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Here’s a funny one - have it on very good authority that Doncaster East have and are looking to sign multiple top-line VFL players. These players are permanent VFL fixtures and have made it clear they will not train or play for Doncaster East. They’ll never even set foot in the joint. Most...

They’ve been saying the exact same thing for two years. Just stop with this shit and get to work building a squad that can win a flag.

Good get for Kilsyth with former Basin / Berwick key forward Jackson Drake - if he can get over his injuries.

Sign a contract, see it out. Pretty simple.

I am secretly CEO of Essendon, ya got me 🤫

I mean you read it and responded to it, so it wasn’t all in vain 👍

He wants to travel the world young. His missus doesn’t like footy 🤣 It’s a two-way street. Somebody in Joey’s position is a very, very valuable resource and a lot of people rely on him. It’s not an individual sport. Just see out your contract. It’s not all about you. Agree to disagree.

Nah, more than a few players have left Essendon and won flags. That’s footy, doesn’t bother me. It might if they beat us in a GF, but that’s not happening!

Phoning it in would indeed be selfish, but there’s more than one way to be selfish. Winning is a huge team effort - you commit to a team to see it through. Don’t like footy? Fine. Don’t sign the contract. List management is a tough caper in the tight confines of the AFL. Brisbane have...

Just for a bit of balance, let’s be clear - Joe doesn’t like footy and only cares about one thing - Joe. That extends to signing contracts. He tried to weasel out of his Essendon contract and now he’s walking out of his Brisbane contract. Nobody ever forced him to play footy - his father and...

Lot of love for Joe, I can’t really get around it. All about how “he’s walked out on a huge contract” like it’s totally selfless. I mean, they pay him for a reason. He is part of the team and they need him to be at their best. What is wrong with, ya know, fulfilling the contract you signed...

Really interesting to read back Yoda_ Caldwell and Durham the huge bolters I don’t think anybody really saw it coming. Our CBAs as posted in the Hobbs thread: Zach Merrett (23) 521 Sam Durham (22) 305 Jye Caldwell (23) 300 Darcy Parish (12) 212 Jake Stringer (23) 204 Archie Perkins (18) 178...

That’s all true, but if you ask anybody, it has 100% had an impact. Players are being paid less than they were 10 years ago. So while it may not be adhered to, it seems like it is having an effect.

He’d have to play for that to be the case. And play where he was picked to play, in the midfield. If these stats are right - I think they are - it shows exactly where he is. Centre Bounce Attendances (2024) Zach Merrett (23 matches) 521 Sam Durham (22) 305 Jye Caldwell (23) 300 Darcy Parish...

Would be good but the problem with divisions in the bush is always the same - how do you work out netball given whole clubs (footy and netball) play each other on a Saturday.

No idea and don’t care - I can just see both sides from the club’s point of view. It’s the club’s event. It’s not the individual player’s event. The club can and should get what they want out of it. If they think having a departed player might undermine that somehow, then I can respect that...

Tbh I can see both sides. People will bag the club but if the event is a celebration and you want to use it to start selling hope for next year, having one of your top players, who has already checked out, might not work too well. “Fire up everybody, we’re going places and 2025 is going to be...

Bunyip have been admitted to the Ellinbank league, leaving the WGFNL with 11 clubs. They might not be keen on Pakenham but eliminating a bye could help sway them. Not sure what other options they have. Wonthaggi were keen to move back from the Gippsland League a few years back but pretty sure...

I still think North have us beat in this regard, bringing in somebody “to lift standards”… from West Coast.

Pretty surprised we haven’t had a good crack at Parker tbh (maybe we did). Surely as a club we are aware how short we are in leadership and experience. He might be nearly done as a player but a former captain who’s played in a premiership, 5 GFs, countless finals would surely bring something...

The bluecoats at Waverley in the 90s were pretty good to us as teenagers. Generally didn’t even need a pass out… just tell them we didn’t have any money and they’d just wave you in with a laugh.

Got me in back in 2001. $50 a go, the kid would walk into the toilets with you, take his record jacket back and he back outside for the the next bloke 5 mins later. They did this from 10am onwards apparently, made more than they did in a year selling records.

Needs to happen. The AFL is past venues like Football Park and Waverley, which is what Bellerive is.

Small point and I don’t want to pick on your overall post, which is good. But it shits me when Brisbane are credited with rehabbing Daniher. He was totally rehabbed at Essendon at enormous cost and effort which included multiple surgeries, treatments and periods of rest. He spent over a year...

Mark Stevens departs Oakleigh District for Lyndale (Southern Div 4) Must be pushing 40yo but kicked 58 goals for OD this year - so should dominate.

If the Dees are willing to see him go then I think we’re already 12 months down the line in your scenario. It all started 12 months ago.

Ha, Jase the mastermind. I remember the last time - he spent a few weeks telling everybody what a cancer Stringer was, then surprisingly found there was nobody bidding for him. Then we were clearly the only club interested and offered unders - he refused it, then eventually took it. Playing...

Huuuuuuuge risk. If you take the risk and it pays off, good luck to you. If it ****s your playing list and TPP to the point where you’re North-level in a few years’ time, don’t come crying for priority picks etc. Eyes are wide open, everybody knows the deal.

Hold him to what end, however? I think you can legally refuse a DNA test? So there wouldn’t be grounds to restrict his passage? Surely he’d end up being released anyway, and all that’s doing is letting him know you’re highly suspicious of him, which would encourage him to be even more...

No issues with the Swans. They have a red home kit and a white away kit. It works. Lions have a yellow away kit so wasn’t a problem. Of course though, standard AFL: they don’t wear it they don’t have the matching shorts.