whatwhat say what

how even is football at the moment?!?? (bloods need not apply)

he cost us a second rounder think of him as a loaner for a year in 2023

of those currently under contract. darcy parish would be one that i would definitely be keen to have a chat with i can't see the peptides wanting to honour their very long deal with him given that their midfield seems to operate better without him as such, if we can take on the wage and not give up much collateral, it would appear to be a potential win: win

as one of the commentators said today, or a variation on it - "grundy is fantastic when he can work himself into the game throughout the course of play" which is true it's also what sets gawn apart as the best ruckman ever having them together in the same side was just a waste of two incredible talents

9 kicks; 8 goals 1 amazing amartey

from mum: 8 kicks and 7 goals 1 for amartey

going okay at 67% disposal efficiency; his clangers and turnovers hurt him - 2.4 and 3.1 a game from only 14.2 possessions per game you can't teach speed and skill what i like is that he is capable of punching the kick when moving at top speed - some of his field kicking this year has been elite

michalanney reminds me so much of ben hart (albeit not as good) impressive young player

agreed i'm really curious to see if he can add that inside / outside game to his arsenal, as it is one of the things that sets the likes of dawson and warner apart

100% game has gone from 'contest and defence' to 'speed and skill'

what about rachele? signed a massive deal and has 'disappointed' this year according to the likes of kornes (i think he's still been pretty good) i'm not sure he's a mid - certainly hasn't rolled thru there this much this year - but he has played in that mid / fwd combo role in the past and has some nice skills biggest query would be pace

can see the bloods doing what they always seem to be doing of late - give up a start in q1, grind their way into it in q2 and q3, and then run away with it in q4 seems to have been the modus operandi of late - it was ours for a while too over the 2021-23 years; you come unstuck eventually, as we know it's a risky way to play

whateley on sen with laura kane was like a dog with a bone - he just wouldn't accept that 'doctors know best' he's a good commentator when he's calling the game, but he's a pretentious poindexter

meh, no premiership

i'm halfway in the roco camp i THINK we're cooked but...we might not be? there's over a third of the season still to go, after all

sorry @WalkingCivilWar, but something that i think is worth discussing re grundy - one of the advantages of trading him for reasonably similar to what we 'paid' for him is we got all his salary off the books where'd the circa ~700k a year go? certainly not on fullarton or billings (with the aints apaz paying a portion towards that of his high salary) i wonder whether we're paying 'unders' this year in order to maximise our salary cap capital in future years now, back to non-mfc - imagine how good the bloods would be if they had been able to keep dawson

wouldn't have made a difference - hawks could absorb the huge salary and there was no way we could do so don't forget he was still on big coin from the gc17 contract most deals for the end of each year are sorted out 6-18 months prior, really, not during the actual trade week; it's why requests out of the blue like petty to the crom or lachie neale suddenly wanting to go back to flagmantle are less rather than more likely to come to fruition

tell that to the dogs when they lose in ballarat again

you probably would've sacked clarkson from hawthorn at the end of 2011, hardwick from tigs at the end of 2016 too?

went with: bears footscray? poos&wees? bloods filth gw$?

My cousin is a stats machine: 13 years on an AFL list, two months older than Max Gawn. Game number 57 tonight Tom Campbell is the full Jake ‘Spencil’ Spencer Campbell - 12.5 years, 57 games Jonathan Giles - 12 years, 63 games Spencil - 10 years, 38 games Honourable mention Andrew Phillips - 12 years, 82 games

this i'd also be keen on their second rounder in exchange for our third as part of it

just need him to recover well for 2025 now

unlikely to happen i would say unfortunately, accidents happen

is hore fit? i thought he was still out injured for some weeks yet... don't see how adding mcadam and amw - who has been learning to play as a defender because his defensive workrate was so poor as a forward - into the forward line adds speed, pressure, competitiveness, nor aggression