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No chance of a rookie! After all he was pick 5 two years ago. His trade value would slide but not that far!

iirc he was touted as a fwd/ruck back up. Always expected to need time to fill out and develop. Others fwds with his build iare King x 2, Daniher, Hipwood etc. GCS won't do a Bowes type deal but they may trade him for a second round pick!

Did we dodge a bullet or should we bring him home?. He was very grateful for his time in our Academy which we continued even after the AFL changed the rules stopping us from drafting him. Reckon he would still feel some of that TLC and support and we are a much more stable and better club than GCS. He is OOC in 2024. GCS have a history of getting poor value for trades. JT stays close to prior draft targets and and I reckon we should bring him home!

Must be a spelling mistake!😁

As traumatic 💔as it was to lose him I'm really happy he has settled in at WCE. Back to what he does best and has taken on a mentoring role. hunt-s-advice-for-young-eagles

A month go I bought two guest passes with the intention of using some spare GA memberships for their entry to the G. When the email saying GA memberships will not provide entry to the G arrived, I contacted the club and they advised they were working with the AFL and MCC to sort it out. I called the club this week and they explained that complimentary 'ground entry passes' will be provided on request. I haven't as yet received the email with a link to how to obtain the 'ground entry pass'. Will let you know when I see it.

Some of us 'got it'! 🙂

Hang on! We have at least 5 very good years left from Petracca and Oliver. Petty is our replacement for May. Premierships are often won without dominant ruckman, altho they do come in handy 😉 The club tried to trade up in recent drafts to get elite midfielders in Dursma, Holmes and Humphrey. Couldn't get the pick swaps done to get high enough up the order. Pipped at the post for Holmes when Geelong made a last minute 'live' pick swap. We will land an elite midfielder sooner or later. Fingers crossed we can trade up the order this year to get the younger Duursma. Our list isn't and never will be perfect; nor will any other teams'. But we have one of the very best right now. Undoubtedly JT and TL are working on the future.

They rate him only for cameos!

🙂They might stay clear of that one and preserve their sanity. Or be like me and read it only up to the first bounce.

I was amused recently to see there are 280 Guests reading DL and 59 members. That ratio is quite typical. And I don't doubt the club has staff whose job it is to read DL: to judge the mood at times. But I doubt it would affect the FD.

One at the G will do me fine!

Not sure where to put this. From fox website: They don’t come out of contract until the end of 2024, but Western Bulldogs star duo Tim English and Aaron Naughton are already being courted by nearly half the competition. The Herald Sun reports up to eight clubs have interest in English and Naughton, who’re both from Western Australia, some 18 months ahead of their contracts expiring. The pair’s manager Andrew McDougall said they’d wait until season’s end before considering their next move. “Both boys are reasonably happy but we will wait until the end of the year until picking up discussions,” he told the Herald Sun. The Dogs are reportedly keen to lock away English and Naughton on long-time deals before rival clubs come calling this off-season. Can anyone with access to the HS website see if names of the clubs with interest are listed?

Gleeson was the previous lawyer of choice by the AFL to make their case at the Tribunal. He is now the permanent chair of the Tribunal. Any wonder he is doing the AFL's bidding and making up nonsense to support the desired outcome. The Cerra and Laird decisions were nonsense, especially Laird's as it was identical to Sparrow's: grabbed him around the hips, spun around and momentum took them to ground. No wonder players are second guessing themselves. By the way, David Neitz was on the Tribunal this week. Doubt he would take the nonsense the Tribunal is going on with. May have been over ruled by the Chair (Gleeson). Gleeson certainly seems to lead the Tribunal members in his commentary during hearings.

Someone reported in another thread (@Redleg maybe) that he has noticed players second guessing themselves when tackling/contesting because of the confusion around Tribunal decisions eg JvR and Hunter appeals. That would certainly affect our pressure and potentially cause doubt in players' minds on other aspects of play. Would also help explain why Port and Fremantle seemed to by-pass or easily break tackles. I wonder how we have rated on the pressure and contest scales in the last few weeks.

From AFL website: MELBOURNE is in discussions on a new deal for youngster Taj Woewodin as he pushes for an AFL debut. The versatile youngster is due to come out of contract this season at the end of his standard two-year contract after being drafted at the end of 2021, but is in contract talks for an extension. A two-year extension would be likely as with the majority of draftees coming out of their initial contract. With Chandler in discussions, Hibberd to wait, Jordon likely to go there are not many left OOC

From AFL website: MELBOURNE is in discussions on a new deal for youngster Taj Woewodin as he pushes for an AFL debut. The versatile youngster is due to come out of contract this season at the end of his standard two-year contract after being drafted at the end of 2021, but is in contract talks for an extension. A two-year extension would be likely as with the majority of draftees coming out of their initial contract.

Even thinking about losing to Carlton makes me feel ill. so I've had to snap myself out of thinking we will lose!

After preparing these threads for several years all fans sound the same: Extreme euphoria when a team is on a winning streak and a deep dive into the abyss when losing. imv a bit of argie - bargie is fine and as long as there is no nastiness or abuse at staff, players or posters, it is all part of what makes a forum fun and interesting. It would be quite boring if everyone was sensible all the time and had the similar opinions. Live and let live, I say! TBH, bf posters are fairly tame; I rarely have to edit abuse or nastiness out.

