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And our leverage? On this public land that we ‘book’? Rent? Lease?

The difficulty in kicking us out is commensurate to our leverage in encouraging assistance with Caulfield.

It’s tenuous and hopeful at best.

Great news!

Broden K is just great in these type of vids. I wonder how much of these he writes.

43 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Haha. Not even stitches. That’s the update.

But is it his pointing hand??

Get Culley in there. He can go forward.

He also tackles and does more than point when we don’t have the ball.

Is it best 46?

I mean, you’re the expert

So in 2028 there will be $1.5m out the door before we pay anyone.

The club can spin that as much as they want to but that will hurt if we want to be good. It’s a competitive disadvantage.

1 hour ago, Dannyz said:

It'll be at least 5 by years end when we sign Humphrey

Good thing we are out at Casey…

Yeah, back half of season but that is better than an alternative…

2 minutes ago, SPC said:

So do we assume Lukers knee is fine, or it is currently being regrown in a lab?

56 minutes ago, Miles from Nowhere said:

Jiath was cleared by the poohs and wees for exactly that reason. His game in Ballarat was terrible; repeated dropped marks, errant disposal by hand and foot and running into trouble. He has Casey written all over him and if injuries mean he gets games, we are in trouble.

We are ‘in trouble’…

What do some of think is going to happen this year?

CJ is almost identical to our Sam Frost. Capable player who is on the fringes of good and skilful teams due to his errant run and dash, and is desired for bad and stagnant teams for his errant run and dash…

I am glad to watch him try to get us going this year.

My bet is that we will start well this year then get flogged by a couple teams and become inert, and I wager CJ will be one of the few who try to play footy and get us going.

No idea if he will be right but I would love to see Culley. I have an inkling he will be a difference maker.

Right age to take a big step. Same with Turner. Rivers in the midfield the same.

That’s the issue - our best players are predominantly under 21, or - aside from Kozzie - near the end.

@WERRIDEE

30 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Is Pipi Celli any relation to Leon Celli?

1 hour ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

Where’s Melky in all of this?

Love Melky but I think we can still avoid having him as a tall atm. Especially coming back from injury.

So disappointing for him. Real chance to play Rd1. Now we go with Mihocek, JVR, and Heath surely?

10 hours ago, Rednblueriseing said:

Whats the bet they push us to Waverley, pies take goshes back as second oval, and Caulfied is years away...

Thats one way to lose members

Prospective members don’t give a flying about that mate. The rusted on losers like us are the ones that care (aside from me and a few other enlightened posters) and we are signed up.

Win games and we will get back those members.

1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

Imagine being an organisation as big as the AFL and you can’t even host a preseason game at a regional venue where all supporters can show up. Sold Out!! FFS the level of incompetence is staggering.

Great article.

TLDR; we average

3 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Got a few ahead of him in the queue though ...

Nah, he jumped over them

Just couldn’t hold it

1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

My take on yesterdays game.

Whilst it was only a practise games against one of the worst AFL teams of this decade then yes, just have to temper expectations.

At the same time, there are many positives and glimpse you can still take from yesterdays performance.

Finally for however long I can remember, we are actually going to be fun and exciting to watch this year. The speed on the ball was something we haven't seen in a long time.

We will leak goals fairly easily this year but I thought our defence was rock solid at times yesterday. I do agree with a previous comment that we will miss having a big bodied defender like Steven May just to take the bigger 198-201cm type forwards.

Quick summary on a few players:

Mihocek - A pity he was out early. Hes got such a big presence up forward and put that alongside JVR and Kentfield/Jefferson then I think we will be fine in that department.

Kentfield - exceptional game. Really surprised me once again with his ruckwork and ability to work hard around the ground. Just an old fashioned tough bastard who doesnt take a backwards step. 3 goals in the 'Pederson' role has him pretty much locked in for a round 1 debut.

Heath - Similar to Kentfield. Just another hulking angry [censored]. He was getting stuck into that thug Xerri and was laying blocks for his teammates. I have always like this pick up the moment we showed interest. What I didnt realise was his incredible leap at the centre bounce and ability to palm it in front of his teammates. Something Gawn isn't good at. He is a round 1 lock imo.

