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Wouldn't that be likely to injure him? We should get the bloke that can throw the house!

Do they need to be OOC? Doesn't seem to matter when other clubs come at our blokes...

Very little sadly. The Social Media age has degraded journalism to a gutter profession. (Some) Lawyers get a bad wrap for being ambulance chasers, Journalism in the 2020s has taken it to a whole other level.

Agree Mach5. An in principle agreement was reached weeks back. ANB did us a favour declaring SA in the event PA might have a sniff and drive the price up attached, potential win for club and player. PA didn't enter the race, declared Adelaide and move on. We've no doubt got othe rmatters to deal with and that pick 25 (or whatever package we've negotiated) might unlock currency for other winning moves.

Can't really see how you'd leave the CEO out of a review TBH. The governance structure would be interesting. You'd think the CEO would be the sponsor and not an active participant. I can imagine these reviews can get sticky if the CEO tries to control the narrative to protect the horse called self interest. I'd hope Pert isn't that type of CEO.

Hate's a strong word. Perhaps it comes across that way in some posts. No hate from me but definitely some disappointments. Seemingly little progress with our home base project Very little influence upon the media/ability to control a narrative The club leaks like a collander which has resulted in us getting roasted mercilessly by the media, over an over Club communications possibly worst in the league Spent a lot of time defending the culture/denying a culture problem - I am sure he's invested considerable time trying to improve the culture, thought it's not obvious how/where or if it's helped!

No to Daniel for me. Jake could yet improve, Caleb almost certainly will not. Personally I wouldn't mind if they tried Jake as a forward, either close to goal or high HF/3rd winger like they tried with Billings.

Wow, simply disgusting. How many weeks did he get for that? 3+ I hope...

Agree. I suspect an in principle agreement was made before the announcement. Saying SA initially, vs just Crows was setting out some burley to see if PA might chip in with an offer, perhaps tied to Houston. Once PA didn't have a decent sniff ANB declared the Crows. Class act ANB and well managed by the Dees, honoured a favorite son and avoided unecessary drama (pleasingly)

Nice, some additional scope items Governance, board and operations Delivery of home base Media relations & leaks (verbal/written, not toileting)

I'm with you BBP, it also rewards teams in form at the pointy end and makes it harder for teams in the bottom half of the 8 limp into finals, like the Blues did this year.

If Jeff White's son chooses GC over us we've really **** the bed

A DB return could be a thing that appeased Trac...as I add 2 and 2 to get 5 just like every self respecting journalist in 2024

We did that pre 21, Brown, May, Langdon, Lever. Those deals plus expensive reisginings, Tracc, Oliver, Brawyshaw, Kozzy doesn't leave much in the bank

Agree. Will get us to another level of professionalism and the need for 5+ year deals go away. Teams and players will actually map out their careers and see the whole thing as a partnership. We're together while it makes sense for both parties (eg. likelihood/interest in winning vs opportunities to make money etc.) It will also allow the AFLPA to negotiate more money in the EBA eg. inconvenience of moving allowance. And it brings about the possibility of using free agency as a negotiating tool for clubs/players/agents. Eg. the club agrees that player x becomes a free agent at the end of a contract (or after time served) so that the player knows he isn't just bound by trade to find his new home.

Can only hope he was unfit/injured this year. His lack of penetration when kicking was is a real concern. Spargo would kick further. We've been playing moneyball the last few seasons. Not h ad the cap space to attract serious talent, hence Hunter, McAdam, Schache, Billings, etc speculative & inexpensive Grundy wouldn't have been an option if not for the Pies paying 50%

Unless they know they won't get games elsewhere either. In that case they'll sign. Pick 25 looks to have been overs for McAdam but it's what we had to offer/the Croms wanted and I suspect we'd committed to him months earlier. Another preseason to see what he can do. I'll reserve final judgment for another 9 months or so

Over ager because he was primarily focused on basketball though, is that right? As a catergory b rookie I am not sure what we have to lose, particularly if it might help to lure Mac.

Thanks, pleased I've impressed you

Nathan saying it's necessary is about as close as the players are saying it's necessary as you can get

Because I heard her speak and sadly Kate couldn't inspire me to cross the street to pick up a $50 note stuck in chain link fence

I largely agree Dino the board is there to steer and not drive day to day, but when speaking, the President (or any board member for that matter), should be well across the issues(s) of which they are speaking about. And, they should be able to inspire confidence in that organisation's ability to manage/resolve that issue.

Those sides look painfully slow in my view. We really need AMW and Tholstrup playing at a level that holds a spot because we need the pace, even more so with no ANB and Pickett missing the first 3 games. or, we need to draft/trade in some speed, & kicking skills. This next 6 don't offer any pace either, unless Jeffo has some toe for a big fella "Possibles: Pick 6, Melksham, Jefferson, Billings, Spargo, McAdam, Fullarton"

Did old mate sub Christian with Lever and May?

Good suggestion, would love to know what that entailed. Will never happen