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I was serious. After waiting and supporting with memberships for so long we would need to find a way to get you there.

If we make the grand final we may need to enclose @old deein bubble wrap? so he can come to the game - who knows when we might get to another one.

Let me guess - the initials of the obstacle are GB?

I meant FA as inferred by the description.

Congratulations on the little man's arrival, Adam. And good to see you managed to keep him away from supporting his Mum's Hawks

The stat would be more meaningful if it showed scores from kick ins. eg if it was '# of scoring shots/kick-in' I'm guessing we would rank quite highly. We have been very good at end to end movement but we often kick points so '# of scoring shots/kick ins' is a more meaningful stat.

Not many examples where a non RFA, out of contract player's club has forced a high trade price by playing hardball. Kelly to WCE is one of the few I can think of in recent times.

Initially I thought the pre GF bye was a good idea. Then I heard an interview where the comment 'there are always hard luck stories at GF' was made. And seeing this amazing position that Chelsea Randall has taken convinces me there should be no pre GF Bye. chelsea-randall-concussion-ruled-out-of-adelaide-crows-vs-brisbane-lions-clash Such a gracious, thoughtful person showing great leadership to the AFL community and trust and inspiration in her team. On the back of that the Crows will win the GF

Thank you. If Hibberd doesn't play much this year he may struggle to get a new contract. Agree with others but the club may want to keep options open and offer 1 year in some cases. I would probably put Jordon up there on priority signing especially as he is an RFA this year (due to being delisted then rookied last year) and depending on how he plays I would like to see Weideman continue with us but right now he wouldn't be a top priority.

Update for Oliver 2 year contract (and spelling of Smith's name) @GarboI update this table based on info in the media at the time a contract is signed. I notice footywire has Langdon's contract expiring this year which I highly doubt as he wouldn't have come on a two year contract. Let me know if you have seen other info on his contract and I will update accordingly. We may have a few extra players unsigned this year but I suggest not many are 'must keep'. Now for Salem's signature!

Awesome first post. Thanks for reassurance that Salem will sign.

Except that Dodoro does the wheeling and dealing as GM List Management. Mahoney is GM Football so I think they are peers. .

Oliver hasn't been with us for 8 years. He won't be an (R) FA until end of 2023, if he re-signs for two more years. If Oliver requests a trade we can ask a very high price but the player holds all the aces and once an OOC player nominates a club we have little choice but to get the best deal we can.

I'm pretty sure he is an RFA as he has been there 8 years and would be in their top 25% earners. If he isn't in the top 25% he would be an FA - altho that would be very unlikely. So Ess can match.

Ess love trade time drama and would match just about any $ offer and demand a trade (ala Cameron @ Geelong) to extract more than the AFL compensation draft pick and or players. Dodoro will do it just for the sport.

We are in the queue port-adelaide-eye-bombers-star-merrett "Melbourne are another club to have shown strong interest in Merrett, who would add run and ball use to a formidable ball-winning midfield". If we get him we must be planning to trade some reasonable players out to make sal cap space s I doubt the players that are likely to not have contracts renewed this year, will free up anywhere near enough $ after their replacements are recruited. Not to mention our talent need to be rewarded. Will be an interesting trade period. We would be looking very attractive to him and any other FA's looking for success.

What is it with Goal of the Year this round? Whoever nominates them has a preoccupation with flukey, dribble kicks from the boundary - one of the three nominees was even described as an accident by the commentators. Meanwhile, Max roosts one from the center square at a critical time of the game and crickets!

I didn't see the incident. From what Clarkson said last night I doubt they will appeal.

Mitch Lewis suspended for a week so won't line up against us on Sunday. MRP decisions have favoured us this year,

Such a heart wrenching plea, ding. Simply and beautifully said.

Correct. The coaches votes split after Petracca and Gawn were: 4/0 Oliver 3/0 Langdon 2/0 Lever 2/0 Salem 1/0 McDonald 1/0 Pickett Pure guess work as to which were Goodwin votes and Scott votes. They certainly saw the game differently.

Coaches Votes: By Coach: 5/5 Petracca 4/3 Gawn The rest are obvious. Again agreement on the top 2 but no agreement at all on the rest. I guess it reflects the team effort and overall contribution by 22 players. Leader Board 28 Taylor Walker ADEL 22 Max Gawn MELB 22 Jack Macrae WB 20 Clayton Oliver MELB 19 Dustin Martin RICH

And info for members?

It seems odd that we have had no press conf, press release nor member email to announce the appointment. Tom Morris who leaked the story of Bartlett standing down seems to have gone to ground. And the Pert email he thought had been sent on Saturday night doesn't seem to have existed or he was misinformed. Wouldn't mind seeing something official from mfc on Kate's appointment.

Nothing from/gy the club yet, od. This article we-have-got-to-be-better-equality-key-to-roffey-s-melbourne-presidency is based on an interview on the ABC. Listen to the interview on the link in here: melbourne-football-club-kate-roffey Having now listened to the whole interview, the 'equality for all subject' is one of quite a number of goals. Just shows the earlier tweet failed to present a balanced report of the interview.