whatwhat say what

leaks don't come out of the club

And those that want to play for a ‘big club’

completely ridiculous we're one of 18 teams in a domestic competition that doesn't have relegation if he wants to go, go if players don't want to be at your club there's no point trying to hold them

My central maxim during football season amongst fellow followers of the code every time we lose is “[censored] football; it’s a [censored] sport and I hate it” Never been truer post-season

gawn had two injuries this year, from memory - both impact injuries he was, by some margin, the best ruckman in the league

gawn on the decline? huh?? viney the same... probably two of the top - and most consistent - performers in 2024

do you even mfcss bro

third if you exclude the tiny sample size of yze (1 game for 1 win) and smaller sample size of bert chadwin (53 games for 38 wins in the home and away, 4 wins and 1 loss for 1 premiership in finals) then goodwin is #3 on our current list of winningest coaches ever... norm smith: 181 wins, 5 draws, 101 losses, 63.94% winning rate in home & away seasons // 16 wins, 7 losses, 69.57% winning rate in finals for 6 premierships from 8 attempts checker hughes: 146 wins, 1 draw, 93 losses, 61.04% in h&a // 11 wins, 1 draw, 6 losses, 63.89% in finals, 4 from 6 premierships simon goodwin: 99 wins, 1 draw, 72 losses, 57.85%, 5 wins, 5 losses 50% in finals, 1 from 1 tactically innovative, embraced by the playing list, seemingly disliked / underappreciated by the media...

well, i would argue, that in the last strategic plan the club achieved 4 of the 5 outcomes stated the one glaring omission was the home base but, as per other threads, that ain't for want of trying...

hope so

i would expect that any plans and commitments - such as those alluded to by @smurf - may be started over i know there is so much criticism of the board and administration of finding us a home base, but it really ain't for want of trying

as an inside mid he doesn't win enough contested football as an outside mid he doesn't use it cleanly he's too slow to play the nibbler role as a push-up half forward i think there's a reason he's always on the outer at the puddy tatts - he's classique 'good, ordinary' and too good for vfl, not good enough for permanent afl ...yet he's available as an unrestricted free agent which obviously holds appeal...

one thing... can you 'work on burst pace' or is it something that you innately have as part of your natural athletic gifts? we've tried to train clayton to 'use his legs' to power out of the contest and it worked very well in that 2021-23 inclusive period, but before that his fitness base didn't allow him to do it and this year was a write-off in that regard as well due to him not being able to do so as he did in his peak years you also don't want to do away with a player's core assets - such as smillie's strength in the contest - while ultimately harming what makes him so valuable i look at the way gc17 have tried to re-tool matt rowell to get him to burst away from stoppages and he's not particularly effective at it - yet - cos it's not in his natural footballing make-up

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/racing/we-had-no-choice-how-a-rebel-blindsided-the-melbourne-racing-club-20240827-p5k5my.html

ah right, other side of the race course derby thai right by caulfield station is excellent and always chockers too

this is what we need the game has transitioned from 'contest and defence' - the mantras of premiership sides like richmond, melbourne, geelong, and wannabes like carlton - to 'speed and skill' like the filth executed last year for premiership success, and like bloods, Gw$, footscray, and dingley are trying to utilise successfully in 2024 you simply must have players who are good ball users - it was the hawthorn under clarkson mantra

i'm good with that i'm on record as not being a huge fan of tomlinson, but good luck to him

great point they may want to trade as a result

pfft, a ruckman who can barely get off the ground? he'll never make it!

i think it's fair to say dimma is not a fan

no, cos it'll be pick 6 on draft night

well, no, obviously but it would seem that clear that we're not judging from the all the media murmurings

noble's back half of the year has been very good losing rioli, bolton, baker as well as retirements of martin and grimes plus others is a massive glut of experience out of the tigs

lukosious will be going to one of the adelaide teams i agree that when trac goes, as suspected, we need to reignite our midfield options from a senior perspective not just a development one, as per richo's comment on radio the other day footscray's jack macrae must surely be an option if they truly want him off their books as too good be dylan shiel, darcy parish from the peptides i'm not hugely enthused by those three, but they're three that may be options

whilst i think they're quite different players in terms of their skillsets, fwiw head to head comparison of jefferson vs caddy in the vfl in 2024... matt jefferson: 17 games, 29 goals 19 (with 2-3 games played in the backline), 9.4 disposals, 3.5 marks, 1.9 tackles, 54.2 fantasy points nate caddy: 8 games, 11 goals 9, 10.6 disposals, 4.4 marks, 1.5 tackles, 56.4 fantasy points