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Not specifically referring to Crawford. Croad, Guerra, Franklin, Hodge, take you're pick.

Hercules didn't dye his hair though

Byron should make a comeback! Is that Tassie's first ever premiership?

nup. Doesn't deserve it more than Harvey or Neita or Flower or... doesn't matter every year a premiership is awarded and some tool will get a premiership medallion and some bloke that really deserves one doesn't. That's footy - it's not fair. I look at Buddy and I see Carey all over again.

He's still a massive unit, how'd you like to arm wrestle with him?

Quick off the mark too. It's not like he needed fifty meters to build up speed either. He and Garland are the two paciest big defenders around. Add a fit Jared Rivers and I can see plenty of up-side in our defence.

It's important for to remember that Clarkson copped absolute crap from supporters and the media in years two and three of his tenure. Time is measured in premium rates in footy. Fans and the media are quick to judge, there won't be many retractions run. Personally I think we're on the right track with Bailey. Brock should be captain in two years time - he'll be better than Mitchell!

I think it's less of a concern now than what it used to be. The last half dozen #1 picks have lived up to the hype. I doubt if Freo had the first pick they'd use it on Naita if they didn't think it was a dead certainty that he'd be a 200 gamer. I'm interested to know what you think Warnock might be worth. There's lots of conflicting stories over in the East about whether he's nominated a preference yet... having said that if he does nominate Carlton it won't come as a shock, but this isn't 2007 and he's not Chris Judd. Warnock wants to come East, he wants a contract for X amount of dollars for Y amount of years and he's also stated he wants Freo to be compensated fairly. If he picks us that makes it a lot harder for Freo to achieve an equitable outcome given our position in the PSD, if he picks someone else, we're still in a pretty strong position if we want him badly enough to possibly satisfy Freo's demands ahead of his preferred destination.

Correct, but he was a zone selection by them, then traded to the cats.

This particular Journalist has made it an artform. BTW all those who annually pump up Ryan Murphy's tyres can take an early siesta he and Mundy re-signed with the Dockers today. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl...4-19742,00.html

Just to break it down. Of this years AA. there were: 8 first round picks (incl 3 number 1s) 1 second round pick 3 third round picks 2 fourth round picks 3 Father Son selections (all of whom would probably have gone in the first round) 4 Rookie Draft picks (two ruckmen & two key backs) 1 Zone selection of the selections three were traded to their current clubs. .... but what does it all mean?

If Melbourne were to swap picks with Freo then I think there's a very strong possibility that Jack Watts may not nominate at all this year. (If he continues to improve and we continue to play the same way next year he'll be there for our first pick in 09 anyway) Who'll be there at 3 if Watts doesn't nominate... one of Vickery, Hurley, Swift, Hartlett - yeah I could live with that if we got Warnock and Mundy for one NQR and dropping two spots in the draft.

Maybe, but what if a team offers more than what the Hawks do? Just because players nominate a preference doesn't mean it's going to happen. It only happened with Judd because Carlton had pick 1 in the PSD.

There's a lot of hype about Prismall, based on the fact that he racks up touches in the VFL, whilst being kept out of a very good side by a lack of opportunity, or is it that he's just not as good as everyone thinks.? There's some queries on his disposal. Pick 17 or 19 might be too high considering this years draft.

Jack Watts.

No.

I think only the margin made the loss look "honourable", the overall standard was officially rated as "embarrassing". Understandable given the relative inexperience of the side and the number of players missing, but we shouldn't be deluded - there was nothing honourable about our skills and the fact that we made only four tackles in the first quarter.

Slow news day in the West. The only fact in the story was a direct quote from his manager who said that they'd wait to the end of the season to discuss a new contract, otherwise the entire arcticle was just speculation based on hearsay.

I'd guess that Ricky Petterd had about 20 possies on debut, as for the lowest, Col (both Sylvia & Garland) had one handball I think. No idea about the goal kicker, but I'd guess Newton.

Nice... I was born on the April 11 in 68. Spent quite a few years in the Riverina teaching. Love the country life, but I'm in Canberra now.

Firstly it was a committee that appointed both Bailey and McNamee, it wasn't Paul Gardner. Secondly, people are devastated because it's a reactionary move. Either McNamee was the right man for the job and he should have stayed or he was the wrong man and should never have been appointed in the first place. Thirdly the whole thing was played out in the HUN two days before, which kinda indicates that not only was the story leaked, but it also had the grubby fingers of AFL house all over it. Finally if the rumours are right, then the old boys network will continue to thrive with the appointment of Schwab, this should ensure the 'exclusivity' of the decision makers at the club and complete unanimity of the actual decision making process. Maybe the removal of McNamee was the right decision and maybe it wasn't, the way in which it was done and his highly probable replacement is nothing short of complete bollocks.

Quietish... 13 disposals and 13 hitouts, only 1 mark. I don't remember seeing too much of him to be honest. I'd be surprised if he's getting much of a run, the general consensus is he's leaving the Dockers, he's being used to give Sandilands a chop out. I very much doubt any club would recruit a bloke on the basis of how they performed in one game playing against a side that was getting pumped. I've been impressed with the development of Robbie Warnock, it's not just because he's tall, he's very mobile and will be a very good ruckman, much better than Sandilands IMO. He's definitely one we should have locked away already.

Not according to the majority anyway, he seems a certain top ten.

The proposal is that they would nominate 15 of the best 16 y.o. in 09, but nothing has been agreed to. Watts would still be available next year, but there's also the likelihood that West Coast would take him with their Priority Pick next year.

Doesn't matter, there isn't a snow balls chance in hell that West Coast will win another match for the year, they'll finish bottom regardless. I hope Jacko is right. I'm happy to have pick 2 and maintain our integrity, particularly if we pick Jack Watts who we may have taken ahead of Rich anyway.