whatwhat say what

wouldn't want to go anywhere near rory lobb

17 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Question.  Is there any club that makes their players drive over an hour to get to training sessions at Cranbourne or sometimes 90 minutes in heavy traffic.  Not sure it’s favourable compared with Cats, Bombers, Pies, Blues training arrangements.  Caulfield would be a perfect location.  Make it happen and like Geelong, made the state government pay for it !!!! 

joe daniher drives 2+ hours to go from byron bay, where he lives, to brisvegas

4 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Boy, you’re just a fountain of positivity aintchya Bud?! You seem to have a problem with Cat. B rookies: first KFW, now Fullarton. At least wait until they’ve played even one AFL game for us before you start sending out your usual failure vibes. 

fullarton is a senior list player, not a cat b rookie i thought?

30 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Interesting that no matches to be played there which puts Casey firmly into play for VFL etc

four ovals plan remains the key for us

two at caulfield, two at casey

be handy to run a poll and see if demonlanders think greene (and / or hogan) will get off

i suspect greene will and hogan won't

5 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

I think Petty is massively overrated on here. The club would be locked up for not taking picks 4 and 23 should they be offered.

it's not about 4 and 23 - which is likely to become something more like 7 and 30 - it's about how do you replace a player of his ilk - a 25 year old tall who can hold down a key role forward or back, and be part of a premiership-winning defensive set-up

easier said than done

1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

If Turner comes on and pick 4 and 23 can become pick 1 or 2 we can potentially pick up the next Petracca or Oliver. That extends our window. This club cannot afford to drop down the ladder whilst teams 19 and 20 come in. You watch what’s about to happen to Richmond 

we'd need to replace a 25 year old key forward / premiership winning back with something of a similar ilk

that's why crom are offering petty a small fortune; his like don't exactly grow on trees

i remain hopeful that he'll be offered commensurate with his importance to the side beyond 2025 and will stay with us; we need him to do so

16 minutes ago, Demonland said:

There will be no Podcast tonight as advertised last week. Apologies for the late notice. We will return next week.

the week just won't be the same

pick 4 and 23 provides zero value for us compared to a swingman 25 year old premiership player

we are in 'win now' mode and taking a player like petty out of our best 23 does NOT help us do so 

25 minutes ago, binman said:

Jordan refusing to come to the dees, and instead going to the hawks.

presuming you mean jarman?

2 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Suns midfield beating the Swans but just can’t create enough chances

Suns a chance for an upset

sydney seem able to maintain distance of a 2-4 goals 

34 minutes ago, fr_ap said:

Yeo despises the Dees. Would never happen. 

why?

i'm sure no hatred a 4 year contract for a 30 year old couldn't assuage 

34 minutes ago, fr_ap said:

Certainly feels like we're firmly in the 6-8 bracket doesn't it. 

not really!

i feel like we're a 1-6 side personally

1 hour ago, Little Goffy said:

Still not ready for the Jake Waterman 2025 free agency thread?

elliott yeo ooc at the end of this year too...

19 minutes ago, layzie said:

It's the compound effect of the two grueling away games in a 5 day period that got us (One of them was very warm from memory too?). A 9 day break from that would have been much needed. 

Having said that after the bye I don't want to hear it again. 

i expect we'll suffer from fatigue against the baggers on a thursday nite...

- 13 days til Richmond
- then ⁠10 til cats
- then ⁠5 til baggers
- ⁠then 10 til meth coke

having a 5 day gap between geelong and carlton match-ups is particularly strange imo

i'm in two minds about going to filth vs pear as an afl member neutral as well - might hit you up @Bring-Back-Powell and @danielE288 if i end up doing so

12 minutes ago, BoBo said:

Giants not playing at their home stadium for 7 rounds in a row is madness

that's because it's used for the easter show

hence why they have home games in canberra during this time 

4 minutes ago, layzie said:

I think it's a real shame that we haven't pursued Irish talent in 20 years. It's part of our heritage and for reasons that can't be explained we don't see the experiment as viable.

Quite often you see some very good kicks in these lads, something we could always use more of in the list. 

it's incredibly costly from all reports

we might be better off than we were a decade ago, but we don't have the cash nor support staff to spend in the likes of these areas

14 minutes ago, No. 31 said:

 

they're just prepping em for the inevitable request to be traded to geelong

22 minutes ago, Palace Dees said:

Racking my brain to recall the last player swap, with no (significant) picks involved. 🤔

clark to geelong

lumumba to melbourne

varcoe to filth

1 hour ago, Jeremy said:

You can trade picks all the way up to and on draft night though? 6,11,12,15 and a future first, there’s no doubt we could’ve made some big plays with that, had a month to prepare it, probably would’ve made the eagles have a good hard think about trading pick 1 

we wouldn't want picks, we'd want players

we're in 'win now' mode not 'plan for the future' mode

ross the boss' opening line in the presser last nite: "that wasn't us"

oi! stop stealing goody's material!!

35 minutes ago, Jeremy said:

On the last day of trade Adelaide offered two first rounders, 11 and 15 

offer came way too late

we would've wanted to turn that into something else, and wouldn't have had the time to work a deal

typical crom

aints putting on zero defensive pressure

2 minutes ago, Gunna’s said:

Looks like a terrible crowd. Where are those pissant journalists?

almost like playing two minnow clubs at a carpark on a thursday nite is a terrible idea

50 minutes ago, layzie said:

It's nice to see that Binman can suggest on the podcast that we should have cashed in without being completely attacked or called a Judas. 

I do worry about this foot, will know a lot more come mid year.

the problem being there wasn't a cash-in

the offer was mcadam and pick 14, which ended up as pick 19, from memory

petty is worth more than that