Dr. Gonzo

You must be drunk. Flags are all that matter.

Sure but at what salary? At least McStay, Schulz and Houston are regular senior players.

Why are Melbourne exempt?

Which Victorian based team? Be careful what you wish for.

And Battle and Barrass and soon to be Merrett They certainly have relied on raiding other clubs.

Footy is different to working for some utilities company no matter how much people try to paint it as "just another job". If you remove the emotion and tribalism what is left? We're all just barracking for laundry to misquote Seinfeld, makes it all rather pointless.

Seems you are in the minority but definitely not alone.

Pretty sure we offered 4 initially but he only wanted 2?

If Kentfield and Jefferson are still on our list in 2 years I'll be amazed. I also think people are over-rating Melkshams season, he had a standout game against the Lions and a couple of other good games but was far from effective too often. Regularly tried to take the lazy option calling for the ball out the back/trying to take speccies on his opponent and not great at applying forward pressure either. If we didn't have such a poor list/forward line he wouldn't have got another year.

Its easy to look good when you have Daicos, Pendlebury, Sidebottom etc delivering the ball inside 50. How will he go getting delivery from Viney, Oliver, Langdon etc?

Has a team ever given up 2 firsts for a 30yo mid?

You need to think harder on your motives

You'll be waiting a while...

I remember Malthouse being all praise for Neeld too. Not saying King is a Neeld but the proof of the pudding will be in the eating.

I forgot to add the restricted FA after 6 years is regardless how many years the player has played with the current team - that is the trade-off for clubs owning players contracts while in-contract.

Fix the draft (no more academies or father sons) Allow clubs to trade in-contract players without their consent Rookie contracts to be 3+1+1+1 (club option after year 3) Restricted free agency after 6 years Salary cap floor of 85% (95% is ridiculous) Tighten salary cap to disqualify all these outside the cap arrangements - the AFL really is a backwater comp with all the dodgy [censored] they sweep under the rug Create a fair fixture without all these marquee games pre-allocated That's a start

I disagree it's because we love the game too much. The game is a shadow of the game we grew up watching and loving. It's because we love our clubs too much. How many would turn their back on the AFL but to do so would mean turning their back on their club (non-attendance, membership etc) so keep up the support. We are suckers and the AFL take us for a ride.

I know how I feel 😂

I judge the worth of someone's info based on their posting history regardless of if they name their sources. Each person can believe what they want, it's up to them, they don't need to justify themselves 🤷

Who said it was "as opposed to"?

Or Casey

I don't understand what's wrong with the ovals that have been hosting AFL games for decades. The AFL is extorting the Tassie public, $1bn(++) for a stadium that isn't necessary is utterly deplorable. If the AFL want the stadium that bad, pay for it yourself.

Then we hold him to his contract.

Discussing a players development at an exit meeting/offseason and then refusing to implement that plan isn't letting players choose where they play. Perhaps we could continue rolling with Oliver Viney Petracca as our predominant mids, that certainly worked out well for Goodwin didn't it 🙄 You can't give a kid 5 minutes and then pull the pin. It's called development something we've been poor at for a while now.

Depends, some people have good mail from industry contacts whereas I would take anything a player said to a supporter with a grain of salt, they may be telling the truth but they also have a vested interest. I don't think anyone disputes people pass on the information they hear in good faith (whether people with contacts or supporters speaking directly to players) but people need to make their own assessment as to whether to believe the source (contact/player) of that information. I'm sure any reasonable person could understand why someone may have reservations about believing everything a player says to a supporter about their contract status.