whatwhat say what

just gotta hope the foot injury is not going to hamper him longer term any club worth their salt should be sniffing around him as a free agent

put simply, the team has a history of bottling it in the big moments since mid way through 2022

this was exactly as predicted no update outside of 'more updates soon' frustrating, but better than 'it's dead, and we're back to square one'

the important announcement is that the possibility of caulfield is yet to be snuffed out

baker-west compares herself to tyla hanks - yes please! the allen highlights showcase some nicely weighted kicks that hit targets; that's what i'm keen to see more of at the dees

head office gives a lot of lip(stick on a pig) service to the aflw

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'speeding up the game' is pretty important if you consider that each boundary throw in takes a minute to set-up; i.e. the rucks get into position (which is absurd in and of itself, from boundary throw-ins to around the ground stoppages) then 4-6 mins of extra 'playing time' is a pretty significant change the sooner that they remove the 'ruck nomination' around the ground stoppages the better - if two players go up to contest at a stoppage then it's an automatic free kick anyway, so why do they need a ruckman to get in place, nominate themselves, then contest?

we are as close to a home base as we have ever been i still don't think there's going to be a 'major announcement' at the agm; it will be more a case of 'we continue to work towards it' and honestly? i'm okay with that - the important is that we are not told that the 'dream' of caulfield, but continues to have active progress towards an announcement the agitating for it to happen doesn't make it happen any faster

i loved dogga but there's no way he'd be picked ahead of salem on the half back flank controversial, putting wizard on the pine... i guess he can kick ten or so after he comes on at half time? mine... B: Jetta - May - Lever HB: Davey - T. McDonald - Salem C: Brayshaw - Petracca - Langdon HF: Fritsch - Schwarz - K. Pickett F: Robertson - Neitz - Farmer Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Viney I/c: Jones - Johnstone - Green - J. McDonald - White Emerg: Rivers - Bruce - Whelan

fwiw, here's the current team of the century: if it is generally agreed that gawn and neitz are 'locks' to come into the starting 18, let alone the broad squad of 28 that we named, then i would argue that - by dint of games played alone - tiger and big bob are first 'outs' of the emergencies, with chadwick and lock out of the 24 and into emergencies hardeman and cordner to the pine with neitz at chb - although it seems crazy to have our record goal kicker and only coleman medallist at chb, where he started his career but not where he finished it - and gawn into the ruck?

in my mind we're a bit like the milwaukee bucks, who also won their drought-breaking championship in 2021, who were there or thereabouts for the next couple of seasons before injury, poor recruitment, and a general inability to adapt to a changing style of basketball that rendered their approach second rate giannis is now agitating to leave that ailing franchise, just as trac did for us, and it seems a matter of time until he forces a trade away from them, just as trac did for us

he'll carry the midfield, much as he did this year, and arguably the last too

naicos is so good that he's almost underrated

4x premiership player vs an outstanding performer in a poor side in the last half of his afl career; if davey had had the team success that cyril brought to his side then i suspect he'd be held in high regard dingley were good, and on the way up prior to him joining them, but getting cyril ahead of their 2008 premiership changed their side remarkably and cyril was always primarily a 'forward' whereas aaron became a wing, a half-back, a midfielder...

another stupid graphic to fill the off-season content quota bears' midfield is so good cos it runs about 10 deep it's not about 'top three' it's about collective group edit: also, why are ruckmen never included in midfield groups? the best ones, like max, are effectively another midfielder, running around getting 20-30 possessions and a truckload of intercept marks into the bargain

if yr after 7 nominations to challenge those in the current greatest mfc side side, i would argue that there's cases to be made for the following... david neitz james mcdonald aaron davey max gawn christian petracca clayton oliver steven may the only 'locks' in there at the moment would be neitz and gawn, with trac and claz the next obvious 'ins', while i think davey has a super strong case to make i would hope that by the time that his career is completed, regardless of when his time in red and blue finishes (as we know that contracts mean bupkis), that kozi pickett will be a lock for a spot too

i personally am not expecting any major updates at the agm it's not going to be anything revelatory, if anything at all

no, it's an open draft now

why are the vics - with the exception of mcluggage - looking up and to the left and the wa lads - with the exception of clark and jackson - looking up and to the right?

Thoughts are that no one will draft her until north do so North aflw remind me of hawthorn aflm of the 2010s I don’t like em but they sure are winners

pear are going to need some extra points in 2026 in order to claim cochrane, while so too might the baggers to select father-son walker

tis the season

yr the man, dan new album for the drones in 2026?