Macca

Well I answered your inane question so are you satisfied or is fighting back from adversity something foreign to you? We are all faced with adversity on a daily basis. At work, when playing sport etc etc Not everything goes smoothly and without fight back qualities, you'll fail

Do you take misery pills of a morning? Why do you even bother? You should follow another sport as the MFC seems to do your head in (constantly) You once told us you were a talent spotter or am I mixing you up with one of your many other guises? But if so, who should we pick with 5 & 9, almighty one? Because both picks are coming our way

The move is effectively midfield insurance and gives us quality depth in the midfield at the same time (I'm in the 2 x Mids camp and given JT's track history in drafting mids, we're in safe hands) As others have intimated, Rivers could go back, Petracca predominantly forward etc etc if it all worked out And many of the highly fancied Mids in the draft are plug-in-and-play types In an 18 team comp, to get picks 5 & 9 is a dream come true. List-wise, we're not in bad shape to start off with (fully fit & switched on) As for the 2025 draft, we could end up in a powerful trading position to get back into the 1st round anyway

NFL Picks Week 6 (45 Mins)

Houston, Atlanta, Bengals

Yep, Twomey's mail can be trusted

How's them apples! We're fighting back!!

All these supposed sources? Most of it is total BS

Good point on Darling With the other candidates we've got our fingers crossed Petty will probably be used forward and T-Mac back. Unless Goodwin swaps them around But the main issue is we don't know how good our forward line can be unless we start moving the ball into the forward line with greater efficiency It should be turn and go fast with the forwards on the lead I like the way the way the Pies & Lions go about it and they've won the last 2 Flags

But in all seriousness JVR & Fritsch would do a lot better with precise delivery (and fast inside 50 entries) Kozzie & Petracca swapping roles or maybe both play forward permanently (High half-forward & Small Forward) Who else? Melksham, Turner, Chandler & Tholstrup can be weapons if the entries are quick and accurate Not sold on Petty (better in the backline) so we are screaming out for another KPF Could we make a call to Byron Bay? But if we continue to laboriously go forward via the boundary line, all bets are off, QD! It's nice to talk the actual game again, thanks for the quote My plan includes 2 new plug in and play midfielders from this year's draft. Ready to go Round 1 (or Round 0 haha)

Hogan!!! Neitz???

I do think a thread highlighting all their grandiose big statements would be a bit of fun And we could point all the 'When are they ever wrong' types to that same thread 'Go here!' Affirmative action! The Power of the index finger!

Fair enough And because of what you've said, footy only represents a small part of my life I only watch a game or 2 and none of the other shows. Don't follow the footy news outlets and I couldn't name many players from any of the other clubs And it's been that way for decades It pays to have a lot of other interests

Just ignore as they are not really hurting the FD or the players In fact, galvanising and using the 'us against them' is still quite relevant in sports e.g. Port using Ginnivans comments to fire the team up ... That stuff still works I agree with you with regards to those who believe all the media ... but it's any excuse to get stuck into their own club for those types But further to that those same types are really bad losers and are bitter and twisted about the club not winning the flag in the last 3 years There's at least 10 people on this site who think that way ... and they are very loud about it too But again, best to ignore So it's not necessarily the media, it's those with an agenda who use the media tripe to their advantage They'll often come out with "Where have they been wrong?" Of course, the media are wrong constantly and we should start a thread about all their idiotic big statements they make Robbo, Caro, Hutchy, Morris, Eddie etc mostly talk rot

Just don't take the media seriously then. Ignore them if it's going to bother you You'll never beat them But there are some truths and lies and embellishment coming from the media How do you sort that out? A nose for BS? That can help but it's tricky Take the news that Clarrie might take a pay cut ... my immediate thought was that if he definitely wants out, then that could be true But who wants to give up hundreds of 1000's per season? Then there's Joe Daniher who has just turned his back on $1Million So you never know

But the media are intimating that we have treated him poorly But I can't see any evidence of mistreatment What we can all see is the player going rogue ... that is indisputable

Not sure if it's been said already but once a club shops a player around, then the club has to expect the player to look for greener pastures Just put yourself in Oliver's shoes ... what would you do if there was an opportunity elsewhere?

Ok, in my opinion, he hadn't been mistreated

If Clarrie goes this will all be on him We haven't mistreated him and we've been extremely patient And we've given the bloke any number of chances to mend his ways Sometimes people just go rogue and you have to part company It's really nothing personal unless you want to hang on to how great a player he has been. And that's hard to let go of I hope he stays and gets his best footy back but if not, I wish him well

Do share then

You don't know that for sure

For that to happen the Board might need some changes (it's doubtful that we'd get a whole new Board) Pert & the Board are intertwined or at least it seems that way The Pert phone calls would have to be backed by the Board mainly because there is so much money involved with Oliver's contact People need to remember that the Board has to ratify contracts or vice-versa And I'm not trying to let Pert off the hook either ... it's more of a procedural action with regards to chain of command But if it was Pert alone his position is untenable

Well his track record is abysmal and the info about the Brownlow & 2 missed appointments didn't come from the media (maybe afterwards?) As far as I'm concerned he was on notice so he should 100% be keeping his nose out of trouble. Be the Professional Again, I'm putting aside his football abilities because if he was an average player he'd be long gone Long after players are gone or retired the club will still be around. And what goes before sets the standard for tomorrow

Re the media on Oliver A few truths A few half-truths A number of mis-truths A number of lies Heaps of embellishment For instance ... I do not believe that Pert (and the Board) acted independently to the FD & Playing group. They all knew Why? Because the playing group would be P/O with Oliver so the FD can't side with Oliver. Pert & the Board know all that If the FD did side with Oliver then forget about the team playing as a team ongoing. A toxic situation would arise But the FD have given Oliver a number of 2nd chances. But after the Brownlow incident and the 2 missed appointments I reckon they've all had enough To me, the whole club wants him out but getting him out is darn near impossible because of the $10Million Contract Would Oliver take a paycut? Maybe but how much?