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Congratulations to the warrior Jack Viney...

He showed up Grundy and the Sydney midfield

Agree with that . Was really referring to a Campbell type that will have to sit in line behind Max for 3 years.

Max has just re-signed for 3 years (he will be 35 then) No quality ruckman wants to be drafted to sit behind Max for 3 years on the off chance he gets injured.

"We would have smoked Brisbane" - S May

Ah yes youre right. Thanks!

Tracc wiped out a season mucking around with his mates trying to dunk a basketball and did his ACL. just sayin....

Had a lot to do with the timing

They kick instinctively and aren't scared to make mistakes. They kicked so many risky short kicks that nearly always came off. We on the other hand are stagnant, stop start and with players that refuse to run to make leads. It's almost like our entire game plan is 'kick it long to Max'. We are the polar opposite to all the final 8 sides

A pretty amazing effort by Brisbane. 5 ACLs this year, 4 finals, two big finals comebacks. started 0-3 and then 2-7 after 9 rounds (in 13th position) They deserved to win. I was astounded Brisbane were allowed to play the way they did. Their kick mark game from the backline was exactly how they beat us and many teams in the past two years. Almost like the Geelong of 2012-2020. There was nothing new in their game plan except maybe they finally added some very good pressure. The Swans wilted. And their key players stood up. The Swans fwd line is pretty weak whilst the Lions have a lot of firepower up front. We need a big FWD desperately.

Yeah I guess you guys are right. Our fwd line is a towering strength of ours. We must be doing something right

You're a glass half full man. We lost by a kick to Port, GWS, Blues and Brisbane. Win those and the conversation would have been different. We had a terrible year in my view but I can see how Goodwin would look at the above and say we weren't far off.

Why do we get a backman as a forward coach, a ruck as a fwd coach or. defender as midfield coach? Why can't we get Stevie J as a fwd coach?

GWS has him on their website as 194cm but in the accompanying blurb he is 197cm so go figure.... The GIANTS added athletic key forward Wade Derksen to their list in the 2022 AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft. Plucked out of the WAFL by the GIANTS in the middle of the year on the back of an eye-catching 22-disposal, four-goal, seven-mark performance for the Peel Thunder, Derksen is a latecomer to the game after starting off playing rugby. Standing at 197cm, Derksen was previously part of Essendon’s VFL program before playing with Nightcliff in the Northern Territory. Derksen showed strong form for the GIANTS at VFL level in 2023, finishing as the side’s leading goalkicker for the season with 35 majors from 18 games. He was rewarded with a two-year contract extension which will see him in orange and charcoal until the end of 2025.

I don't mind Fagan and he deserves some redemption but seeing Zorko holding the cup up would make me physically ill Go Swans

Unbelievably corrupt

If true that would be a very misguided idea Particularly as Joe still owes the Club $2.4m of the money he promised Paid $1.7m to creditors to escape $305m of debt in a bankruptcy settlement. He's a slippery man.

Most of the top 8 don't play like we play. It seems the trend is to play like we played in 2018. Territory with speed and unpredictability.

hmm OK memory playing tricks...

I was one of those. And judging by the way we played this year it is to Goodwin's instruction. Wait till the cavalry arrives then bomb it forward. No one in the top 8 this year seems to play that way.

So was Hunt

Probably the difference is that Gale hadn't been there that long and so therefore was not essentially 'part of the problem' From memory he was appointed in Dec 2015, the club performed poorly in 2016 and the review was commissioned. They won a flag in 2017. And interestingly from the terrific interview Speed said all the copies of the review were retrieved and shredded. Ho one was allowed to leave the room with a copy. It was definitely not a document for public consumption and nothing from the report was leaked into the media. Seems textbook to me. I don't have any faith in Pert from personal dealings in days gone by and he to me seems 'part of the problem'. His presence in an 'external' review would seem to undermine the process. I hope not and hope the Dees can get back on track.

You can read the PR announcement of her appointment here. https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/114175/roffey-joins-melbourne-board You can read her credentials on her VU page: Kate was previously the Director of Deals, Investment and Major Projects at Wyndham City, where she has played a critical role in securing a new A League team for Melbourne’s West and developing the Public-Private-Partnership deal that will see Australia’s first privately-owned sports stadium built in Wyndham. Kate has extensive experience in developing major sports facilities and previously held an executive position at Tennis Australia leading the billion-dollar Melbourne Park Redevelopment upgrading of facilities for the Australian Open Tennis Championship. Kate has also been a strong advocate for creating visionary cities of the future and was the CEO of the Committee for Melbourne where she successfully led initiatives that ensured Melbourne continued to grow as a prosperous globally connected city.

Everything involving Pert is spin without substance

We've tried that, all duck no dinner..... Is the last part we've struggled with