Machsy

Still getting less than Scully...

Does anyone know if purple still Has his job or what the go is?

Haven't seen anything from him in a while

Referring to him as a journo is being very kind...

Of course the colour you see on your screen or monitor is heavily dependent on the settings you have for them...

I won't go into the intricacies of RGB, CMYK or spot colours, or the concept of colour composition, but it is a complex subject.

Sam Blease not even getting a game with Geelong at this early stage is a big concern for him.

No injury and I'm told they're starting to see cracks...

Don't discount Hamling, he could be something.

I think it'll click for him.

Dogs would love to still have Cross now.

I wouldn't call it genius but if Roos really wanted to keep Sylvia we would have given him a better offer, same with Frawley.

Clark, I have no idea what the story was there but it did appear we didn't work hard to keep him either.

Sylvia to me was a no brainer, highly overrated by many on here.

I called for both him and Moloney to be traded years ago.

Few would listen...

I wonder what actual onus there is on Carlton to disclose Garlett's impending legal issues...

I know, but it's a situation that he has hidden from the club, and has been exacerbated by keeping it hidden.

I'd punish him if nothing more than to make an example of this incident - if you keep these things hidden, it only makes it worse, kids.

How can the club be looking at disaplinary action when the offence occurred well before he was contracted?

It is a matter for the courts and as such should stay that way. Football clubs do not need to control everything a player does in their personal life, especially when it happened prior to any affiliation

He deserves to be disciplined for hiding it from the club.

Christ, you think we don't have enough lawyers involved at the club to ensure he deals with this situation correctly?

Just an idiotic move.

If you are immature and irresponsible I imagine it's pretty easy not to know. You get the summons and ignore it.

Probably not too different from receiving then forgetting to pay a bill, albeit a seriously important one.

The AFLPA is run by fools.

They'll quickly turn public opinion heavily against them.

Was pretty happy when I read this today

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/adelaide-confirm-patrick-dangerfields-father-works-in-clubs-recruiting-team/story-fndv862c-1227224566881

Yes, good get and news to me.

Surprising when he appears to have quite a bit to do with the Geelong Cats.

Dangers Sr is certainly more qualified than Scully Sr for such a position.

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Thanks for the report Saty, surprisingly interesting to see the comparison.

Much appreciated.

With all this time on your hands, maybe you could have a look at a couple of the others?

From what I know, I'd say Brian Cook will not ever choose to be the CEO of another AFL club anyway.

And if we want dangerous kicks then Matt Jones isn't in our best 22. If he looks to be improving then that's fine, but if you go by his past few seasons then we all know that he is prone to big mistakes and missing simple targets. The modern game demands that players are good kicks of the footy, and he is not one of them.

No doubt he breaks the lines and he can run to position, but Cale Morton could do that too. Jones is a handy depth player, but he isn't best 22 in a side that wants to play finals football by the end of 2016.

I wonder how Cale Morton would have gone if Paul Roos got hold of him a few years ago instead of a bloke like Neeld...

I still think he could have been a good player, but was mismanaged.

In case it's not clear, my only agenda is doing what's best for the club, and based on some of the things I know, I doubt bringing in Cook would be that.

It came across very agenda-driven. As if you were dead opposed to Cook ever working here and were even willing to throw in unsubstantiated material to help said cause.

"Even though this guy built a club bereft of premierships for over 40 years into a side who won 3 premierships, let's totally ignore that and harness all our negative attention into what he did for the rest of his time at the club (along with this probably made-up rumour)".

If you seriously dislike like him and don't want him working here, fair enough. But to advocate he's incapable of the job in question? That's certainly incorrect and not right at all.

I didn't.

I basically said that at his current capacity, he's still good, but his lofty reputation isn't warranted.

Not now at least.

I'm an advocate of not making rash decisions based on reputations forged long ago, ignoring more recent events.

The cats have issues and he has been asleep at the wheel in recent seasons, undoing some of his good work.

They've managed to hide it somewhat, but the Cats aren't traveling that great and haven't capitalised on their recent onfield successes.

So did I.

You can't let an accusation like that go - this isn't The Anonymous Internet. The servers are rented by people, the website published by people, it is people that are affected, and if they are affected by what is said on here then I am sure they will be forced to close it down, at which point we are all affected.

Alright, but censor the incident, and the rest of the post should have been ok, no?

And fairly pertinent I'd say.

The bloke's decision-making these days is sub-standard.

I'm interested in this mythical land we will all get to once the "bickering" stops...

What exactly do people expec of this Atlantis?

Without the bickering, threads will just be shorter and die quicker.

Pure potshots are crap, but honestly, most of it is just heated debate and I see very little wrong with a lot of it.

Stifling discussion and argument would make this place more painful.

I think this thread has already become far too Saty-centric.

Are some of us worried that no one else can provide a decent training report?

No offence, but he doesn't have the market cornered (maybe not for lack of trying...)

Any reports of how Frost is going?

Hoping to see him line up for round 1, but reports don't have me confident.

It's not ideal for our contingency plan to be a match against VFL level opposition, but if the 22 or so Essendon players are still suspended and we play them, that's essentially what they will be also.

I think we drew the short straw having to play a preseason match against them, but in the end it's pretty much an unavoidable circle jerk.

After the 2nd tanking investigation, I told myself that if I ever bumped into Brock, I'd give him an earful.

I then saw him outside the Portsea Polo as I was entering, perfect opportunity, hanging about in his own like he was waiting for someone.

I looked at him for a bit while I waited for a mate to come out with my ticket, and maybe it had something to do with me being gutless, but I just couldn't do it.

He just looked so... pathetic and awkward. I felt sorry for the guy.

I don't think he had a flying fig of a clue what he was doing at the time, the bloke is lost.

Roos said he wanted Col to stay, like Clark was our best footballer, Chip is doing everything required etc. etc.

You never take what Roos says about these things as being gospel, you watch what happens. Silvia...gone, Clark...gone, Frawley...gone and all without a major effort from us to keep them.

I think Roos got what he wanted.

And Terlich got re-signed.

In all seriousness, I'm not sure Roos was desperate to keep Terlich, but rather he wanted to ensure the kids have to earn their spot before they come into the side.

Terlich may not be the best kick, but Roos is playing the long game, and a kid won't get a game until they can consistently exhibit at least the same level of toughness and commitment that Terlich does.

It's about making the kids force their way in, not waltz into the side Round 1 (and this is different again to being "gifted" games early).

Does any one know why the club has not put up the Roos speech and the vision of recruits on the club site, from the AGM, as they have done in the past?

I'd say it was probably poor vision on the video, so they've elected not to use it.

It was focused on the 1 person speaking at the lectern, and wouldn't have picked up the multiple people speaking during Roos' talk.

His speech was brief and nothing earth-shattering.

It was interesting to hear H say that MFC had a higher standard of professionalism than Collingwood in some ways, specifically the way different departments communicated and worked as one cohesive unit.

So glad we picked up Addam Maric one pick before Selwood went to West Coast...