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So its Grundy vs Gawn for the starting ruck? Am i right he doesnt have other competition? (edit) i can see LJ is in there too. I have a bad feeling Gawn wont make the cut. Havent seen much of Grundy play other than seeing his supercoach scores. How do they stack up against each other?

The whirlwind nature of exit interviews....fitting day for it. Turbulent times.

I dont understand the hate on May. its everywhere in the media (abeit indirectly). He has said a couple of stupid things, but to me that is his character and i think we need more hard nuts in this team. His body is really letting him down and i wonder if it is down to bad genes or bad preparation. You just have to watch him move in 2021, 2022. It is night and day different to how he moves now. I think his lacking confidence, fumbles etc is all due to him knowing that he cannot move like he used to. I think the Dogs would be silly to trade for him - he will retire end of next year and i would even suggest he would not be getting much game time next year.

He has upside yes but we haven’t really seen him play a blinder or anything close to one just yet. So for me it’s a 2-3 year on no more than 500K.

I look at it differently. Yes he can lock down a small forward, but he doesnot do enough going the other way.

Great news. They both had good years. Probably need to limit to about 15-18 games though to ensure they say injury free.

Crows won’t win it this year. They’ll get close but I suspect that they will come up short. Unfortunately I think Geelong will win it again this year. They are going below everyone’s radar and they play the most punishing brand of footy. Will be a Geelong b Lions final I reckon. Cats will win the EF and the Lions will have to take the long route, which will cost them in the end.

I hope Adelaide absolutely murder the Lies next week. Hawthorn will beat Dockers.

I reckon a memo would have been sent to all outlets that this type of narrative or any other can not be allowed to distract away from the core issue. Collingwood seem to keep finding themselves on the right side of the story of late.

We have been in a holding pattern for 2 years on Clarry. If he was going to 'come good' i think we would have seen something by now. Last year was due to 'missed preseason' and i recalled the pre-season game against Freo and thought, yep Clarry is back. But it has been a different Clarry since he done his hammy back in '23. I do want him to come good as we know the type of player he can be. Even in the modern game, he still has the abiltiy to turn games on their head. I just dont think it will happen - he will have a good game now and then, but i doubt it will be consistent. His whole fall-from-grace, does fascinate me (when im not frustrated by it). Is it body, mind, skillset, game-style... would love to know.

S.Smith will be better connected and i think will have much better influence with HQ. I dont want to be whingers but more or less stand up for ourselves. Kozzy suspension and May's this year was highway robbery.

i know i jump all over the shop, but if Clarry is the nexus of all the disharmony and fractures within the playing group, then fair enough. But onfield it doesnt appear this way.

Yeah 100%. There will a new twin exclusion clause introduced when the media picks up on their potential to then be reversed one year later.

The team cannot cope with an open gamestyle. its unfamiliar territory and they panic rather than embrace the chaos. We lost the game tonight because: a) we coughed up the ball way too much and in silly paces -> this boils down to skill. b) when the Pies coughed it up, we didnt punish them enough c) because of a, our defence couldnt cope with the rebound as there was too much space.

Watched his game closely. Not sure what the hype is about Juddy. If he stays then great. But we shouldn't be doing stupid 4 or 5 year contracts for this guy. We have too many on our list that disappear after signing a big contract. 2 or 3 year or we get West Coasts 2nd round pick and shake hands.

He is going to be very good. I hope he does work over summer to get some more burst speed and we will have a Tom Green / Clayton Oliver / Bontempelli infusion.

I'd rather keep Oliver over Trac. i have withered and waned on this all year. But im sick to death of Trac not playing with intent / agression. That last kick from May which went to sidebottom - Trac should have absolutely cleaned him up. He would have been protected by the footy act and all. He had the perfect opp to get some type of revenge. All night he played with fear running through him. I really do hope he requests a trade over anybody else. i want him gone.

Trac is an absolute peanut. Fn compete you pissant

Was always going to happen. We will lose again by 1 point. You watch.

Last time I had a crack at him, he came good. But agree his last month or two has been bog average.

So predictable

Win or lose tonight, pies are not doing anything in finals this year.

Can we just hit a lead

Let’s see if Billy Bob Frampton gets cited for that jumper upper cut against Petty

16 to 7 scoring shots. No way on earth can we keep this up without some major changes.