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Tex Robertson son of ground announcer! What a bizarre way of describing Russel Robertson.

Ben King is no good.

Anderson should have been a Demon. Fn gun.

Free to Cameron for blocking Witt’s. Umps are horrific he didn’t even go for the ball. This is shocking absolute shocking,

That was not a free. Sbsolute gift of a goal and zip from the commentators. Fn diabolical.

Umps one eyed again.

Is it the old peaked to early for Collingwood? Sure hope so.

Daicos will stick get 3 Brownlow votes

Hardwick has the GC boys seriously wound up. Let’s see if they can keep the pies scoreless until half time.

Amazing what you can do when tackles stick.

Replace Ricoh year end. Get the new GM to review the whole program in season during 2026.

Hang on. I thought the inside line was the signed and the reporting was just delayed? I hope we are not being held ransom by him or his management.

Id love it to come back only if it was a competitive hit out. If it’s exhibition style ala Freo vs All stars it wont get anywhere. The AFL have to make a huge rivalry out of it. That is the only way it will succeed.

Look i get we have had a lot - i mean - a lot of bad luck with contracts. in fact it has to be some sort of statistical anomaly - it seems like the Normmy is diversifying his curse and looking for new ways to royally screw us over. Some of our biggest and longest contracts: Brayshaw - medically retired Trac - Serious; potentially career ending injury >> never the same Oliver - can't put my finger on it, but he is struggling since the infamous hammy back in 22. Salem - Yes it was only a 5 year deal, but injuries and thyroid have plagued him ever since 2021. In hindsight, we have botched these deals. If (hypothetically) Trac and Oliver's contracts were to have concluded say last year - in the heart of our list crisis, i think they would have been RFA (not UFA). Given their salaries, would have netted us each a top 10 pick (pick 6 and pick 7). This would have given us so many options (5,6,7). Langford, Tauru, Lindsay and we would have kept 2026 pick 1. Now ill concede nobody would have predicted this downfall back in 2021 - i mean nobody, but boy i cant really see why we would be handing out long term contracts willy nilly after that. I love Kozzy and am glad he has stuck with us, but had he wanted to leave, he would have gotten us 2 maybe 3 first round picks. I just hope he doesn't succumb to any ill fate like the others we have signed up.

Something in the water at Casey. I dont think i have seen any other club in modern AFL history take a premiership list full of mid 20's and a handful in their 30s and then have so many underperforming premiership players that are still 20 something. It actually beggars belief. And to then have salt rubbed into the wound, you see Collingwood with a playing list that is full of 30 somethings have an unbelievable season.

If that were to happen, guaranteed it would happen to us and then the AFL would change the rules the year after.

He was absolutely torn a new one when they tried him in the middle throughout the year.

I have mixed feelings about Lever. You would have thought unreadable - backbone of the club etc etc. but in other ways he is emblematic of the broader issues at the club. The standards and leadership are severely lacking. Is it unfair he gets called out? No. We have all called out Oliver, Trac, Viney and others on their lack of impact and leadership, leaving it all up to Gawn. You just have to look at Melksham, the bloke is on the verge of retirement as is playing his best footy. If half the other players had come with him, we’d be playing finals, but far too many are miles off their best footy. Should we trade him? Who’d honesty take him is my view. The guy is in the way down. If we were able to get a first rounder, even a future first. Take it and run.

We were talking with him.

Capable being the key term. I can just as easily see us here in 5 years time entering another rebuild.

Putting aside our dismal performance for the year but we have been on the end of some really poor umpiring decisions at critical moments

Well you do me a better makeup then?

Curtin looked like a deer in the headlights last year and very much looked a bust. My view is that a lot of our youth look miles behind the competition because they are part of a side that is critically underperforming.

Next year midfield. I think the club know this is the direction. They cannot just let kids in there atm otherwise we will be absolutely smashed every week. Langford, Rivers, Kozzy. Rotations by: JV, Sparrow, Kolt Wings: Windsor, XL. Rotations: Chin, Langdon Sestan(?) Trac can either PO or spend the rest of his career in the Forward Line. Oliver: GONESKY.

Where would we be this without Melksham. Its embarassing for the rest of our forwards that a nearly 35 year old is more dangerous than them.