Adam The God

If I'm a player agent, I'm advising my client to go to Melbourne over Hawthorn. The Merrett debacle will have ramifications. If you're going that hard, you need to get the deal done. Mitchell and Hawthorn looked incompetent.

I think we sort of want the Blues to get close to making the 8 and do nothing in finals. We want Voss there for as long as possible. A bit like Buckley at Collingwood, but Voss is even worse.

And also I'd imagine Tim plays a relatively hard game with Freo who continually poach our players. Not exactly an unbiased source then.

Yep, at this stage, I'm happy to load up on elite youngsters with JT at the wheel.

Fear is not a good motivator and never has been. It might have been used in the past, I used it in my first few years of coaching, but just because it was used, doesn't mean it worked.

The most negative poster on here, Greg. Congratulations.

Bloody Tim Lamb's at it again. 🤦

Paul Kelly is an Adelaide supporter I'm afraid.

But surely our Demonland peanut gallery knows more than AFL insiders? I'm surprised by that.

I think the action seemed to cause the injury though as he did seem dazed, despite passing concussion test. Therefore, to my mind, it's a punishable offence.

Dwyane Russell... that's your source? 😄

I figured, going by the video posted to socials yesterday that featured him, but thanks for the heads up.

Clarry was the best player in the comp in 2022, and arguably in 2021 too. He was also brilliant in the first 10 games of 2023. So saying he hasn't played well for three years is not really correct.

I'd argue this is a much bigger gamble than Clarry. Clarry was the best player in the competition when he signed on. We knew about his poor history and had managed it up until that point. He had rarely been injured... Contrast this with Walsh. Started off beautifully in a very poor team. Has a checkered injury history and allegedly a crook back. Sure, Carlton should know whether that back poses a chronic problem, but a deal like this seems very sketchy given Walsh isn't even the best midfielder at Carlton.

Wasn't sure where to put this, but Carlton remain 2-3 years behind us the whole time. Now they're signing the likes of Walsh, who can barely get on the park, to new 8 year extensions on big money. They had their mini implosion last year with Curnow ala Trac and Oliver at the end of 2024, and pulled the trigger earlier than us in that timeline, but Walsh and Cerra are injury prone, Cripps is 603 years old. They're lucky they've got a bunch of father sons coming through, but their midfield will be ho hum in 2-3 years IMV.