i'm totally into houston and what he does and what he could have done for our team

... and the pies backline was already pretty good, and their ball movement excellent from D50 to F50. So they're going to be good. my bet is they're going to be better than us.

we needed to address some big needs for our D50 to forward movement, and we've not done that. need some defensive stoppage power too. saad can't do the defensive side, cowan isn't a ball mover and newman is 33 yrs old. mcgovern is mailing it in, playing some kind of flag footy out there and weiters can't do it all.

getting a rolls royce for the middle from the draft is really nice - but it doesn't put us over the top in 2025. and with the same coaching on hand, and basically the same list - next season is going to be hectic if we can't get out of third gear or suffer another big patch where we fall off (like end of seasons '2022 or '24)


would have loved to see a bit of actual list turnover this trade period. my gut says we needed it to compete.

You can ignore the Petracca thing.

OH….

Oh I’ve got another side 17th…!

Especially when it comes to SOS and Jo…
i was witness to some horrible behaviour with
supporters…!

Sad…!


kindest regards tommi






Having said that…I’m not having a great day…dealing
with building surveyors and permits…doing my head in…!

Yep. Now he deleted the tweet. After people including myself gave him a piece of our minds.

Good Post Bluevain. Someone with a level head. I dont get SOS. Was one of my favs growing up. But he thought he was bigger than the club always sooking for one reason or another.

Its a wonder he was welcome back to the club after dobbing on us with the salary cap scandal.

He had some good pics and some not so good. We needed to move on. And now he is angry as anything.

Even going after our players as a deliberate move.

He never looks happy this guy. Would ruin his sons and fathers clubs chances by trying to sabotage us.

I will bet 80% he will bid on the Camporeale twins out of spite. Lets hope they trade their second rounder as that is what they will do.

If he happens to bid in the 1st round call his bluff and let him have Ben - that will fix him.

i'm totally into houston and what he does and what he could have done for our team

... and the pies backline was already pretty good, and their ball movement excellent from D50 to F50. So they're going to be good. my bet is they're going to be better than us.

we needed to address some big needs for our D50 to forward movement, and we've not done that. need some defensive stoppage power too. saad can't do the defensive side, cowan isn't a ball mover and newman is 33 yrs old. mcgovern is mailing it in, playing some kind of flag footy out there and weiters can't do it all.

getting a rolls royce for the middle from the draft is really nice - but it doesn't put us over the top in 2025. and with the same coaching on hand, and basically the same list - next season is going to be hectic if we can't get out of third gear or suffer another big patch where we fall off (like end of seasons '2022 or '24)


would have loved to see a bit of actual list turnover this trade period. my gut says we needed it to compete.

Austin and co must be supremely confident in what they'll get at Pick 3 considering there will be no first rounder next year.

Can't help but feel this was all about cap space and with TdK and Walsh needing contracts, we couldn't afford Houston.

We're top-heavy and I can't see how we compete next year with basically one more 18 y/o mid - albeit a good one (we hope).

I think Ben Camporeale will surprise, may play sooner than we think. But gee it could go pear shaped quickly and be a long season if C**wood get a run on. If they leap ahead of us and * in the flag stakes next year I will straight up retch.

I think 2025 is about getting more out of what we already have, rather than bringing in a big fish to improve us.

The strategy has been about trading our way to the pointy end of the draft (tick), making sure we have enough points for the Campo boys (tick), and retaining key players coming out of contract (Weitering = tick, TDK = we should have the cap space to get it done soon).

We're top-heavy and I can't see how we compete next year with basically one more 18 y/o mid - albeit a good one (we hope).

We barely scored in a half of footy against the eventual premiers. We were lucky (or unlucky) to even be there. We're barking up the wrong tree if we think getting more out of our list will bridge the very, very wide gap. We overrate our list.

Cerra will effectively be a new recruit if he gets over his hamstring problems.

And Houston would be the difference?

Nah my bad. It was Brodie Kemp we traded in for. Picked just before SdK. We got Philp the pick after SdK.

So who would you rather running around the half back line now, SdK or Kemp? We lose TdK next year to the cats and that will be an even bigger fuckup. SOS still going for Kemp blokes unhinged.

The priority now is to work on TDK's new contract and try to get his brother over for 2026 and beyond. Piece pf cake.

Kinda hard to take the club seriously if they don't send him to Germany to fix his problems.

He went to Qatar and according to an ITK on bigfooty came back feeling confident that his hamstring problems are behind him.