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Doggies luck with talent continues. They are doing all of this without a number draft pick in JUH. Arguably playing with the comps best player in Bont, best Forward in Darcy and best HBer in Dale. Talent all over the park. Add to this Dale Libba and Richard’s who are very capable too.

Yeah its always a no-win situation with those gronks.

From the class of 2025, I'd give Melksham and TMac another year. Sign up Howes for 2 year extension, McVee gets a 5 year deal, Spargs a 2 year extension. Rookie wise AMW is really the only stand out that deserves elevation. The others i dont know enough about. 2026 - don't need to worry about it yet but i wouldn't renew McAdam or Laurie. May would be considered for a 1 year extension if his form warrants it and body allows, which at this stage is still good enough. Salem i reckon retires, whilst others at this stage should all be offered a new contract. 2027 Gawn champion - would love for him to get to 300 games. Going to be really close if he can manage his body right and we get to play a final or two. Realistically will probably need another year, which we should absolutely give him. Want him to be most games played, most games captained, most AA etc etc. He deserves every individual accolade. All others (bar Sharpie) should get another contract 2028+ too far away to make any major calls, but Viney probably retires.

It’s official!!

If goodys tenure comes under threat towards end of next year we aren’t fighting two fronts at the same time.

There’s still a small part of me that thinks Hogan is a chance to come back and finish out his career with us. Maybe it’s just false hope.

So if Cotton-On was considered 3 party payment, then imagine if the sweatshop in Bangladesh that was awarded Cotton-On's lucrative manufacturing contract, was also in on the deal and had indicated to Cotton-On that they'd partially fund the player payment by reducing production costs if they were to acquire a said player. I made that up by the way and the whole Bangladesh sweatshops for Cotton On was a bit of creative license. I have no affiliations with the Bangladesh sweatshop.

I think he asked Max for a post game analysis at Entrecote. Max knows how that story ends and actually responded with a non-serious push away in the spirt of "Do you take me for a fool, fool"

Why arent you working on the announcement post yet? Are you part of the MFC's marketing and communications strategy? The DL channel reaches a huge % of MFC supporters :)

They are dire in need of some decent small forwards. The fact that they traded away the only really competent small forward on their list to WC (Owies) was a poor decision in retrospect. Granted he may have been asking for too much, however the Blues list management have made some real doozies. Matt Kennedy another one.

Waiting for that post which takes a bit more time to load when compared to others - as Andy has embedded the announcement link - is both excruciating but also exciting at the same time.

Andrew Dillon is fast becoming the puppet AFL CEO. He is bending to everyone's will, has no vision or plan. I agree on soft-cap increases but hte 20% of the senior coach sitting outside the cap is just an utter joke. The marketing income for senior coaches to sit outside the cap is absolute garbage. Just bake it into the salary cap, every club will find a way to move the coaches wages into this model. These guys are absolute amateurs. Beggers belief.

Smart ball tech and AI just have to come in sooner rather than later to govern the match. Reduce the umps to 2 to blow the whistle, bounce the ball and throw it in, keep the goal umps as a token and remove boundary umps. Everything should be run by tech, it’s the only way this will be solved.

McCreeys dash was measured at almost 22m. You’d give the umps up to 20% which is about 3m. This is an additional 50% of the allowable quota. Fn joke.

Just reported on 360. $1.4M / year

I’ve already been trolling. If he does sign I’ll go full attack mode on the LJ narrative just to stir the pot.

Why am i not surprised by this. I just knew there would be more to the whole event.

Interesting stats on Clarry. I think his blunders though are what is really holding him back - they are pretty bad. The commentary on FOX summasied it perfectly when he kicked it out on the full in the 4th. He is lacking confidence. It makes sense, its what is the difference between his current and old form. Sure fitness plays a part, but its his confidence. Clarry, 4xAA, 2xAFLCA, 4xBnF, is lacking confidence. If he can get that back, then watch out. But its a big-if. I hope for his sake and ours that he does, but im not sure. I have noticed though his desperation and 1%ers are increasing in recent times. His trademark clearance game is ok, but its lack of polish that perhaps was always this average is becoming even more evident in the modern game. Players sit off him, our team doesn't kick to him either. That must be playing on his mind.

I just heard a few sound-bytes from the Korndog. The guy is a serious muppet of epic proportions. Now that wont surprise most. I wonder if there is anybody in the footy landscape including supporters actually like him or rate his opinion. I'm fascinated how he hasn't disappeared into oblivion.

For a 1 point defeat its funny how the voting is so heavily Collingwood skewed. I wonder what it would have looked like if MFC had won by 1 point. Pendles was not worthy of the 2 votes. You'd give Daicos the 5 either way i htink. He was BOG.

Im 100% in the keep Kozzy camp. This feels a little too long. A 5 year extension (on top of the 2) would have been more ideal. At the end of the day its probably what it will take to outdo anything that Freo may throw his way. What if all this noise was just to spook MFC and that GW was right from day 1.

Dogga aint coming IMV. But keeping Kozzy is a must. Largely agree with your sentiment. We need 2-3 Good ball users with speed or agility (preferably both). Readymades obviously. Bergman is crafty and quick - get him in. Can we dislodge anyone else on the fringes? GWS may have a firesale again as the those not getting regular game time maybe fed up. If they miss finals, their maybe less enthusiasm around the place. I think i read Calum Brown from GWS maybe of interest?

Firstly, we have won a close one against the Lions at the Gabba. This is the 2nd game this year we lost under a goal. My point was that in the moments that mattered throughout the game, we were unlucky. Sure, some of them were skill and execution but for mine the key moments: Fritta play on point in the fourth. Its not skill or execution. The opposing wing / HHF was in his blindspot. He kicks that goal 99/100. If you like call it stupidity - to me its just poor luck. Umpiring. This is not on the team. Daicos push in the back. Was soft AF. Melksham's sandwiched free at HF, McCreery, 40m no bounce dash. This is just bad luck. Kozzy's 50m penalty waa there, but the brain fade...9/10 he doesn't do that. There is the obvious misses by Petty (out-on-the-full and 1 pointer); Melksham's poster, whilst these are gettable, to me were balanced out by Kozzy's freak soccer goal and Frittas forward pocket snap. I may have missed a few other key moments, but that was the point i was trying to make is that on balance, it was a very tight game that in end was decided by fortune more than lack of skill or poor execution. Not saying we are not a poor execution team or not less skillful - on the contrary i believe it very much to be the case.

Spot on. We need a steady head running through the midfield. We have too many panic merchants atm who are either devoid of confidence and/or have poor disposal / game sense. Perhaps this is Lindsay / Langford in 3-4 years time. We need another playmaker off HB to help Bowey. One that has some agility and speed. It is not Windsor or Rivers. You could see Wanganeen - Milera in his first year had this ability about him. Karl Amon or Impey would have been a good acquisition many years ago. Miles Bergmann from Port is a good option and has to be a target at the end of this year. Agree re: JVR. The forward line is not his position. Im afraid Jeffo isnt the answer either no matter how much development time this kid gets, he lacks strength and aggression. He is in the mold of the King brothers but shorter. A Nate Caddy or Logan Morris is the type of player we need to play alongside Petty. Unfortunately i just dont see us cleaning shop at the end of the year. We will persist with the belief that we have the list and the players that we need to succeed. IMV we don't and we are probably 4-5 players short of having a real crack. The good news i suppose is that you can trade for these players as we did for '21 flag brining in Melksham, Hibberd, Langdon, Lever and May over 3-4 years.

I also read, that he was filthy with the umpires for calling him to play-on and/or 2 Pies players encroaching the mark.