Great stuff. I still can't believe we won that prelim by 10 goals....for so much of the night it felt like a tense, gripping affair in pissing rain

Who did Darren Crocker iron out? I thought he got Diesel & Schwatta got Peter Dean. Although my memory could be unreliable. I didn't treat myself well in the 90s

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but how do you really feel, Keogh? a bit harsh i reckon.

i hope Hayes becomes more than a reserves player to fill in if Weiters is injured. he didn’t crack the AFL at GWS bc they didn’t want to mess with the formula that was working while he was out with guts issues for a year or so. doesn’t mean he is past it. Jones wasn’t past it when he returned to the Bulldogs at a similar age. I hope he pushes Young or Gov out of the first pick back six.

you praise Geelong’s recruiting, they snapped Jack Martin up same way we grabbed Haynes. Potentially a game winner if his durability issues were Russell “break-a-few-on-the-training-track” related. or potentially nothing much comes of it. footy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

as for recruiting a genuine tall KPD to compliment Weiters not just play when he can’t, i’m hoping pick #38 does just that for us. quite a few will be available thereabouts, maybe we can trade up to #32 or something.

trades we got right:
Newman, deserving second in the Nichols Medal 2024 just gets keeps getting better as his body drops from its peak.
Cerra, fair enough if jury remains undecided but has the development potential to become the class ball user in our midfield.
Hewitt, defied the doubters this season to take it to the next level, more versatile and more dependable outside of a lockdown role.
Saad, more upside than downside.
Fogarty, ditto.
Elijah Hollands, still improving, already good, doesn’t fu much which is something we can’t say for some.
probably others i’m forgetting.


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pick 3 has to be strong QUICK mid and p38 195cm KPD and then we land Ben campo (hopefully)

Would love this to happen.

I don't believe for one minute Ben will not be bid on before our pick 38.

I expect at least 3 potential bids for Ben before our pick 38 and Austin knows this...I'm guessing ofcourse.

I cannot see where the improvement is going to come from

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We’ll know if this team isn’t fair dinkum in round 3 or 4 when we play Collingwood. We’ve got more talent than them in my view (especially in the peak age bracket of 25-30) but they mentally own us. I hate saying the last bit but it’s a fact. We’re scared against them. We find different ways to lose each time. Cripps almost invariably is BOG against them and the other 21/22 by and large play scared. If we again find a way to stiff this game up, it’s a sign of a team who is simply not there yet, no ruthless and doesn’t get it. I live in hope we’ll turn this around but gets harder to believe with every passing year they continue to own us.

We’ll know if this team isn’t fair dinkum in round 3 or 4 when we play Collingwood. We’ve got more talent than them in my view (especially in the peak age bracket of 25-30) but they mentally own us. I hate saying the last bit but it’s a fact. We’re scared against them. We find different ways to lose each time. Cripps almost invariably is BOG against them and the other 21/22 by and large play scared. If we again find a way to stiff this game up, it’s a sign of a team who is simply not there yet, no ruthless and doesn’t get it. I live in hope we’ll turn this around but gets harder to believe with every passing year they continue to own us.