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pert always presents well in the media he knows how to massage the narrative - be at at the mfc, the cfc, or sca but there's a difference between massaging the narrative and managing the circumstances that have led to it

...made sense given their form in the back half of this season...

didn't he just sign a contract extension?

fify i thought the grundy acquisition was a risk, but a risk worth taking - another example of the club not being prepared to simply sit back and NOT try something different they way i see it, we effectively had him as a 'loan' for a year it was a risk, it didn't work move on

crazy that flagmantle, baggers, peptides are all fighting for the last spot in the 8

function and events facilities is seemingly a big part of this pitch too

so far they've gone for ollie wines and jack viney i would imagine luke parker is very much in consideration as well

you forgot... 1. is goodwin the right guy? ii. is roffey the right gal? c) is pert a stooge inserted into our club by eddie?

huge blow imo three heart-and-soul players lost in the space of a year brutal

i didn't, but fortunately, there's google... riposte:

it sounds like stafford, at least, will go as a result of being out of contract mcqualter and chaplin both contracted for 2025

fortunately, you can walk and chew gum at the same time

this given how honest trac is, i think when he does finally 'break his silence' he'll make it clear what the circumstances were and what his intentions were at this stage, i can only presume that, given the lack of comments from him and the statements from pert and gawn, that he has indeed queried his future with the club he won't be the first, nor the last, superstar player to explore his options after his team's poor season

loss to flagmantle in the alice into king's birthday no teams gets dismantled like we did that day and then show such a lack of desire in a big game like king's birthday, compounded by losing our best / second best player, and is likely to play finals i thought our start to the year was very encouraging, given the off-season, but we completely came to a halt mid-year

there's a difference between evidential data and 'the vibe' the former has pickett tracking to be one of the best small forwards since aaron davey reinvented the position - better than stephen milne and eddie betts, and comparable with charlie cameron and cyril rioli 'the vibe' has it that we want to see so much more from him as an output basis and also from a consistency data output from game to game rather than highs and lows from game to game, let alone quarter to quarter i think both @BLWNBA and @Norm Smith's Curse can be generally speaking 'correct' in their positions i think pickett is a helluva player - much like davey, his high level output will ultimately see him transitioning beyond being 'only' one of the best small forwards of his era

sparrow

so in terms of replacing his high half-forward / gut running wing / occasional midfielder role, do we all just presume it's tom sparrow who'll have to step into the breach to allow trac to rotate forward as a 'weapon' i50? i query whether sparrow is up to doing the job as well as nibbs

it's really upsetting to lose a player of his ilk in his prime he's worth far more to us than what we will receive for him really irritating

the problem with will brodie and deven robertson and players like that is that they don't have an particular weapons or traits that make them a standout player they're the harmes / dunstan type depth players at good sides for a reason, and i don't think they'll particularly stand out in poorer sides i'd rather a ben keays type, which is ironic that anb is linked to the crom, as keays plays a very similar role to him there

it'd start at two first round picks and a best 22 player as a make-weight for the salary so, say it's the peptides, it's 2 first + parish and even then WE WOZ ROBBED

pretty much my thought too there's a big difference between our first round pick + future 1st when the current year's component is 6 vs when it's 13

Houston is a significantly superior player to Cummings

If he was in red and blue this weekend he’d be our #1 midfielder

So… I know we expect him to play and perform in the last few weeks, but should he be playing? What happens if he cops a significant injury? Also, if an agreement can’t be reached with the Crom or the Pear, will he be amenable to staying on at MFC or will he retire?

it's a real shame but... if he wants to go, he wants to go