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i reckon the first pick in the pre season draft will be worth more. it means you can hold a club over the barrel and trade for a star for cheap. if they dont want to deal, the player can walk. it is a massive bargining chip. and if you deal trade, you still get the best of the unsigned...

in a way this is the answer to all the people who sook and whinge after a loss and say 'why do i pay my money etc". pledge per win. if the team performs you will support them, if they lose you don't have to pay. and then you wont have to whinge here either.

i wont buy the scrathy things outside the ground since one of the sellers told me they get 50% and the mfc get 50%. also i had bought one once and "won a football" was what it said. when i went to collect it in was smaller than the size of my fist. thats not a football to me thats a toy. i would rather donate $5 than feel ripped off. and i'd be very happy to buy tickets if i knew the bluc was getting more than 50% of the ticket price.

im not arrogant, im just sick of reading tripe.

younger brother? you should be embarrassed. he has a better grasp of the game and its concepts than you, even if we disagree on a particular point. if you think i write a lot of crap pull me up on it. point out what you dont like so we can have a discussion. but if its gonna be more "brock is crap" or "bruce is my idol" or "sylvia, faithfully yours" or "we don't play for premierships" then don't bother because what you say is crap, ignorant and reeks of being written by someone who doesnt pay any attention to the game and who has no real knowledge of how /why it is played. you may enjoy watching the dees. good on ya. you might well love em as much as i do. but it doesnt mean you are right on these issues we've been arguing about. and you still havnt been able to discuss it without it being an emotional attachment to the players YOU personally want to watch.

i like dunn tess. i think he has a lot to offer a footy team, but im struggling to find the right spot for him. will he be a flanker or a wingman? i'd like to see him as a roaming HFF but its a position that isnt as common these days...where do you see him at, and where will he play?

if you don't like the way most people see footy, and what they want their team to do (win premierships). then go away, start your own fuzzy forum where you can all be best friends and you can all plot against winning and success and enjoy a little tea party with your mates (and your brother). but until then you need to start thinking about what you are saying. claiming that we should trade the youth to get something is stupid. im sorry, i know i shouldnt call you names but you obviously struggle when it comes to the thinking and rationale department. newspapers from woweys brownlow are not worth any money. ferguson is only 18 months or so younger than bruce yet he still hasnt been able to crack the afl side and doesnt look like holding down a spot any time soon. why would he have high trade value? your posts are poor. they have no real thought behind them, and instead are garbage that you decide to spurt. like i said to BB (brownlowe bruce or big brother????) in that ridiculously long thread he wrote, if you want to talk sense go for it, but if not don't bother.

they havnt done it this year because he is not good enough. he can't kick for goal (all in the mind) and he isnt good enough to be the focus. we are better off playing sylvia at FF than holland, because sylvia might get it. hollands value comes, as you said, when neitz and robbo are up forward. this means holland gets the 3rd best defender. however we have had miller, dunn, bate, and now newton, playing that extra tall role this season meaning holland hasn't been required.

if it wasnt for the brother/sister act on this website atm, this would be possibly the most incomprehensible post ever. i don't think that is written in english lol

thats still 7 starting mfc players, plus yze and holland who get a lot of games...and it will surprise me if beamer is back any time soon.

Hudson was actually reported as saying that he "was deeply sorry for the embarrassment he had caused himself, the Angles, and his family" by associating with Didak, especially after Hudsons family were "outed" as collingwood supporters aswell.

agreee completely, and the umpire wasnt blindsided in the tripping contest. he was side on and 15 metres away, bruce had his arms wide apart and even looked at the umpire and the umpire called play on. regarding the rucks, thats happening more and more and is not policed. whites advantage is his leap, so i dont know if its a tactic used against white specifically but it seems to be happening often, running at the other player, jumping into them, and then tapping the ball. it is against the rules and should be payed to white.

which is why you sit in the stand and watch, and why PG runs the show.

so he hasnt got priors for that?

