Very Jaded

Heart. And. Soul.

Hmmm maybe they can up their offer to Wilkie coz Flanders isn’t going there… or has Ross the Boss found a farm?

Prior to injury he was a very very good small one on one defender. He did some remarkable jobs on the likes of Charlie Cameron. He is a very talented defender, who seems to want the easy attacking role. Apparently being a lock down defender isn’t glamorous enough for him. He wants to play Bowey’s role, despite being a far worse ball user than Bowey and Salem. But hey, he’s Judd McVee and apparently he has earnt the right to demand a role in a sinking ship, after a very mediocre season ruined by a bad hamstring 🙄

For the first time ever I would be all in on someone requesting a trade to Freo. Welcome home Jacko.

How often does a quality player like Petracca with 4 years left on his contract get traded? You want 2 good picks, but good picks in this draft are top 6-8, and Adelaide is not getting that. And banking on them to flop next year, is risky.

Nobody hates Melbourne more than Melbourne fans.

Ah yes we are a sinking ship, and Freo is the poster child for success. Wonder if Judd thought we were a sinking ship when we gave him his chance as a rookie, while Freo completely ignored him as he played under their nose. Good luck to him, and I guess you too, going by the fact that you seem to be a Judd supporter and not a Melbourne supporter.

Well Salem is a 30 year old with a suspect body, and Bowey can play in other spots. We plucked this kid as a rookie during Covid. We gave him a lifeline. We made him a great player. He was asked to play a position that helped the team while we battled injuries, and he too battled injuries. To say we wasted 18 months of his career is a joke. If he wanted to leave last year while contracted, we could have at least got a fair deal for him in a strong draft, but no, he chose for his contract to expire and then nominate a club, so we get screwed. In a team sport, if you are having a sook about your role, and you are a 22 year old who has achieved very little, you need to reassess your ego. Considering you have posted on here about nothing but McVee, and admitted you have a third hand connection to him, I understand your desire to defend him. But let's call a spade a spade here, he's leaving because he thinks the grass at Freo is greener.

How so? By amending his contract several times? King tell him he can play a more attacking role? Give me a break.

So less than the membership numbers of the AFC. Yeah he's a non issue in this space.

You know very well what I mean by standout stars. I'm not talking on the field, I am talking off it. This is about marketability. Jordan Dawson probably has 6 Instagram followers* Victoria has a lot of competition in this space... think N Daicos, think Smith, think Bont, Curnow... the list goes on. *I did not check his Insta followers, it might be like 900 to be fair

I'd take Langford over those 5 combined.

You may well be correct. The grass is not always greener as they say.

Adelaide is a footy mad state, without any real standout stars. Trac instantly becomes THE STAR of SA if he goes there, and that suits the vibes. Especially if Butters heads home next year. Nobody in Queensland cares about Trac. Hell they didn't move the needle on the scale of apathy when they got arguably the GOAT in Gary Ablett Jnr, so how does moving to the Gold Coast help further his off field career? There is however a big TV and film industry in the GC. Interesting to see where this lands

You're right, Trac has decided he wants out because King wouldn't look him in the eye. NOT EVERYTHING IS OUR FAULT!

I can promise you that Trac has spoken with King. I know Geelong is a dump, but they still have access to the internet down there.

Sounds pretty much like McVee wasted our time for a good 18 months only to leave now his contract is up. Dead to me.

Adelaide DESPERATELY need another gun mid or they’ll go nowhere. If they aren’t willing to give up something good to go forward, when a rare opportunity to grab an establishment star comes around, then they can go jump. You don’t get to throw a bunch of mediocre picks at us and expect us to throw you a premiership winning Norm Smith medalist in return. You deserve to fail if this is your attitude.

A lot of reality checks incoming You can be a star player, and also not a very team oriented one. Thanks for 2021, we could not have done it without you, but we can certainly carry on into the future without you.

"We know our future success will be built on people and players who are fully committed to where we are heading" Guerra with the drive by.

Everyone talks about Trac's contract, but it's 2025. $1.3mil is not a big deal anymore. When Flanders is being offered $900k, it shows you where the salaries of established stars is heading. Both Adelaide and GC would comfortably be able to spread out his wage, especially if as I suspect they extend his existing deal and spread the wage out over more years.

They are, but it is not their preference. King wants him to stay, but you can't keep a grown man against his wishes forever.

Walker certainly puts the dumb in Dumbo

I'm surprised Chris Scott didn't blame Melbourne for the loss, on account of us distracting his midfield coach with a new job.