FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.
Gardner getting another game is an example of feeling the clubs messaging is very confusing. Him leapfrogging into the team and now being guaranteed another game is hard to understand unless the message is completely and only about rebuilding. It is the same with Lewis young’s prolonged stint at Footscray. Are we saying this is a long view, through which he will come through a better player a la Lipinski. How does it all square with a cameo from out of favour Fletcher Roberts? It just feels all over the shop as to whether we are about ... win every game possible now... or blooding and developing a list for the future.
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