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    1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    All White has done here has come in with a Sandra Sully comment... so that all of a sudden makes him a genius in your eyes?

    We have all watched it happen with our own eyes and screaming for change 4 years straight now.

    I like Jeff.. but he didnt tell us anything ground breaking at all to be honest.

    Im not saying he's a genius. And what he outlines for many of us is far from new. But he does give a fair description.

    It does show what, you, I and others have been on about over the years. It always seemed just a handful of things needed reworking/ rethinking.

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    13 hours ago, Demonland said:

    I mentioned in another thread we might be a surprise packet in 26.

    I hadn't seen this then..

    Here Jeff lays it all out.

    A lot of things are fixable...a lot. And the results might be interesting.

    Kick one more goal a game....not a lot really... suddenly youve a 100% ..not great... but a difference. Kick 2 more goals a game ?? A very different season. Thats JUST 2 goals a game...

    What White talks about is changing games (as result ) by 3/4/5 goals a game. And not by total reinvention , just by being less dogmatic , more intuitive and applying a bit more footy 101 common sense.

    We've had the better part of 3 parts out of 4 or 5 of an ok game. The better elements will remain. The connect/assist component ought to change dramatically this coming season as we now have someone in charge who not only understands it but was very instrumental in it at a very successful club.

    Im allowing for absolutely nothing really coming from anyone drafted this year...that output will come in due course. But with a handful of players either maturing or simply nit injured we ought to have a list capable of some decent footy.

    Ive said it time and time again...and it was the impetus behing my wanting fresh leadership at the club...

    New chef , with better recipe.... same ingenuity... very different result

    GonDees

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    8 minutes ago, BLWNBA said:

    I have us at 2 - 8 at Round 10, and wouldn't be entirely confident on either of those wins. This could be a season of pain coming, I reckon.

    Ive just got a weird feeling we're going to be a surprise packet in 26.

    Call me silly, call me mad , just not late for tea

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    5 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Someone posted on Bigfooty that we have the 10th hardest fixture with respect to the quality of double up opponent.

    Geelong have the hardest. St Kilda 13th. Port 17th.

    Tbf... its arbitrary in a fashion. Is based on what was... not what is...or will be. So I'm not really sure of what value that kind of metric is. Only valid if every team remained the same.... which they won't.

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    59 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    No. I actually would be interested in the rationale. What am I missing here?

    Not all Clubs are equal 😉

    Ever noticed how Carlton, Collingwood, Geelong, Essendon and Hawthorn tend to fare over and across the different aspects ??

    It's all just pure coincidence eh......

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    1 minute ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    WTF is the AFL doing scheduling Carltank regularly at night again? Was a disaster this year to the extend 7 didn't what to broadcast them at one point.

    If you really need to ask... you must be new to AFL 😉

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    23 hours ago, William said:

    The AFL, apart from continuing to chase $s at the expense of quality, is I guess assuming that 9th and 10th will be close to 7th and 8th in final points and percentage. But what if 9th and 10th are, for argument’s sake, 3 games (12 points) shy of 8th and/or a significant percentage gap sits between them.

    Then an elimination between these teams is unfair to say the least.

    The afl is nothing about being fair, nothing about preserving the integrity and the inate differences of our game. It's just a self feeding loop from thought bubble via its a$$

    In short they dont care

    On 07/11/2025 at 07:45, rpfc said:

    I may be missing your point as I provided an alternative:

    We may not have put a few names down because we may not want to give other teams a read on who we might take. Especially if we want to trade down.

    I dare say you might be very close to the mark on this. We are notoriously quite clever at the 'picks' game. Many of the top ten picks are something of a Turkey shoot among clubs with their academy and other liens. We haven't those kind of cards.

    If we want to pull off whatever heist the club has in mind then indeed, keep mum.

    Let others guess...and worry.

    15 hours ago, BoBo said:

    Apologies for my sieve like memory, but over the last few seasons, did we play any games without both Tracc and Clarry on the park?

    Did Clarry play all the way through Traccs injury in 24’?

    I stand to be corrected but I dont think we had any games in 24/25 with both absent.

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    15 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

    At least Max, and obviously internally now given the delistings we have made, that we have failed to re-generate the list compared with Geelong.

    Sadly we still have the same basic problem for the coming year, our first 23 has too many players over the age of 29 who WILL play this year because we have no-one to replace them.

    There is an outside chance some kids might get blocks of games subject to fitness/injuries. King is quite good that way.

    We're not winning a flag next year... just bedding down our game... then revise. Jmho.

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    I'm not sure what anybody bases anything on when we/anyone doesn't know the complete list nor how we'll play.

    Goody had a game built around contested stoppages... and the the world moved on. King reportedly has a different game , very different , in mind. Our game of old was all but gladiatorial and British bulldog in style. It worked and then it didn't. I fully expect/suspect a style that builds on verve and flair, playing to footy strengths. A bit of run with pizazz and being efficient. A bit of intelligent footy using skill . Can we do this ? W t f knows ...and thats the point. We can't until we see it. You can neither write us off nor ink us in atm.

    About the only thing I can all but be wholeheartedly assured of is we'll be different.

    I'm looking forward to seeing what that is

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    On 05/11/2025 at 14:00, binman said:

    Windsor is the new Robbie!

    NO ONE is the new Robbie.

    Not sure having Windsor as your name is ideal...

    Hopefully Caleb reaches his potential. Even better... hopefully King has a good appreciation of Windsor (🙄) and puts him where hes best suited

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    6 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

    The players page can’t be changed until the draft is done and dusted. This is an AFL decree.

    Well then thats pure bs

    Of course the AFL are a bunch of...

    It's quite frankly ridiculous to have people who are NOT Melbourne players still there.

    What bollocks reasoning do the AwFuL nongs have ??

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