Howes - i am surprised not much has been made about his performance. I thought he was exceptional and would have easily had over 20 plus disposals off half back. His ball use was neat and he actually provided run which we havent seen from his game before. Players like Howes will thrive under the King regime because the shackles have been finally released and it showed yesterday.

Lat Pickett - my god we're in for a ride with this kid. Can I say its heart warming to see the #33 out there dazzling away at half forward. Interestingly he was playing the high half forward role Similar to how ANB use to use. His work rate was exceptional, just needed to tidy his disposal but that will come with experience. Get the ball in this kid hands in the wide open spaces of the G and let him cook. I was thinking of player comparisons.. Nas Wanganeen with a touch of Lewis Jetta?

Koz Pickett - Enough said. He was going at 70% and taking the [censored].

Laurie - I really liked his game. Working hard up the ground and provided some really good deft touches with his ball use. Once again, played the role imilar to the ANB which Laurie is more then capable of locking that position down if he badly wants it.

Steele - Was so clean and neat with his disposal with the added bonus of providing on field leadership and guidance.. something Oliver and Petracca didnt do. Everytime I saw him side of the screen he was pointing away at teammates just marshalling them around. No fuss and just goes about his business well.

CJ - Another who is going to be a bargain pick up. His ability to leap and spoil is going to be an asset down in defence plus we saw the glimpses of the run and dash down back. Him and Bowey down there will provide us with the quick sling shot and rebound.

Langford - he is good on a wing but he is a gun as an inside mid. Leave him there.

Special mentions to Fritta, Chandler, Langdon and Sparrow.

Lastly, North are an absolute shambles.. I'm not one to feel sympathy for opposition supporters but it must be demoralising for them to sit and watch that with the amount of talent they have on their list being coached by a 4 time premiership coach.

Something stinks down at Arden.

Agree with all of this.

Tempered reactions and all that, but Mihocek will earn his money this year and next shouldering the burden of that forward line and JVR and Kentfield look to be our best bet to help him in different ways. Heath is the wildcard for the fwd line this year because he is going to spend an hour in there otherwise we won’t waste the bench spot and just play Gawn with a fwd doing back up. The smalls are wxcellent with Chandler and the picketts with depth the only concern.

The backline has holes but are full of professionals who can mitigate risks and a couple of young guns to help execute his helter skelter game plan of half back. This will be the line that determines how well we go in games.

The midfield doesn’t have to win much, just not allow easy pill, and Steele does not allow easy footy.

I think we will be an early season surprise before the better teams exploit our HB line.

9 hours ago, The Jackson FIX said:

Is Andy Dufresne digging it with a teaspoon??

Racing Chair one day:

5 minutes ago, rjay said:

Yes, like all clubs we had issues.

Instead of solving them we created more issues and made ourselves a target for the likes of Kane.

'Roost' I'm not convinced yet either.

And that’s the key thing that draws the ire of firebrand ‘footy personalities’ when you lift yourself up above the fray when you are in the fray and the muck like everyone else.

1 hour ago, DeeZone said:

From TMAc comment our culture is not perfect, we get this sensational diatribe from Kane Cornes “I Told You They Were Lying”, can’t believe a word that comes out of their mouths. What an over exaggerating [censored]. No one ever, ever said our Culture was Perfect.

There is no such thing, our biggest failure was to not kick straight when it mattered most and that has cost the Club immeasurable damage both prestige wise and financially.

The Player fall out in 24-25 has been mulled over with nauseous abandon.

DZ, Pert and Roffey waxed lyrical about our culture constantly.

And what was really happening? We won’t talk about it on here because of litigation… that’s how bad it was…

Can we not just pull our heads out of the sand and try to not replicate the mistakes of the past?

2 hours ago, The Corridor said:

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1466324/injured-gold-coast-suns-star-matt-rowell-in-doubt-for-opening-round-game-against-geelong-cats-due-to-broken-finger