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Yes, atrociuos

Best of luck Staff. Successful or not I am sure he tried his hardest. 11 years in one place in AFL football is an eternity

I'd be pleased with that if fences can/have been mended

I'd support the wildcard if it reduced the length of the H&A season. A widcard weekend of 4 teams would at least save 3 otherwise meaningless games

Billings has another year on his contrac as does Fullarton. TMac will sign on for 1 more I reckon, why wouldn't both parties want that after this year> Known exists: Gus Smith ANB BBB Hunter Schache Maybe exits Tomlinson - suspect he'll look elsewhere but will stay if insufficient interest? Sestan - has he shown enough to stay on the list, perhaps retained in a rookie spot? Re-signings: AMW (to main list from rookie) Melksham +1 (not sure if we can rookie again or needs to move to main list?) TMac +1 Hore +1 K Brown Kentfield Verrall KFW (not sure if we can rookie again?)

I think AMW comes in and Juddy spends more time in the midfield.

Clever & fast!

We went as a family in 2022, spent a week in Adelaide and overall it was a great experience. However, if I wasn't alreayd convinced South Australians hate Victorians I was convinced by the time we headed to the pub for dinner on night 1. Then the game, I can remember vebatim the quotes from my 9 year old daughter, all before quarter time: Why are they saying those rude things about Gawny? What they saying Fritsch's hairtcut looks like? We don't use those words do we daddy? Dad, I don't feel very safe here! She was very quiet after quarter time. Silver lining, we won by plenty and we all got ice creams to celebrate 😊

Agree with this. We've allowed ourselves to be bullied too often. On and off the field. This Friday is a perfect time to put a stop to onfield bullying.

Old school Kevin Nash getting a good ron on DL lately! 😄 Hopefully no one breaks out the Magic Mike version.

To that end Tyson Stengle leaves a nightclub in an ambulance on a saturday night and it's crickets...Bizarre, master manipulation by Geelong or controls applied by the AFL Overlords?

Jack's played 115 games now. Not a kid...stats not overwhelming (whelming maybe) but he looks to be full of talent when I see him on TV. Maybe not Dimma's type?

Assume AMW get's Tom Sparrow's spot on that performance? Andy Moniz-Wakefield 1 behind 23 kicks 12 handballs 25 disposals 9 marks 3 tackles 130 dream team points Out of interest, was it: 23 kicks, 12 handballs 35 disposals, or was it 13 kicks? Lukosious has Jack Watts type skills and more pace. Must be struggling with his role and/or fitness, would be a good get. Moyle too.

He's a freak athelete Gawn. Built for endurance and with inspiring leavels of resilience and mental strength. We should also consider that Max played very little footy between 17 and 22 due to injury. Plenty of gas in the tank, though I'd prefer he only play 16 - 18 games in the H&A season. If we can find him am effective long term understudy he could go on another 5 years. Every player is only one injury away from retirement whether 21 or 31.

Great work WCW (as always)...You've set some hearts and minds at ease, for now at least!

Agree on McCrae, protected by the media because of Collingwood but he is a whinger of the highest order

I really want to give Tracc the benefit of the doubt here but would love to know how Max really feels about this.

Sarcasm? Not sure this behaviour warrants captaincy. It may in some universe but not on the evidence presented currently./

Dee, I get your logic here but please. He was contracted for next year anyway. We've tacked on 2 more because he's still the best ruck and captain in the league but more importantly the timing of such a commitment speaks volumes, particularly right now! I'd also fully expect that, as others have mentioned, the extension allowed some smoothing of his 2025 earnings. This bloke is Melbourne

The 6 or 8 games we've got into Kolt this year will be a bonus for next year

I'm confident Clayton is going nowhere. Pretty sure Viney will stay put too. But on tracc it's as simple as you've got 5 years left on a contract. Work with us to make us better or retire and rescind your contract. We must not entertain a trade under any circumstance. Refuse to be bullied and stand together. If he's in great. If he's out, he's out on his own, not in other colours.

Love Jack. 7th in the Brownlow last year and has been a warrior year after year. Hope he stays, will be missed if he goes. But, if he goes North, or whoever seeks his service, they must pay up. No freebies. Could be a win win.

Go get em Dees. Statement...

Great point, overall in hindsight I think we've actually done ok considering all the hurdles, those made ourselves and those not our fault, but... We've been stinky in way too many games, either for sizeable chunks (Blues, Dogs, Roos, Lions) or the whole game (Eagles, Dockers, Pies) The silver lining is we blooded some kids this year that have potential (Windsor, Kolt & AMW) and trialled Rivers and Disco in different positions presenting some reason for optimism long term in those roles

I'd argue they do, but not all clubs all of the time. We are definitely a soft target and beacuse of recent success and a raft of high profile players we're in a sweet spot where the general public has some interest and we're not big enough that the media are concerned about [censored] off the club/members. The Collingwood salary cap dump (which I am convinced was a breach papered over), JDG legal issues, racism scandals etc. Didn't get anywhere near the attention we seem to for even minor things like Clayton firing up at Selwyn. Likewise Geelong and Richmond seem to skate along without a lot of media attention. Are there zero fires there? No f'n way...