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I reckon there is something seductive for clubs when it comes to big kpfs in the draft. This despite reiwold being the only true kpf taken at one who is a bona fide star. Also despite the fact that in modern footy you really need 2-3 true a grade muds (and 5-6 b graders) to be competive. And despite what some people say gun mids are not dine a dozen. Would be very happy with petracca and brayshaw - should i be changing my avatar again?

Poor bugger. Seems to be one of the worst injuries in terms of getting back on the park. Good luck young fella.

Take it from me you don't get ripped lifting a beer glass

He may well have been undecided about which long term lucrative offer from a premiership contender he was going to accept before the end of the season. But i very much doubt he was undecided about whether he was going to leave or not before the end of the season. He was gawn from the moment he put talks on hold. But i guess if you think other wise you're probably right - coz you do have the ear of the players.

Not sure if serious?

H will play his 200th game in his first dees game. Lets hope it is round one and the boys do it for their old cobber.

Are you saying they need an injection of funds?

Don't want him. The Toump will suffice.

Glass half full kinda guy?

Of course he does. Why on earth wouldn't he be?

Liked this from the twitter thread linked above: Joel Gardner ‏@AnotherJR 1h1 hour ago @TheRunHome well that only took 2 years! It's going to take under a day to clear @essendonfc player names #taxwaste To that i say #delusional efc fan

Gold. You're like a caricature of a crazy internet forum poster

Could not diagree more. We don't need or want Bomber

Ahh all is well with the world. The natural cycle of life: beautiful spring weather, hayfever, great horse races, Saty springing to the defense of his boys and taking a swipe at any poster silly enough to make even the mildest of harmless jokes. Nothing like routines to buffer against the fear of impermanence.

I'd like to sponsor Lever

Which is what i reckon we should go with. The training top with the monogram seems to be universally liked (at least on DL). Perhaps the dark blue is a problem, but the red monagram on a white background (perhaps with dark blue around collar, yolk and shoulders) would work

Which is what i reckon we should go with. The training top with the monogram seems to be universally liked (at least on DL). Perhaps the dark blue is a problem, but the red monagram on a white background (perhaps with dark blue around collar, yolk and shoulders) would work

As noted by (almost) all above a great decision. It is how they should have managed Jnr. Give him another year in the seniors as an on field playing coach (god knows we needed it) and transition him into a development/coaching role. Just as GWS did. You keep solid citizens around the place - It's how you build a good culture (as opposed to a list)

They'd never catch Morton in order to hit him - just ask Brendan Lade (with apologies to Morton, i know that GIF is not accurate, but jeez its funny).

No to mention he is an elite level boxer who apparently was considering going down that path instead of footy. I don't want to give fodder to the Watts bashers but i can't really see Jack (or Morton for that matter) in a boxing ring.

The other interesting thing about Judd that highlights the folly of making black and white calls on 18 year old draftees is that even after a player starts playing AFL and everyone gets to see him, how a players is ranked in comparison to other players can change. I have made this point before so apologies for repetition but there are any number of examples where a player hailed as a gun early in his career has been matched or surpassed in terms of standing in the game by other players who were initially not though to be as good as the gun. After 2-3 years most footy people would have said the Hawks made a blunder not taking Judd and instead taking Hodge. Without debating their relative merits, with 2 premierships, a brownlow and 2 Norm Smiths fewer people would make that case now. Nickat v Watts is another example. After a year footy people were universal in their view that the dees made a big mistake. And now, some 5 years later? Well, still lots of people would argue we erred but i doubt that view is still universal and if Watts has a big year and Nik Nat has another poor one even fewer people would argue we made a clear error. The point is, it is folly making calls about untried kids and also fraught to make early calls on players in terms of how they rank and how wise their selection was, even after 1 -2 years of playing AFL footy. Some players take time to get to an elite level. Gibbs is an excellent example. He was brilliant last year and no doubt was happy to respond to those who suggested Carlton erred in taking him so high. Watson, Ablett and Hawkins are other examples. Conversely people were lavish in their praise of Rich and Hurley early on but i would argue both have flat lined and the case for them being guns (as they were widely touted in their first 2 years) is pretty hard to make. The obvious current example of this naive tendency is Wines v The Toump. History tells us that there is every chance the Toump will be a better player, even if shrill posters and some footy people could not countenance such a heretical idea. Time will tell.

This has been disputed by Jako13 who seems to know of what he speaks when it comes to such injuries

It might even take on the air of one of those noir films or books set in the deep South of the US as once proud Southern families who made their money from slavery incestuously stagnate in their decaying mansions, oblivious to the pathos and tragedy that envelops them. Or maybe Hird will become like Betty Davis in Whatever happended to Baby Jane.

I liked this comment from a Tracey in the comments section under the Hird Hun story: Hirdy will be in a much better position once all the facts are suppressed

Another reason the top clubs get it so easy!