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Dutchy wrote:
Brodlach wrote:North fans just jealous as no one wants to go there on any form of contract. They have a massive war chest yet landed nobody!


Dal Santo, Waite, Higgins...yeah we have never attracted anyone :lol:

After Dusty and Kelly, who did you want us to target?



Going back quite a few years Dutchy. Clutching at straws
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Is Lindsey Thomas off to Port as a DFA? Not delisted yet but mentioned on the radio and Port looking at picking him up
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stan wrote:I can big improvements coming from Essendon and Melbourne. I feel both can make the 8.

Adelaide will be up there again. Really they have lost a small forward, intercept defender and gained a top midfielder in his prime.

I feel we will drop away and lool at a rebuild. Not sure about Port. Depth to be there issue.

Essendon will have a tougher draw than Melbourne, I think Melbourne loom as a serious threat.

How do we get a tougher draw than Melbourne?
I think both of us will be around the 5th to 10th mark
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Brodlach wrote:Is Lindsey Thomas off to Port as a DFA? Not delisted yet but mentioned on the radio and Port looking at picking him up


Port Magpies maybe.
He was finished 2 years ago.
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Brodlach wrote:Is Lindsey Thomas off to Port as a DFA? Not delisted yet but mentioned on the radio and Port looking at picking him up


Port Magpies maybe.
He was finished 2 years ago.

They did trade for Motlop, so it’s possible
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Brodlach wrote:Is Lindsey Thomas off to Port as a DFA? Not delisted yet but mentioned on the radio and Port looking at picking him up


Correct. Port District's
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Brodlach wrote:Is Lindsey Thomas off to Port as a DFA? Not delisted yet but mentioned on the radio and Port looking at picking him up


Port will sign Dusty next :lol:
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Brodlach wrote:
Dutchy wrote:
Brodlach wrote:North fans just jealous as no one wants to go there on any form of contract. They have a massive war chest yet landed nobody!


Dal Santo, Waite, Higgins...yeah we have never attracted anyone :lol:

After Dusty and Kelly, who did you want us to target?



Going back quite a few years Dutchy. Clutching at straws


Who else did you want us to target? We had a crack, didn't get what we wanted, so plan B is to go to the draft and reload for next years DFA's, not take B graders from non performing clubs.
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Dutchy wrote:
Brodlach wrote:
Dutchy wrote:
Brodlach wrote:North fans just jealous as no one wants to go there on any form of contract. They have a massive war chest yet landed nobody!


Dal Santo, Waite, Higgins...yeah we have never attracted anyone :lol:

After Dusty and Kelly, who did you want us to target?



Going back quite a few years Dutchy. Clutching at straws


Who else did you want us to target? We had a crack, didn't get what we wanted, so plan B is to go to the draft and reload for next years DFA's, not take B graders from non performing clubs.


Then get flogged by 20 goals each week, lose half your members, go broke, relocate to Tasmania, sounds like a solid plan.
All while still paying 95% of the cap to absolute c and d graders, the ones that have stuck at North will be getting well rewarded for their mediocre careers
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half of nothing is still nothing daisy
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MW wrote:half of nothing is still nothing daisy


Left that door open for someone to walk through, 26mins, not bad for a Saturday, who said this forum was dead ;)
Was expecting someone of the Port Adelaide persuasion but
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daysofourlives wrote:
MW wrote:half of nothing is still nothing daisy


Left that door open for someone to walk through, 26mins, not bad for a Saturday, who said this forum was dead ;)
Was expecting someone of the Port Adelaide persuasion but


They’re a bit slower mate..........
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:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:


I agree with Daisy
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Brodlach wrote:Is Lindsey Thomas off to Port as a DFA? Not delisted yet but mentioned on the radio and Port looking at picking him up


Maybe he can wear Kane Cornes’s guernsey as he’ll be easier to spot when he starts diving for free kicks.
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amber_fluid wrote:
Brodlach wrote:Is Lindsey Thomas off to Port as a DFA? Not delisted yet but mentioned on the radio and Port looking at picking him up


Maybe he can wear Kane Cornes’s guernsey as he’ll be easier to spot when he starts diving for free kicks.

Or borrow wingard or grays guernsey.
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Robran wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:
Brodlach wrote:Is Lindsey Thomas off to Port as a DFA? Not delisted yet but mentioned on the radio and Port looking at picking him up


Maybe he can wear Kane Cornes’s guernsey as he’ll be easier to spot when he starts diving for free kicks.

Or borrow wingard or grays guernsey.


Was about to type the same thing.
They could have match simulation at training, give the tackling hi-vis guernsey to Polec
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woodublieve12 wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:
Brodlach wrote:Is Lindsey Thomas off to Port as a DFA? Not delisted yet but mentioned on the radio and Port looking at picking him up


Port Magpies maybe.
He was finished 2 years ago.

They did trade for Motlop, so it’s possible


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daysofourlives wrote:Then get flogged by 20 goals each week, lose half your members, go broke, relocate to Tasmania, sounds like a solid plan.
All while still paying 95% of the cap to absolute c and d graders, the ones that have stuck at North will be getting well rewarded for their mediocre careers


:lol: how are we going broke? Got hardly any debt and made profits 8 of the last 9 years, all while being the only club in the AFL that does not feed off the pokie drip.

Port and the Crows are picking up our C graders for 2018 8)
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Dutchy wrote:
daysofourlives wrote:Then get flogged by 20 goals each week, lose half your members, go broke, relocate to Tasmania, sounds like a solid plan.
All while still paying 95% of the cap to absolute c and d graders, the ones that have stuck at North will be getting well rewarded for their mediocre careers


:lol: how are we going broke? Got hardly any debt and made profits 8 of the last 9 years, all while being the only club in the AFL that does not feed off the pokie drip.

Port and the Crows are picking up our C graders for 2018 8)

Small profits on the back of being a consistent finals team. Let’s just wait and see after a couple of poor seasons. Memberships are just ok but crowds are not great and their Etihad contract is still poor
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$470k profit is small? Debt gone from $5m to $1m in this period while reaching 3 prelim finals. Etihad contract is being re-written right now for effect in 2018. Hobart deal provides $500k per match while not reducing membership games in melbourne.

We were also told we were shit and couldn't survive in Melbourne, remember?, all of the above has happened since.
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