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Beauty of the way the AFL works.. No one will ever really know what the contract was and no one will ever really know why Essendon got pick 7. From the moment things started to leak to say it would be pick 7 i think you can almost take it to the bank that’s happened to soften any potential...

AFL are clever like a fox... All the players took a pay cut this year... The 600k-700k is definitely top 5% if you take into account cuts haha. Wouldn’t be surprised if that’s how they justified it internally. Either way it’s a win/win for Essendon and Brisbane and a bit of a loss for anyone...

I also don’t think we should underestimate the growth we should see next year with our reserves in the VFL. Not the ideal outcome from an overall football perspective but selfishly as a lions fan I think it’s massive. We’ll have a much better sense of the progress of our juniors and their...

I think the point was less that we drafted poorly and more that we ended up with the wrong year to finally have such a high pick... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ll be mighty close too - 44 MM. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If still available that would be awesome! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Scheduled to be Tuesday. Times TBA. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Yeah by then he had his tail up and we had our heads down. IMO we needed to play Adams on him when he was a true forward and hand back to a midfielder at forward 50 stoppages, defenders just aren’t as good in that situation as clearance players who better understand positioning etc. I don’t...

Disagree on the defender. Most of Dusty’s goals were when he snuck forward and Marcus Adams was on the bench. Adams was towelling him up in the first half, just got the interchange timings wrong and let him get his tail up. Main one he let in was the stoppage goal. Sent from my iPhone using...

I live in Canberra these days myself and I can tell you it takes quite a while to adjust. They wouldn’t have been able to have a proper run or anything. Lots and lots of tigers fans around the Gabba too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I was down at the Gabba today and Richmond’s training session was at 3:30. Just when it hit around 36 degrees. Can’t have been pleasant. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Woot - got section 66 AA. Super happy with the front row, especially given it’s cheap. Sounds like it’s right near a bunch of you fine folks too... TIME TO GET ROWDY :):):) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

He was back out as the boys were walking off and looked more comfortable. Likely had the jab and should be good to go. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

To be that’s just legalese to legitimise a stupid position. The due diligence is still saying they want him, just not that they want to pay fair value. All media reports point to the medical is passed. I know there are off field issues and maybe they feel burnt by Bennell but this is clearly a...

One thing I think Freo fans are missing about the whole hard line Bell stance with Hogan is there are two places to do it. In a traditional negotiation you tell the seller their price is too steep, walk away, make your bluster etc and wait it out for a couple of days. Bell went straight for the...

Pfft... his “hit back” was something along the lines of “If you want to hear news listen to me, if you want to hear people report on my news listen to them”..... He’s a moron.... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Yeah and to expand a bit on what Noble said he was super clear that we have a clear plan in place to execute on and we’ll be very careful to avoid getting sucked into people suddenly being “available”. Felt to me like a dig at trades like the Bastinac one. Obviously Wines is a calibre of player...

Noble was just on the Club Champion live stream. Dom Fay interviewing with “Strict instructions” not to talk about specific players. He did ask him about the trade week strategy and whether we were still sticking with going to the draft. Noble’s answer was we were being flexible, if our plans we...

To be fair the bulk of the Josh’s were speculative late picks in a weak draft (Schache the obvious exception). Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

90% sure with our plans we only need to delist 1 player. If we go in with 5 spots and consume 2 on the Ballenden bid we get an extra pick at the end of the draft based on the other available list spot. We can use that to re-draft the delisted player or to match a late bid on Payne (after pick 56...

I hope not. I hope he’s there for next year’s trade period where the world falls apart right in front of him and he can feel that sense of dread... Ok trade period is def too long.. getting bitter now lol. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Only takes one club to rate him and apparently the saints do. If they exit trade period with their picks in tact wouldn’t be surprised with a solid expected pick and a speculative one (Bonar). There’s always a late bolter for the draft and feel like Bonar is the one this year. Sent from my...

How many young kids in two minds about being in Adelaide sign mid to long term contracts over the next 2-3 years? Great, 1% better chance at winning a flag and setting yourself up for even more retention issues moving forward. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Incorrect. By this stage of the trade period SOS set the price as 2 first round picks for a proven elite midfielder. Based on age and that he was contracted most of the football world felt that was slightly over but pretty close to fair. Adelaide didn’t want to pony up that much. In this...

Reid is setting himself up for a mighty shock. If they keep him this year I bet there will be plenty of back slaps and carry on. Cameron will be bitterly disappointed and from all reports may not have a great year (or maybe he will but either way). We’ve officially tabled the PSD threat from...

Lol. Tin foil hat style :) Geelong generally play 1 game a year here. Can confirm his existence. About the only good game I’ve seen him play is the prelim this year. Either way he’s publicly stated he wants to remain in Vic and has suitors there so he can go on not existing out of sight...

I’ve seen him live in Canberra a couple times. His kicking action is pretty horrendous. Actually thought he was Irish (think Colm Begley or Niall McKeever action) and picked up our game late. Never found him impressive at all. Don’t want him and certainly not for a high pick. Sent from my...

My bet is the Motlop contract starts at 500 and has a ton of performance based incentives (which you really need for him) and they’re taken into account in the compensation turning the 500 to 600 or so. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Absolutely spot on. As I said in the post we just had to take Schache, no option at all. On the bright side back then if someone had told this board about what was going on now we would’ve torn AFL house and the Gabba down. This year as it’s happening the general vibe is its the right thing to...

Geez that’s a sliding doors moment (and not of the Barrett variety). If we knew what we had in Hipwood not sure we would’ve gone with Schache but we absolutely had to at the time.... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk