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fith don't want a first round pick in 2025 - they have thomas mcguane coming through as a father-son and he is almost certain to be nominated as a first-round pick

i don't think they were 'looked after' any more than what we were when frawley left arguably, battle's contract is probably bigger than chip's was, and he was younger when he left his first team gonna be interesting to see how dingley re-tools their defence with battle and barras likely to come in to it

if we rate kako as the best player at pick #6, then might as well nominate him and force the peptides to pay, as their good fortune in the change to the nga academy came conveniently when they stood to benefit this would mean we'd take finn o'sullivan if that pick thus pushes back one spot there really doesn't appear to be any consensus on the first round this year, whereas in other years it's all been more firm - and all the afl media scribes have wildly fluctuating predictions on who might go where almost like they (shock! horror!!) don't know the inner workings of 18 professional football clubs

crom buddy said mchenry just doesn't ever impact the contest; floats on by from what i have seen watching him play on tv, he doesn't look like he runs hard either way, which is a big no-no for a small forward type

they well may do, as they don't want pick 13 - lombardo is ranked a top 10 likelihood to be bid on - but do want a future first in exchange for it

our future first could be anywhere between 1 and 18... can't see us taking it to the 2025 draft whether it goes now or next year remains to be seen

i'll counter that and say... he can also be stubborn = confident in his approach play favourites with certain players = know who he can rely on to perform when it counts can get caught out with in game tactical shifts at times = backs in his plan to be the one that works these three things apply to EVERY SINGLE AFL COACH

flagmantle fans saying he wants to play for them pear fans saying he wants to play for them media saying he get homesick but he wants to play for melbourne round and round and round we go...

that goal against the pear was a stunner i fully expect he'll be able to rotate thru centre square attendances as he gets stronger - he appears to be an excellent reader of the play and instinctively knows where to move in contested situations to win the loose ball that burst speed around stoppages is very reminiscent of judd in his meth coke days

i guess - no different to greg swann or brian cook or benny gale or craig vozzo etc pert had 10 years at the filth for a decade after being the ceo of austereo and then in a senior exec position at channel 9 under his tenure they rose, won a premiership, fell again - but were one of the two or three most powerful and successful off-field sides in the competition he's been with us since 2018, and seen us rise, win a premiership, and dipped badly in 2024 - we're yet to see if it's a blip or a long term fall - and has overseen record memberships and a genuine drive for two home bases at casey and now caulfield do i think he's a particularly awesome ceo? not really do i think he's a particlarly awful ceo? not really

fwiw trevor nisbett is widely regarded as one of the best ceo's the competition has ever had has been ceo at meth coke since 1999; he's finishing up there this year - he started at the club in 1989

zero finals appearances with that list? hm....

nice lil raid on gw$ by the crom - cumming and peatling

does this mean sloane said no?

yeah i heard about the brownlow bit a day ago, and obviously it's now out in the ether... he was partying hard with a fellow party boy from another party-happy club final straw apparently

mfcss writ large - when things are glum there's worse to come

tell that to the peptides' supporters who remember pj as their ceo and you get a different story... his role at the mfc was very, very different to that at the efc of course, just as pert's role as ceo is very different to pj's time as our ceo

posted this yesterday on the oliver thread; true here too people criticising pert for being a ceo involved in the football dept - that's literally a football club ceo's biggest portfolio that's why you get people like pert, kelly, hocking, gale etc. in there; they've got 30 plus years of footballing business understanding and experience you actually DO want them having the direct conversations around pushing your second highest paid staff member out of the club there's a reason why oliver was meeting hocking and not scott down at the cattery The amount of effort it required to keep players like him in line, and yet always provide a bail out option, is enormous there’s a line where it becomes a whole-club distraction and other staff members - players, off field, etc. - begin to get a bit over it

how his face will actually look...

Ah, but which club

Classique Maclure: Headline: he’s going… Body copy: …maybe?

So yr saying O Mac WAS a star? alongside Frost absolutely lynchpin of our 2018 finals run!

since always they're football ceos not business ceos

he's a good player, but no star about on a par with oscar mcdonald

seems pretty clear we've told him to assess his options; whether that means he leaves or not is a different matter i find it interesting that his first port of call is a club that kicked the tyres this time last year - the difference being that this time the puddy tatts don't have anything close to what i would expect oliver would be worth to us in a trade scenario i don't understand criticising pert for being a ceo involved in the football dept - that's literally a football club ceo's biggest portfolio that's why you get people like pert, kelly, hocking, gale etc. in there; they've got 30 plus years of footballing business understanding and experience you actually DO want them having the direct conversations around pushing your second highest paid staff member out of the club - to do so would, i assume, be something that would be ratified by the board the amount of effort it required to keep players like oliver in line, and yet always provide a bail out option, is enormous - there’s a line where it becomes a whole-club distraction and other staff members - players, off field, etc. - begin to get a bit over it there's a reason why oliver was meeting hocking down at the cattery - bringing in a player with his pay packet and rumoured off field behaviour is a senior exec decision that would be taken to the board for approval as he'd be one of the highest paid players no matter where he goes