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  1. 27th February 2023, 06:04 AM #13
    Auntie.Gerald
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    Just to step out of our own navel gazing for a moment

    If you were a tigers fan would you be optimistic that their trades have put them back in a window?

    3 premierships
    Same coach
    A stack of their core players still there

    What intel does that provide about the teams that we are also competing against for a GF in 2023?

    For me the Tigers and the Lions do really believe they are equally in a window and have recruited accordingly

    I suspect we have a little more competition in 2023 than we faced in 2022
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  2. 27th February 2023, 08:26 AM #14
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    We need to keep improving if we're to have any chance making top 4 again. Melbourne, Geelong, Port & Pies have also seemingly improved their lists.

    I have nothing against these premier teams improving their lists, but seeing this further gets up my goat how we were penalised & treated like criminals for recruiting Tippett and Buddy in successive years after our 2012 flag.
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  3. 27th February 2023, 10:09 AM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by KSAS View Post
    We need to keep improving if we're to have any chance making top 4 again. Melbourne, Geelong, Port & Pies have also seemingly improved their lists.

    I have nothing against these premier teams improving their lists, but seeing this further gets up my goat how we were penalised & treated like criminals for recruiting Tippett and Buddy in successive years after our 2012 flag.
    Amen.
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  4. 27th February 2023, 10:26 AM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by KSAS View Post
    We need to keep improving if we're to have any chance making top 4 again. Melbourne, Geelong, Port & Pies have also seemingly improved their lists.

    I have nothing against these premier teams improving their lists, but seeing this further gets up my goat how we were penalised & treated like criminals for recruiting Tippett and Buddy in successive years after our 2012 flag.
    Still gets me angry. Fitzpatrick was very vindictive and threw a tantrum because Buddy didn't get to GWS. Childish.
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  5. 27th February 2023, 10:42 AM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blood Fever View Post
    Childish.
    Narcissism is sometimes described that way.
    Loose translation from the Latin is - I am tall, so I hit out.
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  6. 27th February 2023, 01:51 PM #18
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    I see that Nathan Buckley has come around to Ludwig's position on ruckmen. Even though I'm not a Buckley fan, I don't mind Buckley jumping on the Ludwig bandwagon.

    AFL 2023: Nathan Buckley says Dan McStay is more valuable to Collingwood Magpies than Brodie Grundy, trade period, match simulation, commentary, reactions, response, latest news
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  7. 27th February 2023, 02:16 PM #19
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    Luddite
    I wish we had a like laugh button under the posts

    This could be your year of proof 😆😁
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  8. 27th February 2023, 03:54 PM #20
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    Round 3 Sydney ‘No Rucks’ Swans v Melbourne ‘Gawn/Grundy How-Do-They-Manage-Their-Salary-Cap’ Dees.

    Should be a test of Ludwig’s Big Belief.
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  9. 27th February 2023, 04:49 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by Auntie.Gerald View Post
    For me the Tigers and the Lions do really believe they are equally in a window and have recruited accordingly

    I suspect we have a little more competition in 2023 than we faced in 2022
    I highly doubt our youngish squad peaked in their upward development last season....most pundits seem to think we got to the GF a year early and I agree. Natural development will see us contending in a big way this year. Those teams have to catch up to us (and Geelong)....and they knew it, hence their targeted recruiting. We'll be ok.
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  10. 27th February 2023, 05:17 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ludwig View Post
    I see that Nathan Buckley has come around to Ludwig's position on ruckmen. Even though I'm not a Buckley fan, I don't mind Buckley jumping on the Ludwig bandwagon.

    AFL 2023: Nathan Buckley says Dan McStay is more valuable to Collingwood Magpies than Brodie Grundy, trade period, match simulation, commentary, reactions, response, latest news
    I noticed that rucking is taken VERY seriously at Melbourne FC. Not only have they invested a huge amount of salary cap in Gawn and Grundy but the ongoing "interrogation [of Grundy] is a work in progress"! Jeepers. Are they going to be using racks and thumb screws?
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  11. 27th February 2023, 06:08 PM #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by bloodspirit View Post
    I noticed that rucking is taken VERY seriously at Melbourne FC. Not only have they invested a huge amount of salary cap in Gawn and Grundy but the ongoing "interrogation [of Grundy] is a work in progress"! Jeepers. Are they going to be using racks and thumb screws?
    If they do get to use the rack, I can't help thinking that Hayden Mc might benefit from a few extra inches - make him a plausible relieving ruck.
    Loose translation from the Latin is - I am tall, so I hit out.
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  12. 27th February 2023, 07:21 PM #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by bloodspirit View Post
    I noticed that rucking is taken VERY seriously at Melbourne FC. Not only have they invested a huge amount of salary cap in Gawn and Grundy but the ongoing "interrogation [of Grundy] is a work in progress"! Jeepers. Are they going to be using racks and thumb screws?
    Probably meant integration? Poor editing and missing a bad autocorrect is my suspicion.
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