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And that was with a broken hand, other injuries like PCL and cracked ribs, a disrupted pre season, much of it away from the club, mental issues, personal problems, rumours of poor behaviour and a disgusting unfair hounding from some in the media, which wouldn’t have helped his mental state. Get back to your best in 2025 Clarry and we have a star mid back in our team again.

Yes but when you guarantee something and change your mind the eggs appear. If Goody decides to go that way he will start cooking the omelette.

A couple of years ago a Carlton supporter told me Clarry would be a Blue, all done. Often a supporter hears their club is interested in a player and jumps to conclusions. Not knocking you but time will tell. If your mate is correct there will be a lot of egg on Goody’s face.

I repeat, which club are you saying?

Where?

JJ fixed up Merrett.

I understand, I will severely dislike them for you.

I will teach you how.

I have long held the view that a great thing for any player is to get that first senior game behind him, so that the next pre season he has the uncertainty that exists about ever getting a game removed and he can feel like he belongs. Imo it allows for a better off season mentally and assists the next pre season. I also believe it doesn’t matter too much if the first game is a bust as no player is judged on their first game, for a number of reasons. Tbh the more games we get into young players, especially when they are dead rubbers, imo can only be of long term benefit despite the meaningless results. Whether it’s Jeffo for his first, or a full game for Kynan, imo that will help them and the club in the long term.

But if he is playing?

Hold your breath Picket he could still come in and if not, then next week against the old enemy.

Jaxon Binns at Carlton had 47 possies and 3 goals in their reserves and won Reserves best player in his first year. A speedy winger who has had an issue with the Coach and is unlikely to get much of a go from him and who would be a cheap get. Any thoughts?

We ran them to 2 points with half a side and sick players playing. He saw that up close.

Given Goody’s comments he has to play this week or next.

It’s coming.

Now that we know that Clarry as well as his hand issues, had PCL issues and also cracked ribs, we can ask that smart ars. commentator in the Port game, who said he went down too easily when hit in the ribs, to apologise. Won’t hold my breath.

4 weeks.

But we are falling apart. We lost to the team that beat Sydney by 19 goals a week earlier by 2 points, with several sick players playing and several others not playing, either sick or injured, while our opponent, was virtually at full strength and fighting for top 4. Yep, we are finished.

Thats true. I actually live about 500m from each of my kids and their families and it made helping, babysitting, school pick ups etc very easy. I fully understand and accept Nibbler’s trade request. Perhaps being replaced by Houston will make it less upsetting for Dees fans. The club has also signalled the need to change and improve if we are to win a flag again.

Not sure what you want me to say, so as usual I will just be honest. A good clubman, a very nice guy, extremely fit, who tried his heart out and improved over the years, giving everything, but who still can turn it over at inopportune times. Disappointing, but I accept his reason and wish him and his family well. Interestingly he hasn’t named a club, unlike an earlier traded player, who insisted on one club limiting our trade potential.

Understand that JNM, but Meek was traded the next year so he was gettable at some stage and he also went to a club with a huge young ruckman, so Max wouldn’t have put him off possibly and we might have then saved the embarrassing Grundy fallout. I would love to know if we rated either player and if we even asked. My gut feel is we didn’t rate either of them and that if true worries me considering our last few trades. I am wrapt in Caleb and was since his first practice match but i was talking if a player in addition to the picks we got. We could have said we would deal with WC to get the deal done, but i know, spilt milk. It just annoys me when I see the players traded into other clubs succeeding. GuessIi am just a cranky old Dees fan.

Disagree in one respect, we could have bargained harder. If you go back to the thread at the time I was adamant we should get Treacy or at least Meek, who were both in the WAFL at the time and struggling, thrown into the deal. That would have made losing LJ a lot easier to take.

There is a difference when you look at who is injured. Trac is a worse loss than some VFL player.

Curnow could be out with an ankle injury.

Undermanned, with sick players pulling out and others still playing, against a side with one regular out, who were playing for top 4 and who beat the top team by 19 goals the week before. We lost by a kick. That is a fantastic effort.