Chelly

You blokes have no idea. I have it on good authority that while the cruise was going on last Saturday arvo, Judd was fulfilling his vital role as environmental emissary for Visy. Not one of his players was allowed to chunder their poisonous bile into the Yarra (they left that on the deck) and not a single tinnie was allowed to drop off board to pollute the waters of our precious little river. The man can do no wrong!

Laugh at your own peril. Fact of the matter is that the Carlton boys are into serious training. Right at the moment several of them are fighting for right to wear Fev's coveted # 25 guernsey and they're all making a great fist of it. Sticks is over the moon!

A win for the player.

Does anyone know if there's going to be an indigenous game up in Darwin next year. Might be inclined to head up there if they have one.

On a brighter note the club is pleased to report that not a single player reported an injury as a result of today's training session.

In describing Ball you should have used the adjective "former" when referring to all of his attributes. Fact is that he's a has been and Ross Lyon knew exactly what he was doing with the broken down hack with the big head. So too did the recruiting staff at several clubs who passed on the million dollar man with the 50 cent body. You don't like Jack Watts? You expected Melbourne to take a schoolboy doing his VCE and play him for 22 games in his debut season so that they break down his mind and his body the way Malthouse did with Josh Fraser all those years ago? Happy with your drafting? Let's see ... one cripple (Ball), a reject from a club that hasn't yet come into the competition (Thomas) and a reject from the wooden spoon club who has OP and can't kick (Bucks). No wonder you find the need to troll around opposition sites making comments that put even the most imbecilic muppet to shame!

I made a start on this last night and I'm working very slowly and methodically through the players available. Here's my first draft: 1. Gold Coast - David Swallow (Subiaco, WA) I'll build on this as the year unfolds. Just imagine the excitement in the Hugh Trumble Room as they start the countdown from 10 to 1 with our pick somwhere in the 20s!

You mean he's out for 4 - 6?

Precisely why Redleg described him as a "riser"!

Hawthorn bottomed out for a few years and won a flag last year. Melbourne is on track. Collingwood is on it's way out.

Worse than thrush ... he might get drafted by Port Adelaide. That is what he, his manager and his pack of advisers deserve.

Did you really expect that a Collingw&%$ supporter was capable of counting past four?

... except for Cale Morton.

McGurk should stick with the Demons Caroline Watson | November 1, 2009 MARTY MCGURK and Melbourne must wonder how it came to this. Back in October, 2008 the Demon utility who once topped his clubs' polling in the Zebra reserves best and fairest voting sat down during the club's end of season trip to Wangaratta with Nathan Carroll and Ben Holland for a lengthy conversation with The Sunday Age about life as a footballer and Melbourne's 2009 prospects. McGurk, now 25, was one of the three club members destined for delisting. He was also one of Melbourne's lowest-paid players - definitely in the bottom three. He was saved from delistment because of his lowly remuneration which kept his club's total player payments below its salary cap limit. Read on ... www.bullshnews.com.au/

I disagree. My mail is that the Magpies want him with a passion and have been making a big play for him to declare his allegience to them. The first part of the strategy is to drop hints here and there to the effect that he doesn't want to play for the team that won the wooden spoon. Next, he'll say he doesn't want to play with Fremantle because the purple gear doesn't match the colour of his eyes. Port Adelaide's no good because the ground's on the wrong side of the railway tracks yadda, yadda, yadda ...

Just asking?

Hey OX. Good to see you're out of therapy for the first time since the Prelim Final!

Really?

That's wonderful. You're looking for insight into a player but you don't care if it's been "completely made up." You might be easy to please but we should refuse to accept the appalling standard set by Dr. Jekyl. We would have obtained the very same insight into Aaron Black had he properly attributed the views expressed as coming from Gilly34 on TalkingCarlton. What the Dr. did was unacceptable on a forum such as this!

It's a completely different game these days. It's fully professional, there are 16 teams, interstate travel, programmes favouring certain higher drawing clubs, the interchange, salary caps. the rules etc. All of these make it harder for young teams to climb to the top quickly. It might be a longer ride but I suspect we're still going to enjoy it!

My guess is that no current Carlton players were there in person to collect the award for finishing 11th in the b & f even though it was a convenient drive to this particular venue.

I would bring Brock McLean back one more time to escort him around the Bubbledome building site to show Luke what his future training facilities would look like ... Just as he did with Bradshaw and Risky Telly ... Oops ... on second thoughts ...

Final score: Central District 13.14.92 defeated Sturt 7.12.54. Disappointing result but Jack Trengove showed in adversity that he is a class footballer. Strong body, class, poise and a good kick. Holds his ground in the contests with much older opponents. This was not his best game. He was much better last week but the wraps on him are 100% accurate. He will be a very, very good footballer.

Three Quarter Time Central District 12.12.84 to Sturt 6.7.43