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I feel more relaxed about the coming week now that it is an all interstate GF.

On the other hand what if Oscar Mc had not got injured, probably their most irreplaceable player. What if Coleman, Doedee, McCarthy and Gardiner were available. Yes there are always what ifs. Goody could have nightmares over a thug act and horrible kicking for goal in the 23 finals and unbelievable injuries in 22 finals.

Tigers will need their best picks as they finished last and are losing good players.

IMO Petracca isn’t happy, no matter what anyone thinks, as he wanted to leave and at this stage it looks like not happening. He might be accepting of the current situation, as he really has very little choice atm, if he wants to continue as an AFL player. The situation might change at trade time this year or next year, who knows and if he stays and we are successful next year and he feels vindicated he may stay and then be happy.

Good.

Sounds very fair to the other clubs in the AFL. Remind me who is in GF. These advantages need to be peeled back now. 3 of those clubs are top 4 in the AFL and Suns have the list to get there.

Clearly racist and unwoke and against DEI and gender biased and culturally biased and climate harmful and just not good.

I am sure we did that. An approximation would be known.

Not necessarily. You sell funding on a project, not a possibility. You need to know what facilities are involved and be able to target finance from Government, AFL, MCC maybe, Donors, Sponsors and supporters. That is realistically only possible when you know what has been approved and who else might be involved. No one will commit to a maybe.

No real point in chasing funding when you don’t have a project. First stage gives us a project. Now design and funding.

Well I hope Lions are really fit, because they have the momentum.

And Morris, Ah-Chee and Hipwood. Problem could be if it’s close, Lions will feel the pinch late, after a tough Semi last week. Not helped with big Mc injury, now effectively useless and Lions haven’t scored since. Maybe get Oscar Mc off and ruck Joe and Eric. At least they will have another runner.

You mean the PP that will go with number 1 in the draft, Levi Ashcroft.

If they have the same agent he would have known Tracc’s gripes, so how would Houston have been an absolute lock? Also now the Tracc situation has seemingly settled, so why isn’t he still an absolute lock? It is to do with pick 5 I believe.

I think you will find it wasn’t Tracc, it was us dropping to pick 5, which we deemed far too much for Houston.

I have often said this is the most informative thread on DL and this post is just more proof of that.

Weaker list but better when compared to ours on available players. Out: Brayshaw. Smith. Oliver and injured when played, Petracca, Spargo, Melk most of year, Bowey most of year, Lever multiple games, Salem multiple games, Max few games and others which made us a weaker side, yet we lost 4 games to top 5 sides at the time, by a point or two. Fair coaching effort one could argue. BTW which team with as above many unavailable players, stopped Cats unbeaten run this year?

Fagan is not generally considered a great Coach and yet could be involved in back to back GF’s and but for some poor umpiring could be a Premiership Coach, just saying.

No, it suggests he should have won more. 2 flags, hopefully not 3, in 14 years, given those advantages. He was given a top list btw when he took over, look back at that flag team. I am not saying he isn’t a very good Coach and i would gladly have him, but look at what he has had compared to others.

Ok, so Parker, a great player turns 32 next month. Last night he played the Melky stopping role, having 8 possessions and no scoreboard impact, while his opponent wasn’t fantastic, but still had plenty of ball for a key defender. If Parker came to us next year and wasn’t better than say Melky doing the same role, or couldn’t make our midfield and didn’t make the side, everyone would be blasting our List Management. He has been a great player, but with age has slowed down and while he might have some good footy left, is he who you would be chasing, rather than a younger player who might not be getting opportunities, for a longer term benefit to us. As a hypothetical if you could have say Parker, Kennedy, Parfitt or a Sheldrick type (younger mid not getting a game), for the same cost, who would you choose?

I am not saying Scott isn’t a very good Coach, but rather he has had advantages that other Coaches haven’t. The Cats are nearly guaranteed 8-9 wins every year because of their unique home ground advantage and who they play there and then only need to win another 3-4 games each season to make finals. That is a huge advantage for starters. Their location has assisted their recruiting as well. The endless stream of Victorian tax dollars given to them hasn’t hurt either.

Gee I hope you are wrong and Lions belt them today. With all their advantages, I am as sick of them as much as I detest Carlton.

Without major injuries in both years, especially late in the 2022 season, poor kicking for goal and a thug act, Goody might be a triple Premiership Coach. Who would be the master Coach then, given the benefits provided to the Geelong club by Government funding and its unique location and AFL advantage?

Apparently Sam De Koning filthy on being left out 2nd final in a row.

Wow and we finished top 4 and but for a thug act and some poor kicking for goal, we might have been in another GF. Imagine if we had a good culture then.