Dr. Gonzo
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Would've been nice if he had a crack at McRae as well. Don't just go the easy targets Gaz, call them all out -
Jack Martins on decent coin, the salary cap is increasing, they could trade out Cerra (who is chronically injured) to make way. If they wanted to (and who wouldn't) they could make it happen
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And you can guarantee the media will be all about us being unreasonable if we don't accept it.
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If they really needed it explained to them then footy players are a lot dumber than I imagined. I mean, I know they look at anyone who reads a book as a bit "kooky" and "different" but I didn't think they were that oblivious as to think someone who suffered a significant critical injury who couldn't rehab or do any kind of strenuous activity for a while might want to get away for a couple of weeks.
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From the outside it seems a bizarre situation, there's no explanation of why exactly he would want to leave. Is it the injury and the way that was managed? The communication issues highlighted here? Are his issues with the playing group more than the club? Or is he just seeing the writing on the wall for our future prospects and using this as a convenient excuse to push the club to trade him? It really doesn't add up which is frustrating for the supporters who can only go by what is in the news or what is told to them by the club. It's crazy that it's been left to fester this long and get to this stage, something is seriously wrong if we can't get one of our best players in 60 years back onside. Even if he's not traded this year the speculation will be ongoing until this is put to bed and clubs will be in his ear for the next 12 months trying to woo him leading to more distractions and destabilisation.
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Why do you think getting rid of Goodwin will fix anything? Messaging has been pretty consistent that the players love him and Petracca's issues lie elsewhere.
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Players should have no opinion on the CEO or President unless they are interfering with the FD. Unless it's a complaint about training facilities or conduct (eg Collingwood) I don't see why a player would be unhappy with the CEO/Pres and if they were they should be told to stay in their line, regardless of who they are.
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Couldn't have asked for more from the team today. Jack Viney what a beast. Turner was fantastic up forward. McVee continued to build on his great form and gives us another option in the middle next year. I thought the Kolt had a decent game too, I do t get the queries over him, he's a first year player, played around 10 games but he knows how to find the footy and he is a footballer first (not athlete). I think he'll develop bicely over the next couple of years. Robbed of a goal today as well. Roos looks ready to explode next year as well. Kozzie very quiet and Rivers had a mare. Tomlinson not far behind him but TMac/Lever/Salem held the defence up. Fantastic coaching too, completely nullified Rowell in the contest. Beat the filth next week, end their finals hopes and finish up with a positive ledger (12-11) and we have something positive to take into next season.
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Petracca coming out the next day to say it's garbage, there's issues being worked through but he has no thoughts of leaving, wants the club to get back to challenging for flags etc proves it's just clickbait with no basis in reality, right?
We moved Hogan on so we could get May. He wasn't leaving at that stage, still had a year to go but there was a risk he would leave the following season. That's my understanding/memory anyway.
This victim mentality garbage is pathetic (not singling you out, I've seen similar comments across the site, just happened to respond to your post). If you can't tell the difference between Collingwood, Geelong and us you've got rocks in your head or just being wilfully ignorant.
Team up with Reach, Jim Stynes Centre for disadvantaged youth or something like that. It's a no-brainer, not sure why we aren't pursuing it! His legacy on both organisations recognised in one development.
We sit 13th and have the 14th best percentage. For every close loss there's a close win (Port, North, Cats) you could say could've gone the other way too. Had we lost those three we'd be 4th last.
The close losses aren't the games I'm worried about. The losses to Lions (MCG), WCE, Freo x2, Bulldogs and Collingwood (!!!) are the ones that are the cause for concern. I would include the Carlton loss too, we were smashed out of the blocks and although we almost pinched it late it was basically down to Petracca heroics and Carlton almost [censored] the bed.
We have the 5th worst percentage in the league. That is indicative of our performance in 2024. Yes we have performed well across 22-23 post flag, but that is all it was. We didn't excel, we didn't dominate, we didnt win a final and didn't finish top 4 (preliminary finalists). If we had a better culture and standards amongst the playing group we may have won another flag.
Its time we had a proper forwards coach teaching our forwards proper leading patterns, structure, blocking etc. The mod-forward connection is not solely on the mids, yes they need to tighten up their delivery but it's not like they're burning teammates leading up to them or into space, they kick to packs because the forwards are stagnant.
If that's the case then definitely would do it
There is another one called "YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT"
It's like some kind of self sabotage because they don't think we deserve nice things
Depends on the quality of the draft and if we have any FS/NGA picks next year. Doesn't sound like this year is a particularly strong draft.
