Adam The God

His mobility at ground level appears to have returned to 2019 standards, but as a few posters have rightly pointed out, he still requires a good defender and did take Harris Andrews a number of times last night. He stays in for the rest of the year, but who knows what our forward set up looks like next year. This may well be Weideman's position to lose next year. And yes, Daz, Gunston would be nice additional insurance.

Given GWS' big injury list (Tom Green and Cummimg are massive outs, Green was involved in most of their clutch goals) and Greene's likely suspension, I think we'll certainly be playing Geelong. I'd much rather play GWS now, but I can't see it.

He's done it all year and they bought it today, so I reckon they'll be done by it again. The Bulldogs are downright terrible to watch.

Interestingly, just watched the last quarter again and Petty actually grabs at his hamstring late in the game too. Will be fascinating to see what thw club reports...

I'd love to know how our most important player pulls up in Oliver. He definitely copped a whack in that game and didn't look the same after it.

Has to be 1 week minimum, probably 2. It's completely unacceptable.

Lachie Ash would be handy...

Sure, but we won't be trading important players, so unless we can get a deal done another way... it's not happening. I'd also have Viney ahead of Cerra in bigger matches.

My mind's not closed, you're just writing drivel. It's extremely clear that Gus is integral to the fabric of our core. If we were stupid, we'd trade him and risk undermining the culture and togetherness we've worked so hard to create, but we're not. Did you notice which award his team mates backed him for yesterday? He won't be traded unless he wants to go, which I can't see happening.

We won't be trading Gus.

According to one of the Hawthorn Instagram accounts 3-4 days ago, Gunston requested a trade in his exit interview. The same/next day, our alleged interest breaks in the media. Interesting...

Hang on. What? Nathan Buckley? And Taylor Adams? I knew Weitering was a Melbourne supporter, as was Devon Smith and I think Adam Tomlinson. Not sure I knew about Shuey either.

Let's say that that's a good omen.

Yep, well done, Clarry. Brilliant. Let's get this flag now.

Love this line from Kozzy in his interview from the MFC website today: “For us, it’s just about making our Dees fans and our families proud.”

Agreed. Large parts of Europe have made the call. Vax passports are in. If you want to be involved in society, then get vaxed like the rest of us. Even our Fed Gov has a passport system set up already. 11 weeks until my wife and I get our second AZ jabs. Most of my friends are getting their first shots of Pfizer in the next two weeks. I reckon by the start of November most people I know will be fully vaxed. Come 2022, as you say, it'll be the same as Euorpe. I'll be enjoying films and football again, and the unvaxed will be marching in the streets complaining.

I'd be happy to do the trade provided we could land a reasonable replacement in a similar age bracket to cover for McDonald and Brown when they retire. I reckon Brown gets through 2 or 3 more years comfortably, but not so sure about McDonald. He's so hot and cold that he's so hard to predict.

In what way?

Yes, I was thinking about Chook too. He's normally all over this stuff...

It's interesting. If rumours are to be believed a number of clubs from GWS, to Sydney, to Collingwood have cap issues. I think we'll look to be aggressive this off season, flag or no flag. We're in our window now and if we can add an elite user to our midfield that can play inside, but mostly outside and improve our ball use from stoppage, it'll add an extra dimension to our game and give us more options. I'd be looking at one of the NSW clubs. Both are stacked with talented kids in the 21-25 age bracket. The major thing is convincing them to come. If we get that bit sorted, we'll find the trade capital to make the rest work.

@Pennant St Dee or other WA Demons heard anything on the Cerra front?

Yep.

He barely got near it against decent opposition last week either.

I think this is the reason they're pushing WA over SA while Port remains in contention.

If Andrews blankets Brown and McDonald plays another stinker, we could be in trouble there.