whatwhat say what

easy solution - finish last, get him at pick #1?

clearly you don't have kayo on yr phone...

i love the smell of mfcss in the morning

Flagmantle trade request incoming

both behavioural types are fine as long as the result is positive

it's not often that the greatest player in his position, ever, retires we've been so lucky to have him as a player and a leader

so we're 3-5 years away from being 3-5 years away?

a lot of waffle and not a lot said by stephen smith here https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1967897/letter-from-steven-smith-2026-season

looks like changes are incoming: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/the-afl-is-about-to-shake-up-the-draft-and-it-s-set-to-cost-the-blues-a-record-price-20260306-p5o87l.html Key pointsThe AFL wants to protect the integrity of the draft – keep top 10 selections available to the teams that finish in the bottom 10. Clubs matching bids on draftees will likely have a loading on the points they pay, weighted according to where they finish on the ladder. Clubs would only be able to use two picks to match a bid – meaning that if they finish high on the ladder, they would likely have to give up existing talent to get enough points. Carlton, who want to land father-son Cody Walker this year, prepared for this scenario when they traded out Charlie Curnow, nabbing Sydney’s first-round picks for the next two seasons. If the proposed weighting had been in place in 2025, the Lions might have had 25 per cent extra in points (for example) added to academy prospect Daniel Annable’s price, making it harder for them to match the bid that came for him at pick six.

can't remember who posted this originally on here, but i always think of this screed published in 2025 when people talk about clubs tumbling into trouble... It’s over. At some point the analytics told the AFL that 85% of its audience aren’t going anywhere - regardless of results. Huge, monumental spectacle is what the AFL wants its brand to be. Why spend decades building up half the competition when the other half already provides everything you need? The smart big clubs woke up to this a while back. Collingwood’s list strategy is diabolical on paper, but they know they’ll just top up on talent because the system is built to sustain them. 3 of Geelong’s 4 best players came from other clubs. This year was the least competitive season of AFL ever. The top 9 teams were decided by mid April. Thats 5.5 months of meaningless footy for half the clubs. The Age report on how poor this season was because they aren’t feeding directly from the AFL trough. Everyone else just happily follows the talking points, or else they might not get a good free suite at next years Gather Round. It annoys me enormously that 2025 will be a huge financial success for the AFL because its overall product has stunk this year, and the guy leading the organisation never really wanted the job, and clearly has no vision for the future of the game. This is all part of the problem. It continues to succeed in spite of itself, because we love the game too much.

the stand rule has gone from making it 18 vs 17 to 18 vs 16 cos any time two players hear 'stand' they freeze on the spot for fear of giving away a 50 - as the season goes on it'll be relaxed, guaranteed right up to the point where it costs a 50, a goal, and a win in the dying seconds of a game later in the season that decides whether we make the play-in tournament or not; my mfcss is a-tingling at the possibilities! last touch between the arcs was effectively what they were doing for the last couple of years anyway; now it's just removed the grey the centre line in the centre circle for rucks is proving interesting already; a couple of times last night tdk delayed his jump and cameron went up with knee out to brace for impact, and got penalised as such - certain he'll try the same vs gawn this week

he reminds me of jack grimes - gets a lot of footy boundary-side and proceeds to spray it out on the full

we'll run out of legs i think - 2 preseason hitouts followed by 1 real game vs 1 and a bit preseason games will be telling

shirley marshall needs to come off for an hia

pendlebury for mine i think he's the best player the filth have had across the last 50 or so years dangerfield is not even the best cats player of his time period there

Give it time

they already do that with the celebrations

isn't every pollie boo'd at nearly every public appearance? i certainly can't think of any that are cheered outside the likes of russia, north korea, etc.

hogan - riccardi - gruzewski - brown - stringer - plus cadman and daniels to come in is quite the potent - and tall, with the exception of daniels - forward 50 for gw$

happy with this

travis bazzana

this is as-directed by head office every club will have it ghastly

Crowds are irrelevant at the end of the day It’s about broadcast rights; 4 teams in NSW and qld are integral to that

GC17 look good

5 years to run on his deal? Will be interesting to see if he finishes his career at gc17 That was a lovely goal