Diamond_Jim

Houston signed a long term deal on middling money and then hit AA form. This "trade" is about re-oening his contract. Port are playing hardball as they should

ah we beat them by a couple of points in Melbourne

Rioli for picks 6 and 20. When the Tiges were flying he struck me as about tenth in their best 22. Suns have so much draft capital it's scary

The Board spill at MRC has been confirmed

Lionel Messi makes more money off social media than he does playing football. If you can get it right the rewards are very large. Frankly I'm surprised how few of the big AFL players are into it

Rioli for pick 6. Sounds high

Unfortunately it has come to that time as it often does in many businesses that we need a circuit breaker aka a scapegoat. Not sure who it should be but we aren't getting out of this mess with a steady as you go approach. Post 2021 has definitely not been what we were all imagining

Need our second pick back from Adelaide. It's not a bad pick now . For example it's higher than the pick at which we selected fritsch and I think rivers I'm not adverse to trading our future first and dipping into the draft three times if the recruiters think the depth is there

Correct Port will want to win big time for a home final

Don't really understand West coast With their wealth and home ground advantage you would expect to see some improvement Same for north given their extra draft picks and Tasmanian advantage Two years ago I would have said Collingwood was on its way down for a long time and hawks ... Who knows Coach and gameplan are now as important as good players perhaps

Don't know.... could be

Spargo still on crutches Not great

Life was not meant to be easy A rebel board member has called for a spill of the Melbourne Racing Club committee following scathing criticism of Caulfield Racecourse’s new $160 million mounting yard facilities as well as the club’s $250 million plans to replace the Rupert Clark Grandstand. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/racing/rebels-call-for-spill-of-melbourne-racing-club-board-saying-caulfield-revamp-in-disarray-20240822-p5k4mk.html Toss up as to how this might affect/delay our plan

Yeah but we'll make a decent amount from the away gate takings I suspect we need it

Mercy rule time Casey definitely needs a rethink as to strategic goals etc I don't mind losing but are they gaining anything skill wise

Karma strikes

Getting killed out the back

A ruckman would be useful

he's hiding in the grass

Dare we expect more

Amazing that they could match the Eagles offer.

Sounds about right Langdon was traded from Freo for a mid second rounder and a future second but he was five odd years younger

We'll be lucky to match that. Adelaide will play hardball in the extreme unless Port get involved. Ironic given that if the move was in reverse (Adelaide to Melbourne) you'd probably have about six clubs after him. We could of course pay a large chunk of his salary and "buy" a higher pick. Not a completely dumb idea

GWS v Dogs and Freo v Port/GWS are the real shapers Carlton could easily replace the Dogs and GWS could miss if they lose to Freo and the Dogs Similarly Freo are vulnerable Of course if Carlton lose to the Eagles this weekend the 8 is fixed other than its order

Eagles at $1M per year if he goes anywhere is my guess