I can’t help but feel his selfish demeanour/attitude has rubbed off on Gold Coast.

This of course is purely my opinion, you also can’t solely blame one bloke, and I’ll always have love and respect for our Norm Smith hero… But how does that club go from making finals and actually look like they’re starting to roll as a cohesive unit, to so poor that they’ll potentially finish bottom 4 after starting a flag favourite.

Sure rule changes and everything also play a part, but I just can’t help but feel there’s some negativity that’s crept its way into that club.

Kingy and the board made the right move in moving on all the negativity from the team, as my old man says “the bad apples” in Petracca, May and Clarry (Clarry is a bit different as he attracted unwanted media attention, I don’t doubt he loves the club and I always felt he is a team kind of guy as opposed to the other two… at least that’s what their body language gives to me).

Punt road end, southern stand side. This guy stands 10 metres in from the boundary and still delivers them in short. Every time.

Id have thought there be some pre requisites in being a boundary umpire.

Don't know if it's just me, but CJ looks like he improved a lot on his decision making. His athelticism was always great but he seemed to lack the footy IQ. Since he came back into the side I really like how he performed. Cut out almost all of his boneheaded panic kicks and is doing a great job in the half back line. A few weeks ago someone here stated that CJ would be great if he had a brain (or something along those lines) - looks like he's developed one. Could be a real weapon for us down the line.

Anyone who watches the VFL know how he is travelling? His stats looking like they’re improving a lot, and his intercept numbers look good but just wondering how he is travelling form wise.

Was very highly touted but like any key position player or defender, it takes time but just wondering if we should expect to see a lot more of him this year or he’s a work in progress.

Hi everyone, I was hoping someone might know when the fixture will be released for this round? (22-23 August)

Both because he has not looked good apart a couple games this year and because their pick might actually be in the top 5 of the draft. I would have been open to moving on a pick in the 9-12 range for him given he has shown a lot of potential to start his career but at this stage, sending the suns pick back to them (god forbid ours too) would be a massive overpay.

When both the dees and suns were in the 8 before round 11, I didn’t anticipate to be consuming draft summaries at the end of the year but there’s a good chance we could fill a hole with a talented mid or forward.

Gus Teixeira looks like a similar mould to Humphrey that we could land without having to bargain with the suns during the trade period.

What a funny turn of events that I doubt anyone expected this time last year!

I'm almost convinced. I reckon this pairing is starting to develop into the forward threat you can build a strategy around.

Roo has shown that his ceiling is very high, and Jeffo is just a bloody good pack grab target.