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Few confident people were saying had signed. I was pretty sure he hadn’t based off how long this had gone on. It’s ok. We will find someone to fill the gap and we will be fine. Just need another good ball user. Shouldn’t be an issue. Right? 😅

Onya Tommy. Keep up the good work!

That’s fair. I have no clue either, I just have a lot of time for Bartel. Level headed. Knows his stuff. Not too sure who should fill the spot when it’s open. Hopefully whoever Brisbane or Geelong have, because they have endless good picks. Aside from Geelong taking on Narkle, they don’t seem to go wrong.

It’s like we wanted to hit rock bottom as fast as possible when you put that down in writing.

I just feel he has good game sense. He might not be. Who knows. He did move from CGS, and I think I heard him say on radio he just needed a new bit of scenery. Who would you slot in?

Not sure how it works for roles like his. Is he on a contract or similar? Surely they get someone like Jimmy Bartel to take that spot up. He would be a gun.

Yeh, I mean. That’s sort of true 😂 We also generally sit in the bottom four instead! 🥹

Hopefully Lindsay gets super fit this year, he was gassed, understandably after coming in off an injury. Langford looked like he had been playing for years. Two bloody brilliant picks, got to give the club that. You wonder how they do that after putting a broken bodied McAdam on a three year contract. Blows my mind.

Yeh that’s true. Clarry is a ball winner, gets it out, and Viney too. We need to have other players who actually are the ball users. Langford is one for sure. Not sure who else really.

Oh, I get that. Fully. Why Trac? His ball use is still horrid. Is that not something we would find in picks or Flanders if Trac left? Surely we wouldn’t lose a whole lot with a dude who has such poor ball use, but yeh he’s also a midfield beast.. I get your point too. Edit: Not to mention, he’s also played forward a lot, or was under Goody. That would have to be altered.

I mean.. I’d be a lot happier if we had a record that showed success like that, even if not to get the major success every time. Us bottom feeders aren’t looking so hot.

Why?

How’s the umpires setting up the players, they really do think it’s all about them. Hope they change that next year. You have zero rights to tell a player that he can’t stand behind as you throw it up, no where in the rule book does it allow an umpire that power.

Strange that both didn’t get assessed, regular game they’d be forced off the ground.

Did Lohman (if spelt wrong I’m sure someone will correct me) go off on HIA assessment for being kneed in the head in the first? Cameron not coming off after the head contact. Strange. AFL won’t be happy.

Cmon Geelong, what happens to them today could quite significantly help our recruitment for next year if Kingy gets the win.

I’ll be a senior citizen (and I’m only in my 30’s)

7 plus app.

Side note, thanks for posting. It’s created one of the most iconic threads.

Sign him up as our media manager, but not a playing role.

Off to specsavers

I’m not really, I am suggesting we shouldn’t use injury as an excuse for poor performance. When fully fit, Jefferson still looks lost, same as JVR. I do really believe it has a lot to do with no real forward support, or other big men and EXTREMELY poor entry into forward 50. Like I said, hopefully Kingy turns that around, would be great to see what our forwards can actually do with the right entry and support.

Agree with you disagreeing. I despise when people say “injury derailed their season” etc. Look at Lachie Neal or any of the other champions. They don’t get derailed. They get back on the horse and dominate. We have a bunch of players who aren’t up to it (yet). I hope he has a great preseason and gets going because not sure how long they play an excellent VFL player and average AFL player. It’s like JVR, he still is not even close to a dominating forward. Maybe that’s the ball use from our mids to him, but if not he also isn’t up to it. Kingy hopefully will be able to fix those issues that Goody didn’t.

Writing here because he’s Collingwood, on SEN a caller said Elliot signed with GCS on three years, any truth to it anyone’s aware of? Would be a big hit and make it harder to get BM.

Sounds awesome. Ground looked pretty good shape. Would have been pretty cool seeing those legends in real life