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Very funny... You couldn't name another player who has been smashed more on here than Jack Watts. And yeah, looking forward to football - if Jack wants to be a part of it, he would be a huge asset, and if this is the beginning of the end then so be it. Bit numb to the theatrics, also just want the laundry to win, hard to care about who is in the laundry.

Absolutely. Can't believe there are 'alternative facts' for mouthguards being bad... Mouthguards stop your teeth from getting damaged! Wrecker45 - if there was a hit so strong a mouthguard pulled your teeth out, you would be in a car crash and not wearing your mouthguard!

Bump. The effect on the local Womens and Girls leagues up here in Canberra is double the amount of players at training then at the same point last year...

Jack is pretty resilient, I think he will be fine.

I implied he had a better than 'average' season. You then listed his draft number, number of games, his height, a supposition that he should be in his prime and 'better than average' and a dig at his unmet potential. The first three things are largely irrelevant and I think you have to completely ignore facts to agree with the last two statements - he is literally playing on a contract he earned off the back of his form last season.

If Spencer plays, I find it easier to include Weideman. That may sound antithetical as the argument that a tall forward spot should be taken to be the back up ruck is a solid argument - those two are competing for similar spots. But the argument that if we don't have Spencer then we need Pedersen to support Gawn is a compelling one. If I had the run of match committee - I would play Spencer primary ruck in the games that are against ordinary opposition and/or ordinary midfields. That will give Gawn relief from a brutal season, hopefully a 24+ week season...

Totally meant that...

If that was an average season, you must think quite highly of him...

I coached the seconds at Ainslie last year and the amount of times I had to say to young blokes "you got dropped form the 1s, who gives a [censored]," was eye opening... We have built up this pervasive fear of the slightest bit of failure, that someone has to address getting 'dropped' from pre-season games on the national news! If you are looking for an example of a player that can be dropped multiple times, stay strong and make a career for himself and play some top quality footy, you don't have to look very far - Jack Watts is a fine example! The genius of Watts has taken ages and he seems to take a leap forward and then he dithers, shows fiery brilliance and a blip of indifference, brings the house down, and then lets himself down. But it is the trying times like these that seem to define him, or at least he defines them. With every criticism, and there have been plenty here, he has eschewed them and continued on, and he will do it again in 2017. He's Jack Watts. I'm Malcolm Gladwell and this was Revisionist History. (Note: It's a really good podcast)

As someone who lives in isolated Canberra, but knows a bit about footy and about the Dees...ahem... ...WTF are you talking about?

We didn't get Hurley, but Hibberd and Melksham mean Slaem can start to do what he did yesterday.

Manage Ignore Prefs an search 'picket fence.' Just a tip.

How tall is Smith? Can he ruck?

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Groan. Just...groan.

The previous model would have seen them get all those players but at picks 37 and 39 and kept all their later picks too... If you have some improvements to the bidding system - please share them.

Looks like they are trying to embed that logo so are using the clash jumper to do so. I am tired of arguing about the white so I am numb to clash Guernseys, I just want to win...

I am 30+ white person, so I comfortable in New Balance gear. Very comfortable...

This. There is money to be made for this club if we continue our progress.

Yeah, great. And I always on the AFL's back for legislatin-on-the-fly-and-sly but the spirit of the rule is 'if you mortgage your future 1st rounder, you are staying in the rest of the rounds.' Clearer rules would be great but would make it harder to wrap your head around: If a club trades a future first-round selection, that club must make at least 3 selections in subsequent rounds, either in Rd 2 of the draft, and then, if applicable, Rd 3, and then, if applicable, Rd 4. But if a club keeps its, or obtains another clubs', future first-round selection, it can trade any of its future selections from other rounds. Hard to make rules to cover every scenario...

The whinging about where it is being played. It's an away game. Against an Etihad tenant. Not our home game, means no whinging.

WGAF? Not our home game.

He's a mate of a mate. No major injury concerns, wants to keep playing, Freo benched him and other pros to solidify their draft position. (Sounds bloody familiar to us 8 years ago) So Lyon wants youth (and to save his job) and he would be in the way. Don't know which teams 'need' what he is offering but he will be value. Hard not to be as a DFA.

Halcyon days of Demonland right here...

The looser they make the trading rules the better - it's what gets so many players new homes, staves off a pure free agency, and allows clubs to bet the farm and lose like I hope Hawthorn just did and Geelong is in the midst of doing.