I would have told Melbourne to fk off and shopped him to a bottom 4 team And that would have worked not at all. And do you really believe that the Club would not have tested the waters with all other AFL Clubs? Do you also believe that Billings and his manager would have tested the waters? I mean h...

I like the fact that the last 2 years of Billings cost $1.1m and the next 2 years cost only about $250k. That is basically how I think of it. As I have said many times before Billings has been a decent player for us. Though injury riddled the last 2 seasons. BUT with the players we have now, and th...

Seems the Northern States (NSW and QLD) have figured out that the draft is chooklotto most of the time ...so they've increased the odds of success with their talent Academies. We did ok out of our NGA in 2021. We need to try and emulate that success and try and promote our Academy for outstanding j...

Riewoldt has invested in and is working as an Executive in Business Development for the PMY group who sold their stadium entertainment software platform and data products to the Superbowl, The Us Open and the upcoming Paris Olympics. There are some heavy hitters invested and prior to Riewoldt leavi...

B.M wrote: ↑Fri 20 Oct 2023 11:15pm I’d expect nothing less from you Tony

Imo
Anyone who thinks it’s a positive that we are paying players to play at other clubs is a delusional sycophant

Yes part-paying a player to play at a another club ended so badly for Collingwood this season.

No, 1/ We are meant to be building around our core of good younger players, so that the team gets better each year. Wines is too old for that. He is more a top of player to help you win now, which is not us. 2/ You would only therefore take an older player is he is cheap, and helps our younger playe...

Haynes wants to stay at GWS

Remember too that Cole is not eligible for this year's draft. He is eligible for the 2024 Draft.

In all the gnashing of teeth over the probability of losing Billings, I haven't seen anybody explain coherently why he appears to be out of favour with the coaching panel? Lyon spoke on Billings early in the season. Lyon had individual players meetings with all the players. Both back then, and sinc...

The Recruit wrote: ↑Tue 03 Oct 2023 9:37pm Sounds like he might be off to the blues

Yes latest word is that Billings is off to the Blues for Dow and a late pick to us.

silverhalo wrote: ↑Tue 03 Oct 2023 7:00pm I don't rate Paddy Dow highly but if we can pick him up for nothing as a delisted free agent, why not!

Latest word is that Billings is off to Carlton and we get Dow and late pick in return.

Unless Membrey pulls the pin Not sure why we’d be going down this path He’s undersized, much like Sharman he’s already 25 and is yet to play senior footy We have King Hayes Membrey Caminiti Sharman Keeler Allison While I too am not keen on another 193-ish cm player, in terms of 2024 we do have a ve...

bobmurray wrote: ↑Sat 30 Sep 2023 10:43pm Alas, Ralph, Zita et al have us going after another aging player that's cooked.

Maybe Trout is an advisor.

Relax, Shiel is just the price we are paying to make sure we get pick 13 or 19 for Gresham. Shiel is the "steak knives", the pick is actually the main course we are after.

Sainter_Dad wrote: ↑Mon 25 Sep 2023 9:57pm

Well yes good that he got a Brownlow Vote, but for this game cannot fathom how he was at all worthy of a vote.

Did the Umps get him and Owens mixed up, as Owens was one of the better Saints that game, whereas Mattaes was not?

B.M wrote: ↑Mon 25 Sep 2023 12:00pm Didn’t we have injuries in 2022?

I cannot ever recall a year when we did not have injuries. Indeed I cannot recall a year when every club did not have injuries.

But in 2023 our injuries were more significant.

Also, if we get a FA ourselves it can effect the Compensation we get for Gresham - ie/James Jordan If we do want Jordan (and if he picks us as several clubs are interested in him) he is just swapped for a late draft pick as the Dees would not be generating anything useful as FA Compo to them anyway.

It’s funny, last season and this season panned out very similar With massive injuries we were a better team. When you have to play a raw 19 year old kid as your main key forward for 18 games (17 in the Home and Away Season) you know that you are undermanned. 9% better over the Home and Away Season....

I would suggest that BM belongs to that small minority of fans who have been able to move on from the fact that Billings isn’t Bont. He’s a pretty good player. If Lyon doesn’t want him, then fair enough. But I think he still has a contribution to make somewhere. The suggestion that Higgins is a bet...

This is being reported on AFL website; Shiel is 30 , injury prone and is on par with Gresh for s*** disposal plus we’d be picking the difference in the salary cap. Apparently there’s discussions around trading picks as well. Would we really do this deal? FYI , this deal is all about getting the Sai...

That’s why I wanted him last off season I would’ve offered my left nut!!!! Plays like Dusty, Bont, Petracca - just can’t be stopped Big time player - big game player He plays this season - we were top 4 Yes most of us wanted him. And the Saints went hard to get him, but DeGoey's Manager in the end ...

Josh docking and Will Nish are the top age main prospects this year. Docking, an outside mid with good foot skills, is a possibility to be picked, most likely as a rookie. I think one reason why Peris is gone as a Cat B Rookie is that the Saints have someone else in mind. Quite possibly one of our ...

silverhalo wrote: ↑Wed 20 Sep 2023 10:29pm

I'm really not interested in Dow, not the player we need

Well it sounds like he is coming anyway.

Hope Peris rookied If he can tackle and score his pace will worry forwards Peris was already a rookie but a rookie B. You can only have a max of 2 rookie Bs. Liam O'Connell will be a rookie B so either Angus McLennan or Peris had to go or be upgraded. Despite his speed Peris had the problem of bein...

Ozymandias wrote: ↑Mon 18 Sep 2023 11:02pm Just reported on a Twitter ( X ) feed

So 4 posts, and you are a fakenewsbreaker LOL

Yep, I get that. I meant our fixture in the sense of how it goes week-to-week in a live sense. i.e.we got to play teams who were a tad down in the dumps or struggling before they picked up (Carlton, GWS) as well as the usual suspects like North, West Coast and Hawthorn. Ya know we didn’t beat a sin...