Dr. Gonzo

Another win for the Jets albeit against a 3rd string QB. Despite that I'm loving the look of some of our you get guys, Hall, Gardner, G Wilson, AVT have looked very good so far. I'm expecting a tougher game this week against Aaron Rodgers but we then have Denver who look like an absolute dumpster fire. That Russell Wilson contract situation 😮

Exactly

Why? The purpose of the sub was so club's weren't disadvantaged if a player was concussed. Then they just changed it to if a player was injured. Now it will just be an additional interchange so we're back to where we started but with a 5 man interchange. Next they'll need a sub for concussed/injured players so will be a 5 man interchange + 1 sub. And on and on it goes. It's ridiculous, they should be limiting the interchange not expanding it.

What's the point of this? May as well have just hung on to Weid, Schache is basically the same player but with less physicality. I don't get it. I don't see him getting much time in the seniors at all.

I'll never boo a premiership player

That's true although there is clearly one gaping hole that usually takes plenty of dollars to fill.

Not really when you're already paying another elite ruck north of that amount. $1.5m+ out of a $13m salary cap (11.5%) to two ruckman who can't really play elsewhere is lopsided list management.

That is the key question.

Does it matter? Ruck is the most over rated position on the ground. Dogs have gone with Bont in the ruck, Tigers have gone with Rioli at times. I'm sure we'll find some lug to bash and crash in the rookie/mid season draft if it comes to it, otherwise with our midfield it shouldn't matter anyway.

Collingwood will be using this bluster about a top 25 pick as a way to negotiate down their part of the salary. I sincerely hope we tell them to stuff it and will be [censored] if we end up paying more than we would have liked for the next 5 years.

Yeah I get the "points value" I just think its a fallacy and was being facetious in my post. Of course there are always diamonds in the rough but nothing really beats the quality you get with high end draft picks. Packaging up lower picks because they equal out points wise (based on what? A subjective AFL system to assist with FS/Academy bids) doesn't make up for the lost potential of a player like Oliver or Petracca.

Rubbish, one of his best games was against the Lions immediately after the bye. He then got injured and played like it for the rest of the year. I hold nothing against Jackson at all.

Didn't that happen in 2008? 🤔😜

Agree, rookie contracts need to be 3+1+1 with club options for 4th and 5th year. This at least gives clubs some more surety than a 2 year contract for a kid who just finished high school.

16th

How is it equivalent to pick 5 or 6? Unless Freo finish 14th or 13th next year.

Rubbish.

[censored] them. Don't budge on the picks (27 is more than enough) and don't budge on the salary (this is really what they want I reckon). We can do without Grundy, they can't do with his salary on the books.

How will the Pies be able to front load? Their cap is a mess, part of the reason they have had to offload Treloar and Grundy in the first place. I see GC held firm and got 5 for Rankine, let's see if the Demons have the balls of the Suns. Collingwood are dumping Grundy and his salary, if anything 27 is overs let alone a pick slide. 🤮

Robbed

Of course he did . Knee reco in round 21 is going to do that. I don't hate this.

No idea but hopefully JVR

100%. I've thought for a few years that if you're building a team you need to build from the inside out. Building strong lines on both sides of the ball goes a hell of a way to building a great team. They are so under rated because most people don't see their work, the highlight reels are the QBs, WR, TE, RB, CB, S etc but it's the work in the trenches that allows these guys to flaunt their skill.

I think her views are just as abhorrent as his however she is not the CEO which makes it a completely different situation.

Just as stupid as the Browns doing it at the start of the game. End up losing by 3. D'oh!! And how about that double doing FG attempt in London! Poor Saints fans haha