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I suspect we'll see action in FA and trade. Jackson, Bedford, Hunt, Tomlinson could all be on the move and there could be some surprises too.

Doesn't matter Red - Petty makes it a winner whatever.

Interesting that unlike Cerra last year, Dunkley and his management seem unperturbed that Brisbane will struggle to get this done with their 2 F/S. They'll possibly need to go into deficit to get them done if Collingwood don't way overpay McStay and they don't qualify for an end of 1st round compensation. Future 1st could get Dunkley done I suppose and the F/S draft comes after the trade so then any deficit would apply to their future 2nd. They'd end up with no 2023 draft capital but maybe that's fine with 3 very good players coming in.

Sparrow has positive attributes - his size and power, he's strong overhead, he's a booming kick and reliable long range goal kicker. But he's not a clean ball handler and combined with ANB in attacking chains is an almost guaranteed broken link.

All the things I posted that you list in B are decisions made under duress. It didn't work out but I highly doubt any other approach would have either. Sometimes you have to gamble to succeed. We gambled on Steven May's hamstring in last year's Grand Final. An alternative approach could have been to try to win it from outside top 4. That's not complacency that's just an option when you're faced with difficult circumstances. We would have had to win 4 in a row, it's not likely so I don't endorse that option. It's not "arrogant, entitled and disrepectful". Premierships are hard to win and back to back is rare.

I want Sydney to win. Or more correctly I want Geelong to lose. Imagine if Collingwood won on Saturday - now that would be truly nightmarish.

Says the poster foreshadowing a further 57 years of lack of success ...

So it was. Still wouldn't have got a vote 😀

Cripps should have been suspended. Ah Chee missed football with concussion as a direct result of Cripp's careless action. It's pretty simple and this Brownlow will always be * to me. However, those suggesting that the AFL knew the Brownlow votes at that time and deliberately conspired to enable him to win it are on crack.

Libba!

Ridiculous. Couldn't even get one vote when he totally embarrassed Buddy.

This doesn’t sound like a trade and FA rumour to me.

Ah Chee and Neale don't approve. So glad Carlton missed finals again.

Think the trade period hasn't started yet. Are you always this premature?

Culture

The reason we didn't go further this year is because our best players were beaten up after a long campaign last year, straight into this year. Our incredibly tough fixture in the 2nd half of the year compounded this. We gambled heavily on making top 4 and winning the first final. We achieved the former but missed the latter. We really needed another week off. We moved Brayshaw into the midfield because Clarrie, Trac and Viney were so banged up and that was a good move I hope we persist with next year. You can say we should have used Chandler, JVR and Dunstan to give players a rest, but I don't think they would have enabled us to win enough to make top 4. We could have accepted that we'd have to win it from outside top 4. Maybe that would have been more prudent. Our game plan is super taxing and that makes it very hard to back up. Very few teams have gone back to back after their breakthrough year. The way we play we can win more flags but don't expect consecutive ones. We don't have a culture problem. Look no further than the Dogs, Port and Essendon for last year's finalists with culture problems. Look at Casey this isn't a club with culture problems. Maybe the OP would be happier down at Linton St.

Maybe, although maybe they just appreciate his match winning effort against Crossley in the wet.

It was like soap out there. Growers dropped 4 or 5 chest marks. Weid was tremendous.

So great for White and Munro.

Munro tackle machine Commentators talking up Southports #29 Boakye but Chandler and Bedford have touched him up.

He doesn't get enough of it. Chandler light years ahead of him.

Wait, did you go nearly 24 hours between similar posts about why this is a bad idea? He's coming and there's every chance he'll be an MFC Premiership player. Better get used to it. Oh I know "happy to be wrong"

Pendlebury 34y8m, Howe 32y2m, Sidebottom 31y8m, Elliott 30y0m. These players were crucial to Collingwood's performance this year. It doesn't last forever.

Might be a bit extreme ...

Maybe. Doesn't sound like a good career move for Meek to come to a club behind Gawn and Grundy. May as well stay at Freo behind Darcy and Jackson. Surely he could find something more fruitful.