The heart beats true

Media the day before the draft - ‘meet the gun draftee who plays like Pendles/Buddy/Judd/Ablett’ Media the day after the draft - ‘I guess they did ok, but only if these players end up being good’ 🤷‍♂️

I always favour the idea of trading into this year. Everyone knows the AFL like to change the rules, so you never know what’s coming. I suspect pick purchasing will gain momentum, and that will, once again, change the possibilities. A bird in the hand and all that.

I wouldn’t be discounting Windsor, or any of the top 12-15 players from being regular senior contributors in 24. Last years top 15 almost all played regular AFL in 23. Anyone not playing key positions got a lot of exposure at senior level.

No trip to Geelong is unbelievable. I’m in shock.

Are they really calling it ‘round zero’ to not offend Carlton and Richmond fans, who always play Round One? The AFL has jumped the shark here. It’s embarrassing. its the first round of football for premiership points - it’s Round One.

He looks a ripper with his timing. I will say you very rarely get a clean jump at the footy in AFL. I imagine it’ll take him a few seasons to adjust to AFL body positioning - but you can’t teach timing like that. He’ll be a good player.

According to the Age we will feature in round zero, and then get an early season bye, as well as a mid year bye. All round zero teams get a bye in the first month or so of the season apparently.

It’s awesome how the club keeps announcing all these games I can’t go to.

The point is to get a tourism department to give the AFL heaps of cash for the honour. It works.

Gather Round is a dud. Call it ‘gathering up tourism department funding’ round, and I’ll at least respect the AFL for being straight with us.

I was promised tough love once. It cost me a fortune, but gee it was fun.

Sanders and Read will both go on to win Brownlow’s. They are clearly AFL stooges.

‘Us vs the world’ is an overly emotional motivation strategy, that worked better with previous generations. These days it seems like coaches take a ‘growth mindset’ mentality, and don’t try and make everything feel so dramatic. They recognise that people get burnt out by feeling like the world is against them - as it begins to become a self fulfilling prophecy. I think the ‘us vs the world’ mentality is a huge part of the problem for the Bulldogs under Beveridge. There can be less opportunity to find joy in the process.

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I think this site should be renamed… ‘This topic is now closed to further replies’.

The cyan letters are burning my eyes.

Great question. I think we’d have to look very hard at the Eagles list. They can’t afford to be diabolically bad again, so there’s no guarantee they won’t lift themselves up a touch and pick 6 ends up becoming pick 4-5 in 2024. I’d say it’s not worth the risk, they’d need to give us back something else to offset our exposure. Likely a future second.

I like this a lot. He’s different to the guys we lost, who were contest focused - but not as talented as the contest players we have in the middle at the top level. It’ll be a chance to add more skill if we feel we need it.

Do we know his nickname?

Harry Petty’s face has had a good trade period.

Surely this should have been, coincidentally, announced at 6pm on the 29th of October while the Matilda’s are playing The Philippines? Missed a trick there AFL.

Cornes yesterday - ‘Melbourne need to sell Petty while he’s so valuable.’ Cornes Today - ‘Melbourne are keeping Petty. Is he that valuable?’ I don’t take anything he says seriously, because he admits he doesn’t either. It’s just a bit of fun.

Why?

Was there a single trade today across the AFL? Snorefest.

Word is even his mum’s on the fence about him.