Adam The God

When do we get a thread about Luke as head of footy?

Yeah, in those clips @ChaserJ provided above, he's way more involved in the play than I expected, in a very CJ way. Run and carry. I'm salivating at the prospect of a backline in 3-4 years time with Riak, Petty and Lever, and a JVR, Turner, White and Mac down the other end.

I'd put him in the skills over toughness category personally.

That link up through the corridor and off half back. 🤩 Exciting. Ceiling could be anything. What's Riak's decision making like as a rule mate?

I wouldn't say I am a pessimist. I'd say I'm an optimist. Get things right off the field and we're a huge shot at a flag in 2025. As for Green, I'll get banned if I say what I really think of him, but let's just say our views align on him.

The first bit is definitely spot on. But his midfield has had Wines and Drew for a while. Neither fit the skills over toughness review

I reckon if Mao was President of the MFC you'd be clapping along, Saty.

Can you have 12 years of not addressing holes and not even a GF?

I'd be going for someone to balance Goody, not another people person. We need someone in the role that can have tough conversations hold the top standards. Judging by the last 12 months, that's not Richo.

Will we? The board is reviewing itself. Green has been on the board since November 2020.

Let's hope so.

I've only read the statements on the club website, but it's pretty clear that you're spot on. Green will review the board and Pert will review the FD. So who reviews Pert? Get PJ in to do FFS. Let's be serious about this.

Pert is responsible for setting the culture of the club. Not only do we leak like sieve, we have clear discontent within the FD and playing group. Under PJ we did not leak. Surely, you can see the commercial impacts of continued leaks.

This would be a disaster if Green reviews the board and Pert reviews the FD and escapes scrutiny himself...

Agreed, it's just unfortunate that most of the constitutional change has been pushed from the outside. The board wanted the status quo and electioneering to remain, hence us as members being told who to vote for 3 years in a row.

They want Houston for the exact same reason we did - to play in the midfield... Also, he has played a significant chunk of footy in the midfield. Just not this year.

Great post mate. Is there a reason you've left the board's performance off the list of areas to review? Also, vis a vis the 2020 review and the choice of personnel replacements, I do think we were hamstrung by existing contracts and the soft cap, which itself was being squeezed at the time, with lots of uncertainty moving forward as to how that would rise or fall.

Haha, yep, not a good moment.

And I'd also like the Green Goblin or whatever his name was to start posting in this thread again. Just for a bit if fun.

Nah. Doubt it.

Nah. Doubt it.

What does this mean? We'll have huge TPP room if Clarry is traded.

I take it the two firsts have to be inside the top 10? What a waste of a year if we end up trading Clarry. I presume Adelaide might be able to find another top 10 pick to package with their pick 4...

So Port will get two first rounders. Their natural and the Battle compo pick after St Kilda's natural first. I wonder if Port will try and package their two picks to get ahead of Adelaide so they can get Draper?

Clearly been offered midfield time as St Kilda have a glut of half backs. Hill, Waganeen-Milerra and Sinclair are all guns back there.