whatwhat say what

according to daniel hoyne from champion data, it's the first time that the coaches have selected the identical players

9 minutes ago, The Panglossian said:

TheHeraldSun had Adams in the best players!!!!!!!

they also didn't have gawn in the votes in the win over gc17

clueless

4 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

Then maybe we can lure him with the promise of a lot of 3:15 Sunday games?

the irony being that these games are more 'valuable' in the first 10 or so weeks of the season that saturday night, as they're on the fta broadcaster rather than locked away behind a paywall

milkshake confirmed to play his 250th against his old mob <3

https://youtu.be/H70INyylBSg

he'll be in high demand as tall blokes who can kick 9 goals in a game and are unrestricted free agents don't grow on trees

would be nice to get one back on the bloods

20 minutes ago, Bowserpower said:

Would you really want to be that close to Bacchus Marsh?

As lovely a place as it is

no, but i'm not zak

2 minutes ago, Bowserpower said:

Fair enough. If they are confident then good luck to them

it all comes down to if butters wants to go where he wants to go

footscray and geelong are the early running favourites cos of their (relative) proximity to bacchus marsh

3 minutes ago, Bowserpower said:

You seem confident they will match any offer.

they're going to need picks to select their nga, f/s selections over the next two years

their ceo, matt richardson, has already said that they're confident that they can match any bid that comes in from a financial standpoint

i can't see that changing

35 minutes ago, Dee Boys said:

How do people still not understand free agency? Port can and will match any offer for Butters. If you want him you’ll be giving up at least 3 first rounders for him, nobody’s getting him “for free”.

exactly

2 2026 1sts + 1 2027 1sts is the bare minimum offering accepted and the pear will want them to be 'good' 1st round picks, given cochrane (indigenous academy, 2026), steve salopek's son and zemes pilot (f/s and academy, 2027) are going to cost them plenty

24 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

It’s the lack of communication that makes me angry. It would take a couple of minutes to update the site.

part of the challenge of the disconnect between football, football admin, and admin being in separate locations i suspect

the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing unless there is very specific and ascribed internal comms

9 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

But at some stage the likes of T Mc and Melksham have to make way for some younger guys.

if he's fit, milkshake should play imo

his experience and nous is vital for that f50

he would know, i assume

next!

now to find out how corey ah-mu is not on our nga list in 2027

honestly, with the expected changes to the draft value indexation and the picks that you'll be required to use on a top end talent, there's not really any 'discount' any more moving forward

gw$, the bears, gc17, and bloods sucked the value out of it

baggers and the pear are going to pay up, bigly, to get the likes of walker, salopek, and cochrane

it's probably fairer / more equitable than it was, but the likes of cochrane, as an example, has been parachuted / grandfathered into the pear's indigenous academy in the last 6 months

fwiw, i always think the 'average' age of a list / team is a bit misleading; the median tends to tell you more about where sit in the experience ladder

we have three clear outliers in our side last weekend, with the four (edit: forgot about checkers) elder lads in the side, but they're evened out, somewhat, by the three first- and second-year players who are all around that 20 year age bracket

it's also worth looking at the games-played brackets in the footywire link:

hard to argue against the selections to be honest

sheezel unlucky, perhaps?

interesting tidbit on the couch - windsor is 4th behind richards, bont, and english for winning the ball from centre clearances

that was a fun watch

84,712

Massive crowd

1 minute ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

What’s that mean? Lol. AFL coming up with new things all the time..

no, dingley changed it - it went from fully ticketed (e.g. you needed to upgrade to an assigned seat etc. if you were mcc / afl members etc.) to not

i'd guess it's 85k+ at the moment; sounds great and looks packed

5 minutes ago, adonski said:

Weddle should have taken Essendon's Godfather offer

there was no offer

there was a media campaign after the trade period in 2025 that the peptides would target him on a big money deal after his contract was up

i can't see a player leaving dingley to go to the peptides at this point in time

imagine wizard and pickett/s in the same side

would be fun to watch

very entertaining game

similar in some ways to our game yesterday - fast ball movement

Puddy Tatts letting Dingley run thru the middle of the G unimpeded doesn’t seem like a smart move

Seems to happen often when they play on a proper ground

Just now, DeeSpencer said:

Not sure Anderson, Powell and Touk would count as one paced, maybe not express but they’re great midfield runners.

We took advantage of Tracc and Humphrey out and especially of Rowell being underdone.

I feel like Rowell has been best on against us for most of the last 5 or so games. No doubt he was rusty but Steele, Sparrow and even Windsor and Kozzie pressured and tackled him superbly.

steele had a good post-game interview where they said that with rowell they tried to stick to his right hand side to limit his quick hands as he was clearly struggling post-finger injury with handling the ball cleanly

smart tactics

48 minutes ago, Macca said:

You talk like every listed player is a future star when the reality is that there are numerous players who will never get past C grade level. Hundreds in fact

So there's plenty of room for journeymen or for players that can fill a void

We should know, we've recruited and turned over any number of players who at best, are there to fill a void or are just depth players

Not every recruit is going to have a chance of becoming a gun player

Bonner as a depth player providing a bit of value is a distinct possibility ... but not necessarily at the MFC

But if Adams is another NQR, what do we do if Petty & Lever get injured? For starters, we'd need TMac to stay upright

eh? i basically implied he's a very good vfl-level player - which he clearly is

oh, and i'd like him to be in a casey premiership or three!

if petty and / or lever get injured, it's tmac or gawn to chb! the big fella always said he thinks he could be a full back

what was the expected scores?

it felt like gc17 could not miss, dobbing goals from 50+ on the boundary with their wrong foot