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I can't think of anything more distressing or disastrous (regarding my footy team that hasn't already happened)!

Selfishly I hope Max doesn't play...though I know he will want to

It's not stealing if you are accessing it through a library that is subscribed to a legitimate service. Everyone's council rates are paying for it.

That's been on hold for 6+ years

I wasn't there and didn't see the stream but would be interested peoples thoughts that did in relation to this comment. Noting it's presented with zero context below, it doesn't scream 'unified exective management team'

That's some call back...The Prince! I must say, I have no idea was an inveterate diagonal runner is. Sounds painful.

The Hawks are flying at the moment. Our effort was good, they are just fitter, cleaner and better organised than we are at the moment. Hawks have won 4 of their last 5, with the only loss during that time being to Adelaide away (14 points), despite leading by 8 at 3QT. The only teams in better form are Adelaide and Geelong. Pies are battling and missing some key personnel. If we bring a similar effort to what we did against the Hawks and Dogs we'll run them very late. A lift from Pickett and a fair shake from the fluroscents would see us with a chance (IMV)

I like it JJJ. Lever as the third tall back with Petty and Turner in the key posts makes sense to me. I like the fleetness of the other backs you've named. Riv-dog I think we need in the middle. He was excellent there late 24, has a step or two and a long boot. I've been of the view we should have tried Salem in the forward line since the end of 23. He's too slow transitioning back to defend the goals these days. Realistically though he would only fit in the role that's Melk's ATM.

Sparrow had 23 disposals at 80% efficiency, plus 4 tackles and jumped at the ball to bring it to ground vs bigger opponents a few times. Hasn't had a great year but he was good v Hawks. If we're selecting on form... Outs Sharp, May In Tholstrup, Kentfield Petty can be moved back in case of emergency.

Agree with the observations of Clayton. Clayton would get so much of the ball because he made it to more contests than any other player of his type and still had the endurance, power and burst to get the ball and get it out. Now he doesn't get to as many contests because he doens't have the endurance and doesn't get the ball out as much because he has less burst. He could get some of it back though & still be a big contributor. Maybe not at a B&F/top 5 Brownlow level though I think.

I'd like to think he'd try to further improve the positive aspects of the current gameplan as opposed to starting again from scratch. If you believe the talking heads on the tube we're top 4 in ball movement. If we retain than and get to top 4 in defending transition we'd be back in the hunt I'd have thought?

One cap, two ledgers. One compliant, one less-compliant.

Serious question. Is it Meahan or Meaghan?

Agree with all those that said no one should have been surprised by the board reaching this decision. The timing is somewhat of a surprise but it isn't difficult to understand if you work backwards from when the FA/trade period starts (October 3). Waiting until the end of the season to make the call and start the process makes it virtually impossible to have someone in the chair unless it was a promotion for Chaplin (or someone else within) and even then we'd need ot do that without properly testing the market. The current timeline laid out sees someone start before the GF.

I noticed that too. What an outrageous opinon for a so call journalist to put into print. Vindictive, nasty & degrading at worst. Immeasurable ignorance at best.