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in nba there's usually the 'threat' of a big name player going to a big market from a smaller market team, but the difference is that afl players can refuse trades - e.g. when we wanted howe to go to gc17, they offered him a big money contract, and he still refused to go, then ended up at the pies - whereas when san antonio had a falling out with kawhi leonard they were able to ship him off the year before his free agency to toronto...where he promptly won a championship, before going 'home' to la clips the likes of giannis are bucking the trend a bit; they get A LOT more money to sign for the club that originally drafted them; plus some players prefer the relative quiet of minneapolis over a metropolis like la or nyc

he really is THAT good tho he goes into the middle and changes our structure for the better and gives different avenues of attack at a contested ball situation he's doing things that a 19 year old sub-20 game player simply shouldn't be capable of doing

a fractured back? hells bells, why on earth are they playing him?? what is going on with the duty of care down there? if meth coke / freo wanna offer him a high salary that gives you band 1 compo then they should let him walk

for them, cripps' back is not in a good place apparently, but he's likely to continue to play 'through the pain' - the last time that carlton got on the front foot and admitted he was crocked he was bog against freo at docklands in a dominant display, so beware the wounded warrior de koning is apparently set to replace pittonet which means they're going with de koning / casboult vs gawn / one of the key forwards i can only presume at this stage that weed will come straight in for jackson to maintain consistency of the structure that we have had for the last two weeks

it's a significant 'out', of that there is no doubt it clearly will effect our structures as he's a key player for us despite only being 19 and with less than 20 games to his name

lotsa speculation without any actual acknowledgement of change process football departments in clubs tend to operate by consensus decisions not the whims of individuals one thing i have noticed in the last year is that goodwin seems to be primarily a bench-based coach rather than sitting in the box - and has been so since midway through last year correlates nicely with our run of form since the port adelaide shellacking i think? he has always been said to have a great relationship with the players; their support for him has been unanimous since day dot, and he seems to be very much a 'relationship and communication' based coach

as a matter of interest, how many games has weed played in the vfl over his first five years with the club? he's obviously had 50-odd afl games, but what about lower level down? i think it's easy to forget how little he's actually had; missed a lot of underage footy too he's had some super weird injuries over the journey

developing quickly into everything i wanted dom tyson to be - tall, inside / outside mid who tackles with intent and (more often than not) hits targets has hit the scoreboard on a couple of occasions this year; future burns bright for the kid

if you like don quixote i highly recommend salman rushdie's "quichotte"

you can't stop an lti if a player is incapable of taking the field, they don't play all players are sore already at this point of the year we are playing consistent, process-driven football by dint of having a consistent side with a consistent approach you don't 'mess' with it when you've achieved nothing; we're not richmond

good god no play the best team every week to win every week consistency of personnel is key to, well, consistency

plugger mac, easy he kicks THROUGH the ball

You rang?

Jerdan for the Demonland spelling of choice for his surname?

McKay would command double the contract pay as Weed despite having - prior to 2021 - had an almost identical statistical output

anb got 3, which was upgraded to 4 when we appealed that was in a 17 game season based on that precedent, lycett should by looking at 5 that gets upgraded to 6 when they inevitably appeal

ahem, and hannan could hold his screamers cos it always looks better on the poster if you don't drop the chest mark* *see also: melksham, jake

carltank playing some good footy mitch hannan's set shot kicking still poor

putting the maggots in white would go a long way to differentiating them from most teams

The beauty of going to the game is not having to listen to ch7 if it’s a FTA broadcast or der-Wayne if it’s fox

Meth Coke predominantly in blue; maggots predominantly in blue Never change afl, never change

amazing work @Nasher imagine if the football media actually analysed footy like this; yes, i realise it's a bit myopic to have a single-team focus, but the thing is 'centre clearances' in this game were starkly in contrast to the rest of the stoppages and ultimately the result fascinating stuff, two hours well spent i say!

no change

First win over buddy at the g then We are definitely having a record breaking season

Our first win over Buddy?