demoncat

Have to agree here and I really hope we’re not setting King up to fail Without some shrewd additions we’re essentially rolling out the same squad that’s had two back to back bottom six finishes We might get a bounce from his coaching and natural improvement from our young players, but our senior core is also another year older and some (Trac and May) might not even be there at all Let’s hope Lamb pulls a rabbit out of a hat, but his recent history doesn’t fill me with any confidence

Yikes Does Lamb know there’s a trade period coming up?

Tell his manager that if he wants to go home we’re only dealing with West Coast If it’s about returning to WA he shouldn’t mind which team he’s playing for right? 🙄 Honestly pretty annoyed that we plucked him out of obscurity as a late rookie pick, developed him into a solid half back and from reports gave him a positive indication of his future playing position, and he still leaves? See ya Judd - hope you’re prepared to play WAFL next year if you dish up your 2025 form

When you wake up I’d love to hear some of that gossip about King 👀

This x100 The one thing I’ll always give credit to Goody for is that he had our list primed to play finals footy in 21-23 Putting aside our conversion in front of goal, was there any final in that time that we were beaten on ball? We were in every game to the death and would argue beat ourselves in three of the four finals Clearly we need more balance to our game to improve our transition and scoring power (and not only rely on winning contest), but finals always show that when push comes to shove in a big game contest is king You just need to be able to finish your work, which sadly we couldn’t after 21

Lamb’s track record since 2021 is damning and a large part of why we’ve had two bottom six finishes in a row If he can’t bring in some new talent this year - and not just rejects from other clubs - it should be see ya for 2027 onwards

This ^

Reckon that GF performance might have convinced King to retain Petracca Geelong absolutely monstered at the contest in the last qtr and a half

Huge from Brisbane - showed that their best was still the best when it mattered And I won’t credit it all to F/S and academies as their coaching and trades have been near best in the comp for years now But the AFL now have a serious problem on their hands - you can’t claim equalisation and then have a back to back premier add a top five talent via their academy (a year after doing the same thing via F/S) Reforming the trade and draft system in the name of equalisation has to be at the top of Greg Swan’s list this off season, otherwise we’re going to have an even more lopsided comp in years to come And unfortunately the Dees will be on the wrong side of that ledger

Need Flanders to actually nominate us though If we don’t match or at least get near the Saints contract offer it won’t matter

If it was last year sure, but pick 7 has every chance of pushing out to pick 10+ in a weak draft I’d make that deal every day of the week

Look I get it But how are we going to improve our list without paying market rate for players who will improve us? We’re in dire need of fresh ideas and new players - King will provide the former but I don’t know if that’s going to be enough to improve us next year if we’re rolling out with the exact same playing list

Welcome to the Dees, Max Heath, Wade Derksen and, I guess, no one else?

100% agree Redleg Don’t get me wrong I don’t think we should be overpaying for players, but blind Freddy can see the deficiencies in our list and Flanders would go some way addressing one of them (lack of a skilled midfielder) Sometimes you need to offer a bit more to bring in the right players, and I’d be annoyed if Lamb and co weren’t prioritising Flanders

The difference in this case is we expressed interest in Flanders and from all reports have/will meet with him We weren’t linked to any of the others, except for a tenuous link to Worpel earlier in the year The fact is when we’ve wanted a player over the last few years, we’ve seldom got them

Of course what another club is offering isn’t Lamb’s fault, but at the same time he and the FD have been offering too expensive/long contracts for years now For example, extending May by a year on $800,000 a year is potentially limiting what we can offer Flanders, and the irony is we don’t even want him at the club next year The Oliver and Petracca contracts are also going to be a millstone around our necks for years if they’re not traded - again, money we won’t have to bring in players like Flanders And maybe it’s petty and maybe it’s irrational, but it’s pisses me off that he and the FD can’t seem to put together a compelling argument to join the MFC over a cellar dweller club like St Kilda It’s embarrassing - and his lack of post 2021 moves may have been the reason we didn’t win another Premiership with our core players

It’s Lamb’s job to make players seeking a trade want to nominate us If we can’t judge him by players we’re linked to not choosing us, what can we judge him by?

Lots of Saints fans seem to think he’s a lock to come to them Really hoping he nominates us - if not it’ll be another in a long line of Lamb failures since 2021

Reckon we’d have to offer a future first to bring him in (unless Trac requests a move to the Gold Coast) I think that would be more valuable to Gold Coast than pick 7 in this years draft anyway - they’ve already banked most of their points to match academy bids so pick 7 would just be another one swallowed up

Cal Twomey reporting that Trac is open to a move to Gold Coast

Any idea of Rucci’s track record Donsk? Only know that Ross the Boss flamed him for being a Port Adelaide nuffy 🤣

King is going to have to get busy

For all those also on Flanders watch

Would do this in a heartbeat

lol you know what I mean 🤣