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The "Waverley is not good enough for Hawthorn so how can it work for us" argument is flawed because they just had Waverley. No Casey. I strongly prefer Caulfield but if the club sees benefit in a move to Waverley from Gosch's in the interim then I'm fine with it. That benefit needs to be weighed against the reasonable arguments made here that we may be able to exert some Caulfield funding pressure by staying at an in-demand Gosch's.

Traded peanuts, got monkeys.

Very keen to see you repost your objections to those 3 contracts when they were signed.

No L.Pickett = no idea.

MCG is 25 minutes on the train from Hampton station.

We're not getting access to FAs - on top of the competition from the "big clubs" we're up against Tasmania and their sign-on bonuses. What I hope for is that we can retain our young talent from pillaging by Tassie - one OOC player from each club can go there as a FA with access to big sign on bonuses. Langford, Windsor etc ... We need to continue to build through the draft next year with our 2 first rounders or trade for Bailey Humphrey who we've already established a relationship with.

We'll lose heavily on occasion this year because we're going to play an attacking style. Twenty point defeats went with Goodwin's defence first approach. I'd be uninterested if we were going into 2026 with the same-old - vive la difference and accept the consequences.

Thanks @Demonland We never seem to be scheduled vs Sandringham at TBO, just a few hundred metres from my house. The most accessible match for me is vs St.Kilda at RSEA Mmorabbin but that is just before on the same day as MFC vs HFC at the MCG. None of the fixtures really tempt me, it's a long way to Casey and the viewing is rubbish.

Kossie?

No A grade mids in the AFL last year then? Best results were Nick Daicos and Bailey Smith with 2 x 40+ games - are they B graders?

A man's got to know his limitations ...

You're picking up the slack.

I think it's reasonable for the player contesting the ruck to know who his opponent is so I'm in favour of retaining nominations.

Lachie Neale, Matt Rowell, Caleb Serong, Max Holmes, Jordan Dawson, Tom Green, Will Day all apparently not much chop then?

Max has been a fantastic captain IMO. Agree, Rivers and Chandler the succession path.