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We all do, they're compulsory in-car equipment. But like most of the locals, I only wear it in emergencies. Right-wing populism isn't really my thing.

Palaiseau (near Massy). 30 mins out, but we have house, garden, dog, (kids!) and easy access to open fields and forest. Helps to retain sanity. Nice area up in the 10e, must have been a buzz.

Paris

Background: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-11-03/arnhem-land-trip-to-further-indigenous-coaching-cause

Lord Travis, you will find there is a group of posters here that believe that we miss manage injuries and the communication of them.

Would be great if he could get back to his 40-goals-a-year self.

The draw is a [censored]. Given our opponents, if we finish in the 8 we'll already have improved on this year. Let's not forget that in most of the home and away season this year, we'd hardly beaten anyone in the 8.

Yes, but this ignores the picks that came back the other way. In reality, we got Lever for pick 10 plus the equivalent of pick 51. (10 + 16 + 73 out vs 37 + 46 in).

who currently has a serious foot injury, who didn't want to play for us anymore, and who's OOC next year.

Yes, and under the points system, what we got for Hogan is more valuable (by 5 places) than what we paid for Lever, so your point is? You're also conveniently omitting that we got a 2nd and a 3rd rounder back with Lever, also that the two first rounders that we paid for him were comparatively low: 10 and 16.

Just made the mistake of watching some Hogan highlights. Weep.

Think that either Port or Adelaide will be tied up here, both have lower first round picks that they want to move higher.

10 and 14 to Adelaide for Lever plus a second round pick? A steal, and great work by Mahoney, Viney and co.

I just cannot see this happening without a lot of back-pedalling from all concerned: Freo by upping their Trade offer, us by conceding on what we want (5 + one or two second rounders?), and Hogan by reducing his 8/8 demand. Of course, if any one of those parties made serious concessions it could go through, but that looks increasingly unlikely. Welcome to Melbourne Football Club Jesse Hogan?

I think it’s a reference to some kind of biscuit.

Weep.

In terms of getting May, it would be better for us if they kept open the 11 offer, and upped the other part (future 1st round?).

Perhaps. It could also smack of Freo being not as into Hogan as everyone thinks they are ... could be the salary, could be concerns about the foot, could be ... well, anything. Perhaps from their side, they're just not that desperate.

Freo don't even have Pick 5 for the moment, and given how they're approaching negotiations with us, there's a decent chance that the Neale trade won't go through. In any case, there's no way we'd ever be getting 5 + 11, best we could manage given what's available would be 11 + next year's first - though is there some technical issue which means that Freo can't trade their next year's first round pick?

Also a mistake that was a major factor in them winning a grand final.

Freo on a hiding to nothing here. They need a low first or decent second round pick to get Lobb, but hard to see where it's going to come from, as neither we (Hogan) nor Brisbane (Neale) have one. You'd think that neither our second rounder (36) or Brisbane's (32) wouldn't be enough for GWS. Complicated.

May won't be available as FA. Either he'll come to us or the Pies, or he'll re-sign a long-term deal at GC. The May situation has come up for the same reason the Hogan one has: clubs don't want players hanging round for a year till their contract runs out or they become FA. If they won't commit long-term, they're let go.

Explore all avenues/test the water?

Which just goes to show the importance of team-wide defence.

Not sure I'd be calling them "skills".