Al`s DEMONS

i dont understand why people dont understand what is happening. a group of kids who come through playing together , for a senior player to hold his spot he must be best/or one of, in his position for his team , average senior players will not hold their spots on sentiment alone with a stable full of kids chomping at the bit. good one on one defender , terrible disposal. even if he signed for one, would have been to late to change clubs next year.

$100 we do play finals

love it, no sleep lost, its all coming together nicely

going into 2011 will be his first full pre season. take a back seat, and watch the boy grow into a man.

wonder why that is? inability to kick is an issue. need to draft a forward with the attitude of Neita.

summed it up nicely. the misses in the first grand final summed him up. our attention should move to the `draft strategy` thread

a key forward for mine. completing the spine. wasn`t strauss or blease drafted with a back flank in mind?

bate and pick 32 for white . bate unable to get a game lately , then with pettard coming back and IF we got white. bate would not be missed.

if it was to be true the deal would be done.

they play in differant positions. you need to read the hale thread. there are lots of players better than him, he fills a role

excuse my lateness, ive been on nightshift. when did this scenario get thrown up by the footy dept?

the ruck is a unique/specialist position. there are now 17 clubs and only a handful of competent, dominant, game breaking ruckmen in the game. we are fortunate to have one of them. there is a train of thought that any player traded for must be a champion. hale would serve a short term problem. a handy back up in the ruck , but by no means a champion. if we really want another quality ruck(short term) cox would be the other option. cox would cost us too much. im sure hale is educated enough to read a newspaper. everyone including our own players are aware if you dont perform your out. if we were to get hale he would not be keeping any of our young up and coming stars out of the team. with regards to the forward line, before any mention of hale i had our forward line as jurrah green aussie petterd watts dunn when the ruckmen rests forward ,does green have a run on the ball? does someone go to the bench? having multiple options is becoming a good thing

i enjoy reading the bulk of your posts, consider him gone

still a lot of blanks on their list.

lots of positives for this move which grows momentum by the day. have faith in the footy dept

is cox out of contract? how long has glass got left? if cox is 29 and wants out and is out of contract the eagles have to be reasonable.

no one likes to loose money, but a loss of $200 doesn`t empty the bank account. got on the saints at $2.90 and goaddard at $13, obviously im on a roll Mr Morton

make a play for him that doesnt involve pick 12 or our flag core, lyon love recycled players

class act on and off the field? does that include eye gouging.

needs to put on muscle, needs to harden up , needs to watch the adam goodes highlight reel.

what was wrong with the handling of junior. he was given the captaincy when it could have easily gone to green. yes, he was a good captain but thats not enough. for the sake of one year, because thats all it would have been , the time was right. bailey has said `getting x amount of games into the kids so they grow together`. if bruce has only been offered one year, to me thats fair. no , im not saying get rid of everyone over a certain age. give kids game time, some wont be ready but for the ones that are , why hold them back. bailey has the balls to make the hard decisions, in the future if this trend continues we shouldnt have to bottom out entirely again.

no comment

leave the interchange and fix the `in the back` when tackling ,and the` hands in the back` for marking contests. umpires judge each case on its merrits

wish they would leave the game alone

they traded for ottens, yes. primarily for the ruck.not full forward. differnance with the rest. they drafted not traded. which is what people suggest we do. nathan ablett won a flag too, i know many collingwood supporters who think that with cloke having so many shots , hes bound to get one through the big sticks at some stage.