John Crow Batty

TAKE THAT GEELONG!

I thought we got him a few seasons too late in his career but I hope he is serviceable and delivers. Aside from Melksham we haven’t had a forward with fair dinkum attack on the ball for a long time. We will get that from Mihocek I am sure.

Darcy Jones ruptured an ACL for the second time in their recent finals elimination loss. Will likely miss most or all of next season.

Too many top players screwing the club for long contracts and hinting or threatening to leave if they don’t get their way. Brayshaw, Petracca, Oliver, Viney and Picket fit the bill. Risky way to find out a gun players true character or heightening the chance of bad luck to have an impact.

Viney given his courage has been playing banged up for many seasons despite not missing many games. Now he has to carry the heavy inside mid load mostly by himself next season. Will his aging body hang tough?

I just hope some of our players who have had arrested development blossom under the new coach. It kind of feels that way for most of our recruits since 2021. Fingers crossed and hope we are not grasping at straws. I believe it’s kind of official that Tracc and Clarry are now officially lost causes. Such a waste. Far Kew to them.

Reported in The Age that Clarry flew off to Sydney after the meeting.

Quite understandable that a new coach would want to put a turbulent, highly talented, highly paid but underperforming player like Clarry under the microscope. A question of him being salvageable or needs recycling.

Gallop had a quiet game in the GF but his attack on the ball was superb. He won a tough contested ball which ended up the first of the last three goals of the 3rd quarter which busted the game open for Brisbane. Ditto Morris who was quiet but always presenting and contesting.

I heard media have spotters at strategic locations like airports. Usually airport staff pass on tips. Not sure if true or not but persons of interest are all too often found by media at airports.

Because he’s only played 6 games in the past two seasons and no finals.

Some Freo fans here in Perth suggest a straight swap for Jye Amiss.

Cornes made a righteous [censored] of himself at the wrong time in the GF. He was talking up Geelong 5 minutes before 3/4 time and basically saying Brisbane were cooked and barely before he takes his next breath Brisbane bust the game open. He sounds smooth but on air but no one can smell the [censored] he talks. Only hear it.

B Smith- No more influencer. Dangerfield-Came week early. J Cameron-Now cack handed.

That Catman looks like a sicko creep.

Despite appearances, he’s an anti Trump Democrat. Just one side of the same coin.

Five

The alpha kangaroo thing.

Time to activate Sympathy Cat for Chris Scott and Geelong supporters

Kill the idea before it grows.

Brisbane won the last two flags from unlikely positions. Brisbane played a lot of ordinary football this season as well as last season but they seem to have managed to unlock the elusive finals footy formula when it matters most two seasons in a row even when decimated by injuries. One could also say they underachieved prior to 2024 before finding success in contrast to us underachieving after being successful in 2021 followed by two low energy finals campaigns from strong positions.

Too many easy wins have dulled the cats claws it seems.

The AFL could compensate him by renaming the Brownlow Medal as the Nick Daicos Medal.

I don’t believe Max Gawn would approve.

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