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fwiw, in 2016 richmond had two players in the all australian squad - alex rance and dustin martin, who both made the final 22 suffice to say gawn was our only player in the 40-man squad, and he made the side too the following year - the beginning of their golden run of dominance - they had two; same blokes, but this time they both made the side we had hibberd (who made the final side), jetta, and garlett the crows had a whopping 8 - betts, matt crouch, jacobs, laird, lever, lynch, sloane, and walker - with laird, betts, and m crouch making the final 22 a lot can change in a year, let alone three years

opens up a spot at the crows tho

brown did pretty well with north's inefficient kicks i50 reckon he'd do pretty well with ours too

there seems to have been zero talk about any potential deal for him either staying at the dees or going elsewhere?

still think he's vital to our side going forward love his workrate, and so much seems to be about above the shoulders with sam

just about best on ground in the premiership-winning woodville-west torrens team in the sanfl last weekend 30 disposals, 10 marks, nine i50s, and three clearances

adam goodes-a-like will play a lot forward, a bit ruck, and a bit mid could even push back and be a drop back defensive option kid looks the goods

that's sam edmunds / tom browne-level obfuscation right thurrrrrr he might be at freo...or he might not!

frank costa

and jokes in 2020 given that it ain't him :P

we won't go near blakely given his relationship with langdon would LOVE hogan but the story seems to be he's headed for the swans?

i think some people are COTTONing ON as to how the cats manage their books...

some talk that hawkins is in iso with the flu

the only way that free agency will work is if players have no control over trades so pies should be able to ship treloar to gc17, if they so choose to do so, as long as the monetary value of his contract is honoured the issue is that players can 'block' trades (a la howe to gw$ a few years back) unlike in the nba, nfl, mlb, etc., or any other sporting organisation that has a free agency clause after a set period of times (be it 5, 6, or 7 years either at the one club or across the course of a career)

yes and no; one of the things i've heard said is that the afl measures competitiveness by the variety of teams that make prelims carlton (1999) and essendon (2001) have the longest gaps since prelim appearances, while of course gc17 have never even had a 'winning' season, let alone made prelims - every other club has made appearances at least once in the last decade, i think i loathe free agency fwiw

it really doesn't

what's hawthorn got to do with this?

the poor get the picture!

if he is supposedly unhappy, nothing could make me more pissy than a botched operation

tigers, jack riewoldt, dustin martin

is THAT what he had on his arms the whole time?!?? has he set fire to any pubs of late?

i can't fathom that bolded section...friday night was unbelievably tough and competitive wet weather football - a real slog between two class sides i think the issue is there's too many players who are crazy fit but ultimately aren't comparable to the 'poor' players of past eras because there's too many teams, thus too many ordinary players, in modern football we've gone from 20 players taking the field for 12 sides to 22 for 18 the players are so unbelievably fit and modern afl coaches adapted to the international trends of defence-first methodology - push back hard when you've lost possession, kick to the pockets when attacking forward to limit corridor turnover and force repeat stoppages, lock the ball in close and don't allow spread it's a very different game to that of 20 years ago but, hey, that's what happens in 20 years limiting interchange might help, but it won't change the crowding of the contest - the only thing that will stop that might be zones (no thankyou) or reducing it to 16-a-side on-field, which would go against the laws of the game i actually don't mind watching the modern game, and reduced game lengths and only playing each other once has made 2020 a year like no other and - for the most part - a welcome part of what has been the strangest year

i believe north are committed to keeping polec now as higgins is off down the highway to geelong

yeah the treloar stuff is fascinating filth clearly want shot of him; either way, treloar will get his contract paid