The heart beats true

Essendon have stated publicly that they are willing to turn pick 4 and 5 into pick 1 or 2, so we have no chance of getting into the top 3.

I won’t reveal my sources, so don’t ask, but Clarry chose GWS over Collingwood because he’s furious about the voting structure of the Copeland.

On the upside…. His comments might be key to unlocking the Nick Daicos trade.

Clarry acting like a child isn’t news if you’ve been paying any attention at all the last few years.

Essendon’s list boss Matt Rosa said this morning that they have made it very clear to The Eagles and Richmond that they’d be keen to bundle their picks 4 and 5 into pick 1 or 2. They are keen on Duursma for talent and family reasons. In my opinion this makes the Gold Coast Tracc trade more difficult as we can’t bundle them up to get higher as Essendon will always have a better hand. There was also a bit of inference that the talent drops off quickly after about 5 players (including Academy kids). I think we have to get a player back for Tracc or it looks like a net loss.

I think this is a good thing. Either the Suns have to give up some serious value or Petracca is staying. Flanders and a mid pick would have felt very disappointing. I don’t think Flanders turns the dial for any club. There isn’t enough X factor about him. Good luck Gold Coast.

How is this footy club ever to be taken seriously when they’ve literally handed the entire operation over to one person? The board needs to be sacked for this. It’s one thing to back someone all the way in THEIR ROLE, but entirely another to have no objective oversight on the core of their business. It’s pathetic from St Kilda, and embarrassing from Ross Lyon that he thinks this is acceptable.

I don’t think the club feels like they can sell that to supporters. I think we have to land a player too, or this will feel like a loss in the eyes of many.

Just out of interest, can anyone recall a player openly nominating a club and then not getting there?

Humphries, Pickett, Langford through the middle would get me to every home game for the next decade. (Sadly so would Laurie, Sparrow and a re-listed Dunstan. I’m painfully rusted on)

McClure, First of all, there’s no need to bring my hairline into this. I don’t take hair advice from anyone, let alone from someone who can’t even commit to being the ginger they clearly are. And how am I feeling about the club today? I feel like we spent 12 months trying to see if certain players wanted to improve their attitude, and their output, to match their contracts. I think we all saw the results, and I back the club in to make professional decisions based on what I can see from the sidelines, and what they would know from inside the organisation. And finally… get a fridge, fix your light fitting, and never presume to know how I’m feeling again.

I feel like you had a bad garage sale once, and it tainted your whole perception of the world.

Auto renew until I’m through ✊

I’d like everyone to take a moment to just think about this, what it likely has meant for the last 18 months, and the very specific video made by the club about the coaching announcement. - and how that information wasn’t leaked (because no players were aware except Gawn). I think it explains a lot about how we got here, and why we are moving forward the way we are.

My final word on Judd McVee. A Nobel Prize winning poet, five time world chess champion, first Australian to land on the moon, and the only lock down defender to win the Lasker Award for contributions to Medical Science. Thanks Judd, all the best back home with family and friends.

Ok ‘definitely not Judd’s mum’. You’re just a regular poster - whose only ever posted about Judd.

I don’t even think that’s a drive by. I think that’s a hit, put it in reverse and back over it, and then drive over the body one more time to send a message. I think Paul Guerra might have a touch of the Tony Soprano management style.

He’s not going to tell the actual truth - they won that game based purely on talent, and in that regard they get an all mighty advantage. 15 months ago most of Brisbane’s playing list weren’t talking to each other because of the fall out from a footy trip WhatsApp. ‘Culture’ is what poor clubs squabble over while real clubs get what matters - talent.

@doomsday dee your posting history if very unique, and almost exclusively about one player. 🤔

This post is so accurate that I knew exactly the posters you referenced.

Hearing reports of a virus that swept through Geelong’s room at half time.

It’s a joke when the league claims the umpires don’t look at stats at half time.

I reckon I’ve watched over 3000 games of footy in my time, and you know what I’ve never thought once… ‘I wonder how many lead changes there’s been in this game?’

How is concussion testing still not entirely the domain of a multibillion dollar organisation, and instead left to the clubs, who have a hugely vested interest in the player not having a concussion? The AFL aren’t serious about it.

Uncle Colin does a good job at the Welcome to Country. He’s respectful, educational, and has one of this country’s great beards.