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Hats off to Danger. One foot in the grave and he’s playing like a spring chicken

Hawks have run their course. Reckon the 3 games in 13 days is catching up

How the ball is going straight is beyond me, I’m trying to figure which little piggy built my house because it may not be standing tomorrow morning with this wind.

Get f…..

Gonna be a wet second half. Reckon that’ll suit Hawks more.

I don’t diasagree, but I’m curious to see how HQ / MRO will handle this especially if Pies get through.

Stewart is done. Concussion. Wonder if Choo gets suspended…..

This is going to be a big loss to the Cats at this rate. I wonder if there is a virus sweeping through the club

We should also remember and infact prioritise the team over any one player. Granted Trac has had profound impact on our success. But he has also been party to some of the most brutal fracturing behaviour that our club has seen in the last decade and is arguably still at it. I outright don't like him and what he has done to the team of late. Especially his tantrums and dummy spits during various games throughout the season. He is not naturally a team first player and for the brief few years he was, we won a premiership and made a few finals. Whilst his trade talk has been subdued for now, i wouldnt be surprised if he did go full nuclear. Not averse to keeping him, but i just want the all shirade to be over so that our team can focus on being competitive again. That to me is in Trac's court. He needs to come out - as has Clarry - to shut down all the trade nonsense. If he doesnt in the lead up to Trade week, then he can pack his bags.

Please feel free to enlighten me doc.

Inside word was that he was brittle as glass and was very injury prone. Poor lad does have talent though.

From a timing perspective, the exit meeting and this storey leaking was a few weeks apart. At least it wasn’t immediate but the details eventually found its way to the leaker. I’d say that club officials wouldn’t leak this as it likely reduces his trade value given the narrative. The individual responsible has only a few motives as far as I can see. 1- has a bad relationship with May and wants payback of sorts. We know there are likely a few here, but I find it unlikely as they are ultimately shooting themselves in the foot by disadvantaging the club they play for. 2 - they want to hurt / damage the club by continuing the leaking of info. This one is likely a player as opposed to a club admin who would just quit. But a player with this motive would likely want to leave but cannot. Not many in this camp. 3- scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. This is a slightly less evil version of 2; where the player that wants to leave is using the media to help push his cause - but these favours don’t come free. I was never good at detective work , but I have my suspects nailed down.

There’s no way this popularity contest would go to Langford. Who cares about this award anyway, the winner almost always fails to reach the heights that one envisages. Having said that Reid would be a deserving winner has had a huge impact despite Langford being the hisgest rated first year player on record. How Curtain is even eligible is beyond me.

Not if you time it perfectly to jump on the queenscliff ferry? Then it’s only half a day

i swear to allmighty god. If Trac or Oliver (or both) goes and the media turn around in 1-2 years time and ask "should Melbourne have let these guys go?" or "we gave them away too cheaply" or whatever, in the famous words of one Terry Wallce, "I'll spew up".

Impey for mine is a real good get. Hard workder, quick and good ball user. i rate him more than i rate karl amon. he is the real gem at HFC. I also like Hardwick - a real old school tough nut. We have no one in our backline that compares to those two. Infact our entire backline bar Turner just appears slow, hesitant and unskillful.

Karma is a biatch. He is going to look like a fool now. I cannot see how the AFL is going to get this across the line especially how they have maintained that with no staditum with a roof there is no license.

Until we don’t. There is growing discontent with a lot of facets of the game and I think it will eventually transfer to the bottom line on its current course. North and west coast are two examples of complete rebuilds and why you need to avoid them at all costs. They are equivalent to declaring bankruptcy. The real problem is how long it takes to build a team. There is only so much you can do with trades and draft. And if you get it wrong.,. We just have too many teams in the comp which dilutes the talent

It’s a flaming circus with Trac The sooner he goes, the better. Even if he comes good, his disposal efficiency and set shot will never get that much better. He’ll never be defensive in mind set. He may rediscover his savage nature in the middle but I reckon Kingy will set us up like Geelong which will be a defensive half scoring team where clearance dominance will not be a major KPI for us. Trac will not be a major factor in this game style. He can hurt you down forward though and that game against Carlton last year where he went ballistic was a reminder of his capability - but he is never that ruthless consistently so the damage factor is not as high. With his injury I don’t know whether that courage will ever return - hard to say but at 30 I’d bet on it not returning at all. If GC or Adelaide were silly e ought to give us 2 picks or a pick and Flanders, you’d take it every day of the week. But does he even fit the GCS side ?

GC is literally one of the best case scenarios. I’d say Trac and our 2nd rounder for Jed Walters and Flanders feels about right.

I’d make it dry clear what the exit criteria is: We need 2 first rounders coming back. If you need to take a pay cut then you do that in your own accord. I don’t care if he stays or goes TBH just as long as we get good compensation. If he goes Nuclear like Merrett, it damages his brand and we know how important that is to him.

Really he is very meh. I wouldn’t want to overpay him.

I have an eerie feeling Windsor is going to pan out as something similar to Jayden Hunt. Fast but an absolute butcher by foot. I hope like hell im wrong, but there are some worrying signs. I didnt think Holmes was a super good ball user when he was initially drafted so i guess there is hope for the Duke just yet.

Saints must be doing something similar. How else can they afford all these players that they are signing up.

Rumour has it that Guerra and King both have strong connections to the States Planning Minister and we now have the low down on up coming land releases around the Bellarine and Mornington peninsulas. Make of that what you will.