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Great highlight Stiff Arm. For me it was the equal of the Elliott mark. I said to a mate when it happened that I don’t know if the Dees have a player on the list that could make that kick, particularly at the 25 minute mark of the last quarter. He’s an incredible player.

I spoke today to a Recruiter at one of the two clubs that are currently in for Judd. My contact told me he believes that Judd will stay at the Demons, but I can tell you the two clubs in discussion are Fremantle & Adelaide. He said that to be honest, Judd doesn’t know what he wants to do as far as going or staying. He definitely wants to play more rebound half back / midfield, he just doesn’t know where he wants to be. I got the distinct impression that this Club are only mildly interested, they see him as nothing more than handy. I suspect that if Kingy says what Judd wants to hear regarding positional play, he’ll re sign, however, I got the impression that Judd is a young man who is not clearly committed to any particular direction. Perhaps, he’s hoping for more attractive offers, but they’re not coming as yet.

Have a great contact at Geelong who has worked in the football department for around 10 years. Spoke to him today and he couldn’t have spoken more highly about Steven King. Says he’s a ripper of a bloke, but he’s also a hard man with very high standards. Said he sees the game as good as anyone he’s ever dealt with. He said Dees have made a great choice By the way, he said James Kelly probably has the personality for a senior coach, but he doesn’t see the game anywhere near as well as Kingy Stated that there is a big gap today between those two candidates.

Unless the AFL have changed the rule recently, a Ruckman can’t tap the ball over the line on the full from a ball up. Because that was 1 metre out he didn’t have the option of thumping if through. I totally agree with you Jaded that in a 7 win season the Club didn’t take the opportunity to get games into Bailey Laurie at the expense of Sparrow or Sharp at the very least. In my view, in a 7 win season, selection was so predictable and boring

Curnow met with Dean Cox and other Sydney officials at the home of Dean Cox in Sydney very recently and the offer is Braeden Campbell, Hayden MacLean Sydney’s first round this year and next year.

I’d read something about GWS in the media,but this mail comes directly from a Sydney assistant coach that thinks it will happen.

I’m hearing that the Swans are talking to Simon about a Senior Assistant role and there is genuine interest.

I agree. Is the lack of young quality players coming through a result of trading away so many 2nd, 3rd & 4th rounders to get back into the first round over recent years? Wasn’t Bailey Laurie a player that was a result of trading back into the first round?

Lindsay is going to have to be a very special player to justify what the Club gave up. I realise when Lamb did the deal he was thinking we’d finish 6-8 places higher, but that’s simply not the case. I’m looking at the Crows, no father sons, no academy players, no NGA players, so I assume they’ve just mostly nailed their first, second, third, fourth rounders for many years with some smart trading of Dawson, Rankine, ANB etc.

The length & value of the Oliver contract when his lifestyle was well known should in itself be worthy of termination. The recent Viney extension is a significant mistake. And for goodness sake, stop this absurd practice of trading all these 2nd, 3rd & 4th round picks to get back into the middle of the first round.

I thought they might sub Adams because Turner is wasted on Poulter when he goes forward. Get Turner on Naughton and Howes onto Poulter. I fear Naughton is the one to rip it away from us.

So pleased to see it reinstated, however, you’re correct BBO, what other sport changes interpretations so radically from one week to the next.

Apart from a missed call to Viney which was genuinely high, I thought it was an almost faultless performance by the umps. Probably a very easy match to umpire with very little pressure from over the fence and one side often with plenty of space, however, they still have to execute and I thought they got every push in the back correct. For the last few years, it hasn’t been worth taking front position when you could clearly get pushed in the back and out of the contest and bozo commentators would say “what a wonderful job he did to protect the space.”

Spargo would be everything you don’t want in a Sub. First & foremost, you want your Sub to come on with fresh legs to outrun the opposition and provide a spark. Spargo comes on in the last quarter and he’s still the slowest player on the field. I spoke pre game with some mates about the Saints fielding a smaller, quicker team, and for that reason we all thought Sharp was a better Sub on the fast track at Marvel.

Dazz, all I do know is that Clayton is saying to a number of people that the game has got too fast for him. He’s saying he feels slow during games. I think most footy people would suggest that one of the bash brothers on big $ needs to go, and it really has to be Clayton because Clayton doesn’t add anything to the Club other than his personal performance, which as we all know is probably at a value of about 60/70% of what he’s being paid. Jack Viney is also only producing at 60/70% of what he’s being paid, however, Jack does at least drive standards around the Club and he puts a lot of work into the young blokes I’m not criticising Clayton, he just focuses totally on self and doest’t have that personality that leads & drives others. I think that if Geelong was to go out in straight sets, they might get pretty interested. I think that Adelaide might enquire if their lack of a big mid exposed them in the finals. Saints might also have a nibble. That said, Dees management are going to have to be tough enough to pay a considerable sum of salary and not end up with a startling pick after Father Sons & Academy selections push picks out, in order to start sorting this TPP & List problem. If they don’t do it this year, they may not get another chance.