Unfortunately the women's football is well short of acceptable standard, and the talent pool is definitely too thin. The gap in many sports between men and women is quite narrow, women golfers for example, are highly skilled and only lack a little power on some of the longer holes. I've got no probl...

Was standing in the outer that day, between wing and southern flank. Had no idea what was happening with Winmar after the game, but definitely happy we won. It was one of my only times in the outer, and drinking beer as an adult, after spending my youth behind the goals with the cheer squad. The men...

So is McCrae any better than Seb Ross or Jack Billings?

Private party, doing nothing illegal yet the AFL is talking fines and suspensions. Toby Green who apparently did nothing other than attend is facing a huge fine for not shutting down a private party. Players apparently dressed as celebrities and acted out movie scenes. Really AFL really. Don't worr...

St Dave wrote: ↑Wed 16 Oct 2024 4:40pm Love the culture warriors leading to the defence of unknown actions. Nothing is off limits for Curly. Or maybe something is, out of curiosity what would justify a fine or suspension Curly?

Private party, nothing illegal .. I'm with Curly

Pure logic suggests that every trade has 2 sides. There a finite number of good players in the competition, and to get one you need to give a lot. If you give more than you get the net result is negative, and if you get more that you give it's positive. So theoretically most clubs will break about e...

Difficult to understand why we'd get rid of Campbell and Hayes only to recruit Pruess.

Off season surgery, then follow up surgery early in the season. it's almost impossible to reach peak fitness after that. To me, he's super important. Never fumbles, a great shot at goal, and provides elite forward pressure. The club had no hesitation in extending his contract. I'm a big fan. The fi...

Letting him go is a mistake I stand by it. I think if we bring in Soldo, Hayes becomes surplus Put yourself in Ross Lyon's shoes. He doesn't trust Hayes body and he hasn't been able to use Hayes properly in the two years he's been back as coach. That means it's virtually impossible for Ross to plan...

By the by, is Houston a better player than Luke Hodge (was)? Just trying to get a benchmark. Appreciate your opinion. Different, not necessarily better but very good. Houston is a gun running half back, a bit like Sinclair but possibly the very best kick in the competition, and a smart decision mak...

bobmurray wrote: ↑Sun 06 Oct 2024 12:33am I'll only be concerned if we don't, trade, draft or SSP a reasonable replacement.

SOS might have to ask his son if there are any potential Key or Rebounding Backmen out there looking for a list spot.

Now you mention it, the son of SOS could probably play Battle's role.

Bernard Shakey wrote: ↑Sat 05 Oct 2024 11:51am Seb and his wife are from Horsham, so it's not surprising to see him take up a position in that neck of the woods.

Colac and Horsham are not exactly in the same neck of the woods.

When did Dangerfield last play a full season. Now week by week proposition and has got to the point where he play dirty to make up for diminishing powers. Houston now has a poor suspension record, dubious team loyalty and not a spring chicken. A team with as good a defence as ours doesn't need to g...

I'm still puzzled that Battle has reportedly gone to Hawthorn for less money. This just doesn't sit comfortably with me, as it may imply there's a 'brown paper bag' involved. I'm surprised this question hasn't been raised either by the club or the media. When the 'restricted free agency' was introdu...

I'd happily give away the compensation pick we got for Battle for Dan Houston.

What do you reckon we would've got if we traded Battle on the open market.

Is he worth a 1st round draft pick?

B.M wrote: ↑Tue 01 Oct 2024 1:37pm Until compo came out, I would’ve kissed their arse!

And then unloaded if we didn’t get first round compensation

I really wasn’t pick 8

Doesn't it suck that there's no formula to calculate the compensation pick .. grovel to the AFL .. and cop their discrimination .. grrrrr

Reckon Darcy should've done a lot better in the 'Rookie of the Year'.

Ripped off there I reckon.

I know you’re a bit slow, so I’ll write it again but try keep it simpler… 2 thirds (that means most) of their score came from centre bounce (not the defence) or front half turnovers (not the defence) 🙈 Oh, and having an AA key back and being one of the least scored against teams in the comp means t...

Agree that defense is important in finals. But quality midfielders are absolutely necessary, and at least equally important, if not more important. Yesterday Brisbane had a make-shift ruckman, but quality mids in Lauchie Neale, a dual Brownlow medalist, Ashcroft, an absolute gun young mid, and suppo...

Of those players who have been linked to St Kilda as potential trades, I'm probably liking Peatling the most. He's in the right age bracket, and I'm of the view he's already a good midfielder and with potential to get better. Perhaps I'm being a bit romantic, but Jack Steele was a GWS reject and he'...

My take is that Hinkley had a lighthearted jibe at Ginivan .. something like 'looks like you're not flying to Sydney after all' .. it really didn't seem abusive .. And to Ginivan's credit, he seemed quite OK with Hinkley's jibe 'fair play Kenny, ya got me this time' .. But then Sicily .. who was alr...

Yorkeys wrote: ↑Tue 10 Sep 2024 11:36am

skeptic wrote: ↑Tue 10 Sep 2024 1:51am Wouldn’t surprise me if the Power bounce back this week. Lot of talent in that team that would be quite shamed by the performance.

Reckon Rozee will come out breathing fire.

What are the odds JHF starts on the ground.

I'll take that bet, he often starts on the bench.

Bad coaches .. The Melbourne bloke, Goodwin. The Essendon Scott brother (Brad?)has no idea, I reckon Alister Clarkson has lost the plot, and Hardwick isn't far behind. Michael Voss was just terrible on the weekend, at selection and on game day, Carlton deserved to be humiliated with that appalling l...

Invest in youth. I’d look at Bailey Smith if he were available, though. Pretty sure Bailey is the brand ambassador for Cotton-On, so he'll likely end up at Geelong on very modest coin, and with a farm about 20k from Kardinia Park. Gosh, it's no wonder Geelong is such a destination club (sarcasm int...