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The cats will always give up the inside / contested game as their 1-wood has been scoring from turnovers - in particular defensive half stuff. Whilst we herald the Lions offesnive game yesterday, you cannot deny their growth on the defence side. Before last year, the Lions were terrible defensively. Yesterday they proved that they could bring a really strong level defence.

I know its not the same level, but this is very comparable with Trac and his spleen injury that if left untreated for days/weeks could have ultimately cost him his life. But hear me out. Broken arms are most of the time straight forward fractures that heal good enough to restore function. But occasional and rarely, there can be complications. Severe complications that could ultimately cost Cameron his arm. Were the medico's convinced it was just a fracture? Similar to how medico's thought Tracs was just some cracked ribs and at worst a collapsed lung? It was incredibly irresponsible for Geelong to let Cameron back on the field. Will they cop any heat from the media? No... in fact quite the opposite, it will be applauded for its courage and bravery. STUPID!

Has Kingy got rid of his Geelong kit yet?

Suddenly I feel like watching Scream amd eating Reece’s chocolate.

Max Holmes .. don’t feel sorry for this guy one iota.

Wow . Who saw this at HT. I reckon the team saw Jezza broken arm and thought we are no chance

Ashcroft better than Daicos. There I said it.

Footy god intervention.

What a BS 50. Couldn’t be anymore obvious

Good night Geelong.

geez how many frees do you want to let go for the Lions

Umpires need a talking to HT. Ruining the game.

#free kick Geelong

Why didn’t we throw the kitchen sink at McCluggae when he came out of contract

The only time of the year I have to watch the Ch7 broadcast and think to myself how did we ever put up with Ch7 commentary on the Fox games.

Geez B.Smith hangs off Danger like a lost puppy.

Agreed. Crows need to get GCS pick 6 or 7 which will take a massive offer from them. That would then need to be coupled with their F1. Getting two top 10s in one year will be unlikely

he has most definitely lost his standing in the playing group. With his carry on last year , it would be really hard to come back from that. He maybe able to repair the relationships with hus close mates, but not with all the senior team. There is nothing else that hasn’t changed , so suspect this may have a lot to do with it.

I think it depends on the total salary. if it’s let’s than $2M total then I chose to think of it as an extra year to pay it off allowing us to front load etc. list spots are overrated it’s the total salary that you need to consider.

So i suppose the extent of which he wants out will be measured against his willing to take a paycut. That is of course assuming we will not entertain any deal where we have to pay some of his wage. If it was 6&7 from GCS, i reckon we would pitch in up to 200K per annum. But Trac also needs to consider whether he is willing to take hit to make his services more lucrative.

Wow Pick 7 for Flanders does change the talk around Trac's pick worth. As others have mentioned 6 and 7 for Trac is very enticing. Even with the academy picks i'd still think that these picks stay in the top 10. GCS would be mad to give both of those picks for Trac though.

Or its an admission that he needs some onfield leadership around him..some direction on how to play the role.

So you’re happy to finish 10-16 every year for the next decade?

Its actually really admirable by to admit this. He is clearly a level headed, humble person and that is a fantastic trait. It really is a pity that those around him could not challenge him to overcome some of these things. People like Richo, Pert, Choco et al are all partially accountable for this as it doesn't solely rest on Goody's shoulders - Richo more than anyone else as id see it as his role to define strategy, purpose, gameplan etc, while Goody was more about putting that into practise onfield. Nevertheless, whats done is done and at least it doesnt appear that Goody is overly salty about the move. And hopefully in time, will come back into the club to celebrate our next major achievement or reflect on those in the past.

Yeah i think we are 1-2 years away at targeting a 25/26 y.o Free Agent in the mould of Melksham / Hibbo. We need to hit rock bottom and be seen on the up before a worthy FA would look to come to us. Right now, its hard to say which we are going. Id be putting in a lot of work on Butters right now. Lets hope that Hawks land Merrett this year so they are out of the picture. If we trade Trac and get him off our books, I'd put a massive contract in front of him right now and get him thinking long and hard end of next year when he comes out of contract. Wed also need Port to have a crappy year as well for this to work. Wed be up against the Pies and Blues competing for his signature though so it will be a hard get but not impossible.