Norm Smith's Curse

Our family are all tragic dees supporters or saints supporters but we all agreed forcing the next generation into the endless cycle of pain was abusive. As long as it isnt Essendon or Hawthorn im ok.

Is anyone running a betting market on who the leaker will turn out to be? I mean the speed at which some of the stories got out with intimate detail suggests the person was almost typing the sms during the meetings

What if he IS Kingie!

Was that a conspiracy theory that Tracc came second in the B&F only to try and keep him at the club? lol. Its ok, the world will not end. The 2021 Tracc was the memory that I will never let fade, and a lot of our problems stem from losing Jackson and then Brayshaw, the later who was obviously culturally massive and also had a linking up role we never came close to replacing. Would be really crazy though if we trade him and Clarry and then suddenly in 2026 footy moves away from transition, gut running both ways and outside surprises and goes back to Carlton-style inside clearance work and Tracc gets a brownlow! Dont take it personally with Tracc. Its possible some of the reasons he fell out of love with the club were valid, but others may not have been and time will tell. So many times when pushed to say he was still red and blue he would reply with 'i still have a passion for football' which made it pretty obvious he didnt want to say too much. Thanks for 2021 Tracc et al but its 2026 incoming and things change.

Dont worry mate, my kiddo is still in love with Luke jackson and changed to the purple

...and was seen with Kingie two hours ago for a meeting.

Ill mow your lawns if this comes to fruition

I like your mail!

The ego just dribbles out... Will he take accountability for his own 100% failed trade rumour?

Poor Tim's head is spinning, its all happening too fast 462332012_8589778521061357_1905714225936944495_n.mp4

High chance he is reading this right now with popcorn and enjoying the real power he has watching this thread spiral to 200 pages and may reply in person shortly.

I have a special catagory of leave called 'MFC Syndrome Internet Meltdown Leave'

I did hear that the happenings of that period were being toyed with as the script of the next Underbelly serious but cannot confirm...

Exactly - what if MFC is now just a reality television show measuring how many hours people take from their regular work, parenting and life obligations to continually press refresh on threads like this one?

I worry Melbourne are doing that thing where you advertise a garage sale on a Saturday morning and people start ringing on Thursday with sob stories about why they cant make Saturday, so you let them come early and they then low ball everything and you take it because you worry it wont sell, then on Saturday realise you could have got way more...

What if King just realises that we cant keep fielding the relics of the 2021 team and hope somehow it will just turn back into 2021? I just hope they have something significant planned that results in a good transitioning rebound game that doesnt spook any of the younger brigade into also exploring their options...

Lets be realistic here. We probably delisted defenders in the last few years that were more experienced and more proven than Derks so not a huge surprise.

Now that we have established that contracts mean nothing, surely this all means that we are tapping in to some incoming talent?

I like the fact that Clarry can have a laugh. But gees i really hope there are some surprises on the cards. We havent been getting like for like since Jacko, Harmes and Brayshaw left.

Wait until they are told to explore their options as well...

Relax, everything is back to normal now, our season starts at Trade week again...

Conspiracy theory one: what if we were just trying to work out which players were leaking? would we allow this to get out if we genuinely wanted to trade Clarry unless we already presumed he had little trade value? To all the 2021 players - thanks for the premiership will never forget it and another one is never guaranteed. But hoping that this means we have two speedy replacements in the mix already as I distinctly remember people lauding Neeld's hard edge at that time as well...

This is going to be highly demanding on Tim and Jason - no wonder Tim's head is spinning here: 462332012_8589778521061357_1905714225936944495_n.mp4

Even Clarry will admit that he has no one to blame but himself for past year issues. Who else rocks up to preseason camp with coral cuts all over your feet (media supported at time)? Question is would he have pushed the envelope if he was a fringe player?

Imagine if JUH and Oliver turn up for day one of preseason at Goldcoast with Tracc