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God I hate Ernie.

Is it the fanfare you miss or the game? The game is on AFL.com.au or on YouTube

Because our success was so concentrated - 10 flags in 24 years - he is already top 3... Tough to get into the top 2 though; one drove in 4 flags and literally renamed the club, and the other won 6 and has a medal for performance in GFs named after him! As for the turnaround - you never know entirely what goes on inside football clubs and what the players need or will inspire them - but the board stuck fat with him when I am sure they could have mounted pressure or done you-know-what... But Roffey and co. were as quietly confident as Goodwin was when he spoke to Mike Sheahan down in Sorrento...

Good story, love the way he looks to inspire and define where the team should focus. Didn't shy away from the pressure - didn't protect them from it - counter intuitive to a the dinosaurs that won't to 'keep the players focussed and not distracted.' Wonder what it will be next year. Rd 1 at the G with the unveiling will be huge.

That may be. But if you want to engage in strange speculation about partners you better allude to the struggles that they went through. Or just avoid the topic altogether because it is so fraught?? Even if you do know a vested interest with an agenda…

Pre-season surgeries for our main stars will determine whether we can defend the title. Injuries next year play a part but our squad will be pretty hungry still I reckon.

Source or it didn’t happen

"We respectfully tried to boot Tmac and Nibbler out" And Tmac in particular said that no other club offered a realistic contract and that is why is he still here - we were going to pay a large proportion of his wage so we were giving him away. No-one was serious in their interest and the rest is history.

Wasn’t incorrect though. Brown is on far less than that deal he turned down. He is probably happier than he would be if he sign that deal with NM but still a lot less cash. Great for us tho. $1.8m over 4 years I think it is. Bargain.

I am going to enjoy the ride. After pining for the Dees to be premiership contenders it all crystallised and came to fruition in the space of three months. This is going to be fun. Nervous, unbearable fun.

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Saw him live this year in Rd 3 and just watched him move around the ground. My gut reaction? Jet.

I, ah, think you are over thinking my post. Stress less and just enjoy the footy.

Tempting fate here. Lets just enjoy going to the G when it’s heaving and knowing we can, and should, beat anyone.

The problem for Tom is that the midfield is a tough place to break into in any meaningful way. Viney and Harmes being injured was a blessing for Sparrow and Jordon and with our mids being in their primes - we are going to struggle to keep those pushing to replace them.

Speaking of peanuts and being wrong. Where in the world is Olisik and Dr. D? Gone back to their actual clubs? Over to Saintsational to troll St Kilda fans?

The “give ‘em hell” t shirt was pretty good quality. Although I do get most of my t shirts from red bubble…

Enough. This condescending agenda you have only reflects poorly on yourself and Bartlett. I have heard that Bartlett was putting undue private pressure on the coach over the summer in addition to the outburst of public pressure last year. He needed to go. Roffee needed to ensure that they was a culture of respect and care to get the most out of the club that had been smashed (as every club had) the past 2 years. We all acknowledge Bartlett’s role from where we were - now you and the other acolytes need to live up to the aura created around his tenure and get in line behind the new leader. Otherwise you risk defining his administration by the manner of the exit as opposed to the effort over the journey. Don’t create a schism - I know where the majority will sit.

Gruff the Crime Dog: “don’t get beat by what you know!” What if it’s too [censored] good, Kingy?

That article is bad. 15m penalty!

I won’t… I won’t.

We have to remember to thank Cam Guthrie for kicking it out on the full in Rd 23, and then that Close kid for the 50. Gawn, Trac and Oliver took it from there. To Cam!

Barrett bailed him up about it after the game - he said he recently made the decision after exploring all the options. And it was his best mate Greg Stafford who got him across! As the saying goes “it takes village to get the village to be able to have power running mids”…

These are Flag Window wide open type moves. Boring as F. Love it.