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Silly boys...

Oh no, not another Balic, Mitchie, Kennedy, Newton, oh no.....

Agree entirely: I watched those windswept Casey games and wondered why anyone would want to be a forward. I used to call it the epitome of chaos. Players like Garlett just get lost in those situations.

Would probably need a ghost writer...

What a great speech, PJ. Hats off, people, a real mensch.

What a great name for a rock'n'roll singer: Conway Twitty!

I'd rather some Telemann.

I don't much like the choice of songs but I think they are both very talented, especially the female singer: she can sing, dat girl.

I disagree, Chook. They're not Fischer-Dieskau but that's okay by me.

Toe Food and Chin Wha...

Good point. Glad you noticed I'm not a war mongering mass murderer, alcoholic racist psychopath.

You're just making that up...

Do you drink with your left foot or the right?

West Coast are very loath to bring on PLan B. Is Simpson a good coach? Is Jack Darling a spud? Is this 2015 all over?

I heard we were going to throw in Ron Barassi and Mickey Mouse as steak knives...

Who said he couldn't take a pack mark?

Way less than an hour....

IT's in Tathra, apparently...

Agree, forgot to mention those true and mighty Demons...

Yes, forgot about the mighty Jeff.

Just measure that against some of the names I've mentioned. Not many have rose and shined, as they say.

I've become wary of importing fringe players from other clubs, the likes of Bugg, Mitchie, Newton, Sellars, the 2 Geelong duds Neeld served up, Rodan, dare I say it, Tyson. When I think back not many of our imports have fired a shot. Vince was an exception, Lewis and Cross, come to mind, Bizzel was fantastic, Vardy was great but mostly injured - he was like Clark from Essendon in the early 90's, like Owen, played some great games until injury struck em - I don't want to revisit the Clarke, Heratier catastrophes, and the list of dudes who have simply not either not fired a shot but were content to coast - the mighty Byron - Heffenan etc etc Then there was Dawes who busted his heart but battled injuries and an inability to hold a mark. My policy is go for a gun. If the gun doesn't fire, well that's bad luck Templeton comes to mind, Oi Weh, come to think of it... But then again, there was Wilson, Moore, Laurie Fowler, Icke, Rohde. Ah, memories....

When Kent played well I loved his contribution: robust, a good kick, a 'goer'. 63 games is 6 seasons tells you something wasn't/isn't right. I suspect his body let him down too often. I wish him all the best, like I say, I loved it when he was good, but for the Saints to make a 3 year investment reeks of naivety to me.

The question for me remains: here's Hogan who came to the Demons when it was a basket case. They are now poised to be s strong side. Fremantle are not far from being a basket case whose coach has recently shown all the symptoms of a born loser. Why would you want to go back to playing for a basket case instead of a team you've helped to build up, which is on the brink of reaping what's been sown? I guess the answer, if he went, would be money. Sad really.

All this talk is total madness. Hogan is essential to our next few years. Why all this bulldust speculation? Why///