Diamond_Jim

I am not a great fan of the classic ruckman. Few teams can afford to carry more than one and they can be found relatively easily. The idea of "growing" a ruckman such as Bradtke is very old school. If some other team offers Preuss senior game time so be it. Third rounder is the best I would expect. LJ's play below his knees iswhat excites me.... Ruck work comes a distant second Finally MFC has since Jeff White always had a dominant ruckman but it has not got us far in most years. (White, Stynes, Jarman, Gawn etc)

Thanks Jack for providing such joy in our days of mediocrity. Good luck with your life

Would Essendon be interested or are they hoping for Cameron?

Agree...I wouldn't sell the farm for a forward yet. Fritsch kicking straight is 40 goals a year and Weid is also a 40 goal player. Add in LJ and Pickett with 20 each and you have a reasonable forward line. Is Petty capable of adding twenty and driving the ball forward... I have no idea My concern is whether we will get enough goals out of Hannan, AVB and Melksham. Would be good if Oliver could get a few more a la Dangerfield

Same day travel is ok for night games and the plane trip is 2 hours or less. Travel the night before was an AFL requirement to make sure games weren't cancelled due to plane delays. It should of course be at the discretion of the teams

A great post. I don't agree with all your assessments but the way in which you have approached the task is sensible.

Does he have skills by hand and foot plus a turn of speed over twenty metres? Nothing on the highlight reel that thrilled me. I suspect Hannan would have a better reel.

Best of luck to all three and congratulations for making it onto an AFL list. That in itself is no mean feat. A few statistics that may be of interest is that the median number of games for all players in 19 and that only a third of drafted players ever play 50 games. Only one in six make it to a hundred games. For these reasons I would hate to see the AFL skimp on career and transition counselling for all players in these hard times.

If Gawn once again gets the ruckman nod what does that say about our midfield system. Oliver has improved because he kicks more... duh ...many of us were pointing that out years ago

Just reading an article posted on Bomberblitz about the possible trade of Daniher to Sydney. It mentions that Sydney are likely to request his medical records and that Bombers are likely to say no on the basis that it is their IP. If it is true that the club owns the player's records then this is something that the AFLPA should take up. Amazing post the drugs saga that this could be the case. PS Bomberblitz don't seem to have heard of copyright the way they post whole articles. It doesn't list who wrote it but I think it was Foxsports.

Negotiations with AFLPA ongoing. Clubs would know the parameters of those negotiations. Rumour is 2-3 player reduction this year and same next year

FYI Bomberblitz are saying North have offered 5 x $700k against Essendon offer of 5 x $500k

Foxfooty.com.au understands the Hawks would command a first-round pick in return for Gunston, who the Herald Sun reported has an annual salary of $600,000 to 650,000. https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-trade-news-rumours-whispers-2020-tom-morris-trade-blog-jack-gunston-contract-jye-caldwell/news-story/27a7f6054d1a4a39c4839d6fb78a7a7a The salary might be doable if we can offload all or a decent part of TMac's salary but at 29 he's not worth the draft pick

A medium level journeyman. It's a pity we need him but without TMac in form I see little alternative. My bigger worry is Melksham and Hannan Also need to get LJ and Rivers under 3 year contracts asap

If there are AFL directed list reductions there will be permitted payouts of contracts that will not impact salary caps Swans will be thanking their lucky stars (Franklin) and it will allow us to pay out KK and possibly Jetta

If Pies lose Dogs get to play saints in Brisbane How lucky can you get

was it ever so BBO 'Tis our lot in life to be disappointed The only question is at what hurdle in life do we fail

8.8 =56 Brother !!

Swans flying south for the summer

Well there goes the chance of Bennell being a surprise inclusion for the GF

well they say it comes in three's The Huntracc affair, Bennell throwing an all nighter and we all know what comes next. What a underwhelming season by this club

anyone else have that feeling that the season is ending in a typical MFC fiasco

you don't get it behaviour of that nature in a workplace has been unacceptable for the last twenty years.

But you have to think about the following three matches and the travel plus the parade...the list goes on Gawn will definitely need help or he may be too tired to give a good speech as he lifts the cup

So wrong on so many levels If that reflects the team culture in the 21st century then ..........