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The boy is looking fit, it will come back to bite at some stage, never forget the night Farmer kicked a goal after the siren to beat us when he moved to Freo, heart breaking...

2 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

He has average speed, offers no defensive pressure and offers bugger all around the ground. He has a great leap on him and is a decent shot at goal, but he lacks far too much in other areas. He’s worse than other similar types currently on our list. There’s a reason he’s been overlooked in the draft before and a reason he’s being spoken about as a late pick or rookie pick. There will likely be a big go home factor with him too so I hope the club doesn’t bother with him to be honest. There are other better, well rounded options for us to target.

Have you watched him play?

5 hours ago, Rolling Stone said:

Peter Ryan of The Age:

Jack Watts needed to leave his Demons behind .

I would suggest that the Demons also needed to leave Jack Watts behind. The FD wanted it and we got the best deal we could get.

Port Adelaide was his only realistic destination. The word is that the Cats gave Jack a hard mark on his interview and, after that were not going to take him.

Life goes on ... good luck at Port - Jack. 

He interviewed the morning after the b&f, was still getting over all the frothies from the night before probably 

1 minute ago, SFebey said:

If my source is correct, Jesse went to Perth before Bali, he then flew from Bali to WA to meet with Fyfe, came back to Melb shortly after attended races over the weekend and is flying back to Perth this week to meet Lyon. Grain of salt as I dont know the guy personally but seems he was spot on.

Who is your source? That sounds like a whole lot of dribble to me...

12 minutes ago, SFebey said:

If we are getting rid of Watts for behaviour and cultural issues then there is no chance of Libba.

Macrae is my bet

Dreaming, not a chance in hell the dogs would trade him

To become successful we need to become ruthless, this club has not been ruthless or successful for a long time now, hard desicions need to be made, trading Watts sends a message to the playing group, train hard & play hard or your not safe. I'll back Goodwin, Viney, Mahoney, McCarthey and co any day over any of their predecessors that go a long way back...

7 hours ago, mongrel said:

 

@AkumMy brother is friends with a really close friend of Jack. Said that Jack has been told a Port trade is possibly in play.

I know I know, he said she said but was just wondering what a trade to PA would look like.

Good mail ?

Stevo reporting Adam Saad from Gold Coast wants to return to VIC... linked to Carlton 

8 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Why are the Tigers now in the Grand Final?

Sure it's the strength of Dustin Martin, the class of Trent Cotchin, the sheer nous of Riewoldt  and the stability of Alex Rance. 

Its adding Nankervis, Prestia & Caddy. 

Its adding small dynamic forwards. 

But there are 4 other key factors

1- LUCK ... no injuries all year (really only Nathan Drummond,  35-40 "list player" who did his knee). Amazing. Clean health for 40 others. 

2- FOOTBALL ... football football and football.  The Tigers had 330 possessions (200 kicks, 130 handballs) vs Giants 390 possessions (210 kicks 180 handballs). This was virtually the same in Tigers vs Cats. Other sides like Melbourne overpossess the footy and lose the footy in turnovers  

3- GOALS ... the forwards kick goals. If you are inside 50, run and kick goals. Not a further 3 handballs

and finally

4- G&D... tough determined footballers. No shirkers. Blokes all put their heads over the footy. 

 

Good post, shows that we are not that far away IMO, the Anzac eve game earlier in the year was finals like and we controlled the game for the first 3 quarters. 

23 minutes ago, mo64 said:

I'd love to have a wager with you on both. He won't be at the Dogs, and they won't get a super super deal.

Wasn't sure when I heard it myself either but I spoke with someone involved with the Dogs tonight whose spoken to Bevo and that's what he was told... will see how it all plays out I guess...

1 hour ago, Wiseblood said:

If you were Stringer you would turn around and beg for forgiveness from Bevo and everyone associated with the Dogs.  Anything but having to go and play for Norf.

Stringer still a chance to stay at Dogs, still a lot to play out. Unless Dogs get a super super deal in their favour he will stay. 

32 minutes ago, stevethemanjordan said:

I didn't need facts to see that Pedo was carrying condition and I called it before pre-season had even started last year as did others. He ended up losing 10 kgs so you I'm assuming you saw him post weight loss. And I'm not calling these blokes fat. Because clearly they're not.

I don't mean to sound condescending, but if you've played any reasonably high level sport and have undertaken any sort of skin fold testing it's actually quite easy to tell who is carrying and who isn't.

At AFL level, it stands out. Kent is in the same boat as Pedo. Clearly, he is unsure of what an AFL athlete's lifestyle looks like. Just by looking at him, there's no doubt he could get his skinfolds down through both his diet and working harder on the track. 

I spoke to a MFC player delisted at the end of 2016, said Kent is one of the worst at the club for skinfolds...

6 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

One would think Collingwood, St Kilda, North, Carlton and even Geelong are crying out for a KPF.  Whether he gets to Rich depends how generous Lions feel to get him to the club of his choice rather than just back to Victoria, as he is under contract. 

The kid did himself no favours by re-signing mid year.  Feel for him - very poorly advised.

He signed mid yr to take the media focus off himself, smart move IMO, if he didn't sign the attention would be 10 fold...

3 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Weideman' biggest problem is that Charlie Curnow will be so good.

This may be Jason Taylor's first black mark.

Explain how that is Weidemans problem

A lesson to be learnt for the whole club, got ahead of themselves...

I don't understand why Ben Ken isn't given a run, at least he brings hardness and intensity each week... something that not all today's players brought to the table. 

12 minutes ago, drdrake said:

Can someone explain why jack watts seemed to play the second half down back 

Because TMac moved forward...

35 minutes ago, kurtneverdied said:

Just heard some good mail that in the past few days he has chosen us.

And where did you hear this mail?

Watts has been dropped, will not play

1 minute ago, Demon Gallagher said:

Scratching my head over Frost's omission honestly.. Not likely to request a trade is he?

He has been poor defensively over the last few weeks, his run from the backline has also dried up, down a bit on form, get his confidence back at Casey this week with a strong game then straight back in hopefully. 

A classy A grade mid please

Thought JKH was pretty good against Nth, deserves to stay in the team IMO. 

Good decision maker and hard at the footy, love seeing ANB & Harmes develop...

Hibberd, Lewis, JKH, Neal Bullen, Hunt, Oliver our best. 

Melksham good first half

As for playing in Darwin ??