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moved up to sydney to be closer to his kids can't see it happening

i wish we could watch these zoom calls

collingwood have advertising above their number on the back of their guernsey - are they the first club to have two sponsors on the back of jumper? i know clubs are allowed to do it, but i thought it was existing boj sponsor getting double exposure, where's pies have cgu on front and cgu and emirates on back now

super congested and contested low scoring suits the filth, but it keeps the oppo in the game...see also last year's prelim

wow, i wouldn't - salem is among a host of our players who only works hard one way if we're going to persist with this foolhardy shift to the backline, i might be tempted to give harmes the gig - he's disciplined enough and can go with baby jesus when he rolls up to the contest - but my preference is obviously for him to play on dangerfield wherever he goes as a hard tag in midfield or as a defensive stopper when he rotates forward in saying that, if harmes is part of the midfield, perhaps salem is the man?? perhaps he'll respond to being set an actual defensive role i can completely understand why we're going with this forward line - it's essentially the filth and (pre-lynch) tigers model but i just don't think we have the midfield who will work hard enough both ways to make it work the thing about both richmond and collingwood is that at their best they are SUPER disciplined and have an incredible defensive mindset even when we were up and rolling in 2018 i am not sure how good we were defensively, so it's a bit of a risk such is life i guess - ultimately it ain't my job on the line!

i wonder if the racial attack has had any effect on nev? i'm sure he'll be back they're placing a lot of faith in a very inexperienced defence - smith, lockhart and rivers would barely have a season's worth of game experience

so far this season is definitely devoid of interest as a neutral there's too many ordinary teams filled with average players playing poor football if it's not blowouts then it's slogfests between mediocre sides

obvious q's: what are the plans for the home base? what effect will covid have on this? is casey a fallback option? what are plans for additional revenue opportunities given divesting of pokie revenue? what are the short-term and long-term threats of 'rona decimating clubland from a staff / list perspective? if we don't make finals in 2020 does that mean a new coach in 2021? (as outlined in their own future planning documentation) how frustrated are the board by team's performances, given that success off-field is to a large degree dictated by success onfield?

unlikely unless we trade in some picks

didn't he kick a pretty important goal from 50 during a final? i'm happy to persist with charlie

ha, no - just the frost stuff i understand some love him but i have always thought he was massively overrated and we way overpaid for him (second round pick)

couldn't disagree more with this

have a look at how many direct involvements he had in the chains for goals in the intraclub he'll play i reckon if they're going to bring in a 'tall' it might be avb who is squeezed out

all this means is that there's no way the filth and the puddy tatts will travel to wa in 2021

it seems like 35 is going to be too deep for some clubs franchises (e.g. gold coast) to get down to, so 40 might be an okay number including both full list and rookie list (not that there seems to be much differentiation these days between the two) given that the minimum amount of draft picks used is likely to drop to two, i'd say that'd be seven off our list before any trading even takes place likely candidates: nathan jones (retirement?) charlie spargo toby bedford michael hibberd (retirement?) kade kolodjashnij aaron neitschke oskar baker marty hore kade chandler corey wagner josh wagner austin bradtke that's twelve - personally of the seven who'd go i'd nominate: kade kolodjashnij aaron neitschke oskar baker kade chandler corey wagner josh wagner as six likely certainties, then it comes down to what the decision is retaining experience (jones and hibberd) vs height (bradtke) and smalls (spargo, bedford, chandler)

nailed the slobbo

yeah, but his unwillingness to work hard is a major barrier be interesting to see what the crows do at the end of the season - if i was them and a big offer came in for brad crouch, i'd let him walk; likelihood is they'd get a straight after their round 1 compo pick to replace him, which means they could hold two of the top five picks in the draft

worked in the footy industry for over a decade

fogarty is super lazy in terms of his intensity and training efforts needs to work a helluva lot harder on and off the track probably the worst thing that happened to him was getting drafted by the crows; needed to get outta homebase

he doesn't get near the ball enough for mine crows list is pretty slim pickings to be honest ten players will be 28 before the season is out, so you wouldn't touch them straight away, the next group of age group 23-27 includes the likes of brad crouch as an rfa who - seemingly foolishly - thought last year he was a $1m a year player and his brother, neither of whom would help us out overly i'm a big fan of rory laird, but rory atkins? jake kelly? riley knight? meh some of their 23 and unders are pretty okay; they signed wayne milera up to a decent deal last year, i think it was, while elliott himmelberg is out of contract at the end of this season and would definitely be worth having a sniff at, at 22 years of age and 198cm / 96kg key forward prospect but you'd imagine they'd see frampton (comes alive!) and himmelberg as their future key forwards along with fogarty as the third tall - he's going to need to get a lot fitter to play that role tho fish mcasey looks a talent but is super raw

i heard something recently where they said this draft isn't particularly good and is completely diluted due to all the academy and nga selections they also said that next year and the year after are REALLY low in quality - the u/16s national championships last year was apparently bereft of quality it's funny; it used to be that every year the experts would talk the drafts up about the quality coming through...but that hasn't happened for the last couple of years i'm fine with trading out of this year's draft to secure pickett fwiw

reckon most players from the past would find ways to adapt to the modern game they were the best in the country playing in 12 team competitions; as if they wouldn't be in the best in the 18-team one we have now

i reckon garry lyon would be a big-bodied mid a la fyfe / cripps / dangerfield in the modern game neitz would be a classic stay at home defender, and schwarz would be (pre-ox) just as exciting as he was in his pomp jakovich would have to be a helluva fitter in modern times, but his nearest equivalent would probably be stevie johnson? and even he has been retired for nearly five years

when all these hot new things have had as good a start to their careers as oliver then we might be able to compare / contrast can't wait to see our bloodnut go head to head with gc17's one

i would hope that we're somewhere between 6-14th with the potential to push up into the top 6 with a bit of luck, and to drop into the bottom tier without any essentially we're somewhere between a 1st to 18th ranked side