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reports in the herald scum / sadvertiser have it going the other way; crows' losing hope of getting pick 2 as compo

de goey is set to sign for 2 years to take him up to being a free agent backing himself in to get REALLY paid in a couple of years

if the peppies get his bro from footscray i would expect that they'll take him earlier than 9

one pre-season away you say? that's sounds like an mfc player if ever i've heard of one!

if it's true that aliir x2 is going to the pear, then you can completely understand why the swans are after t mac - as a defender

sigh

hunt, pickett are lightning quick

this is why i love demonland

if you don't ask you don't get!

i heard that too sounded like sam edmund throwing darts to me

birchall has triggered his 2021 contract by dint of the amount of games he played in 2020 and intends to go on witherden is on serious coin for the next two years; not sure we could afford him given other targets (brown, i smith, phillips)

$177m of taxpayer money over the course of 15 years to help them monetize their stadium - from which they earn 100% of the signage and naming rights - has been a tremendous 'assistance' in terms of them becoming and maintaining their position as a big club they have massive advantages that no other club has, from lifestyle through to training venue (their own home ground) and facilities, not to mention the constant rumours that cotton on deals 'help' with recruitment and retention from wikipedia re the stadium: A A$28 million redevelopment of the ground was announced in 2003, with A$13.5 million in funding from the Victorian Government, A$4.5 million from the Geelong Football Club, and A$2 million from the AFL. In September 2007, Skilled Stadium received a further total of A$25 million towards the rebuilding of the Ross Drew Stand on the south western side of the ground. Funding for the project included A$14 million from the Federal Government and A$6 million from the Victorian Government. April 2011: redevelopment cost $33 million, of which $11.7 million was spent on the new lighting. The total cost of the fourth stage of redevelopment was $91 million, of which $75m came from the Victorian Government, $6m from the City of Greater Geelong, $6 million from the Geelong Football Club and $4 million from the AFL. In April 2017, the Victorian Government announced an investment of $3.9 million in the upcoming state budget to fund the planning and design stage for Stage 5 of the redevelopment. The proposed redevelopment would be the final part of the more than decade-long process to increase the capacity of Kardinia Park to 40,000 and will result in the Ford Stand and Gary Ablett Terrace being removed for the new stand to ring around the remaining open-air section of the stadium.

better than blue (steel) balls...

also, cedric cox - who was talked about as a target here? - has requested a trade home to western australia

nah, rebel has said nothing of the sort when a company offers you $100k plus the jobs that it creates to do a (pretty silly) publicity stunt i imagine the afl nearly bit their hands off taking the cheque from them

not if he wants to stay in seq to work on continuing to build his businesses

publicity stunt by rebel sport, and about $100k, plus various contracts for companies to dig up, transport, re-plant etc.

i think his business interests in seq will keep him up there; like leppitsch, he's another highly regarded assistant who is 'taking a break' from the hurly-burley of it all

presumably that means no nigel lappin leaving cats to come to us?

if he really is getting a 3 year deal there then we should be able to finagle something in a trade

i think that was prior to the delisted free agents being able to be simply picked up by a team

he once tried out for man u?

welcome back brad, and hello david hope they tell the former to cool it on the right wing tweets a touch

ben buckley: announces north will undergo exhaustive process to identify and employ best candidate for senior coaching role nek minnit: glenn archer announces adam kingsley as new north coach??!? the amount of control the former #11 seems to have at that club is extraordinary