buck_nekkid

Easy way to do it: from round 17-23, the 2 best performing teams not in the top 8 (games won, percentage) regardless of finishing position, get intro the wildcard Game. The interest would be intense for all the bottom teams and their supporters, and rewards late season form.

Cf: last year - Trac squibbed contested ball and Oliver was mostly average, only sometimes excellent. We have moved these two on and have ended up with genuine midfield nous (Steele) and a raft of youngsters that add real value to the centre. First possessions are fine, but they have been over-rated if you look at the stats - we got our hands on the ball first heaps of times, but didn’t use it well enough. 2026 should be better in this regard. Then add a new, positive style and refreshed ‘culture’ and we have more upside than downside. I hope we finish 8-10th, are a team people like to watch and are a team that challenges the best, even when we dont win.

A quick question: is training at Gosh’s on Wednesday? 9:30 start???

awesome, thanks so much for the report, and also the vid was a good find!

Nah, it’s not 26 and overcast, with massive humidity and an afternoon cracker of a storm…. 43 degrees will bake the soles off your shoes!

Be a team i am proud of, regardless of result. 8-14th is pass mark for mine.

Great, can you please point me to it? Looking back through this thread hasn’t revealed it. Thx in advance!

An article about our preseason in the HUN, behind as paywall. Anyone be bothered to get it and share it?

Best available, then positional need. Let’s see how he turns up and turns it on…. Go the Lisp!

Lawdy Lawdy NO! Some Journo wants me to click a story why he thinks this is a good idea?? Is he brain dead? Just wanting clicks? Both?

Or Wagner?

Now the Derkson decision makes more sense

So we take Griller and Sullie at 7/8, then hit up Pickett with our later selection, then rookie White and sinnerman….. (dream scenario….)

Each player is given targets and a program to follow over their off-time. They will train, but not in club gear or in ‘organised’ events. The aim is to come back in shape to help make the formal pre-season a success. Most footballers have a short break, or surgery and recovery, then get right back into it. You will hear commentators say they ‘came back in ripping shape’, for example….

Yep, if Heath is better, then he has to be #1 ruck. I have no probs with that at all…

Currently i would have a blank team sheet. Every spot must be earned.

We have been rated B+ down for our trade period. Would you agree, and if not, why not? (I would rate us an A - problems out, replacements in, needs addressed and a handful of draft opportunities. The proof is in the Pudding, and I think with out the chef and the fruitcake, the pudding should be sweeter…)

Ah chee. Otherwise no Fanks. If they cant find a home via trade, we should no scoop then up.

Does the spat inside the MR affect us? Their massive debts, their revolving door CEOs, the chairman issues??

We exchanged a boy of Clay(ton) for a man of Steele!

Checker in 41?

Summer is long.. lets see who emerges…

So, do the leaks stop now???

McAdam in fwd pocket.

Just changed my profile pic - didnt think Ollie would be gone, but im pretty happy that we have a new regime, new broom, so this is going to be a good thing!