I was thinking the same thing. Essendon fans were the same. Part of the reason I was fearing an upset loss. I came to my senses and think we will win! They could have also been transcribed from DL posts of yesteryear or they may resurface in the next few weeks vs Pies and Cats.

Many thanks to @Demon Spurs @Queanbeyan Demon and @AzzKikA for keeping these threads going over recent weeks. I enjoyed reading them albeit after the games.

My favourites: I need suggestions for things to do when Carlton are playing. I’m probably old enough to join the local men’s shed but I’m scared they’ll have a telly on in the corner. Might volunteer at the dog shelter, can’t be angry when you’re looking after the poochies. I think I’ll make other plans Friday. Can’t imagine watching another soulless performance is a good use of time. Come & join me for a shopping spree at Chadstone 😂 Chadstone... omg that could be just as bad as going to the footy! I only shop at the Paris end. Go clothes shopping with the significant other. You'll be back watching footy faster than a politician breaks an election promise. …maybe I could spend the time finding a significant other? Did you just copy and paste my format? ;) Yep, I'm not clever enough to do that [censored] on my own. Besides it looks pretty professional. This has a hiding written all over it. Things are only going to get worse. At least I get married the next day. They can only ruin my Friday night. I fully expect to look in the TV Guide and see this game listed under the "comedy" genre because they're going to make us look silly. C'mon Vossy, we know you're lurking around here looking for ideas. At least give the fans something different to cheer about...if we're gonna go down, lets go down swinging rather than take the 'safe' option. Same old same old.

The mood was downbeat before we lost to Freo and didn't improve much as the week went on. Significant pre-occuption with the non selection of Dow. Here is a sample of comments on the same theme. Another Friday night game. Another weekend ruined. We’re killing Friday night footy again Dees by plenty. This is going to be ugly. I've gone from extremely disappointed to feeling the old comfort of going to the footy next week with zero expectations of being able to win. That has done it for me We may not score. We will make the eight. Couldn't have had a worse start to the season and we find ourselves half a game out. Common sense says we can't continue to play this badly. We will go on a run at some point. Just when you think all is lost, it always changes. They lost today, there going to be hungrier then ever, and with our key personnel out OUCH!!! This could be the week we say bye bye to another coach!!! Can we forefit? Watched Melbourne lose this weekend. All the little things didn’t work for them. The ball bounced the wrong way at the last second, the shot at goal just missed, the pass was a metre long. Watch all these things magically happen for them on Friday night. There is still a glimmer of hope within this team. Maybe all is not wrong like it looks from the outside. When it clicks, because it will, it has to. It is going to be be special. Lets hope its this Friday night! Demons aren’t traveling well at the moment, hopefully our boys spark up and bring home the 4 point. I’ve got everything crossed for the best possible result a win. Surprised Cerra got off but happy with it. Looking forward to May & Lever breaking intercept marking records and McKay kicking another couple out on the full this week. Put JSOS on ball, ditch the stupid ruck move. Fisher on ball to spice things up even more. TDK lead up forward. Stop making silly bombs into congested space. Stop making Jesse go for contested marks against players twice his size. We might actually have a chance..lol I thought we'd begun to move past the 'bomb it long' strategy. I even thought we might move beyond the 'boundaries at all costs' mantra. Until we learn to effectively use and exploit the corridor and lower the eyes (two things you'd think would be pretty basic - not easy, but basic) then we've got no chance. While Mirk's ruck work is improving he just can't get involved around the ground. He needs to be clunking them like Cox but he doesn't. Would get exposed against 2 of the best around the ground rucks in the league. We will play Grundy into form this week -- expect the big man to have a night out -- I hope silvagni not forced to second ruck Melbourne might play Harry into form this week ... What will happen is some lesser-light will suddenly have a burst of good play that kills us and the game, then this same person will disappear for the next several weeks. Just say Melksham when you mean Melksham. I can't disagree with you eg Melksham beat three Carlton defenders to win the game for them in the last 30 seconds last year ...that was a real kick in the hurtful places. Watch van rooyen, kick 4+-a star in the making Pickett is playing CBB as much these days - turning into a Rioli class player - unfortunately. When he 'rests' up forward he is still making stuff happen. Fritsch is a freak - I see McGovern as the only serious match up - unless Saad is asked to play a totally negating role on him - that could work b McGovern has no defence. He’ll get carved up. IMO, It has to be Kemp and Young needs to come back.ecause they match up for leg speed and jump - but that takes Saad out of rebound duties. I would love to see Charlie off a HFF just going where he pleases……push into stoppage, burst pass for a handball receive. Gallop up the wing as a hit up target…..if anything it would make may and Lever more accountable Fritsch is the one that worries me…he and Melksham and Kosi P Felt a little sorry for Harry today hearing how it’s been a struggle lately with his kicking etc. especially seeing his mother in the rooms giving him a hug They have bad memories of the job Melksham and Kozzie did on them last year. Kept them out of the finals Still have this niggling fear Harry will find his range this week so I was preparing for an upset. Nonetheless, they have me convinced of a win. Dees by 3 goals.

Not sure if you caught up with the latest on this. With a GA membership and having purchased a 'guest pass' the club will send a link to acquire a complimentary 'ground entry pass'. So your daughter can enjoy the game with you on level 2. If you haven't received the link in the coming days give the club a call.

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