Big Gun

Get real people. Merrett is hardly going to leave one mediocre performing club to go to another. He will go to a premiership window club if he decides to leave.

Just a small 217 drop in percentage. Was always coming at some stage I guess.

A few positives I thought on an ordinary day. Rigoni looked comfortable at the level and thought O’Hehir had her best game. Wotherspoon and Mahony did some good things too. Badly lacked run and connection today with key running players missing. Looked a bit tall too on a greasy day.

Poor performance. Move on. Won ugly but got over the line. Think of the LEARNINGS people!!!!!

The one with the helmet for xc$&@@ sake!!!! Get on her.

Someone needs to sit on Bonicci. Cut her influence in the last and we should prevail.

We are really lacking run at the moment. Purcell, Heath, Mackin and Goldie missing really hurting our ball movement. Have to tough it out this second half and need a lift from Tyler, Eliza and Katie.

So am I correct in thinking we can no longer take young Noah under Father Son? Assume he would nominate for the draft now and be open to all clubs including Dees.

Agree. Format is awful. Pick two and interview them for 15 minutes then token one minute chat to the rest. Howard is just such a suck up.

Might be best to not watch or listen to these footy shows for a few weeks. Clearly there is a frenzy of media on our club right now all looking for any negative angle they can stir up whether true or not. Truth is they don’t know. They just speculate to suit their own agendas. All will be revealed in due course. Please don’t let the constant barbs by the usual media suspects get to you. Maybe hit Netflix for a while.

It’s easy to forget just how far back Trac started the preseason. He lost heaps of weight and strength after hospital and took a while to even get back to a jog when he wasn’t able to train for a couple of months. His time overseas and bulk of preseason was largely spent just getting strength and some level of endurance back. Probably find this meant much less time on skills, speed and agility compared to previous preseasons. A full preseason hopefully will see him return to the player he was. Yes, he has been below his best but perhaps this was always going to be the case this year. To just get back for round 1 was an incredible effort. He strike me as a proud man and I reckon he will leave no stone unturned to find that extra 10% that was missing this year.

Ryan Maric from WCE would be a great get I reckon. Drafted as a forward. From Drouin so not far from Cranbourne and been terrific mainly in defence this year. Good size too at 196cm. Contracted for 2026 but wouldn’t be surprised if he was on our radar.

Mmmm let me think……..

On the plus side for us, we now move down to the bottom 6 on the ladder so should benefit by getting a better weighted draw next season.

Timing makes perfect sense to me. Only time will tell if the decision is the correct one and I certainly do feel for Simon right now. But not sure what was to be gained by anyone to leaving this move until the end of the season. If the Board has made the decision already, not doing Goodie any favours by stringing him along. While a nice sentiment, a farewell game would be awkward for all concerned and never going to happen and doubt Simon would want this either. By announcing this now, we steel a march on any potential competition. We can openly approach preferred candidates. We can have a coach in place for one of the most crucial draft and trade periods for our club for years. Gives new coach time to recruit his coaching staff and set off season expectations to players before they go on leave. I also think that the Board would be mindful of the upcoming election and might have been concerned that those agitating for change last year might have resurfaced this year in an attempt to overhaul the current Board and the plans they have in place. Now, with change already in place of most senior positions, members probably more likely to be onboard.