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Hard not to be disappointed, but two years ago I would have been happy just to scrape into the 8 in 2020, which puts things in perspective. I thought we really missed Gardiner and Coleman - Payne did a fantastic job under the circumstances but our forward half pressure was desperately lacking...

Crazy to think that at the start of the season some fans were generally worried about a one win season, now we're well placed to go back to back to back to back against the Crows next week. Additionally, there's now serious competition for spots - Barrett, Mathieson and Cutler are three who...

I feel a lot better after seeing this list. We still have two of the best forwards in Sabs and Woosha, two AA defenders in Virgo and Lutkins, and a handful of genuine mids in Bates, Anderson, Exon and Zielke. Just need a few of the second year players like Collingwood and Zanchetta to step up...

Lots of positives and negatives from today's game, but the one thing that stood out to me was that, for all the talk of Rayner's poor endurance before we drafted him, he did not stop chasing and tackling until the very end. Bailey, Witherden, Hipwood, McInerney, etc didn't stop trying either...

So your solution is to take a bottom 4 club that's finally shown some improvement, have them travel up to twice as much as any other club in the competition and get burnt out, and stop them from building a solid membership base and ensuring their financial sustainability as they wouldn't play...

I think Paparone might get a year on the rookie list to show what he can do when injury free, which would free up a fourth spot. That would give us space for three early-ish picks and an academy player or to trade someone in/get a free agent. I imagine the club would be hoping that most of our...

Interesting move - Arnell got dropped by Carlton last season iirc and is 31, plus Hildebrand was excellent in defence this season. Wonder if she requested to move back to Victoria and this was the club ensuring that we at least got somebody with experience on the list to fill her spot.

Think those votes are pretty fair. It felt like we had the upper hand in the middle and had more standouts in defence. Apart from Nick Smith (who I'm surprised didn't get any votes), I thought most of their defenders were pretty average and that it was more our own incompetence at winning the...

I agree, but over the last season and a half, I think we're close to getting there too. Andrews, Hipwood, McCluggage, Berry and Witherden are all performing well above expectations at their age and doing it consistently (compared to guys like McGrath, SPS, Burton and Weitering who burst out of...

Don't mind Zorko getting tagged by Jacobs, provided he keeps his cool and doesn't give away any stupid 50 metre penalties (and obviously does what he can to shake it). He's a fantastic player, but it's struck me this season that Beams and Clugga (though he's still learning) are actually our most...

I don't post a lot around here but I've been consistently praising Gardiner all season, thanks (and even praised him in my post). I thought Andrews pipped him as the best defender as he was working really hard to be a leader in defence and direct traffic, which is exactly what we need given that...

Went with Beams, Martin, Andrews, Taylor and Robinson, but I don't think anyone had a particularly bad game. Gardiner was excellent to outmark Buddy on a number of occasions, which makes his brain fade at the end all the more unacceptable. I also liked that Christensen, Cutler, Bailey and...

(Not) holding the ball 1. Lions 0. Also lots of positives despite the loss, but it annoys me that in all the commentary on Zorko, no one ever pays attention to his tackle count. Second week in a row he's come up with 12 tackles.

Yep, I'm happy for Stanton to go to North. She was a huge improver this year but there's not much to differentiate her from Bates, Anderson, Zielke, Exon, Collingwood, etc. Feel like she'll get more opportunities at North (who haven't really recruited too many mids yet apart from Kearney) which...

I think we need a key forward, but I'm not convinced a Riewoldt type is what we're looking for (though you wouldn't say no if he fell in your lap). The way I see it, Beams, Rich, Zorko, M Robbo and Christensen will all be around for a few more years while the kids develop. Those kids include...

Ugh, I almost hate that I can find a ton of positives in a game that we lost by 30+, but: Andrews and Gardiner immense. Anyone who hasn't let up on their criticism of Gardiner should probably watch out, because he's coming up to spoil you. Rayner and Bailey both showed why they went top 15 in...

Geez Zac Bailey was a good get.

I'm super excited to see what our forwards can do this week. The Giants defence isn't particularly tall, and none of them strike me as particularly fast (though none of them are slow either). A combination of two big, hard running targets in Hipwood and McInerney, plus Cameron, Rayner, Taylor...

I think the thing that hurts the most for me is that a few players ruined it for everyone. I thought McCluggage, Berry, Andrews, Witherden, Cutler, Christensen, Cameron, Gardiner, Hipwood, both Robbos, Martin, Beams and Hodge were all good-excellent, and both Rayner and Bailey did everything...

I would drop Rayner for Robinson, I think Rayner could do with some midfield time and, now that the NEAFL is back and he's had a taste of senior football, will also benefit from being encouraged to push for a recall. I'd also drop Witherden for Allison, but I do worry that leaves us vulnerable...

2007 (#8) - Lachie Henderson - a successful pick 2008 (#7) - Daniel Rich - has never lived up to his original hype, but will still retire as a 200 gamer which is better than a lot of first round picks 2009 - used as part of the Brendan Fevola trade (enough said) 2010 - (#5) - Jared Polec - not...

I think we'll be okay - genuine improvement in 2018/2019 and plenty of cap space mean we should be in the market to trade in a few players in that middle age bracket/bring in some talented FAs. If we do that and back the club in to retain talent, then I don't see any reason why we can't be...

Looking at the 22 we took into Round 23, I don't see this being an issue. I'd add those four and Berry at the expense of Rockliff (traded), C Beams and Close (not guaranteed to be at the club next year, and both role players at best), and Cox and Allison. That makes Cox and Allison the only two...

1. Adelaide 2. Essendon 3. Port Adelaide 4. Richmond 5. GWS 6. Melbourne 7. Sydney 8. Geelong 9. Western Bulldogs 10. St Kilda 11. Hawthorn 12. Fremantle 13. West Coast 14. Carlton 15. Brisbane 16. Collingwood 17. Gold Coast 18. North In the 8, Essendon and Port Adelaide to be the big...

We had a crap year in 2013 with the Go Home 5 (now a whole 4 years ago). Since then we've had a complete overhaul of our off-field staff, worked hard to improve our facilities (difficult when the QLD government doesn't care about anything that's not rugby league), and completely changed our...

Hodge, Andrews, Gardiner Witherden, McStay, Mayes Zorko, Mathieson, Berry Christensen, Walker, Taylor Cameron, Hipwood, Lester Martin, D Beams, Robinson Rich, McCluggage, Robertson, Bastinac/#1 pick (depending on how Bastinac performs during pre-season). Stiff: Keays (I think he's first in...

I think part of the problem too is comparing ourselves to other clubs. 18 for Rockliff looked pretty fair for an free agent (especially since the club wasn't willing to give him a 4th year so were unlikely to ever match), but then the AFL spat out a ridiculous compo pick for Motlop and suddenly...

Imo it's unfair to single out Queensland - lots of other clubs got shafted, paid overs, or failed to fire a single shot this trade period (Collingwood, North and Hawthorn all come to mind), but no one's calling their list managers incompetent. In the bigger picture, I don't think either club...

I don't think that's necessarily true. Trading Schache was a compassionate move for the kid's own mental health, and it seems like Schache was well-known around the club as an introverted kid who didn't necessarily 'fit in' to the culture (even if he was doing all the work required at training...

Delist: Clayton, Jansen, C Beams (senior list), William, Grewar (from rookie list), Trade out: Freeman, Close Rookie upgrade: Hammelmann Trade in: Charlie Cameron for a mid-late 2nd rounder at the most Draft: Dow, Worpel (would prefer Higgins or Coffield but I doubt they'll slide to our second...