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The AFL media is catching up to likes of ESPN for narrative driven horseshit.

Footy Classified now has Live and Kicking The Agenda Setters on at the same time talking about the same things. Won't be long before each show just watches the other during the break then talks about what they are talking about. Tom Morris, Damian Barrett, Sam McClure... these guys are ambulance chasers. At least James Hird has the honesty to admit he knows nothing about Harley Reid and is just going along with the speculation like everyone else. Rory Sloane said that Harley Reid is 19 and had a poor game vs Gold Coast and the club leaders need to get around and him and set the example of what to do. Was half expecting the producers to cut to an ad break so they could remind him that just making a sensible observation on what you saw is not how it works. He's unprofessional, doesn't train and wants out of West Coast ASAP. Push the barrow!

It's pretty clear so far that Reid to a big Melbourne club this year, Ugle-Hagan out of the Dogs to a bigger name Melbourne club, Rowell to a Melbourne club and Carr to take over from Hinkley before the end of the season are among the main themes on the whiteboard of 'things we will talk about over and over until they happen (or don't)'. Part of me wishes players could announce moves mid season or years in advance like the NRL (not really possible unless you are a DFA/UFA with the rules as they are) so these clowns would have fewer things to speculate over.