Diamond_Jim

Ruckmen aren't relevant to their style of play Same with probably half the league

Grundy's price went down by 25% today Think on it...you'll realise why

Game On

Another goal to the Pies could make it interesting

Pie's defence being taken apart

The Zone of Indecision (26 points) strikes again

Swans need one more goal before entering the infamous zone of indecision

Howe on Franklin Smart move perhaps.. Franklin is not the danger player We fell into the trap of wasting May on Franklin Now being picked up by Maynard

Don't they have a guy named "King"

Ah... the old reverse front loading issue We never did hear how GCS was compensated when GA Junior left. He had been very heavily front loaded

Late first rounder from Essendon Other clubs..early third rounder

Fritsch was of course drafted the following year which leaves only Hunt and Petty from that team. (Hunt at that time was an established player who had lost form as a running backman.) It's certainly not a nursery for future talent

That thought occurred to me this morning but I see you have already raised it.

Quiz of the week We last played in a VFL grand final in 2018. Is any player from that team still at MFC ?

Such a gameplan One's the forward half ruck the other is the back half ruck Has anyone mentioned that for 60% of a game all players are in the same half if not quarter of the field

Looks like the playing of Joel Smith as a forward experiment has been ditched. A pity

Never really made sense for him to play last week either but.................

Just reading the teams and thinking McDonald was a sensible out having an eye to next year and then I scroll up !!! This season just keeps on giving

Why It will be the same gameplan and we are unlikely to win the first ten games. Injuries were minor in 2022 and as you say exacerbated by bad management. Other than a first year player in JVR we are adding little to our forward line. The second half of 2022 was abysmal and the coaching staff could not arrest the slide. 2023 is a new year so there's hope but I fear we will stagnate around 5-6 ladder wise

For Hunt it's money and contract length We obviously have made an offer and he's looking around. Trade wise it's very late second to mid half third at best

The mini Eddie who gave us the Shanghai Extravaganza.... Save me

Please tell me that this is not the start of a 200 plus page thread a la Jackson.

We had been looking for a small forward for years. Our VFL team is full of "nearly theres". Kozzie is a potential match winner plus he is one of our few "crowd exciters"

I'm starting to think that for your top 15 it's 3 year minimum deals and sign your next deal at the end of year 2 or you could be traded. The problem with the AFL system is that the player needs to consent to the trade It doesn't really matter unless you demand he honours the contract which is not a great way to manage a cohesive list

Just pasted this on another thread.re Kozzie........ TBH I don't want another year of Jackson like speculation. I'm of the mind to say sign or we trade. The kid glove treatment of Jackson got us nothing but distraction