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Why would the Crows start with an offer to Lever of $300k? That is madness particularly to a bloke who is perhaps thinking about going home. You are basically saying we rate you as a very average player. I know it is just an initial offer but it is so far off his worth it is dumb management

Keep Oliver, Viney, Jetta, Hibberd and Hogan. Jetta can be captain. The rest can take their overinflated pay packets and [censored] off On second thoughts that is harsh on Jones. Delist and rookie

Hunt can nick off too

So we are up against a team with who have nothing to play for and are missing 8 from their best side. We are playing for finals, are on our home patch and are close to full strength. Anyone else [censored] scared?

Kelly every day

I would be surprised if this was the case. Josh’s Dad is Phil Kelly who played on the opposite wing to Keith Greg for North in the late 70’s.

I don’t know if anyone else saw player manager Paul Connors on Open Mike during the week but he comes across as a seriously impressive individual. He deflected a lot of his success to the people who worked for him seemed genuinely interested in his players. From what I could work out his advice to Kelly (who is one of his clients) will be to stay for Premiership success at GWS and then reevaluate offers at the end of the next contract. If Connors was only interested in the cash he would advise Kelly to perhaps take the humongous North offer. If I had a kid looking to an AFL future I’d be pretty happy to have him managed by Connors

I would go very similar Picket except would put Viney in for Pedo

14 AFL players plus some very handy VFL footballers. Should be a strong team you would think

Nah the interesting thing will be if he can get the ball often enough and deliver it well enough to make us a better side.

So outs for them Pendlebury Fasolo Wells Greenwood DeGoey Varcoe and Sinclair Outs for us Viney Injuries about even?

How far out is important. Can’t imagine anyone here, or even Jesse himself, would want Hogan with the ball over 30 metres. You want someone who actually wants the pressure shot. Watts is proven as is Lewis and you reckon Petracca would back himself to kick big goals.

Collingwood also had Anzac Day and QB matches but only had 5 six day breaks. We end up with nine. So it can be done but just not for us.

K

Life doesn’t get much better than this; team on the cusp of finals and rumour of the player I want most is considering donning a blue and red guernsey. Best thing is that you know if it comes true our footy department will be offering Kelly a deal that fits in with the rest of our young and talented team and not some stupid Nth Melbourne $1.5m+

And everyone who thinks that we always get the rough end of the umpiring pineapple should have a look at this game.

I could be making this up but I think I remember it then goes down to who won out of the two teams during the year and then if still even who won by more.

I was at that match and also in short pants. It was at Victoria Park. We also needed Footscray to lose but they got two points by drawing with someone who I can’t remember. My dad was hob-nobbing with the committee or some such and had left me by myself in the stand. I got confused and thought we were in the finals as Footscray didn’t actually win but then the Collingwood supporters around me were laughing at Melbourne and saying they didn’t care about winning as long as we didn’t get in. That started my life long dislike of Collingwood

Beams looks to have one eye swollen up like Billings from last week. Hope his kicking ends up as good as Billings was

So according to the past few posts ANB is 1st at the MFC for score assists and 3rd in the whole league for forward pressure acts (corralling, tackling, closing, chasing). Handy combination of offensive and defensive traits.

Please, please, please, please, please may the good version of the Demons run out there today

A really good post. I think the myth that we could be better off Hogan is that all our most momentous wins of late have in Jesse-free sides; Vs Geelong in Geelong, Vs Hawks at the G and then this year Vs Crows in Adelaide and Eagles over in the West.

If the Suns do beat Essendon they will become everyone’s second side

I stay at the Pullman a bit and walk through Fitzroy Gardens -> City -> Southern Cross for the Skybut. As Jnrmac said it is a seemless and cheap service with departures every 10 mins or so.

Given Frosty is out of form and just been dropped him putting off contract talks probably wasn’t his smartest idea.