Mazer Rackham

The AFL Integrity Department have charged Freo with bringing the game into disrepute. And the AFL Bad Faith and Bullsh*t Department have given Freo an award for their contribution to bad faith and bullsh*t

In one of history's great coincidences, Nostradamus's nickname was "chookrat".

"That chick in the grass skirt last night was f***in amazing. Wish I'd got her number"

"Wouldn't mind trying the ganja but you dunno who's a cop around here"

"$33 for a carton of Winnie Blue? How long's that been going on??"

Yep, the balance has swung too far to the players who hold the whip hand in every negotiation. Clubs have to grovel to player managers. It won't change until a Collingwood player, eg De Goey, signs a huge contract and then waltzes off a year or two later. Then Eddie will demand that the system be changed, and the AFL will fall in line rather than wear diatribe after diatribe over the airwaves.

They're probably just killing some boredom too. Can't be easy waffling for hour after hour to gin up excitement over a snail race

Sound advice. This is why we need to tell Freo that if Hogan isn't in a Freo jumper on Monday's front page of the Herald Sun, we want THREE first rounders. Then throw the table over and walk out.

More like eyes will roll when absolutely no action is taken

A teleprompter error is what you get when you're too cowardly or too incompetent to blame the intern

If so, it's self inflicted. Be good to yourself. Treat yourself to a break and come back in 10 days and find out what happened, or not. The outcome will be the same regardless of what happens on here, in the papers, on trade radio, etc. Whether you buy in to the nuttiness or not is completely up to you.

Basic operating principal: see above

(thinks) cockburn .... cockburn ........... nupp. Well's dry.

Is going to Bali like pre-season training for cockburn?

Christ. We're up to F already?

Oh my god. Now I'm really worried. Are we going to be able to field a team next year?

I heard a rumour that the reason there's radio silence from Jesse and his management team, is that they all died in a series of tragic stingray accidents. And we have to give two first rounders and Gus to the Dockers! Oh, that would be the most Melbourne thing ever! Can anyone confirm?

Whatever turns you on Terry. Just don't spew on them.

Blam!!! This means I get first right of refusal on any offer Freo make.

Oh, finally I get to see where Cockburn fits into all this

You've missed this: He's going He's staying He wants out of MFC He loves the MFC MFC are trying to shove him out MFC are desperate for him to stay Freo want him Freo don't want him WCE want him WCE don't want him The media have no clue The media get the hot tips I think that about covers it.

Yes! 199 pages!!!!

Yes we can. Then they have to try to work out if we're bullsh*tting them or not. Or if it's actually Mr & Mrs GCS who are desperate for a nice newish car. Or a really left field play like when Buddy went to Sydney. They might see through us, or they might not, but the one thing we don't do is roll over for them.

Every part of the whole process is spin, until someone signs something

Gotta agree with Bruce Lee here. I don't know if Hogan is going or staying, don't know his state of mind, don't know how strong Freo's interest is, or anything much really... But Freo's tactics are like any bloke who's ever bought a second hand car. Tyres are a bit bald .... cams sound worn ... is that windscreen roadworthy? Yeah nah mate ... dunno ... if you come down a couple of grand I might bite ... They just want us to give a sign that we'll accept a lowball offer. It's up to us to say, well make up your mind quickly, mate. I've got another bloke coming at 12 and he sounds keen. Main difference is that in this case, the car gets to say if it wants to be sold.