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Charlie has arrived

Danger got lucky

Definitely need the 4th quarter to shape that one

Bailey is this year's Heeney

Bad handpass

Premiership quarter

Haha shes good in it though!

Tight half worth watching. Brisbane threatened to get their game going.

He's certainly one for the big stage

What a kick

Thats a Charlie special right now

Tightly contested. Both teams jittery still. Good job by Bris to hang in there, if they can just get their uncontested game going a bit they will make this a heck of a match.

Neither team has settled

Great kick Loeman!

The venue I'm at is having the old 'Oh no Kayo isn't showing it, we'll have to create a 7+ account' moment.

Everyone ready for the 2025 Grand Final?

Big move for Burgo and probably inevitable. Wonder how much this would have been a pull for Petracca to Adelaide?

Mihocek is 33 in Feb. A battered 33 as well. Offering 3 years doesn't sound like a winner move.

Probably because he's actually considering it.

I mean this from the bottom of my heart, I like discussing MFC with a lot of people on here but I really, really do not care if people agree with my takes or not. Not on here to rack up likes or win the popular vote, I call it as I see it and that's not changing. Mentioned it a few times but most places I looked at today didnt think it was a bad offer, Cal Twomey asked Riley Beveridge on Gettable today if 14 and F1 gets the deal done and he said yes without thinking about it too much. It's really only been on here where people are emphatically rejecting this offer and I understand that because of the emotional connection. We all have different ambitions with this club. Some would be happy for Petracca to be a one club player at the expense of future success and that is fine. Some want to live through the windshield and not the rear view mirror, making bold and not always popular decisions and that is fine too. The key is that good football clubs make good football decisions, popular or not. I recall very few if any people saying to make the trade for Petty to Adelaide this time two years ago. But now? Haha If we didn't make this deal and Trac's stock plummets more next year anc beyond then I look forward to the first DH who says we should have made the deal.

Yes our ascendency up the ladder was amazing this year keeping all those guys. Keeping stars doesn't always equate to wins.

If that were true then we really should be cashing in a going into full on rebuild mode..

Exactly. I think freeing up cash is going to be better for us than improving our draft position by a couple of picks. The offer may not be what we want but if they took 100% of the contract on it wouldn't be terrible.

The 'shallow draft' thing is a bit of a folly and in my experience, rarely plays a big part in how things turn out. There are good finds in every single draft and why wouldn't you back someone like JT to find them? I'm just glad our list management doesn't work based on what fans think is a 'shallow draft'. As for the compromised draft, it effects every club the same way, much like Richmond's hand did last year, again no reason to sit on our hands. The question with Trac is, do you want to hold him to his contract and maybe tell him that the last few years of his career won't be chasing a flag? Or cash in now, get back into the draft and get what you may not be able to get again. I've said repeatedly that I think the best option is he stays but it's not a no brainer by any stretch and his head his being turned.

Definitely seems like DL is separated from the rest of the world today! Understandable that fans are emotionally connected..