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the cold snap circa 3pm will have cruelled the crowd by at least 10k you would think theatregoers and the like won't brave the cold

it's gonna be a wet slog

us? gc17? peptides? footscray? puddy tatts pear? bloods bears? meth coke? i reckon a slew of 'who knows' games this week

bears

No Kynan Brown in yr prospective 2023 first round, @IvanBartul13?

given that they're trying to emulate our 2021 set-up it would not surprise me if zurhaar - another wa boy out of contract - was a key target sideshow bob = tabener fritsh = zurhaar gawn / jackson = darcy / dog anb = switkowski [fwiw he is really missed in their forward structure last few rounds] pickett = walters spargo = schultz the one they really lack if lobb goes is a plugger mac type as that gut runner up to the logos as a chf they're basically set up behind the ball very, very similarly to us (three talls, a host of mediums, no genuine lockdown defender) and if fyfe can ever get back to full fitness they have a similar midfield set-up too

when are we signing up rm williams??

anything over 70k is massive in the post-covid era would love to see us top the 'modern' queen's birthday crowd, which is 83.5k in 2018 this year's big freeze total was 76k above that? happy days

also, fwiw, i wasn't referencing a failure to win at the mcg, more so a failure to get chains of ball movement happening to the same degree that we seem to be able to do so at perth stadium

I think the devil horns has to do with the way we set up defensively at stoppages Sparrow did it after his long bomb goal in the premiership and Oliver and Petracca went ‘yeah, nah’ and bang bang bang ensued

Why do we seemingly struggle to move the ball at the MCG compared to the (near) identical Perth stadium?

had a convo with a cats supporting workmate the other week - he sais as ecstatic as he's been with the last decade of the cats, he'd trade their 75% or so winning ratio for a premiership any day of the week

well, if you look at their recruiting since they lost won a premiership, they've used free agency brilliantly to top up or force a trade for key players who are free agents, and then picked the eyes out of trades etc. been a very good wheeler and dealer

best key forward we've had since neitz

howe a quad?

not tall? 203cm is pretty big

it's like people forget that on one knee grundy basically kickstarted the filth's season vs the peptides on anzac day - he was incredible in that game while clearly injured that said...wouldn't want to pay anything close to $1m a year for the next five to him i have faith in our footy dept to get it 'right'

everyone is super confident he's gone but i am prepared to hope, wait, and see 2022 and 2023 first rounders, meek, logue for jackson and our 2022 2nd rounder?

doesn't compete in the air well enough to play as a key back

IN: Sideshow Bob OUT: Weed harmes to replace chandler as the sub

6: viney 5: petracca 4: brayshaw 3: fritsch 2: petty 1: langdon

alternative way to look at it... - angus meets oppo clubs - agrees to mfc offer - spins out media narrative that he's listening to offers; mfc media exposure with pos / neg op cost - does an interview with his mate garry on sen; more mfc media exposure with pos / neg op cost - announces new long-term mfc deal; even MORE mfc media exposure with pos op cost cynical, moi?

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/brayshaw-staying-with-demons-20220728-p5b5a6.html

there's a myriad of ways for players to be able to 'unlock' extra income personally i'm all for them earning big bikkies; they ARE the product i'm very curious to see what happens - i think the current cba has player revenue tied to 28% of revenue in the game, plus a percent of club revenue above profits i think it is, but i would think paul marsh and the aflpa will be trying to increase that significantly next deal i don't know, but i wonder does that 28% also cover the aflw? i'm very happy gus is staying; as much as he drives me insane with some of his clangers, i think he's having a brilliant season and can play multiple rolls for the club over the next 6 years

my guess? because sean darcy comes out as contract as a free agent as a 24 year old in two years time geelong will come HARD for him