Dr. Gonzo

Maybe he's looking at years rather than dollars? Either way you can say all you want about being motivated by money but at the end of the day everyone has to look after their own interests, he will be looking to get the best deal he can for himself even if that doesn't mean gouging the club.

Getting it right is more important than getting it right now

If they don't go with Tomlinson with Petty injured then I don't know what his role in the team is moving forward. Smith is depth at best.

And the AFL has had to distribute less additional funds to North, dogs and Saints due to a better stadium deal which has to be factored in

It also contributed to the deal with the MCG to upgrade the southern stand which I don't think the AFL is contributing anything to as well as securing additional funds for other upgrades

Best in the comp? You must have missed the Champion Data rankings

The Dogs don't have an overly tall forward line and GC without King in round 2 so we may be able to go with May, Lever, Salem, Rivers, Hunt, Bowey & Hibberd if Tomlinson isn't ready yet.

Agree PF - Kozzie with 40 goals for a small forward isn't elite? never mind his tackling pressure

Salem's exclusion doesn't make sense in this context though

Yeah I think their ratings over the last couple of seasons shows they need to readjust things if they want to maintain relevancy - I mean this stuff is really just newspaper fodder anyway, the clubs just want the stats I don't think they really care about the ratings.

Hickey was great last year and Darcy and NicNat had very good years but Grundy? C'mon man!

It's by position so they're not comparing Sinclair with Steele bit against other general defenders.

The Grundy contract was hilarious when it was signed and still delivering a couple of years later

That's right but looking back, how the hell could the Pies have fit him into their cap??

Pretty tough conditions I wouldn't want to be playing in 30 degree heat with a swirling wind. Fatigue has to be a factor.

I can't believe I didn't think of that 🤦‍♂️

Thought I was the only one. Even though the game is finished still not working

I'm surprised they don't mix it up more. I mean I kinda get why they do it that way but at least halve the mids and have the first choice defenders on one team and the first choice forwards on the other maybe

Jeez how's Viney cleaning up Riv at 2:20 😲

I'd say its more the supporters, plenty of Cats supporters think he should've been gone a couple of years ago but I think he just got an extension last year.

Oh by the way, can someone send this article to Dogga? 😆

yeah I wish him well (just not against us!) but I think the time has passed for him at MFC. There's a reason we let him go and I don't think it was just homesickness

No - although we could have got him as a FA at the end of 2019 (assuming the Pies didn't swoop in to grab him - not sure how they would have afforded it though)

So the Cats went into a game with multiple unwell players even knowing the covid restrictions etc that were in place? Why haven't they been reprimanded for this? Surely this was against the AFL and WA's covid protocols to let players they knew were unwell out in public let alone take the field.

Looks terrible. Are they trying to say that the 2021 trade period was chaotic and full of surprises? Because I remember it as one of the most dull trade periods I could remember.