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You joke about a tiny pick upgrade, but in 2006, we got 46 in return for Rawlings and 43. I believe this was the first ever downgrade of a pick, to offload a player. Rocco Jones (ex-Bigfooty and Woof royalty) was living in Perth at the time, and - before the draft - told me first hand that one...

Then we lose the Pick 17 offered, plus all the assets to gain the first rounder to pip them, and have a uncomitted player taking up ~$750k who's seemingly on the nose with the rest of the squad, footy department and our fan base, on our list for the next 12 months (possibly longer). If there...

This suggestion was raised on here 20 years ago. Just make it opt-in via email/website/text - and if anyone 'expects' their 17th members/social club scarf/beanie/lanyard/stickers and doesn't get it, all it takes is a phone call. 10,000-20,000 unwanted 'goodies' boxes over 10-20 years would...

Gordon said a few in the Hawks admin team went out of their way to help us during Grand Final week. Having not been in one since '61, there would undoubtedly have been a few at our club with a sense of "ummm... wtf happens now?" after the Prelim win. In an administration without much Grand...

To be clear, I have no questions on Brisbane's or Rayner's thinking/incentives re: pulling the trigger early, should they choose the earlier trade/contract. Plenty of reasons it would be in their best interests. But purely from our perspective, IMO the odds are against it being a good value...

I think I've seen a few posts mention Rayner as a potential target as a pre-agent. Can someone explain why we'd try to pry Rainer out a year before Free Agency? If he's happy to come to us this year, then surely he'd be ok with selecting us next year, as long the wages/terms were still up...

Can also confirm this works. A mate could only get a sportsbra version of the bib from some unemployed random flogging stuff on Marketplace, think his name was Dom Norris (?), bloke said he had accidentally found a bunch of them sniffing around for a story in the female locker rooms after a...

I, for some unknown reason, can see Essendon playing out of their skins against an innacurate Brisbane. And can also see St Kilda beating Carlton. Which, with a win against GWS, would potentially give us a home final at the 'G against Freo. But I didn't factor in that Hawthorn would then almost...

I hate laying the boot in during a pile-on, but geez, I think VDM costs us quite a few goals a game. There has to be at least one 2 goal turnaround a match that is a product of his decision making, skill execution, fumbling or panicking. By the eye test, at least another goal is cost on...

This below vid includes that speech, but also has some speeches/arguments from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Fry.

Not that I hope that any of them are injured, but I "hope" it's due to injury. Sanders is the only one that could even be close to being dropped on output, but kids are naturally inconsistent. He's got plenty to work on, but it's not like he's out of his depth - he'd develop much more quickly...

Geez, from the doom and gloom of the last few weeks to a potentially a new midfield of Baz, Sanders, Richards, with resources to chase another gun...

Is this the first time in Bevo's 9 years that a debutant has been dropped after one game?

"Season's dead" "Season's not dead!"

Do the feel-good debutant phone call to parents videos come out on Wednesdays, usually? i.e: Would we find out today if Clarke will debut?

I don't know about Brown's previous contract, but Darcy did make us sweat in his contract after winning the AFL MVP and his first year under Rohde. During an Age article where he said he was pushing negotiations back until the end of the year, he publicly said something along the lines off: "I...

He openly said that he wanted to make enough money so he never had to work again after his footy career, but he also said - before the trade - that if the contract offers were in the same ballpark, his preference was to stay. He could have been lying, but he would have looked quite foolish if we...

Their fitness seemed to really come to the fore late season. They were bottom four half way through the season (2 games and 30 percentage points out of the 8), and were one of the few other teams to lose to West Coast. If we follow a similar trajectory where we're as fit as they were in the...

Geelong's hands were utterly elite last weekend. The amount of times they, after being under serious pressure, had the vision to find and execute a high degree of difficulty handball which realeased someone into open space was insane. We on the flip side seem to find a way to get the final...

There's obviously outliers, and I didn't say it was a guarantee of success - in fact bringing up our squad in 2005 was my own proof that it isn't. The level of quality associated with those AA players (multiple AA star vs someone scraping in) and the age profile plays a massive part. A dozen...

The judment above is of Eade in his first season vs someone in their 10th year. What were your thoughts on Eade when he was starting 0-3 his 8th year with us, with zero Grand Finals and zero flags? Eade often went with "this is a development year for a young squad" mantra that season, which...

Out: VDM, McNeil, Harmes In: Daniel, Macrae, and Clarke if we stay small, or otherwise I'd much prefer Darcy to Keath if we're adding a key defender Those 3 cost the team dearly. This week will be a test on the new coaching setup. Historically, like Ayce Cordy, McComb, Gowers, Honeychurch etc...

Is there single recruiter in the league (who's been in the role for at least 10 odd years), who doesn't have dozens of failed selections? Assessing recruiters comes down to a lot of assumptions, but I'm assuming not many others in the field walk away with Bont, Macrae Naughton, English with...

Geez, I'm an idiot - didn't spot that at all (a lesson to not post after Friday night drinks) I guess I could see myself, in the same shoes, "weighing up whether to nominate" to try get some intel to report back to the club so they could gain some kind of advantage, but yeah, a pretty...

I love it, and this is in no way a criticism, but I don't know if putting this out there publicly is in the club's best interests.

Not saying fitness isn't a contributor, but in quite a few of the close games we lost, we were finishing strongly and peppering/had the run of play (kicking the last goal or two). Surely if fitness was the key issue, we'd consistently be out on our feet with 5 mins left? Is there any fitness...

Basically interviewed one person and hired him on the spot, desperate for a known commodity after the Rohde disaster. Management were scared s***less that Hawthorn would interview Eade later that week and we'd lose him if we didn't come to contract terms during the interview. We really showed...

Isn't the "worse than they first thought" that the club was hoping that it might be 4-6 weeks, and instead it's approx 8-10? Or has there been an update on the update? If it's 9-10 weeks, he can still keep his fitness up, and slot straight in after the finals week bye - not a disaster given...

Yes, to say he singlehandedly rebuilt the list is incorrect, but that he navigated a full blown rebuild while making finals twice is accurate. The average age of our top 22 during that time was borderline as young as the Gold Coast/GWS teams in the early 2010s. Yes, we had Bont, Macrae etc, but...