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$1.2m per annum over 6 would gaff a very rich cousin...

both are out of contract so would be in danger of delisting

i'm really annoyed by this - http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-08-17/son-of-olympian-joins-saints-next-gen-academy nt kid who is now at melbourne grammar how we miss out on developing him beggars belief

wallace is an idiot but unfortunately he's right that it's on the coach as the pattern has been continuing for three years goodwin can't stop our players choking when the opportunity presents itself, but the fact that it has been happening for three years is the biggest concern i'm not the coach's biggest fan, but the fact remains that we have regularly won contested ball, i50s, shots on, and so on and so forth - in terms of the basic metrics of modern football we seem to be doing the right thing, as goodwin says - he says 17 times out of 20 we've been within a kick when the siren blows; it's actually only 15 - so it shows that in some respects his message of how to do the basics to be in games is working but at the same time we've given up runs of easy goals for the oppo and our players have then definitely fought tooth and nail to get in the position to win games - or been in front, a la geelong when the siren blows - but the common feature in all our losses is a run-on of goals from the oppo that we can't stop and then a panic within the playing ranks and an inability to stem the flow vs geelong in rd 1, where we had the opportunity to win what i thought was a pretty closely fought game and fluffed it vs hawthorn in rd 4, where it looks like the team gave up - worst loss for the year for mine for that reason alone vs richmond in rd 5, where i thought we gave our all and then dishearteningly got stream-rolled by the reigning premier in the last vs pies in rd 12, where we didn't give a whimper and allowed them to completely control play from the square to their forward line vs port in rd 14, where we absolutely dominated but could not score in a pretty poorly-skilled, poorly-maggoted match-up vs saints in rd 15, where we played appalling football after the first 15 minutes until the last 15 minutes of the game and lost by 2 vs geelong in rd 18, where we absolutely, categorically 100% choked under the pressure under lights at kardinia park vs sydney in rd 21, where again when the pressure was on to perform, the players choked and failed to execute the finishing skills it's exactly what affected us the last two seasons and now we're at the end of the third and the common trait of run-on then panic hasn't changed the perceived wisdom is that goodwin was effectively coaching in roos' final year, which means we're now ending the third year of his tenure and we've shown that we can play but that we lack mental strength and tactical ability to adjust under pressure - and it's cost us every year people forget the appalling display against carlton and then disintegration against geelong the week after in 2016 - that was nearly as bad as last year to be honest, missing this year is expected based upon previous performances goodwin will be under HUGE pressure in 2019

it would go nowhere near getting it done - it would be daylight robbery for us if he's leaving meth coke, it's as a free agent, not in a trade

Seeing as Gaff has been clear he's not meeting with any clubs whilst in Melbourne, there's no way he met with Woosha in the last fortnight The link to the Peptides does make some sense nevertheless, given the pharmacist connection

The club has been at pains to point to media and the like that 2020 is when they think the window will actually open for us based upon the list demographic - basically when our core young have hit that mystical 70-100 game mark How they factor in the loss of Vince, Lewis, and Jones and Jetta etc being closer to the end within that I have zero idea

lever was robbed; presumably ineligible thru lti? that midfield is stacked; not just some of the best afl players under 22, but some of the best players in the afl in zerrett, oliver, heeney, bont and mclean edit: someone more knowledgeable than i pointed out that lever turned 22 on march 5 - missed cut-off by a three week period...which makes it even more baffling that bont, who turned 22 last november, is in the list

no one is, benjamin button aside

it won't happen - i still think he'll stay at sydney why on earth would you leave such a successful club?

lloyd is reportedly in gc17's sights - big money deal in the offing

i'd like to see... IN: hibberd, kent, melksham, weideman OUT: hogan (injured), spargo, pedersen, hunt (injured) in an ideal world we wouldn't have jkh or garlett running around for us this weekend, but if it was a choice btw them and bugg or an underdone hannan i'd go for them B: Jetta - Frost - Hibberd HB: Lewis - O Mac - Salem ? Jones - Brayshaw - JKH HF: Petracca - T Mac - ANB F: Melksham - Weideman - AVB Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Harmes I/c: Tyson - Kent - Fritsch - Garlett who's left that's available if hibberd and melksham don't come in? wagner and bugg? oy vey...

since he's been in business we've won four premierships!

until such a time as this thread title spells his name correctly, i say it's unlikely we're bringing in some mysterious bloke named 'hannaberry' on mega-coin

i just can't fathom trading a 23 year old key forward who should be about to enter the prime of his career he's got better every full season that he's played he is clearly a confidence player who needs to work very hard and his mental calmness on field to settle down, take the set shot in a familiar way, and then not get increasingly flustered and clearly apprehensive ABOUT kicking for goal despite seemingly buggering his ankle in the second quarter so far he has had: shoulder injury against the dogs hip flexor impact injury against the cats sickness before match against the crows, a game in which he was clearly hampered despite all this he still got: 19 possessions 4 marks 1 tackle 1 goal 3 before the emergence of plugger mac, he's clearly been the best forward we've had since neitz the notion of trading him seems utterly absurd to me

are melksham and hibberd certainties to come back in? hamstrings and quads don't tend to be less than 3 and 6-8 weeks respectively, so i personally doubt whether they are ready with four mainstays of the afl side missing, our depth is really being shown up as shallow on the presumption the former peptiders are good to come back... IN: hibberd, kent, melksham OUT: spargo, pedersen, hunt (injured) if they're not fit, could we see... IN: kent, bugg, wagner OUT: spargo, pedersen, hunt (injured) that's....not ideal

From my position at home, where you can’t really see anything properly: 6 - Harmes 5 - Salem 4 - Brayshaw 3 - Oliver 2 - Tyson 1 - vandenBerg

We remain a good ordinary club I said we’d finish 10th with an 11-11 record; looks like it’ll be 10th with a 12-10 record

we remain a super ordinary football club

we panic under a scintilla of pressure, can't win at the contest, can't catch them on the rebound

too slow

ball bouncing their way

nice to see they're allowed to kick it 5m and have it paid a mark

all the air sucked out of the contest with alex johnson going down we need to capitalise on our opportunities it's an acl on his 'good' knee - that's gutting

i heard that and thought the same as you