should have been a second 50 paid against essendon...the trip to bruce was there. mclean in the goalsquare-he was stupid, but watch the replay, he copped one across the face it should have been too high. there was another free given, to bizzell perhaps, in the last where an essendon player played on and kicked it, yet no 50 was paid. bizzell was pushed in the back at least twice by lucas, who was allowed to mark. what about the 'shepparding the mark' free payed in the 1st quarter? that was a joke, the player it was played against only had eyes for the ball...this happens 10 times every week but it doesnt get paid. and it was worth noting one time when green got bumped 35 metres off the ball, right in front of an umpire while he tried to make position. you cant sheppard more than 5 metres from the ball... the game was riddled by umpiring mistakes. they are every week and i think its a disgrace. its not the first time this year that i believe umpires have cost us a game. and its not the first time essendon have had the benefit (see the out of bounds against sydney). yes we made a number of mistakes and had we played perfect we could've won, but i think we were robbed out of it

i thought juice played a very team orientated game. the stat sheet shows what 10 possessions, 1 goal 1, a couple of marks and a tackle. but this does not sum up his game at all. he had 3 assists which resulted in 2.1, and from distances he probably could have had a shot, although he went for the selfless option of a better team position. he dropped two marks out in front and that chest mark...that seems a bit out of character for juice and is undoubtedly the nerves coming through...all 3 would have given him gettable shots at goal. he stood the mark at FF on the kick outs, and always chased the player who got the ball. and i thought he played fletcher quite well (fletcher had 18 disposals, 5 marks, down on his season average of 22 and 8, which includes last night. in fact, fletcher has only had 3 games this year with less possessions). when fletcher pushed up the ground newton ran with him, but once the turn over occured, juice was back in our goal square, dragging fletcher all the way back to the last line. i thought his leading was pretty good...made good space a few times but was ignored. playing deep with the others players we had made it a bit hard for him. robbo and neitz were both leading out as well, or often back towards full forward, while we had sylvia, and often another player inside 50 as well. this meant often he would lead out but would be cut off by a team mate who left after him, and who hadnt seen him. i think it will be interesting to see him play with out neitz around. there will be definite negatives (neitz is strong and controls the area around him with his bullocking work) however i think the number 1 forward role will suit newton, allowing him to dictate where he runs and how the forward sets up. he looks like he could be the focal point. would've been nice to see him get a goal with his first kick instead of the point, but a scoring shot nonetheless. well done juice, i look forward to seeing more of you over the coming weeks.

bit harsh. as mentioned above there is probably a similar situation for every player at some point in the game. brocky in the goal square, umpires not calling the trip on bruce. entiz and robbo missing shots. newton dropping a chest mark. lucas pushing bizzell in the back (more than once). the list goes on. but brown did stuff up.

i think nasher, that number 1 often stems from observations that players who stuff up don't get dragged and yelled at. that players who perform poorly play again next week. last night however, i saw brock stuff up royally and a runner went to him straight away and dragged him...

i really feel that miller will come in as a late change for someone. probably neitz again, but he will come in to play down back. this probably helped keeps wraps of newtons debut because there havnt been 'new kid at full forward talks. i still think if there is no change we are a chance to see bell try and take llyod, only because i cant see him taking lucas at all. but it would be a poor match up imo (unless of course bell wins lol)

has anyone noticed newton has been named on the bench? have people this year been named on the bench or in the side when they get a run? or is it because he is a first gamer?

i hope for a new bike. edit: i havnt rode a bike in years. why do i want a bike? pft

it says a lot about jamar that he is being run in the sandy seconds to find form (and fitness), while neaves, the rookie gets the week off. neaves is catching him quickly. might have already passed him. good point. it seems to me that the only reason you would drop him, is to get more of a run. obviously thats not going to happen. maybe he needs a week off. did he play for sandy during the break?

if they cant lift for godfrey who can the lift for? the true team man. making the most of what he's got, running harder than he needs too. often let down by his higher profile, 'skillfull' teammates. congrats frank on reaching this milestone. thats your name on the locker and the kids on the list if they're good enough.

he might not have been a murderer at this point but he was still a hells angle, biker. what do the hells angles do? ginger beer and eucher? no. they make amphetamines.

i think its a bit like buying raffle tickets at your local cricket club, when the prize is a $20 meal voucher. the money is going to a good cause (the club) and no one really expects that their money will have any effect on selection (sorta like no one cares bout the raffle).