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if we put 2026 first rounder on the table and Blues coughed up $250K of his salary, then i think that would be a fair trade. Maybe throw in this years 2nd rounder for good measure.

its clearly a salary dump so we'll take Harry and their first rounder ;) The modern game calls for more small forwards.. They are too top heavy.

I havent seen anyone mention this yet on DL but in the last few games i have seen Trac shirk a few contests in particular when he is going back first into a contest or where he is marginally out of position. It is completely understandable given what he went through and im not out to get him. Just wanted to see if anyone else noticed this as well, because the injury he sustained is still clearly affecting him. The reason i bought it up was more for next week against Collingwood - what attitude do you think he takes into that game.. there will be a lot of hype around it and will mark roughly 12 months.

You clearly misunderstood. i have no doubt what Jaded has said is true from her perspective. My perspective comes more from a place of disbelief / shock.

100%. He has a real hard, unrelenting nature to him. I have no doubt that he goes into the midfield mix eventually. He is a great ball user, smart and is also defensively capable to. He does thrive for the contest so undoubtedly will be a brilliant all round midfielder for years to come.

that does make sense. id go as far as saying that if Geelong got exposed, they'd probably bring the whole league down with em.

I find this a little hard to believe. As much as we all have a laugh around how the Cats are pulling the wool over the AFL, if any of what you said was remotely true, the other AFL clubs would be all over it and calling for an independent audit / enquiry into the matter.

Agreed. We have knocked off Freo, Lions (at the GABBA) and now the Swannies. There's enough there to take some solid confidence into the 2nd half. A few more top 8 scalps though before you start cancelling your travel plans in September. If we were 2-3 after 5, we'd be a game outside of top 4. Just shows how costly the losses against Bombers and Kangas were.

And Kozzy almost kicked a Petracca goal from the left pocket

Beat the Pies and we are knee deep in the run to the finals. I give us a huge chance.

Boyne on SEN has applauded the new game plan, which to be fair was not evident in the first 5 rounds. Some interesting insights that he raises. We have evolved. MFC is one of the fastest ball movers Last 6 rounds we have been the teams to have changed the angles the most We have proved that forward line personnel is not the problem as evidenced by the scoring we have had with Petty and AJ vs Carlton’s straight line (ie our old method) footy with Curnow and McKay. Credits coaching staff and list management in bringing in better ball users into the club.

How does Maxy get a measly 2 votes! Kozzy deserved the 10 for sure. But Max was the second (or third highest rated) player on the ground was he not? Goody not giving him the 4 to help him progress his ALFCA is grounds for dismissal.

Votes Player (Club) 10 Kysaiah Pickett (MELB) 7 Clayton Oliver (MELB) 6 Christian Salem (MELB) 4 Christian Petracca (MELB) 2 Max Gawn (MELB) 1 Ed Langdon (MELB) LeaderboardVotes Player Club 54 Jordan Dawson ADEL 51 Bailey Smith GEEL 49 Noah Anderson GCFC 49 Tristan Xerri NMFC 47 Max Gawn MELB 45 Caleb Serong FRE 42 Nick Daicos COLL 41 Ed Richards WB 40 Zach Merrett ESS 40 Lachie Neale BL 40 Connor Rozee PORT

This isnt a topic to discuss week-by-week. We are quick to forget the poor start against teams that we had no business in losing to (North, Bombers). Yes we were expecting a less than ideal start and to be fair, we probably came up against them at a rather unfortunate time for us. Goody clearly hasn't lost the players - i myself doubted that at one point, but we still have a forward line issues that have been glossed over by some out-of-this-world individual performances in the past couple of games. Playing a CHB (Petty) and 34 yo (Melksham) is not a sustainable go-forward plan. The F50 connection appears to be improving, but need a few more scalps in the top 8 before we can conclusively say we are legitimate condenders again. We have much to improve in this area. To keep the monkey off his back for the rest of the year and in the off-season, he needs to finish strongly. Finals will be difficult but at least a positive ledger in the second half i think is fair. i'd still hold off contract negotiations until after next season though, where a finals berth is a must.

Anyone have the for and against points ranking for the last 5 rounds across the comp? we'd be close to top 4 on the for side, but suggest we are mid table for points against.

Yep, his attitude without the ball is much much better. It also sets a standard for the team as well.

The renaissance begins. Im glad the team has found its mojo back and its competitiveness and confidence. Onwards and upwards.

Love the 82 points from turnovers. That is the right scoring avenue. I cant believe we were still above our expected score with all the sitters we were missing.

It is actually fair value. I think we one-eyed supporters need to get proactive and start asking for 3 + Dogga or 4 first round picks.

Watching the highlights of the Crows Eagles and I have to say that Langford plays so much like Dawson in almost every possible way. Not sure where the Bont comparisons come from.

6 Kozzy 5 Gawn 4 Clarry 3 Salem 2 Trac 1 Lingers Plenty honourable mentions. Windsor, Rivers, XL, Disco, Bowey, Judd, Milkshake

If Freo want him the price is now all there first round picks for the next 10 years, Serong, Brayshaw, Reid and Dogga.

3 weeks for Mills minimum.

No 50’for them but ok for us.

Game should be over. And yet here we are.