You sound like Basil from Fawlty Towers. Whenever a customer had a grievance about service, Basil would turn it around to make the customer feel like it was their fault.
If you can accept mediocrity, fine. But don't expect others to do the same.
When it comes to back injuries, "missing the first month of footy", is probably the best case scenario or a guesstimate.
Andrew Bogut was suffering back soreness early in the season, and was considered a day by day proposition of returning. When he did return after a few weeks out, he played a few games and then missed the rest of the season.
Call me a skeptic, but I'm worried about Grimes playing senior football before mid-year.
I'm probably showing my age, but I've only heard of Tony Hawk because he was on the Simpsons. Skateboarding is obviously popular with kids, but unless Tony Hawk starts skateboarding with a Melbourne beanie, I don't think that it'll generate massive exposure for the club. I think we're talking about different demographics.
Someone like Chad Reid, who also makes a fortune, would also have limited benefit for the club.
I think you're pretty close to the mark HBK, but I've got my doubts about Wona playing round 1 after doing a hammy. I think that Petterd will replace him from your selected side.
As for match-ups, I think that Bartram and Garland will take Thomas and Campbell, leaving Warnock and Frawley to take their talls. This will leave Rivers as a floater. McDonald to take Harvey.
Structurely, I'd rather see Miller and Green playing deep in the forward line, with Sylvia and Bate as the lead up forwards from CHF.
No facts as usual Rhino, just stupid use of emoticons.
So Bailey wasn't part of the administration last season when Meesen was acquired? And you know for a fact that he had no input in the decision?
The premise behind hoopla's post was the paucity of our ruck situation. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the CURRENT team recruit Meesen and sign him to a 3 year deal? We wouldn't be debating this topic if Meesen was a half decent ruckman.
But true to form Rhino, you always blame the predecessors.
Garbage. In 2006, McLean, McDonald, Moloney, and Jones were all capable of getting the ball to front running mids like Johnstone, Yze and Bruce. Our game plan's changed, and it doesn't allow this option.
Great reports WJ and IWS.
In regards to our absence of forward targets, part of the problem lies with the fact that none of ours mids push forward of the ball when we gain possession in the backline or midfield. Players with big engines, like Bruce and Morton, should be given free rein to push forward and give us more forward options. Currently, our forwards are generally outnumbered by 2, hence the opposition are able to rebound with ease.
It's not about cutting him slack. His crime was not a sackable offence, and if he plays good football this season, I'm sure your support will resume.
If he doesn't play well this year, his position on the list will be questioned, as should be the case with most of our players.
And what are you basing that on? Martyn came to prominence by getting something like 8 or 9 bog's in just as many games as a ruckman in the ammos under 19s. For mine, he has more attributes to be a ruckman than Meesen, so why not give him a chance.
He definitely played a fair bit in the SANFL before he came to us, so I doubt that he missed 2 full seasons. And I thought that he had another year to run on his contract?