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carlton finding new and interesting ways to rort this - they've moved betts to the rookie list, automatic saving of $80k from the cap who will be the first club to shift 5x best 22 players onto the rookie list to save $400,000 from their cap? peptides? or the filth?

weid quite literally had the #1 key defender for the majority of the year he and mckay are tracking remarkably similarly, yet everyone is hot to trot for the bluebagger the biggest discrepancy between the pair is that mckay has a higher average number of turnovers, clangers, and marks, and a far worse disposal efficiency

shame it turned out like it did, as he was the exact sort of player we need good luck to him in his post-football life

is there any other way?!??

atrocious 2019; outstanding 2020 all on him for 2021

time to ask them when we will get a premiership / home base / new coach / new ceo / new football manager / new boot studder etc. etc.

no way mitch brown is on $300k?? he's a rookie, bound to be on minimum chips

so based on the list starting to fill out prior to the draft... Seniors B: Hibberd - May - Lever HB: Salem - Tomlinson - Rivers C : Langdon - Petracca - Baker HF: Melksham - Weideman - Hunt F: Fritsch - B Brown - Pickett Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Viney I/c: Harmes - Jackson - Brayshaw - vandenBerg Emerg: Spargo - McDonald - Neal-Bullen - Petty Reserves B: Jetta - Smith - Hore HB: Jordon - McDonald - Lockhart C : Nietschke - Jones - GAP HF: Neal-Bullen - Petty - Spargo F: GAP - M Brown - Bedford Foll: Bradtke - Sparrow - Chandler I/c: all draft picks? not considered: Kolodjashnij

this there was a a report not last year but the year before, i think, that the net cost to the afl of running gc17 and gw$ has far exceeded the broadcast revenue uplift that their existence has brought in

i guess the theory is that these guys have ready-made afl bodies by dint of consecutive pre-seasons and also know both the game plan and the culture the club is trying to execute you'd think that none are automatic starters in best 22

treloar ?

That 50m penalty for failing to 'correctly' stand the mark is gonna be...interesting Razor will be in his element: "You moved! That’s 50! Make it 100 for talking back in class!!"

no

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/melbourne-intend-to-keep-mitch-brown-as-they-lock-in-jackson-20201118-p56fph.html

mitch brown staying on for 2021

yeah see that i really don't agree with modern footy gets a bad wrap, particularly by the media, but i think a lot of the criticism is overblown

excellent; short extension but better than nothing!

luke jackson extended til end of 2022 :)

that's the thing tho - regular 100-goals-a-year players were an anomaly not the norm prior to hudson coming into the afl in the late 1960s - prior to that it was only coleman in 1950 and 1952 that scored above the mark after ron todd in 1938 before hudson really kicked off the trend of full forwards being big goal kickers in 1968 the 70s, 80s, and 90s were definitely the time when full forwards booted lots of goals - even then, 12 of those 30 odd years had players not kicking over 100 in the home and away season personally, i really don't care about big goalkickers etc. - i just want to see premierships

Also not what Hutchy said

you mean 'two years' til meth coke throw a small fortune at him to replace jjk ?

gets himself caught far, far too often between where the kick is coming from and where it is going to for mine, easily the most frustrating player on our list as he can clearly play the sport but i don't think he's a 'smart' footballer at all, and has no versatility whatsoever - he can play in the middle and the middle only only works hard one way and doesn't impact the play defensively whatsoever

is he a carlton player yet? ? even if he demands a trade at the end of 2021 will go down in the history books as one of the best midfielders the dees have ever had

i'm another that is a bit like @titan_uranus - i don't mind the modern game at all, which is obviously far lower-scoring than previous eras, but i'm not so sure that that's a bad thing per se key rule changes / interpretation adjustments i'd make: get rid of the ruck nomination rule - two go up from one team? free kick paid reduce bench rotations down to 15 per quarter immediately remove the bounce around the ground; throw it up, make play-on faster - i'd keep it for the centre square as i like the randomness and tradition of it after goals etc. make field umpires fully professional at last and remove one per match; three is too random in terms of decision-making and even in their current semi-professional state they are all super fit and more than able to keep up with play i am one of those who thinks that 16 players per side COULD work, but you'd want to 'test' it - i'd be reducing it to 5 per f50 / d50 rather than remove the 'wings' per se the likes of kevin bartlett would fight that big time tho - it's sacrosanct in the game that it's 18 per side on the field

great to see t mac, lever, and weed working together