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I'm not so worried about wins and losses next year. I do want to see us set a significant foundation from which we can build towards our next premiership. Frankly the last four years have been a complete waste and have taken us further and further away from where we need to be. A good indication will be whether we continue to gift games to players such as Salem, Langdon, Sparrow and Lever when their performances don't warrant selection.

I hope we didn't spend too long on the designs because they are all abysmal. What is wrong with the light blue clash jumper? I also don't see how these don't cause a bigger issue with Essendon's jumper.

As soon as they can work out how to squeeze in some more teams in to the competition and more byes in to the fixture. Looking forward to a 37 team competition next year - 22 week season with each team having 14 byes.

I'm assuming Taylor will be a quality player, but one of Pickett or Matthews needs to become a very good player for us to break even in that deal. I'm still thinking that there is every chance that a 1st round pick linked to GC and a 2nd round pick linked to us are in a similar part of the order.

Then perhaps we should have had a flier on him with a late pick in the 2024 national draft or rookie draft, rather than using pick 12 in 2025.

They have been in the stores for at least two months so were probably printed six months ago. Count yourself lucky that they didn't include Petracca and Oliver as well (although I don't know how Pickett wasn't included).

Very much agree with this - she (Denby) was very good against Adelaide, and deserved to play against North ahead of Lampard and others. Given that Colvin has retired, we are looking a little light on for defensive depth now.

The only way we will beat North is to significantly improve the list over the offseason. We simply can't match their level of talent across the ground. Unfortunately the AFL have created a monster that is going nowhere in the next 2-3 years. You only need to look at their ability to recruit Sheerin for minimal outlay last year. The pay structure in the AFLW means that you can't just go out and pillage their list without seriously compromising your own list. You are really only competing for talent on the quality of your program and facilities, and the opportunity to play finals, and North obviously rate very highly on those measures.

Why would anyone want to play for GC in AFLW? They've won three games in two years, change coaches every five minutes and play in front of 6 people every week. Mithen's time at the MFC was clearly up, but it would be a disaster to be losing players of McNamara's calibre. We should be having a look at Charlie Rowbottom and see if she wants to play at a real club.

Why did we resign Henderson when he is deep depth only and struggled to get on the field for most of last year? I would have given Brown or Woewodin another year in preference.

Club run academies are the biggest joke ever. The development of the game is the AFL's responsibility and they should take ownership of the programs. Get rid of zones and stop the rorting of players being tied to clubs merely because they lived in the area at some point in their lives. And yes, having a zone with a significant population of migrants from the subcontinent is great if you are running a cricket program, not so much for a football program.

Are you saying you didn't rate Pisano's eight disposal, two behind game? Only the 34 touches, 8 tackles, 8 clearances and a goal for Purcell.

Has it been confirmed that all listed players are in attendance? Any confirmed absentees?

I was critical of Mick in the first half of his tenure, but I think he has coached as well as he ever has in the past season and a half. This will be a massive loss. The HS reported over the weekend that Geelong have been lining him up. Thanks Mick for all your fantastic work establishing one of the most successful programs in the league.

No wonder the club is always hiring for an accountant on LinkedIn. I'm guessing the old one is exhausted from all the creative accounting that is required. Or they are headhunted by the state government for a similar role. Four years on from a premiership, with home games on Kings Birthday and Anzac Eve, it is shameful that the club is back to recording losses (even if we only focus on the $200K operating loss).