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The worst thing that could have happened for Daniel in that instance is if Oliver continued past him and got the ball back from sparrow. His mids [censored] the bed up the field and there wasn’t much he could do. I think he played that well, he forced a handball from Oliver and a u-turn kick of one step by sparrow.

We only have 4 spots left. If they want to leave one open for Feb, that makes three and suddenly if Woewodin is who they want then just take him.

So we can take 4 at the draft then? They should just abolish the rookie list. Ridiculous and thoroughly useless demarcation of players. My only question is 17, 37 and 49 with a spot left for an addition later in pre-season?

I would like our first home game to be at the G against Freo or GCS or GWS. 90k opportunities for Dees fans to do something that hasn't happened for 57 years and has only happened 13 times in 124 years.

When he came to the club I knew that something was different - rarely were we chosen by players - especially up and coming stars of the game. Great leader.

Yes, their talent is like the elves in lord of the rings; their time has come to an end, and they will soon move to the undying lands. Which of course is Fox Footy.

Of all the players with a medal it’s Jack and Max that I feel so happy for after they were so affected and impacted by our malaise. He is such a footy player, what a great bull he is.

Helped turn the GF when in the ruck, future star of the game. I wouldn’t have taken a ruck at ND3 but he is so much more than that.

This is your month

Interrupted season but effective. Bought into a role that sees little midfield time - great for him, he has a flag for it.

Best halfback in the game in my eyes, best kick in the team and hard as a rock. Was great to see his mum singing the song - just a lovely totem to new Australia.

Wonderful player that got the most out of himself and others around him. Obviously part of the renaissance of the club and should be revered for his joining the eras of success even if he didn’t see the ultimate in either.

Yes, Goodwin is the star of the show in Burgess’s mind. Loved how he spoke about the fact that he was trusted to do his job and not questioned. My biggest takeaway had more to do with the EPL having a massive gap in the areas that Goodwin is so great at. If I was to advise any of the rich people, or in the case of Newcastle United, flagrant murderers who own EPL clubs - it would be this organisational culture that is where their deficiencies seem to lie.

@Mydeethe Hawks are too consumed by hubris to alter behaviour. Especially if suggested by a Melbourne person.

This ‘flat out before finals’ or ‘large training loads before finals’ has been so often repeated on here without a source. From what I can tell from what the players say and Goodwin and what Burgess says in that pod, we just train hard all the time. And we did the same thing during our earned ‘bye’ weeks in the finals. Goodwin just has a premium on training intensity and valuing every session and the players look to have bought into it. The Petracca mention about his 2020 pre-season being a stand out and then everyone came up to his level in 2021 pre-season was indicative of that buy in.

That was great, made me go back and listen to his ‘time at Arsenal’ pod and wow, he doesn’t go into specifics but he was set up to fail. So happy we had him for as long as we did and he loved his time at the club. Big part of why the team excelled and why our best players were at their peak.

Did you listen to the podcast?

Umm, that sub money helps Andy keep the place going. I don’t think the ad revenue is that much really. And ads these days - unless you have a VPN - is you get ads for things that reflect what you google or search for in FB and the like… Just sayin’

I don’t think you are following - Gawn and few of the mids have talked about Burgess getting them all to points beyond what they had been at and beyond what other professionals around the league got to in terms of their power running and aerobic capacity. That doesn’t mean we were ‘unprofessional’ during our run in 2018. It is also helped by the ages of our most impactful players all being in their prime years.

Give me a freaking break: Oh Wells is dangerous alright... Barrett should just give himself a week off if he doesn't have anything to write... Sliding Doors: IF you sack some people ... THEN (afl.com.au)

I wouldn’t be surprised. Only a few list spots left to confirm and we may want to draft in someone in his stead.

There’s a difference between being ‘fit’ and being able to do with your body what Burgess says you can do with your body…

Just confirming Constable as a failed pick and has been delisted, and of course Clark traded.

Cool your jets. Garry literally called in to his own radio show and mentioned that he spoke to Jackson’s parents and they said they were coming over to Melbourne to live and he said “maybe not right now” coz there’s a pandemic on. That’s it. End of story. Film it. Show it every Christmas.

Bit different for TMac in that we had this discussion with him and encouraged him to find somewhere to go. Hawks just told them they were shopping them and entered into negotiations with teams they didn’t want to go to which is a waste of time for all involved, especially GWS.