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yeah, neitz for me too top 3 would defo be him, stynes, and lyon

well, that's me done in the footy industry then have worked at club level for port adelaide, for telstra network, then fox sports over the last decade and a half made redundant today, along with a plethora or others covid-19 has been a helluva blow to the industry

brett lovett was a supplementary or under 19s at hawks, yeah? i don't think of him as recycled, and neither do i with farmer - they didn't play senior footy for any other club before ours i don't think... a few of those listed are before my time, so i'll go: brett lovett would be my #1 if he was considered 'recycled' jeff white brian wilson peter moore bernie vince clint bizzell peter rohde darren bennett anthony ingerson brent moloney peter vardy at #11 who comes in if lovett isn't 'recycled'

2018 champion data ranking points?

nrl are targeting july 1 resumption - will try and go before that if they can

this is the bad news message before they announce that the afl will be going 'full bernie' and taking all revenue in the game, distributing it evenly between 18 clubs in order for them to survive about time the afl went full socialist rather than the half-measures of salary cap, soft cap, and other some restrictive measures

we developed him for about 165 games! i was a massive fan - not so much for his football, which was patchy at best, but cos he was a genuinely great guy

some...generous...yep, let's go with generous rankings in there

god the velvet sledgehammer is an utter moron

Kolodjashnij Vandenberg Nietschke Hunt Baker Chandler Brown C Wagner J Wagner Smith

no dramas whatsoever

when you look at that, we really haven't had many indigenous players in comparison with other clubs, have we? i'd go: aaron davey nev jetta jeff farmer eddie jackson matthew whelan andy lovell jeff garlett sean charles liam jurrah austin wonnaemirri if may, kozzy pickett, and bedford become regular senior players they'll rocket into the top 10

yeah, it's not good is it they are saying that players will be available as 'supplementary' players in the need of circumstances but how that will work in a practrical sense i have no idea a reduction to 35 on a list would definitely mean that you wouldn't be willing to 'carry' injured players

@Satyriconhome, it's not unsubstantiated and it's not a rumour presuming you mean 2019? at one stage i think we had 26 players to pick from... this makes sense to me too although they may think that with reduction of quarter lengths to 16 mins + time on that the wear and tear on bodies will be reduced anyway, negating the need for on-field reductions

they clearly need to focus on the priorities, which is CLEARLY g & t, light on the t!

i literally just read that: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/global-condom-shortage-coronavirus-shuts-down-production baby boom 2.0

would welcome him back in a heartbeat but i doubt it'll happen

what's the win:loss record for games jack martin has played in? not including those that he's been injured in... he's not that good

one of the bizarre things doing the rounds at the moment is that list squads will be reduced to 35, which - given our propensity for injury - doesn't seem like nearly enough apaz clubs will be able to sign players on short term waiver wires, much as clubs do in international sports but, for curiosity's sake, who would survive the chop at the dees? steven may nathan jones christian salem james harmes christian petracca luke jackson jack viney jake lever charlie spargo angus brayshaw max gawn toby bedford clayton oliver michael hibberd ed langdon jake melksham mitch hannan adam tomlinson brayden preuss james jordon trent rivers tom mcdonald sam weideman oscar mcdonald alex neal-bullen bayley fritsch tom sparrow marty hore harrison petty kysaiah pickett neville jetta jay lockhart kyle dunkley first pick second pick this is on the presumption that at the end of this year you only need to add two picks rather than the standard three... lots of squads around the league will look seriously short of depth; ours included if jones and hibberd retire, who makes it through? brown? a perennial injury like avb or smith?

another option - by far my preferred one - is that the afl finally embraces it's quasi-socialism and instead of clubs making revenue on gate takings, finals, merchandise etc., the afl takes it ALL and splits all revenues such as those, as well as broadcast rights etc., evenly between the 18 clubs no more haves and have-nots, but instead everyone is on an equal footing

we're merging with caaaaaaaaaaarlton; there's no such thing that visy can't 'fix'! also, jake niall has published this: But the biggest question of all will be the future of the 18 clubs. Had this calamity happened before expansion, there wouldn't be a Gold Coast or Greater Western Sydney and it's unclear whether AFLW would exist either. A couple of Victorian clubs, too, would be in danger of disappearing or being relocated to Gold Coast/Tasmania. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/amid-the-afl-s-great-depression-who-takes-the-hit-20200326-p54e56.html

and jack martin, for those who stressed about missing out on him... B: Jetta - May - Weitering HB: Docherty - Lever - Salem ? Walsh - Cripps - Langdon HF: Petracca - Curnow - Martin F: McKay - T Mac - Betts Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Viney I/c: Marchbank - Melksham - Petrevski-Seton - Pickett ?

no, i don't think it's the best model, just the 'best model' that the afl might be look at

because they weren't expecting covid-19 to cut a swathe thru the world economy?

unfortunately it very well may be needed in an ideal world a 12 or 14 team national afl competition would be the ideal 'model' with 22 or 26 games - and doing away completely with the pre-season rubbish - allows everyone playing home and away sadly, those thinking that we'd be part of that need to think again 16 min quarters plus time on will be here to stay as well