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Cameron Bruce finished 5th in both the Demonland and the Demonology awards. Good judgement!

The whole thing smells like a ploy to strengthen his hand in contract negotiations. He won't leave Sydney and won't play for us.

Late in the first quarter of the 2008 WAFL grand final, Swan Districts lead by 3 goals - Naitanui doing well, getting hitouts laying tackles (including a ripper on Philthy Phil Read) and has kicked a goal. Update: Quarter time Swans 6.3.39 to Subiaco 3.4.22.

Here, here. Spencer has one thing that Warnock doesn't have and that's sheer aggression at the football. You can't buy that - not even for 400k pa

The former. Bentley played 5 games this year for a total of 21 while Bell played 18 this year (63) and was also a regular last year. Whilst games played aren't the perfect criteria for determining the relative worth of players, they're generally considered better than the subjective conclusion that you reached. I think Bell's value on the market would be greater than Bentleys and we can do better than a straight swap. Farren Ray would be a good aquisition as he adds some much needed pace. Tenace is a dud.

To [censored] off us Demon fans.

If Thorp agrees to the trade then the two clubs can still arrange one.

1. Melbourne 2. West Coast 3. Fremantle 4. Port Adelaide 5. Essendon 6. Carlton 7. Brisbane 8. Richmond 9. North Melbourne 10. Adelaide 11. Collingwood 12. Sydney 13. ? 14. ? 15. ? 16. ? 17. Melbourne 18. West Coast 19. Melbourne 20. West Coast

What's he done since being delisted?

He might only be an 18 year old kid playing in his first WAFL grand final next week but, according to the West Australian newspaper, the kid has already played a part in the downfall of WA's ruling state Labor government - LIBS TO GOVERN AFTER GAINING SUPPORT OF NATS Surely we have to draft him now?

Agreed. At that astronomical cost I would like to think we could do a lot better. There are a few young ruckmen avaiable in the draft who inspire me as much as Warnock, even young Spencer on our rookie list shows more strength and aggression.

Team Song: I, I who am nothing I, I who am no one Must bore you, but you should know I'm just a no one, with nothing to give you but oh ... I ...

straight swap to the dockers for Murphy would be the deal meanwhile in the same article Caro says "and, despite last month's impressive fund-raising campaign which eradicated $3 million of debt, the Demons will lose more than $1 million after a tumultuous political scenario during which two chief executives were sacked and the board overthrown by Brownlow medallist Jim Stynes". that's a good result since it was supposed to be $2m when the old board packed it in!

or any1 else who wore the # 13 4 that matter!

Embarrassing!

I would have thought in view of the recent past record of our CEO's that it was necessary for the club chairman to be looking over his shoulders from time to time. Surely, the CEO should be accountable and his work subject to scrutiny? Just imagine if someone had been looking over Ray Ellis' shoulders or even Harris for that matter. We might have gotten a lot more done at a lot less cost to the club.

There are a few possibilities here with a wide range of implications. He could be injured and went back home in anticipation of resuming when the pre season starts or he could have become disenchanted with being in Melbourne and went home never to return (perhaps to sign on with GC17) or he could have just moved house. He looked very promising but I wonder if all of the talk about getting Robert Warnock or the fact that he was being shunted backwards and forwards between Sandy ones and twos might have put him off. Then again, it could be personal or family reasons or imply a misunderstanding in the way the whole thing was reported. It would be nice if the club issued some sort of statement to clarify the position.

Up until now its all been about money and our lack of it. I don't know if this scholarship has much more legs in it given the likelihood of a ew team from West Sydney, but it will be interesting to see if Melbourne gives it a go now that half the debt has been wiped off.

With the result of last night's game, it's a virtual certainty that Essendon will finish 12th and receive draft pick # 5. The Bombers cannot finish lower than 12th and given that the Blues have won an extra game and have a substantially higher percentage, they cannot fall lower than 11th. Ironical that the team that tanked in 2007 cannot achive anything by tanking their last two games this year. The draft order for 2008 therefore is:- 1 ? 2 ? 3 ? 4 ? 5 Essendon 6 ? 7 ? 8 ? 9 ? 10 ? 11 ? 12 ? 13 ? 14 ? 15 ? 16 ?

Proves we're not tanking!

COUSINS TRAINS WITH DEMONS Things are not always as they seem though!

What are the good points he made?

Sorry but after that headline I couldn't resist this one - Wear the Fox Hat

The fact that we are playing a preponderance of games on Sunday can't be blamed on administrations from the mid/late 90s. Clubs get the opportunity annually to provide the AFL with their fixture wish list. Our old Board simply didn't go hard enough to get the more lucrative Friday night spots. We're now the fillers on the worst game day of the fixture and it's our own fault. Hopefully, the club will now go about setting that right.

The interview also shows why McNamee wasn't the man for the MFC's CEO gig: Connolly would not put a timeframe on when the premiership window opens. It is clear, though, using past flag-winning benchmarks, that the Demons are about five years away. That is why Brown, the superstar McNamee wanted to nab on a five-year contract, was not seriously considered by Bailey, Connolly and other football heads at Melbourne. To continue to pursue Brown would have undermined everything the football department and the coah have been doing this year. One of them had to go - Mac or the FD. As a supporter of a football team and having seen how the current leading sides have developed over recent years, I would back the FD any day of the week.