rolling fog

What are your tips for the brownlow??...Obviously the generic Ablett jnr, Bartel and Cornes x2 names are going to come up? Who will poll best for MFC? Junior imo...although his flamboyance or lack thereof could be detrimental. Theres always trapper, bruce etc. cheers,

Indeed...West Coast are going to play mega hard ball

Attn Mods: Some kind of absolute tabloid style sticky needs to be set up for ridiculous trade rumours that will never come come to fruition the kind where everyone has a 'source' lol, are all good fun though cheers

is CAC the best man for the job?? im not in anyway trying to undermine him, not in the least. I just know very little about him...he seems to have produced the goods in the past eg: Davey, Bartram(Juries Out) etc. etc. your thoughts....

We have more of a chance of getting him if one G Lyon decides to get his act together, Garry being Judds childhood hero and all plus barracking for the MFC as a kid! - meant to be...

Just briefly, I hope everyone who was able to, catch some of ND's post game interview with Ox. What he said really epitomises his true nobilty and genuine love for the club. I know it can be said that these attibutes don't win you premierships...but i defy anyone to find a premiership coach not possessing such qualities of unification, conviction, transperancy, accountability aswell as beiong able to relax and relate to the group whilst being a figurehead for the club and what it stands for. Daniher baggers should not lose sight of this.

The reverend was great for the club and we will be lesser for his preachings...however, the decisions seems to be for the best and not just for the sake of change...ND - A true gentlemen.

I have to agree....however that behavior is common place in contempory sports journalism let alone football. I defy anyone to go to USA during NFL/NBA playoffs or England during FA cup and not notice the 'paparazzi' nature of sports reporting.

Steve Harris is carro's old boss...editor-in-chief at The Age... <_<

Must have 1998 or 2000 when we began to seroulsy challenge some clubs...it was a friday night match at the G and we owned the last quarter and ND got all involved with the win - players, trainers, coaches - into a circle in front of the members and sang one of my most memorable renditions of a grand old flag.

Can he coach?

Absolute Sense! It must be realised that now we cannot go chasing premierships or at least expect to be be able to mix it with the best clubs. We need an Al Clarkson type, who is steadfast in deveolping youth and takes no crap from anyone, half our list is over 25!

Last time i checked Buckley was still a collingwood PLAYER,not an experienced coach, with another year left on his contract with CFC...

P.S. - Todd Viney

If I hear the Words Michael Voss or Chris Connelly uttered in the same sentence as the MFC and Coach - I think Iam going to scream

Looking Foward to September...Inter Schools Ski Carnival, and the best time of year to be at Falls Creek!

HAHA, here here. With a decent group of young U/23s coming up through the club...a similar approach needs to be taken with the coach...maybe someone who hasnt been a head coach before? Viney? ie. a different regime to ND.

I also have heard this...i may know the Carlton supporter of which you speak DV.

Buckley is very much entrenched in the CFC club and environment. Eddie and Mick are grooming him to make a smooth transition from when he retires into a coaching role. It is quite obvious. :|

Has anyone noticed that Tony Jines does'nt cover football anymore...apart from anchoring the sports news, he's now a liestyle and human interest reporter. This is for a reason - hes never played footy is'nt involved in the "inner sanctums" at clubs, yet attempts to emulate craig hutchinson by being inflamatory and trying to break 'big' strores which are usually storms in teacups and invariably dont eventuate. Pual Gardiner is holding a press conference tomorrow midday.

Lets cut to the chase....Voss should not/will not/could not coach any AFL team next year. His comments on Footy Classified on monday night were inflaminatory as a result of his arrogance, imo. I believe Danhers will take up a position, whether it be as an assistant or head coach, at Essendon. Chris Connelly will walk from Freo and take up the role at the MFC and Mark Harvey will progress naturally into the head role at Freo.

Theres at least one forum for each club on Big Footy and theres links to most clubs' major blogs there also...

Just read the thread about kennet comong out and voicing his opinion on the AFL site. Jeff Kennet and Paul Gardiner appear to be the only club presidents visible in the public domain. Kennet has been very vocal on his thoughts of Ben Cousins, Illicit Drugs, Player welfare and the role of the AFL and clubs in this area as has Gardiner. Footy classified showed three presidents last week in beat the press with gardiner, smorgan and the essendon pres. who i'd never seen/heard of. Eddie everywhere is not as everywhere as he once was...should club presidents and club administrators for that matter be active in the media and participate in dialogue in the football community or should they remain behind the scenes?

An institution such as the AFL with massive cash resources has no excuse for such an unreliable site. Clearly they are targeting the tech savvy demographic with video on demand, live match feeds, stats etc. but cannot deliver. As a keen stats analyser ive given up on site and gone elsewhere, bout time somoeone bought this up!

Ahh a bit of an inter cheer squad rift?...I used to be in the cheersquad, nothing against the cheersquad i think their great and do a wonderful job to get the boiys over the line, but i found that it just wasn't for me, die-hard level two members barracker!