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You could build a 22 of blokes that don’t want to play for him, amirite?

Having thought on it some more - I actually endorse them and will join the ticket if I can. They have to promise me a cabinet position but there it is.

We hardly knew ye

Yeah, when pert Roffey and Gawn were extolling our ‘culture’ a couple years back I knew we had drunk the Kool-aid. Ah well, let’s see what Goodwin can salvage.

Forged a great tenure at the club. Will be good to see new more new ideas at the club though as we evolve how we move the footy. Wonder if Chaplin could move forward if he sticks around, it is so important the assistant coaches for the game style, keeping things fresh, improving and developing players and yet it is so opaque for those from the outside to judge.

It will happen and it will be fine. Fun even. 8 teams from 18 teams playing finals leave mechanisms like the ‘wildcard weekend’ as useful to keep people interested in their team, and by extension, footy in general. Get upset about more important things.

Huh? I’m talking about relationships and pathos. That’s what keeps these stars around. The gameplan will continue to evolve as they realise they can’t ’defence’ their way through. But the people side is most important right now. Let Goodwin be Goodwin.

I think the next 6 months will be the making of Goodwin. Oddly, I have absolute faith he can navigate this crucial period.

I don’t know why it couldn’t happen next year.

Hate to sound like DeeSpencer here, I really hate it, but what are we doing? He had a year to run. He’s 33 at the end of the deal, now 35. I have said it before - Gawn will not wimper into the night in a pocket - he will go out doing a massive injury playing first ruck. He should be on year to year contracts to give us flexibility. And he should hand over the captaincy to Lever or (here we go) Petracca. Ah well, what’s done is done, but when a resigning makes more sense as a PR move than for list health - rpfc ain’t gonna like it.

Never has a waste of time revealed itself so quickly and forcefully. Well done

Don’t think so. There is no hard and fast rule but I don’t think so. Not that it matters nor do I really care either way.

‘Objective data???’ as a person in IT - the use of the above data was wholly to back up a preconceived argument or notion to pin blame on a singular individual. It’s the furtherest thing from ‘objective’ use of data.

Tank pls. No point risking Gawn, and a few others.

This seems more benign but no less impactful with the question marks over 5, 7, and 13. We are in a state.

Need to show up to games. Or be attractive for people to show up.

Lovely sentiment. I think that we couldn’t overcome the loss of 3 of our best 6 players for the bulk of the season. Brayshaw, Petracca, and God Oliver are not easily replaced. Tou have to mention the two players that have come into the Star/elite conversation - Pickett and Rivers. Both impact in fun the midfield and offer different aspects but both are elite kicks. You get Demi God Oliver back, Petracca and Pickett swapping out, and Rivers through the middle - we are going to get first use if Gawn and Viney can maintain what they have delivered. Windsor, McVee, Tholstrup, JVR, ND6, AMW are exciting and all over the ground. So we can bounce back and be strong but we may need some new ideas and some new voices. It always helps.

I think the suns will beat us and the pies are in our heads. And we should be shutting up shop if we lose against the Dogs. We should prepare for 2025.

We are a good show for top 5 pick…

16k. Sam McClure is going to bring it up and he is right to. We don’t want to watch our own team. Probably should reflect on why that is.

WERE THEY TOO QUICK TO CATCH AND THEREFORE KEEP THEM??

Things would have to be pretty bad if we pay someone to take him. He hasn’t just lost his mojo, he had a limited pre-season and he is our premier mid which means that teams can curtail him and he can’t break through tags and out run like he has done in the past. I wouldn’t be making any decisions this summer other than trying to get him fit and happy for pre-season.

Lose make my sad face. Win make more happy. Lose make me think lose all time. Win make me think win rest of time. explained?

4 more years!

Oliver is out of form and he needs to have an interrupted preseason to play good footy. That is the key. If he can do that at this club - you keep him around on that salary. If he can’t, then you have to ask the questions. To me, after that start to the year - his current form was immaterial to any trade. 2024 was always going to be a write off.