish second in the B&F and Oliver would have his most stable year since 2022, you would have had high hopes of a return to the top 8, or at least a winning record of 12 to 13 wins.

Can Bucks get us an extra 5 or 6 wins next year to be in wild card contention?

Freo are dangling pick 11 out there. https://www.afl.com.au/news/1416630/fremantle-dockers-dangle-early-draft-pick-in-bid-to-secure-mature-talent I wonder if we could get pick 11 for McVee and obviously we give them a material draft pick their way (say in the 20's) Disappointing if he leaves. I just took for granted that he'd be a 200 gamer for us.

North supporters are livid with the selection if Bigfooty is an indication. If he has a decent run at it health wise, then he might be good pick up for the Roos.

Watch St Kilda jump up the ladder next year with their aggressive recruitment.

Potentially but it sounds like St Kilda are campaigning hard to have the annual "Spuds game" in round 0 Sunday night at the G as a permanent fixture. Happy to play Collingwood just once each year. Cannot beat that mob and we can't afford to be throwing away 4 points to the usual oppo suspects.

I wonder if he'll get a 3, 4 or 5 year contract? You'd suspect 4 or 5 given his experience and we'd probably need to pay another year to get him over the line.

We'll likely have the lowest VIC membership of all clubs when North overtake us next year (if you look at how they've narrowed the gap over the last couple of years) St Kilda, who have won 1 final in 16 years, have left us for dead. Amazing how far you can fall in the space of 4 years. Players, coaches, high performance and admin should all be ashamed of themselves at these figures.

One scalp closer to Bucks I guess.

I've probably seen about 16-17 Adelaide games in full this year (on tv) and the eyes tell me ANB is having his best season, but his disposal is still a little iffy.