SaberFang

Personally, I think the destruction of culture at the Swans will set them back out of the top 4 next season. Just my two cents. They were a far worse team this year than they were the year before, and they had Tippett for half of it.

Gotta start playing smart in the new world of free agency. The footy world was blindsided by the Buddy deal, but it won't be the last of its kind. Starting negotiations with players a year out from signing them will become the norm within a few years. So these are the players up for grabs next year: Brisbane Lions Ash McGrath Carlton Bryce Gibbs, Kade Simpson, Jarrad Waite, Andrew Walker Collingwood Harry O'Brien, Ben Reid, Dane Swan Essendon Heath Hocking, Leroy Jetta Fremantle Garrick Ibbotson, David Mundy, Luke McPharlin, Matthew Pavlich, Aaron Sandilands Geelong Steve Johnson, James Kelly, Trent West Hawthorn Luke Hodge, Sam Mitchell Melbourne James Frawley North Melbourne Todd Goldstein, Lachie Hansen, Lindsay Thomas Port Adelaide Travis Boak St Kilda Sam Fisher, James Gwilt, Leigh Montagna, Nick Riewoldt Sydney Swans Adam Goodes, Ryan O'Keefe, Nick Malceski, Ted Richards West Coast Shannon Hurn, Daniel Kerr, Matt Priddis Western Bulldogs Matthew Boyd, Shaun Higgins, Will Minson, Robert Murphy, Tom Williams ------ Given Roos connection to Sydney, I'd say we could be eyeing more than 1 of those Swans FA's. Landing Waite would be a brilliant pick up. Thoughts?

Well we've got Billy Stretch under the F/S rule if we want him. Hopefully slips to a second round pick though, gives us a chance to pick up a gun in the first round.

Heaven forbid, do we not have far more important issues as a club right now than worrying about heavily hydrated players needing to urinate in public? It happens at every training session for every football club I've worked at during training sessions. It's obviously faster, and as pointed out, coaches would be none too pleased if players missed a drill just to relieve themselves. They're hardly doing it right in front of people and players use discretion about where they go. I'm much more concerned about players working on improving their heavily maligned skills than worrying about where to urinate. That's where their focus should be. As far as wasting even a cent of money on public toilets that could be spent on a million other things that actually help improve our club, well... get your priorities straight. Kids are not going to think twice about it, and families that get offended obviously don't understand much about elite athletes, hydration and training sessions.

First post at Demonland, longtime lurker Didn't see anything posted about this yet, but Nate Jones gave an interesting answer to the tired Captaincy question at a rally presser today: Q: It's obviously a job you'd be stoked to get, whether it be a co-captain or solo? Yeah, no doubt. I think I said last week I'm willing to put my hand up. I would love to captain the footy club, there's no doubt about that, but I'll go through the process like everyone else, and firstly we've got to get voted into the leadership group (laughs). From there, we'll see what happens. Read a lot here that people want him to captain but feel he's too introverted for the media commitments associated with the role. First time I've heard him say he wants to do it though.