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Someone who was much happier after five seasons?

I know from someone who got it from Lamumba (so take that with whatever grain you want) that Buckley went on a culture based clean out of the rat bags that Malthouse tolerated because they were also some of the best footballers. It definitely hurt the team onfield in the short term. And I...

No premiership as a player. No premiership as a coach. That will be burning within Buckley.

Stafford is out. What more could you possibly ask?

I expect they ask for the reason people cancelled when they leave, or why the failed to renew. “Cost of living” will probably be the primary reason given, however AFL memberships went up at a system level so it’s not the real reason. I hope it was “Cruddy game style” as the biggest reason. Or...

Both can be true. Wilson can think Petracca should get over it. And Petracca’s family could also not want to forgive Melbourne. An Italian family looking to blame everything other than their (28 year old) baby boy… colour me shocked. I’m not saying Petracca is to blame, but he played some part...

Riccardi did re-sign in 2023 to the end of 2026, but it’s more that the Giants are favouring 34 year old mediocre O’Keefe at the pointy end of the season. Cadman has really started to develop too. Contracts these days seem to be more to protect the club from losing a player for severe unders...

At GWS Riccardi was available for the final yesterday yet wasn’t selected. Another option?

Lockhart delisting was always a bit of a mystery for me too. But no other club picked him up either which says something.

Roffey should have seen the writing on the wall. She doesn’t seem the sort to have fallen on her sword though. My guess is it was a “Jump before you’re pushed” scenario. There had to be at least one head to roll out of all of this. With a new president post Green’s stint I reckon Pert will be...

Having worked my career around executing independent reviews, they need to go somewhere to someone who will do something with the findings - otherwise it’s a big waste of time. Generally it’s Management who want the review into part of their operations because they acknowledge something is not...

I like this shoulder form based recruiting strategy. Welcome to the Melbourne Football Club James Borlase. Actually, he is a bit lopsided. Not sure if he qualifies.

Exactly what a Bulldogs supporter I work with asked me first thing today. I said I didn’t know.

I know based on someone I used to work with who has a kid the same age as one of Melk’s, that Melk was going to retire at the end of 2023 and play local footy. This was early in 2023 when he was running about at Casey. Amazing what has happened since that time.

I can only imagine Richardson means there is a talent gap in an age bracket with the current list. 24-28 would be my guess. And they want to address that instead of getting more 18 year olds otherwise in 2-3 years’ time things will be dire.

Thanks for reading my ramblings! And the trident.

Could be really innovative. Why stop at 6-8? 60 year contract offer incoming.

Savage! Surely an established player who has performed for years can have a run of two or three poor games before they feel real selection pressure. It’s when they stink it up for months on end (Petty, Clarry, Fritsch to a lesser extent who was awful aside from kicking goals for long periods)...

I don’t mind a bit of faith and backing in a player through a short dip in form. But that’s not how Goodwin and co operate. Agree that the automatic in, impossible to get dropped players are not good for selection integrity and team harmony. Spargo isn’t quite that level of favourite. He’s...

You can only imagine that was North pursuing Spargo last year. It’s got some real Melbourne pursuing Shannon Byrnes circa 2012 vibes to it.

Of course it’s a joke. Membrey has been offered a five year contract. Two years is not “Demon Spirit”.

According to footywire Hunter’s contract is up this year. There’s so much smoke about him and his cultural impact he must be gone. Billings and Spargo contracted to the end of 2025. Spargo is a Goodwin favourite, can’t see him going unless Spargo wants to go. It’s not like he was not played...

Whatever you think of Morris, he does tend to have good mail especially when it comes to MFC. Tom Morris had some sort of position at MFC and allegedly used information he got from that position to further his media career. Jesse Hogan had some pot shots at Morris on Twitter about it. I think...

6 goals 5 in 17 games this year. I’m surprised his goal tally was that low. Verrall looked pretty decent as a forward to my eyes. Kicked a few (not many clearly!) from ground level. He and Fullarton more or less 50/50 ruck and forward this year when they both played.

I’m not jhong but I’ve seen a lot of Verrall this year. He’d need a massive improvement over the pre-season IMO to be competitive in ruck contests at AFL level. He pretty much got slaughtered by any AFL level or fringe AFL level ruck this year. He’s already decent at ground level for a ruck...

Gawn got three years to end of 2027, not four. But it’s still an unusual move but there will be some level of logic. You’d have to assume Gawn has traded security of more years for a lower amount than he might be able to get signing one year deals which might run out if he cops a serious injury...

I agree with this take on Turner as a forward. That he’s a bit unconventional might work to his advantage as that third/fourth target. Doing things that the defenders don’t necessarily expect. Turner is used to reading the ball in the air as a third man up defender. Being far from the main...

That was my point. Maybe it was just talk about Harvey and what he did to play around the time Viney was struggling that I had in my mind. I think it’s a stretch to suggest Viney would be upset about playing through an injury to his shoulder when he was fully informed about the pros and cons...

Hasn’t Viney had consistent problems with that shoulder, the “stinger” where it hurts for a bit and then it’s OK again? Viney is a guy who deliberately snapped his plantar fascia so he could play instead of getting a surgical repair and missing months of footy. I’d be pretty confident if given...

10 cent bet? Just make sure you don’t go overboard there mate!