Mazer Rackham

Scenes at Freo headquarters. The President of the Fremantle Football Club: so how did the trade week go, Peter? Peter Bell: great! We showed them east coast guys a thing or two. PoFFC: and how did we go with the Hogan trade? Peter Bell: Ha! Ha! We didn’t get him. PoFFC: Didn’t get him? I thought we were after him? PB: Oh we were, believe me! PoFFC: So what happened? PB: They come up against old “Nails” Bell! PoFFC: I don’t understand. Didn’t they ask a fair price? PB: Oh yes! Very fair. But they come up against a hardarse balls-out negotiator! PoFFC: Hang on. You mean we could have got him? PB: Yep! PoFFC: But we didn’t get him? PB: Nup! PoFFC: How close were we? PB: Close as, mate! All I had to do was stick out me hand and shake! PoFFC: So let me get this clear. We wanted him. PB: Hell yes! PoFFC: They asked a fair price. PB: Yep! PoFFC: But we refused and now we don’t have him. PB: Yep! A few of those east coast boys will be licking their wounds tonight!

If the deal doesn't get done, Bell gets to say "hey guys, we had a once in a generation chance to snaffle a desperately needed key forward, but I let it slip through my fingers because I acted like a [censored]. Can I still get the applause though?" Whereas we get to play this same forward in our side. Bell will come to the table when this possibility is staring him in the face as a reality.

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??"

Just a humble request from an auld curmudgeonly Demons supporter. When you post these links, can you post the link to the final destination, eg SEN or AFL, so that we auld curmudgeonly Demons supporters don't have to go to the Evil place?

Finest in the district? Humble request: SHUT THAT BLOODY BOUZOUKI UP

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.