Machsy

Speaking of father-son prospects, young Cooper Schwarz has just been on the radio with his dad, and it was mentioned that he has won a Victorian championship in basketball. Considering the lack of a decent talent path in that sport in Australia unless you're in the very top bracket; his father's own success as a young basketballer; and the transferable skills that are conducive to success in footy... I dunno. Just promising signs, I guess. I've long held out hope for Coop.

OP should read: posters having trouble accepting change support group. Honestly, the game we play now is the one I prefer. If I go back & watch games from 10 years ago, I'm bored by the style, relatively.

Surely many on here have played in practice matches before? Surely it's not that foreign a concept that you go "ok, had a good half / 3/4 of footy, now fatigue is setting in & thats when injuries happen. Let's just now focus on getting the extra run in our legs & come out unscathed, ready for round 1." I'd say that's a popular theme amongst anyone playing in a praccie match, and should be the focus of our players. Hands off panic buttons please. Also, in regards to Brayshaw, we should all be mindful that a class above at VFL level does not equal a class above at AFL level, or even that a kid is ready to consistently contribute there.

Yes, it does look like that.

I honestly think we'll finish 9th or 10th. The chasm is not that great.

That's not always true...

Mark Coughlan.

Don't believe everything you read...

When the team does something where someone should be wearing the blame? Massive overreaction to a meaningless practice match.

Yawn.

He does. Anyone know when? ...so we can start a social media campaign designed to ensure he gets a reminder?

Is that you mincing metaphors again, WYL?

I'm guessing those that would compare H to Swan simply haven't witnessed the depths of Swan's depravity. I fear for him in retirement.

I'm embarrassed to say I have been watching The Footy Show, and Damien Barrett has just dropped a Pulitzer-worthy bombshell that Heritier Lumumba, in 2012, went to the AFL and asked them a question. Hang him. The question, if it matters, was if Harry was to be around some of his Rastafarian mates and happened to inhale some second-hand smoke, leading him to test positive to cannabis, what would happen? Rather harmless question that confirms very little. MY question is, how does Damien Barrett know about this conversation? Who has breached Harry's confidence? And will they have a job in a week's time? Obviously the answer to that rhetorical question is YES. But it's still [censored].

Scott Selwood..?

I'm not worried. I agree that his credentials as a player don't guarantee success, but I think certain qualities of his will make him a very good senior coach. However, even being a very good senior coach does not guarantee anyone success.

I think, if there's any truth to it (and JC often makes stuff up), then it'd be Dangerfield's management putting too high a price on his head to go to a side outside the top 4.

Salient point rjay. Seriously? This was just providing supporters with early notification of the opportunity to turn up to an open training session, after the whinging following the timing and location of the intraclub practice match. This wasn't the family day. I dare say a large crowd was not expected. In any case, I have friends working at other "successful clubs" and mistakes with training like this are reportedly made all the time.

I recall as a teenager my local club paid a king's ransom to recruit a former AFL-listed key forward who had routinely led the league in goal kicking, to be the key piece to push us into premiership favouritism. In a marking contest at training during preseason I stepped on his foot in a rather innocuous fashion. He missed a couple of games, which turned into a handful of games, which turned into a season and he never did anything of note on a footy field ever again. The moral of the story? Make sure I don't step on your foot. He'll be fine. Or he won't.

Maybe. But that post I quoted is still a massive stretch.

Wow. Intra-club practice match delayed by an hour = massive demonland sh!tstorm. Not ideal, but overreaction much?

Yeah... nah.

Magner was already what he would always be as a player when he got to us. A muscle-bound lesser Moloney clone. I see Vandenberg like a raw rookie who has already done the majority of his physical development, with the emotional maturity to hit the ground running and contribute immediately.

I'm very surprised by his performance. I thought Vanders was a long way off, but I'm now bouyant about his chances of making it, making a serious impact, and doing it early. He seems to have all the raw tools to be another Barlow.

Which restaurants are owned by the Salems again..? Was it Rock Salt?