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I will take that problem...

This happens every year. I don’t think there is a vast conspiracy that gives us Peter Bell or Adrian Dodoro. It’s a small conspiracy - they’re D-heads...

Not since a certain poster with the initials RR has someone attempted to make theads entirely about himself. It really does make the Ignore function a godsend...

Good year filling in for Lever. Don’t know what role he will have next year, but his kicking is still in our top few which is eye opening but also a testament to the bloke’s longevity.

So Hogan isn't seen as "two 1st Round picks", his value is seen as "whatever gets us May and also allows us to have more picks inside 30/get a plethora of mid range picks/insert your own thoughts on what we want to do"... We didn't do an ingenious trade with GWS in 2015 to get a top 5 pick; we targeted Clayton Oliver and facilitated that ingenuity to get him ahead of Essendon. It is trading toward an end, not each trade being an end in-and-of-itself. This is the imprint that Mahoney and co. have instilled in my mind the last 5 years.

But it is not just the speculative nature of the picks - it's about managing your list and your football club over time with some sort of strategic direction; don't argue the value pick to pick or deal to deal but have an holistic idea of what you want to achieve and each individual part become immaterial. They are only important to link to the next link in the chain of deals and decisions required to get to where you want to get to.

Without turning this into a 'Where is Oscar at thread?' I am reluctant to embrace Oscar and I have to remember occasionally that his improvement year to year is ahead of the curve for a tall defender and that he had a good season on a good side and he definitely has a future as a big lump to play on a big lump that will define the new era of the 6-6-6 set up. With my coaching hat on: Oscar takes the ubiquitous 2nd ruck, May takes the best tall forward, and Lever/Hibberd share the third/fourth 'talls' and try to allow Lever to help May and Oscar. Frost would be competing with May and in that scenario and May is the better defender.

Nup. Don’t remember it. We beat Hawthorn, waited a week for something, I think Neil Mitchell was there for some reason... and then a bright blinding light... Woke up at the steps of the Demonland pub at the start of the trade period...

The ‘message to the group’ is that we will be honest with you about your role at the club and that we will facilitate a trade to a club that sees a more preferred role should you not agree with how we see your future. I know it’s not a ‘bumper sticker’ of a message but it’s more preferable and accurate than your ‘earn your wage ya bums’ slogan...

We were in a prelim?

Absolutely spot on. We have met with May and nothing else is happening with him, and Mahoney himself said that we don’t have the ability to get him (a player we have targeted for immediate recruitment) and keep Hogan. No tea leaves or inside info needed to know what the clubs intentions are in the next 3 business days...

If I am the ‘muppet’ then you have misread @Deestroy All’s diagnosis... Posters can whisper sweet nothings in our ear straight from their [censored] but Land has a long memory and it isn’t kind to those who do so. #rpfcrememberstrolls

Observable reality.

The club is actively trying to move on from a player and all the soothing from posters ‘in the know’ won’t change that. If the MFC has its way, Hogan is in purple inside of three business days.

Truth of what? We do not want to go into 2019 with Hogan at the club, to think that we are ecstatic with him staying another year is nonsense. I want value but you know what I want more - a settled team looking to win the flag.

Sorry, mate. Don’t believe you. My lying eyes and all...

Swapping two non-best 22 players. A jury wasn’t convened for this case...

Came to us on a low point and I’m glad he got to play 3 finals after all that work. Well done to all for this trade. Best for everyone.

Great result. Gawn gets what he needs and our options grow. Boy we are big next year...

Yeah, what a bunch a of [censored]! I guess the only defence is that NOTHING HAPPENED!

I care about what we finish with - if we get May with ND5 that’s fine if we can get back in the draft a bit more - we have a list to fill out.

I Camembert this thread. It’s not Gouda.

No guarantees at all. Bad ankles. Playing in a second tier league. Had chats with a couple other clubs but nothing concrete. Was advised to head to the SANFL if we didn’t pick him up and who knows what would have happened. Comes in and shows a bit but ankles play up again. Takes ages to return, battles the personal stuff he has battled and plays the best footy he has ever played... It’s hard to fathom really.

...but not ours.

Or maybe, the FD just want to get things done and realise that #winning every trade is for people that get hoisted on petards and not for those that trade for players that help us win a flag? And secondly, a back up ruck to help Gawn is much more important than our 6th best inside mid. Didnt think I needed to make that explicit... Gawn has an injury history, tape around his calf second half of the season and has just played 25 games.