Fat Tony

I’m glad I can still enjoy watching the 2021 grand final!

Roffey was interviewed on SEN and made it seem like she had not been in contract with Petracca after his injury. This was clearly not the case (based on Petracca's interview on the MFC website where he even stated Roffey by name). The football media has been all over her for not offering enough support and this was clear from listening to SEN callers immediately after the interview. She needed to be on the front foot and correct the record.

It makes Roffey look like a dill for letting this idea hang out there for 30 hours uncorrected.

He would be slow at AFL level.

The club will need someone to fall on their sword and Roffey and Pert will suffice. The issues at the club are all because we have some DH players, but it is time for a fresh voice.

Smillie looks a bit slow and looks a reasonable but not outstanding kick. Cripps and Tom Green are similar players but they obviously have elite reflexes and decision making skills. It is hard to determine if he as at their level in terms of ball winning and disposal in tight.

There are first rounders and first rounders. He is worth about 2,400 index points and even then I think we are getting the rough end of the pineapple. If WCE offer pick 3, it is in the realm of fair, but I still would not like the trade.

Maxy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My concern with Daniel is that he is not overly quick and not a long kick. This means he a a 45 metre player and I like 60m players at half back to open up the game. Plus, he also not a great one-on-one defender.

The President/CEO are always fall guys for when footy clubs get things wrong. Are Pert and Roffey really responsible for any of our issues? I would say no. Roffey has kept a closed shop since taking charge, but had we done what the previous guy wanted, we might not have won the flag in 2021.

It might not mean compensation to us but it may dilute St Kilda's compensation for Battle. The system is deliberately vague.

Wonder if St Kilda do a late pick trade with us so that they don't impact any compensation for Battle.

The hearing is at 6.30pm tonight.

Zak Jones actually had a pretty good finish to the season, with an AFL Player Rating of 10.6 in the last 7 games and he is out of contract. We might have won against Brisbane, GWS and Port had he been playing for us those nights.

I think Tex Walker makes more sense if we go this direction.

Goodwin can't properly develop players? McVee, Rivers, Pickett, Windsor, Turner, JVR, Tholstrup, Bowey, Jackson, Howes, Chandler, Petty, Fritsch, Spargo, ANB, Hunt would beg to differ.

He deviates towards the ball and tries to kick it off the ground and braces after Moore unexpectedly slid into the contest. If Moore had have got to the ball earlier and attacked the ball in that manner, Kossie would have got a free kick for taking his legs out.

Rachele is on too much money. Look at the Giants list for some options. They have too many small forwards to play them all.

I think we can build around Disco and JVR, with Fritsch as a third tall. We would get more value from insert a player like Tom Papley, Bobby Hill or Charlie Cameron than Max King. Matt Owies is a player we should look at. Sam Wicks is another. If we keep Petracca and find some depth in the midfield, he can be used forward as well.

You pay a steep price to do it and it worked with Kossie because we selected so well. But the other similar trades have been costly (although we have still selected well with JVR and Bowey and so they haven't ended up so bad). I would prefer we go the other way and trade our picks into the future (and earn the steep interest rate) but the people in power have too much career risk and this conflicts with the long-term interests of the club. Obviously the trade into the 2020 draft would have also been a spectacular win had we netted Bowey and Holmes.

For another future first round pick. JVR wasn’t free.

No because the rib cage goes around your body and is not just on your side. The belief that you are less likely to cause concussions from not bracing is false. If you hit someone in the head at full speed, it doesn’t matter (to the player hit in the head) if you’re arm is straight or parallel to the ground.

Read it again. We traded our 2021 pick for a pick in 2020.

I thought the Weideman decision was wrong at the time. Players sliding in like that are leaving themselves open.

Two other points about this incident. 1. Kossie only took one step after Moore elected to slide (and he was at near top speed so he could not deviate). This meant that impact was inevitable. 2. The ball bobbles back to Moore at the last bounce, which meant that Kossie misses the ball with his kick off the ground attempt.