TRIGON

Not until you’ve made me some cocoa!

I'd agree that you need to develop mids so that they can cope with a lack of ruck dominance; you also need them to be able to make the most of having ruck dominance.

Could argue that you rookie the likes of Campbell - dominant at VFL level - so that the Casey mids develop a system around a ruckman who regularly wins taps (or at least breaks even).

Do they play Gaelic football on a Friday night?

Hmmm, after Trade Week it’s almost as if we’ve gone back to work! Never mind, cup week coming up.

Seeing that one go untouched for so long makes me think that @Bitter but optimistic must currently be incapacitated.

Corporal punishment?

Very sad news, RIP.

If we get two Xaviers’ I’ll celebrate with a double Scotch.

That was unnecessarily abrasive.

Right side from his perspective.

Handsome fellow!

Laphroig

Not a bad outcome; although only time will tell. Glad it's all over. Time to kick back with a glass of whisky and some cheese and biscuits.

Dreaming or fearful; not much in the cat’s cupboard after ‘the holy trinity’. Ablett’s probably going into his last year, Selwood’s not far behind him and Dangerfield wilted badly under finals pressure - cracked the sads and resorted to giving away petulant free kicks.

Mostly the NQR.

ETD please go easy on the large and bolded font...gives me a headache just looking at it.

Out of interests sake, why didn't we pursue Hall as a line-breaker? Was it a potential contract size or an attitude/temperament issue?

You're probably right. A lot depends on what culture Dew can build up there...a tough gig for sure.

Who is ‘us’? The media? The fans? We’re not that relevant. Only the opinions and mindset of our Football Department really matters.

Is it is it just me? Has the trade week nonsense addled my brain? Tom Morris says the deals off because of the duration of contract, so ‘Melbourne have to buckle’? What the hell? The duration of the contract between Jessie and Freo is a matter they have to resolve for themselves! Where do we get our journalists from these days?

Sainters adding a fair bit of grunt to their midfield then.

And just when we get this thread back on track, you introduce the meat industry!

Perhaps Peter Bell is 'the real victim here'... having watched too many episodes of Suits and/or the movie Draft Day - doesn't understand that they're fictional.

I suppose so.