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The AFL owes us for keeping the AFL in the news during otherwise dull weeks. Sadly, the reward will probably be getting to play Geelong twice at GMBH next year.

Yes it is a fact that we finised 14th and we must accept that, but the point I was making that focussing negatively on the number 14 may not be reflective of the actual situation. Feel free to feel as miserable as you like about things. Each to their own.

It is possible to do both without endless negativity.

You put so much emphasis on the number 14. Whereas anyone who actually thinks beyond that crude number knows that the comp was very close this year and a few close losses and all the other reasons (you'd call them excuses I know) could have made that number considerably less. Even less than 9. But enjoy your misery while you can.

I enjoy posts which start with IF in the first sentence (good) but then in the rest of the post act as if there is no doubt.

I agree with those saying scrap father/son. With players swapping clubs and the professionalism of the game it distorts equalization attempts to make a competitive league. If a club wants a son for stratigic/romantic reasons, let them choose them at a higher pick than they are worth, or trade picks similarly.

I love DL. People hear or read things, then make all sorts of assumptions about what is going on and then reach conclusions as if their conclusion was written in holy writ, especially if it is consistent with their own previous disapproval of a person or the club. How about some "If this is true, then X" rather than just saying "X"? Just occasionally? In this case try insering an IF at the beginning of the sentence: Pert is shopping Oliver around without the knowledge or in opposition to the list managers, he should be sacked. We can vent all we like, but very few of us know anything about what's goig on.

In a world where the actual list management people don't want to get too involved themselves so they get the CEO to vaguely raise the possibility. If he gets some bites, then the list management people get involved. Look I have no axe to grind on behalf of Pert. But it seems to me that there is such hatred/frustration amongst some on here, that they always assume the worst about anything Pert does. (And no, just saying 'but things are bad and it's his fault' will not change my opinion that some here are just super-negative.) Pert may be a disaster, but assuming he is involving himself in list management decisions without input from the list managers is just that - an assumption.

I don't think it foilows that Pert is " making list management decisions ". If this is true (and it's always a big IF), he could be doing it as requested by the people who do do the list management. He may have had no involvement with the decision, just is the messenger boy,

What’s with the large block of empty seats behind the goals? City end I think.

Geez, you fall for a publicity stunt easily.

An aquaintance of mine paid for an expensive opertation on his variety of bulldog to open up its breathing passages. Their average life expectancy is about 15% of my aging terrier (no, not the aquaintance, the bulldog).

It could be just the consquence of their cheering Maynard when Gus was laid out. Having made one moral error, it is common to double down on it evenif you realise you were in the wrong. Maybe they feel guilt in their heart of hearts and are trying to supress the emotion. On the other hand, maybe they are sociopaths.

all the more reason to give it bogus personal data.

Not much in the survey. https://www.davidsouthwick.com.au/survey/caulfield-racecourse-funding and nothing to prevent bogus submissions.

or "Typical of MFC culture. While Christain is pushing his body hard at a training camp, the rest of the players are drinking at a B&F party".

You do realise I posted that because I thought people would be interested in an AFL related article on a website that few people are probably aware of.

‘People will swim through shit for a dollar’: A list of AFL stars and journos on the gambling payroll

How about calling a truce?

True. But doesn't seem to affecting Twitter/X etc.

Immeditately after Trac issued his statement saying he was stayinng 'in the red and blue', I posted wondering how long it would take for the media to turn on Trac. I didn't think it would be through an official AFL channel. (Oh, and another chance to put the boot into the MFC.)

How about an external review of the AFL?

Why is anyone surprised that a AFL journo would give the cheer squad a serve like that? The concept of respect is foreign to them.

True. ANd make sure you re-watch it late in 2025 because who knows what will happen in 2026.

So we are meant to forgive Maynard for putting one of our best out of that final game (both increasing the chance of a loss) and of the game permanently. In what way is it cringworthy? I would have thought any decent C'wood supporter would be doing the cringing. (But a lot of them cheer him.) As for us finishing 14th - there were a lot of things that caused that. But losing Gus sure didn't help. Pity it wasn't enough to get C'wood into the finals.