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We must have been told Josh Kelly isnt interested in MFC, or hes staying at GWS. Unless something's happening behind the scenes. Would hope we are making Kelly priority 1 if he is available. Lever a distant 2nd.

Talk about a non story, wow. Sledges would backfire in every game,every week. Big deal.

Awesome stuff, what an amazing recruit. When was the last time we had AA in back to back seasons? Edit - I see Jeremy McGovern made the team, wow. And named in the backpocket ahead of Nev Jetta. West Coast have always been over represented in AA teams and this year will be no different. How many West Australians are on the selection committee?

Hes about to turn 31, and hes a ruckman. Tipping a huge drop off next year and a retirement at seasons end.

Goes so perfectly with the thread title. I wanna laugh but I also wanna jump off a cliff Staggering that they mailed those out.

Lewis and VInce are just about cooked, we need Tyson unless we can get back another solid experienced mid in a trade.

For that sort of money he had better be Glen Jakovich 2.0

T Mac must become a permanent forward. He was phenomenal there and I cant remember his kicking hurting us once. He was dead accurate at goal. Went back to defence and reverted to his old ways, punctuated by 'that kick' vs the Pies. Angus Brayshaw and Jayden Hunt to the midfield I also want to see. With Vince cooked, Lewis not far behind and Jonesy being 30 at the star of next season we must restock in there and keep it filled with talent otherwise we will never make finals. My biggest question mark is - where to play Christian Salem?

Another thing I love about Lever is that he has all the tools to be a superstar key forward. With Hogan there and Weid coming through, that may never eventuate though at least not permanently.

I am actually more [censored] off about the Brisbane game the week before, when we went up by 5 goals then took the foot off the gas. We should have done the complete opposite and buried them. This team just defies belief. Percentage was so important and we think we were in a position to coast? Very harsh lesson to learn, but we deserved it.

Well we did beat them twice and finish a game ahead of them. Nice change from losing to them every year for a decade. But we arent in finals, so its no real consolation.

@Whispering_Jack Unleash the Drafts and Trading board. I am ready for a pile of unsubstantiated rumors and the inevitable 'big fish' that never eventuates.

2018 will be even harder. The bottom 4 this year were not all that bad. Brisbane were competitive for the most part. Perhaps the most competitive wooden spooner for some time. The AFL will be doing whatever it takes to make Gold Coast a finals team. Theres a good chance one of the Vic teams will land Josh Kelly too.

The players are there to perform and to win, and to bring us joy. I do not care about them personally, and could care less about the kind of people they are. If I see a Melbourne player walking down the street, I could not care less. I dont care who you are or if you're a top bloke or if you volunteer outside of footy . I would be happy with a team of psychopaths and murderers if they won games and we played finals every season.

Melbourne was placed fifth after round 14 but the Collingwood loss was its fifth in nine games and the club ultimately missed finals by 0.5 per cent. Same crap thats been happening for 50 years. Remember when we were on top of he ladder in 2004 after 18 rounds then missed the top 4?

A hypotheical - If Jake has already committed to us verbally behind the scenes, can he change his mind? Is anything legally binding if no contract has been signed?

The idiot that took the cheese platter to the footy should be banned for life from all Demon games. Utterly embarrassing. I've never eaten a cheese platter in my life, and this loser was eating one at the footy. And who the hell eats cheese on its own anyway? Is this some weird Brighton thing?

How long has Dave Misson been at the club? Every single year we run out of steam when it matters. Yes thats a side effect of having a young list, but surely it is time for a fresh head of conditioning/fitness and some new ideas.

The AFL should give us a bunch of 4 and 5 day breaks just to mix things up a bit. They really love to screw us with the fixture.

Pick 10 for Lever, straight swap. Tell Adelaide to go to hell if they ask for more. This of course assumes Lever wants to come here and never play finals ever again.

No Oliver..... Wow. The whole AA team is now meaningless.

Gawn didnt even try the last 4 weeks. Jimmy would be ashamed to have seen his total lack of effort when finals were on the line. Changes numbers please Max, you dont deserve the number 11.

Oh they will, and they will have the time of their lives. Then they get two months off to party even more and rub salt into our wounds.

Who needs finals when we have another TOP 10 PICK! Bring on the draft!

Notice that every team that need to win in Round 23, did win.... except Melbourne, the perennial laughingstock of the AFL. Port needed a huge win to give them best chance of top 4 - DONE Sydney needed a huge win to give them best chance of top 4 - DONE Richmond needed to win to stay top 4 -DONE Geelong needed to win at home to finish 2nd and a home final - DONE West Coast needed to win by 20+ to play finals - DONE Melbourne needed to beat lowly Collingwood to play their first finals in 11 years - FAIL