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The Weeknd wears ours hats…

Will let you know in 5 years time.

Yes, I agree about the forward 'difference maker' - frankly we don't 'need' a big 195+cm forward. Don't get me wrong, they are great to have if you can get one of the 8 in the game... But failing that - can you get a player who can make on a lead, or is an amazing 1-1 marker, or has great goal sense AND might also be a great mid in or out. I am no draft watcher or expert but that is what I see with a couple of these taller mids - Langford, Hynes, et al - they look like a player that could play a role in the forward 50 and give a target and make life easier for JVR, Fritsch and Pickett.

So specific vindication but he wasn’t a saint? Welcome to football, honey. Even the Saints ain’t saints…

I understand AoB but as a lover of the English language (or any language) I shudder when an adjective is so utterly misplaced as the ‘crazy’ example above. It really abominable…

Crazy… Crazy not to take a gamble on the player we want that may or may not be there 6 picks later… It is crazy. so crazy

No comment.

If we believe the player we want is there. I just don’t think the risk to not getting who you want is worth ND26 or whatever it ends up being. Getting 15 and 16 is a different story but it is also a different strategy - we would usually be the team to get into the top 10 with a trade like that, not out of it.

He good. Rp want

As I have said across a number of different threads since 2022 - it is less about ‘the big tall forward’ and more about how we have moved the ball in transition from the backline. We just have to continue to move in the bold and daring direction. There are variants but in today’s game of disciplined athletes executing team defence - moving it quickly and directly to players with decent forward craft is key. When they come back for pre-season training - Chaplin has to continue what McQualter reignited and push our best players out of their baser instincts; May demanding the ball and slowing down play, Gawn requesting dump footy and waiting for him to get into the forward 50, CP5 and CO13 running 5m and dumping it indiscriminately forward - run further and get it over the defensive setup or use forward handballs but our best players are so predictable it makes their dominance moot. So, yes, would love a dominant forward but they would be wasted until we fix these issues and get the ball moving.

Getting out of the top 10 for a pick 29 or 30? We gave up ND28 and a whole lot more to get this effing pick. Just trust your judgement and get a quality kid in with 9 and be done with it.

Was that 2018?

That Josh Simile… hope is better than that Tim Metaphor, or worse yet - Sam Analogy. We will never be able to tell them apart…

All I was keen to know was who was the ball movement coach and Chaplin having that role is the best option we could have. He is our best line coach and has the respect of the group. I just hope it is a game style that is a shift from our defence first nature.

Dr, I am simply saying that denying Pert the self-ownership of the decision and the actuality of being someone not just out for himself is the cynicism. Your post just provides more evidence to that end - if SS (IF…) was suddenly more keen now that he would have a clean executive slate to work with then credit to Pert for ‘retiring’ and not making the club face a difficult financial decision to remove him. I am just saying that denying good people agency over their own decisions is just petty and cynical and says more about us than them.

Why would the review demand he go? It’s his review… Thats one of the problems with the review… Look, I don’t think it is healthy to be cynical about EVERYTHING we see in life. And either way, he gets credit for the decision then doesn’t he…

A number of people in this thread with the false bravado of someone who thinks and sees the world in black and white. I am glad for the decision that Gary seems to have made because it seems to have been made in the best interests of himself, the staff, and the best interests of the future of the club. We couldn’t afford to wring change without that best interest and willing self-sacrifice. Not every tenure is holistically bad or good and those of you harbouring misgivings over half a decade are just as ridiculous as those believing ‘reports’ of his executive malfeasance. Life is more humdrum than some think it is, it is less sensational than Tom or Sam accuses it of being, and it comes full of good people trying to do their best. And with that, I say thanks to Gary and look to the future, and the next executive on a hiding to nothing in some eyes.

Even more straightforward a read is the club is investing time in mature age recruitment of key forwards. So I don’t know if the last bit about the draft is extrapolation.

If this helps Goodwin solve our obvious ‘culture’ (standards and professionalism) issues within the group then that is great. And it will be great to see him back at the club and that he is keen to coach. My read was that McQualter was in charge of ball movement and game style so who is running that is my main concern - we have to continue to move the ball positively and quickly.

You ought to know who is on first base, you’re the manager of the team

I have wondered that too. Match payments are the same. My gut feel is the respect thing. But I haven’t read the new CBA as deeply as the last one.

Age will not weary that night, nor the years condemn…

Perfect opportunity for him to take over where ANB left off. Needs to know his limitations and keep moving the ball quickly, him stopping play to bomb it 30m is a momentum killer.

I will not find the article but both Trac and Oliver earn a percentage of the cap, not a flat number, I am sure they can move money around but I am fairly certain it is tied to the cap.

Imagine how picks we would get for Petracca and Oliver if that happens?! 😍😍😍