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Kozzie Pickett is back

Steven May might have a new career as a step ladder

How good is Max Gawn

Can't say I'm that disappointed for Howe.

A reasonable position we find ourselves in

It's the AFL. Hoping or wishing for them to behave a certain way is a futile exercise. I'm very much for the idea of local acts on Grand Final day, I think it's a great one. But where are all the local talent spruikers when it comes to attending their gigs? The best way to support an up and coming band is to go and see that band.

Just quietly though how good Swiss cheese.

Nice job! Wasn't serious but like the initiative.

It's like the square root of a million, no-one will ever know..

Seems to be that way Luci. My back injury has prevented me from attending recently so my head is in the wilderness a bit with match times. These last 3 weeks I've just assumed we had the Sunday late game until my mum texts me 'Go Dees' about an hour before the bounce and I go into a mad and juvenile panic!

Grim topic.. Dunno. Could be 3, could be 7. Unless there is money for closest to the pin then I'm too tired to have a crack.

I take your points. Seems a bit brutal though, what if the new coach wanted the person that was axed? Is it just bad luck?

No that's fair enough and thanks for explaining. However it doesn't make perfect sense and the confusion isn't totally unjustified, they aren't contractors. I'm sure decisions like these are made all the time when there's a coach in place for the following season but it would make sense for the new coach to look at the coaching staff and see who they would like to retain. Doesn't work that way it seems.

Like Goodwin, surprised at the timing of the axing. I'd have liked the new coach to be sorted and see if they had use for Chocco. Feels like a Richardson call and it feels like he's here to stay.

Just wish it worked out a bit better for him. Plenty of stories just like this in the league. One of the good guys, all the best Marty,

It's the only constitution we've got.

Aha! Got it now. So when Nick Bosa was at training camp lifting dumbells on the sidelines in front of the girls he was holding in! Jauan Jennings strikes me as a very unselfish player but I think it has been to his detriment. Clearly wanted and deserved a new contract but didn't make a fuss. No hold out or hold in and now it's stuffed him up.

'Holding out' has been a term used forever and a day in the NFL at this time of year. A player basically doesn't take part in training camp or games until they've worked out a new contract or they get the franchise tag eg. Micah Parsons However I'm now starting to hear the term 'holding in' a lot lately. Can anyone fill me in on the meaning of this one? @Gorgoroth @Macca ? I'm guessing it means doing training camp but being unofficially disgruntled about their contract situation?

I might be jaded about this game, but that doesn't mean I won't be absolutely stoked if we somehow got a win over the black and white filth. I'm just not allowing myself to dream too much. We owe them for 2017, we had hope for last year but were never in it. If that happens again it would be disappointing but not surprising, change the narrative.

Horrible news. Normally I try to pump this thread up in case a journo is reading but we'll leave that be for now..

I would hope he's one of the first re-appointments made.

Wonder why he's in Melbourne? 😜 Time to ramp up the noise again.

This is the most accurate assessment in my view. We have some reasonable but speculative young talent. Probably about the average or slightly above for most AFL lists.

Bingo bango what a tango!

Couldn't agree more. He's had some shockers over last two seasons but this was taking the p15s. Sometimes giving Gunston 20 metres of space. May is someone I would never accuse of this, but he legitimately looked like he didn't want to be there. His best is behind him, whether he can still be of some value to the new coach remains to be seen but he's no longer box office.