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I haven't felt this bad about leadership going out the door since Junior Mac.

I think Max is burnt out from all this stuff to be honest. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he felt like stepping down from captaincy. 12 months from hell

One positive is that so many are positive in the Nibbler trade thread and wish him the best.

Have to agree, I think this was happening whenever it was happening. Life..

The memories last forever

Imagine having your eulogy written by Demonland..

Something is not right at the club right now. Constant leaks are not something that just happen, it is a sign that not everyone is on the same page on and off the field. You have to question the motive that they had to leak this news THIS WEEK. There will be people happy to say all is well at the club but this is certainly a blip and trust is being breached by a rat in the ranks.

90%? I reckon I've given maybe 2 critique posts on Nibbler's game in the last 5 years and while there's plenty here that have heaped it on him, I'm certain that he's beloved by many on here.

The more pertinent question is why was it leaked this week. That's what I'd like to know...

The plans might have been conceived though?

Most people's favourite player that they didn't realise was their favourite. Will miss you Nibbler.

We're stuffed. Leadership down the toilet

I can't really comment on Kate's leadership as I don't sit on board meetings or any other governance level tasks at the club. I do feel that Kate is someone who prefers to leave the football management stuff to the football people and not get stuck in with things outside if her wheelhouse and I do prefer this to the gung ho approach of Kennett, Gordon, Cochrane etc. My only real issue is on the home base.

29 pages and a cloud of dust

E-scooter ban looms. I can read 9 news too.

The letter is good, said what needed to be said. Whether he's unhappy or not remains to be seen and if he is unhappy, whether it's about the handling of the injury or the direction of the footy club.

I'm not so sure about this anymore. I think there are different levels of care and wanting the club to succeed. A) The majority of us that want the club to succeed year on year, winning matters and they want the FD held to high standards. B) The people that want success but aren't going to give anyone a hard time if it doesn't happen. Will support the club no matter what. C) The ones where winning is nice but not everything. Football might be more of a social thing to them than about the team's fortunes. None of these are wrong of course but can cause communication breakdowns. Person A may as well be talking Chinese if person C reads their thoughts in a thread like this.

I thought PJ was going to sign up Roos then and there on that show!

I can totally understand if the family are still disgruntled after KB even if we followed protocol. Life is never an armchair ride at a footy club or a job. This is a challenge we need to get through.

I solely watched Oliver for about 10 mins in the 2nd or 3rd quarter, he hardly moved from the centre square or wing area and was usually 30+ metres off the contest. Barely broke out of a jog. He has to have a virus or something, yes he's had a down year but something about this game looked different. Someone in the gameday thread mentioned when he came off he was throwing up or something like that so who knows but it made the Clarry we've been getting this year look pretty good.

I felt like I asked this in one of the non Q & A eps so I'd like to bump it again but apologies in advance if it's been covered already on an ep I missed, would be great to hear everyone's thoughts: "If Ed Langdon were going to the Paris Olympics, what would be his pet event on the track? 800m/1500mm/5k/10k/Marathon/something else?"

Everyone be nice to the train driver.

Fantastic post. This is exactly where we are at right now and a little reality check is what is needed.

Could he be that guy? Yes. Could he not? Yes.

Least favourite thread on Demonland currently.