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So do I. Then i liked Frosty except on gameday when he gave me several heart attacks.

Getting heated is a good sign as is the De Goey inclusion. Suggests GC aren't certain on Trac deal working. Trac probably starting to realise Noosa and GC are culturally very different.

I am not speculating on the prospects of a deal. The walk back is fairly simple, he stresses that for personal reasons he needs to be back in Vic at some stage and they after discussion with him accept its in his and the clubs best interests to facilitate that as long as they "do the best deal for their club"

Ps: I hope he reflects and thanks those at the club who have gone above and beyond for him.

Sad to see him go and have mixed feelings about all of this. GWS may suit him as (and I dont intend to be rude here) its a bit like playing country football. Their ground has that vibe and a small supporter base. AFL is not big out west in sydney, indeed the whole sport scene is very different in Sydney where people have many other priorities. He will be largely anonymous. Collingwood would have been the wrong choice for him.

Very surprising. St Kilda were talking a big game with more money and deals to come but pull the rug on this. I feel for Leek. Its a sobering situation and questions need to be asked of the club. The idea that once you nominate a club then a deal will be done is well and truly under scrutiny now.

Hope Tim has his phone number. I wonder if Clarry told Leek that " I will be playing with you next year"

"Wasn't a direction for him to explore his options...." Seems a few people have got ahead of themselves including GWS expectations of what is required for a deal

Have banged on about this for some time and I dare to dream we would get someone like Hawk involved. Would be ironic if we moved May forward.

If there is nothing in the latest rumour (and it seems to me to be fanciful) then I'd like to see our CEO or coach get on a call to those perpetuating it and tearing strips off them.

I dont think our CEO would say Trac wanted to look elsewhere if the meeting went along the lines of "i feel you are pushing me out". In any event it doesn't matter, we have been crystal clear something has to turn our heads to let him go, the whole 50/50 is irrelevant, Trac's manager must know that and its why no club has been nominated, we wont agree to a nominated club only a deal that suits us. However the story came out it doesn't help Trac get a deal done.

This could get interesting, it sounds like we will not bend on our requirements (lets hope that is the case). I do not see Trac finding either Adelaide or the Goldie as being places he really wants to live in and this deal will be about his post football future as well the interim. It may dawn on him he is a Melbourne boy but without viable suitors in Melbourne. Do we make a play for one of next years free agents now?

It was extraordinary, his arm was hanging limp. No doubt he wanted to contribute but in the end he was a liability. they would have been better off without him on the field. I think there is no doubt the home ground advantage has played into the Cats finals appearances (and disappearances over the years). I didn't get how all the experts tipped them with such certainty.

Its a farce. Agents and players do as they please and ignore contracts they agreed to. Big clubs get the best players wanting to move. Scraps for the rest. Like the positive ideas above but the AFL isnt taking it seriously.

I would like to see him given the chance he didn't get last year sounds like he has put in the effort.

Yes please, love Nev.

Jeepers the report suggests it will cost every household in Tas (not on Govt benefits for income) $5900 and require new state taxes of $50M per annum. Brave State Government to push that through in such a small state and their supporting legislation may fail in their upper house because the Govt doesnt have the numbers there. All that before any AFL subsidies for the team itself. Albo will be getting a lot of calls for help. Does sound very Utopia. Has to be considerable doubt on the timetable now.

Welcome Stephen look forward to your first premiership as coach. In the past I didn't like Buckley but that was based on the colour of his jumper rather than any rational basis. I have been surprised at how much I liked him in the media. Whatever the reason he didnt get or take the job its now irrelevant but we should be grateful he and the others considered it and engaged in the process.

Nice piece by Clarry, I certainly hope we keep him as he is not a spent force.

He is certainly in rarefied air. Robbie was just briiliant to watch. Barrassi likewise was a force of nature. All three exceptional and legends in very different ways. In the words of Kozzie: "why not (all three?)"

Max is a legend. As for the captaincy its a joke and puts Cameron in an embarrassing position. Either its awarded for outstanding team leadership for the year or renamed as something else if the criteria are different. Dawson / Gawn have a greater claims as actual leaders. If the criteria is the player who has had the most outstanding year (but wont win a Brownlow because of the position they play in) they should be honest about that. I am all in favour of recognising the non mids in some way given the Brownlow bias).

Well Roos is no dummy as we know. Bucks has to respect he process and rightly is not giving a blow by blow but did slip up a bit and almost say he is in the process. He probably wants the option of saying in the end he wasn't interested in the event we are genuinely running a process or we cant come up with his non negotiables (whatever they are). For example he will want to know as part of the process who is likely to be there and who is on the trade block.

I thought Adams laboured well all day and whilst beaten showed promise, so he will be stiff to miss out. Maybe May to FF and JVR to CHF. 😉

All pretty unsurprising once Buckley said he would take the call the others would have been very shy of engaging. No doubt Simpson would have a very direct line to understanding where we are heading. Caro's very ham fisted intervention also suggests it heading in one direction. You would hope the Board had a pretty good idea of its options before it acted which doesn't mean its Buckley or bust just that they had an idea of the possible field and who they would entertain as realistic options.

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