Elusive Tunbridge

A remake of Bad News Bears, though I'm not sure Roos is suited to the Billy Bob Thornton role. Still, if we can give him a drinking problem, he might do.

If he shut up about it completely we'd probably feel even more comfortable. Just another happy camper at Team Melbourne.

I think it was just Roos making sure the Swans didn't get away with murder. Pick 19 downgrades it to manslaughter.

Unbelievable. "Chairman Paul Little and chief executive Xavier Campbell have been told by senior players they want Hird to coach next year." Who? How many? Robbo spinning crazily. ​I do wonder how Hird will come out of this. If he has the psychopathology I suspect, he will be vengeful, unrepentant and ready for new, promising ventures. If not, he'll be a train wreck.

It was the Congo, going in search of his roots. It had a big impact on him, hence taking his father's name.

"Cursory" that's a nice one, I'll bet you didn't even have to look it up. But why so serious, Princess? Watch these projective objections dissolve the first time H runs from HB to the wing and bombs it inside fifty.

Do they have a choice? I think the issue may be more that trading first-22 players against their will would have a damaging effect on other players' loyalty and generally harm the reputation of the club. Supporters wouldn't like it either.

If the Dogs understand what we want, and that the deal may suddenly disappear since we're floating a number of possible deals with other clubs, then they'll make up their minds very quickly. Pick 3 for 6 plus any one of three names we provide to them. If the phone doesn't ring, we keep on trading.

I don't have the impression that ASADA are at all interested in Thompson. I think the choice between Essendon and GC is now entirely up to him

Hird was one of the finest players I've ever seen. In a period when Voss and Buckley were at their peak, I thought he was a standout. I won't let his despicable behaviour blot out that memory.

My ignorant guess: we will get Pick 3 because, having denied us the PP, the AFL will be doing a bit of impression management. It's not that they're committed to equalisation - they're not - but that they're committed to appearing committed. Dudding us on the comp. pick would blow a hole in that.

This puts pressure on Essendon - I'd say the only way they can keep Bomber now is a quick defenestration of Hird.

Just wondering if Varcoe is one of those players who do best in a strong team. As we say in Canberra, is he a leaner or a lifter?

Try air-it-yay. He might give a little smile, but he won't snarl. And it's curtains for Terlich, IMO.

Things don't appear by accident on the club website. He's coming, and I'm guessing that Collingwood are not the only hard bargainers at the table. Straight swap plus a pick upgrade for us, I think.

Had Scully stayed, Neeld might have made him co-captain ... and we'd be playing tomorrow.

Must be hanging by a thread. If we need the spot, he's gone.

I'm not perfectly clear on the connection between the two. Please explain.

Assuming he doesn't improve himself, it will be at least two years before the list improves enough for him to be ousted.

I couldn't name the president of any of them.

or they believed they were going to get away with it.

It's common knowledge that the players didn't really understand the boring lectures on drugs and personal responsibility, and naturally trusted Hird, Dank et al. to do the right thing. They were simply too trusting and naive. Blokes like Fletcher and Watson were just too in awe of Hird to question his directions. The idea that injecting supplements might give them an advantage in getting a premiership was unthinkable, although all players swear that getting a flag is their greatest goal. And David Zaharakis refused to be involved because he's a wimp about injections, not because he smelled danger. Not.

That would require a level of realistic tactical thinking not so far displayed.

They have no hope. They've gone kamikaze.

My bile duct works better than my memory these days.