P-man

I meant to type “Yes”. Stupid keyboard.

I think we’ve all moved on from this era but I find the following absolutely staggering: ”However Neeld conceded that in hindsight factors such age, experience, potential and future capabilities could have been included in the criteria upon which leaders were chosen.” He needed hindsight for this? Really? Anyhow, wish him all the best.

Well that was a big load of nothing. No explanation as to why, other than Freo needing him. Stick to car raffles, Boomer.

@Grapeviney - ask and ye shall receive ?

Pass. His kicking in front of goal would do my head in. I like the dead eye dick thing we’ve got going.

Seriously, if we added Gaff to this group... Wow. Wowee.

It’s P-man ? I’m aware. We’ve run with Pedo as a nickname for a while now. Bit late to be calling in the nickname police.

I wouldn’t underestimate the impact he had today. He was a team lifter. Used it really smartly and finished off the hard work early when others couldn’t. Like Fritzel he’s looking an excellent pick up

I recall some comments from Goodwin recently which suggested he rates Gus very, very highly as a player. I’m surprised he hasn’t been named this week, but not overly concerned. He’ll be back soon enough.

We got him

Not disputing that.

Was Woey that shocking a Brownlow choice that he can't even find a spot on the bench in these teams? Not saying it's right or wrong but it's certainly interesting.

No slight on him at all and I wish him the best of luck, but using the word "star" to describe Joel Macdonald absolutely confirms to me that the word has lost all meaning in the mainstream.

I'm not thrilled with giving up two first round picks for, talented or not, an intercept marking defender. But I'm also not unhappy. He's a known commodity and he makes us a better side. Welcome aboard Jakey boy. May you bring us lots of money. Um, I mean success.

Shout out to the mod who added "Walker" after Tex to my post. I would hate that people thought I was talking about Tex Perkins.

He's prone to throwing the toys out of the cot. I recall he used to get very short with interviewers when asked about Dangerfield, and his post match speech at the GF was surely one of the most pathetic that stage has seen. It's fine to be disappointed but show some leadership for god's sake.

Trade Radio played audio of Tex Walker teeing off on Lever on Triple M Adelaide. Did not hold any punches. Said he has chosen "money over success". Had some respect for Adelaide as a club but they are not handling this situation with much dignity,

Hard not to get the warm and fuzzies when a quality player singles out the club as his preferred destination.

Daniher has every right to feel dudded by that offer. It's worth keeping in mind that in Essendon's case there was the $4.5m in compensation payments to banned players which was counted by the AFL as falling outside of the salary cap. So players were being financially compensated and then entering into separate (in principle) contract renegotiations. New contract amounts were not allowed to fall under the market rate, but it would be naive to think that the settlements paid to players did not factor at all into those renegotiations. "Loyalty" may well have been a factor there too. Essendon's ability to retain so many of its returning players and have enough left in the kitty to chase Dustin Martin is enough to raise an eyebrow. Meanwhile Daniher, who was not one of the dozen banned players and therefore has received no additional compensation, seemingly has to accept unders. That doesn't pass the fairness test. However they have chosen to sort this mess out, Daniher shouldn't be the one getting the short end of the stick.

Very few showed any interest in him at all, let's be honest. I don't get bragging rights very often (or at all) so I'm milking that one to the last drop.

Some fun reading on the first two pages

@praha - please appease my pedantry and put a line through the entire heading like you have done with the others.

His argument is basically a bunch of legal gymnastics, mainly centering around how the AFL Regulations are interpreted and whether the powers to strip the Brownlow can be enacted for a case dating back to 2012. Its a situation where the right thing to do is smacking everyone in the face, and he's trying to worm his way around it by looking for a legal loophole. It's actually a bit sickening. The rest of his argument isn't even worth noting. He infers there is no precedent by doing what every desperate Bomber fan does - referencing Cousins. A player not found guilty of doping and therefore lirrelevant to the discussion. Although he tops that by referencing Hird's Brownlow, as though his involvement in the scandal should mean his Brownlow as a player should come under greater scrutiny. Simple deflection. This is almost the definition of an open and shut case. If they manage to find a loophole that enables Watson to keep his Brownlow, I hope the integrity of the sport's highest individual award and therefore the sport as a whole is worth it. Because that's what the cost will be.

Just happy to get it done. The upgrade softens it slightly given our ability to find players around that pick. Dodoro was never going to budge. I wouldn't have put it past him to keep Hibberd on for next season if we didn't play ball. Hopefully that's the last we have to deal with them for a while.

I truly hate Essendon with every fibre of my being. I just needed to get that off my chest. Cheers.