Adam The God

Actually teared up when we won. What a brilliant effort. And great that Daisy probably fair wells with a flag, ala Crawford. The way the board have run elections the last two years has soured my view of them considerably. However, we've now ticked off flags for both men and women's teams on that red and blue print released 2 years ago. 70,000 members is the next goal and we need the base sorted by 2024. They'll ultimately be judged by whether they deliver the whole package. Let's see how they go. Go redlegs! ❤💙

If true, I love how aggressive we are.

Agreed, although I do like Liam Neeson.

Speaking of head scratchers, they really didn't need to remake The Naked Gun franchise, and with Liam Neeson. I'm guessing you're like me and very suspect of the move?

There's something weirdly toxic about thet photo, but maybe it's just that Moloney always seemed like a muppet to me and it's clouding my judgement.

Were the shorter terms not put forward by Deemocracy in the first place? The idea that it might take a new board member a few terms to get things running is a pathetic excuse and wouldn't wash in the public or private sector. You keep saying this. It's painfully obvious you have an agenda here though. I don't like that it's gone to court, but what's the solution? From Deemocracy's position, do nothing and waste an opportunity to update the constitution? I couldn't give a stuff about the constitution tbh, although I would like our club to be exploring best practice solutions, which they're clearly not. But I also don't like being told who to vote for in board elections, and this board has done that twice now. It reeks. I want board stability, but I also dread the maintenance of status quo for status quos sake. Stability doesn't necessarily mean keeping the same people on the board. We surely want the best people for the composition of the board. Keeping a closed shop with an unwillingness to let democratic process play out (vis a vis board elections) doesn't sit right with me.

Let me rephrase that. Some attributes are valued more highly than others.

You sound like a libertarian. The type of person that is paranoid about everything. It's not your bank account, it's your email address. Get a grip.

You're either good enough or you're not.

Utterly bizarre why some are getting their knickers in a knot. You're not that important. Just delete the email or throw the letter out. It's really not a big deal. But some like to complain just to complain. Just delete the email, hero.

Yep, kitchen sink dramas. One of my favourite films, Short Cuts, is based on a collection of Carver's short stories. The Australian film Jindabyne by Ray Lawrence, also a good film, is based on one of the same short stories used in Short Cuts. I love Carver. What's he got to do with Brett Ratten Sacked by the Saints? 😁

Life membership is one thing. This is a thread about rings mate. Given how you used to bang on about Schwab, surely you see the parallels?

Completely agree with your OP @old55. If true, this is a ridiculous, potentially culture-undermining move that evokes the bad old days of Cameron Schwab and those nuffy blazers, except it has the additional factor of splitting the playing group. I wonder what Goody and co in the FD think of this. You've got one part of the footy club trying to create a team first, all of us approach and culture, and then you've allegedly got a nuffy board handing out rings. Maybe the board should be kicked in the ring?

A productivity deficit maybe mate? Not sure Sophie Lee would see government spending outstrip taxation. Strange metaphor, but I like it!

Is that a Dutch chef?

And if Phillipou was around for us, would we take him, you think?

Jeepers creepers. What a name.

Mine is some of my initials. I thought, jeepers, ya dope, you probably shouldn't have most of your name in a public forum, hence changing it to not all my initials haha. Very boring story. And good memory @Salems Lot.

Isn't that what the WA teams do to their highly rated local products?

Good one. 👌

We reckon need to target an x factor small with one of our two picks this year in the ND and ideally a Hibberd replacement - unless we think Rivers or Woey are going to be that lockdown defender. Use the rookie list for a back up ruck and a developing ruck.

It's very likely six years ago Grundy wouldn't have chosen us. We are a destination club, even if both of our top acquisitions were salary dumps for their original clubs.

Everyone does. What was that about not being a decent leader? Sounds like a pretty good one to me. Not afraid to have the tough conversations. No wonder Taylor Adams came out so forcefully against the accusation. And like others, I reckon he comes across as a top bloke in that interview. Usually someone who says they're pretty down to earth isn't, but he bucks the trend.

Incredible anyone is questioning Hunter's on field work. He's an elite winger that makes great outside positions, is clean below his knees, isn't afraid to tackle and uses the ball beautifully. As some posters have rightly pointed out, having Hunter on one wing and Langdon on the other is going to be a huge headache for the rest of the competition. It also makes us less predictable and as they're both high minute players, it'll mean not only more rest for our mids, but our gut running forwards too. Finally, in having continuity in your team (ie lots of players with high TOG), the structures we're trying to implement are more consistent and predictable for team mates, which in turn allows more synergy amongst the group. We'll have Langdon, Hunter, Lever and May regularly having 95%+ TOG, and depending what we do with Grundy and Gawn, we may have relatively high TOG for both of them too. The short of it is the decision to recruit Hunter is a no brainer in terms of on field ability.

I wonder if he's hinting here that Hunter will play off half back if he's insinuating like for like with Hunt. It's not like O'Meara is a particularly good player though. He's as slow as a wet week, not all that damaging and doesn't average anywhere near 25 possessions. Maybe he'll be alright alongside Freo's midfield, but he shouldn't be the difference in Freo's fortunes. I assume they view him as the mature age Mundy replacement, but nowhere near as smooth.