I thought Pyke's remarks after the GF, where he tried to wash his hands of any responsibility for the team's performance, were remarkable. If that's a reflection of his overall attitude to coaching ...

Don Pyked it !! 

If Sloane is wanting to leave Adelaide and home to Victoria we'd be mad not to throw everything at him. We need quality midfielders and leaders. He would be perfect for us. Forget Lever and everyone else, if Sloane is legitimately available then we move heaven and earth to get him!

3 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

Rumours don't need a source but I read it via Zanotti files 

No no no D11 rumours need a source or some here believe it's not a valid rumour but just a made up rumour!!!! Ha ha  it's a bloody RUMOUR and that's all it is.

Some people are hard to please.

Just keep postin mate. 

8 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

Rumours don't need a source but I read it via Zanotti files 

Don't they?  That's strange.

I've heard that we are in line to get Bontempelli, Lever, Tom Lynch and Ollie Wines for nothing more than a 4th round pick.  Can't name my source as I don't need to for a rumour.

1 minute ago, Lord Travis said:

If Sloane is wanting to leave Adelaide and home to Victoria we'd be mad not to throw everything at him. We need quality midfielders and leaders. He would be perfect for us. Forget Lever and everyone else, if Sloane is legitimately available then we move heaven and earth to get him!

If Sloane were available I Would think the saints would be in the best position with draft pics available to get him provided he wanted to go there Of course. 

Imo we would have sfa chance if getting him. 

2 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

If Sloane were available I Would think the saints would be in the best position with draft pics available to get him provided he wanted to go there Of course. 

Imo we would have sfa chance if getting him. 

tend to agree...lack of currency. Shame

37 minutes ago, Dee-licious said:

Zanotti files on Facebook with a great track record posted about Sloane. 

Trade Whisperer saying St Kilda have contacted GWS re Shiel 

He seems to be getting a lot of mail today.

Rockliff won't be at Lions next year.

Pies making massive late play for Lever.

The one that disappoints me the most is Vickery is staying at Hawthorn next year.

1 minute ago, Demon77 said:

He seems to be getting a lot of mail today.

Rockliff won't be at Lions next year.

Pies making massive late play for Lever.

The one that disappoints me the most is Vickery is staying at Hawthorn next year.

He's taking it all second hand from either the club twitter accounts or from trade radio.  No mail involved at all.

10 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

Rumours don't need a source but I read it via Zanotti files 

Well obviously that is up to you.

But if you post a rumour without some sense of where it came from and it likely veracity - everyone reading it will ask the same question  - what is the source? 

You  read about sloane via the Zanotti file. That's helpful to know because i can make an assessment of how reliable it is based on my knowledge of the Zanotti file from previous years.

It would have been helpful to know that in the fist instance, even more so if it was correctly quoted. 

But sure, if you don't mind causing some low level frustration and/or being disregarded when posting a rumour knock yourself out and post rumours without naming (or even hinting at) the source. 

Any reason we aren't chasing Shiel?

4 minutes ago, SFebey said:

Any reason we aren't chasing Shiel?

He slept with Stringer as well.

Sloane is as good as Martin, Dangerfield, Kelly etc..  Throw the money at him, also Trengoves no.9 just became available.

Wasnt it the Zanotti Files which was 98% sure Rockliff was coming to us last year?

 

4 minutes ago, MurDoc516 said:

Sloane is as good as Martin, Dangerfield, Kelly etc..  Throw the money at him, also Trengoves no.9 just became available.

No he's not. Sloane has been blanketed during games and had no impact. Martin and Dangerfield are power athletes who can do damage as a forward. And Kelly is more skillful than Sloane, and can rack up equally high possessions.

Just now, mo64 said:

No he's not. Sloane has been blanketed during games and had no impact. Martin and Dangerfield are power athletes who can do damage as a forward. And Kelly is more skillful than Sloane, and can rack up equally high possessions.

Do we watch the same player? He can get tagged, yes, but he found his way around it towards the end. His 1st qtr in the GF he was the most damaging mid and forward.

3 minutes ago, clark's kick said:

Wasnt it the Zanotti Files which was 98% sure Rockliff was coming to us last year?

 

That was GNF. Maybe Zanotti is GNF.

Just now, Ethan Tremblay said:

That was GNF. Maybe Zanotti is GNF.

Zanotti is a Dees member from memory also.

If I remember rightly Sloane isn't our biggest fan after we jilted him at the draft for Jamie Bennell. 

4 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

Throwing him away? You don't think some of the blame for this lays at his feet as well? 

Not really.

1 minute ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

Not really.

So he's not to blame at all for the club wanting to trade him?  Really, Ralph?

2 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

So he's not to blame at all for the club wanting to trade him?  Really, Ralph?

I wonder if in a decades time (or 3 years even) we will still be debating the relevance of Watts and or how this was handled...doubt it.

Surely if Sloane was on the market, the Blues would be all over it like a rash.

I have said for years that the club uses him badly. Jack has played out of position, willingly pinch-hit in the ruck and put up with the worst delivery in the league for years. He's gone above and beyond trying to plug the holes in this team. No matter what they ask of him, he gives it his best. Send him to a side with decent foot skills and he will thrive. 

4 minutes ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

I have said for years that the club uses him badly. Jack has played out of position, willingly pinch-hit in the ruck and put up with the worst delivery in the league for years. He's gone above and beyond trying to plug the holes in this team. No matter what they ask of him, he gives it his best. Send him to a side with decent foot skills and he will thrive. 

So he's not to blame at all for the lack of professionalism he has shown, especially at the beginning of this year when he is looked upon not only as a senior player but as someone who needs to set an example as well?

I'm not laying all the blame at his feet, but to suggest it's all down to the club and Jack has done nothing wrong is akin to sticking your head in the sand.