QueenC

Big congratulations to you and the family, Jarka...... And I hope that everyone involved is doing well :D !!! (P.S. I just adore her name!!!)

Said about the same thing in the Stynes in Queens Bday Honour thread....... But congratulations to Jim for being recognised for all the hard work you do, and for doing all the hard work. Your work should be, and hopefully will be, always appreciated by those it helps the most.

Yep, you're right that does happen a lot...... But to be fair there is a pretty good reason for it

Now that is definitely something I would like to see !!!

I've got Collingwood (great grand father), Hawthorn (grand father), Melbourne (father) and Essendon (brother) folk on my family tree. But being the eldest I was given no option but to be a Demon, and I am the only second-generation-of-anything-supporter in my family. My brother is currently the black sheep of the family......but we don't like to talk about that !!!

I was thrilled when I heard this...... Congratulations Jim!!! Firstly on receiving the award, but mostly for being a true champion of both our club and in life.

I guess he will just have to go back to the potatoes and Guinness :D !!! Tadhg swating on scan results

Of course Petterd is a bright spot, no-one is saying otherwise...... But to say he will be better, or worse, or whatever than another kid is massively premature. But this is just my opinion !!!

Ah yes, the same way some of your comments make me feel !!!

Oh I know you weren't passing any judgment Jezza...... Its just that after half a year of footy it is just ridiculous to say with any great certainty what either will become. And I simply don't see the point.

Thanks !!!

That is if we must pass judgement on them at all.......

Figures !!!

Seriously, how the bloody hell would you, or anyone else in here, possibly know that? It is way to soon to tell what any of the players who were drafted last year will become. So maybe we could give them both more than a dozen games to prove their worth, and wait to pass judgement on either of them.......

Good grief :angry: ...... Honestly, the reasons for Wards continual inclusion escape me too, but there must be something Daniher sees in him that we obviously don't. As for the other two "duds" (and I hate that word with a fiery passion and always will) Nasher is totally right. It is their fairly obvious work ethic and teamwork that would have them in the coaches good books. And please lets not start to criticise that now shall we.

My god, why is that description always said like it is a bad thing? Bruce has been one of the few who have been consistently good for us this year and should not be criticised for that. He deserves better, but as seems to be always the way around here, we can't help ourselves but to hold our players to some rather unpleasant and massively unrealistic guidelines. And once a player has a bad run of form or has a great game we shove them into one or the other. And then swing like a rusty garden gate if something changes. Cameron has had a good year in, up until now, a consistently bad side. His disposal does make me want to weep sometimes (and this will have to get ironed out for the future, because he is a better player than that) but regardless he is still a very valuable part of our current list and should be afforded at least some respect (although that concept is lost in regards to some of our players) for the effort he puts in and the way he plays the game - week in, week out.

I agree with you IWAP...... I can't see them breaking their own sanction now. And nor should they. And despite how good it would be to see him back out there (if ready), he really has to serve his time.

Oh for heavens sake we get it, you have no time, loyalty or respect for Brad Miller........move on. Please That being said Ben Holland should be given the job on Anthony Rocca. It is, after all, the kind of role he is there for And does that mean Carroll gets Travis Cloke?

Great post Bob !!!

After reading that, I wonder if Brad Greens' sphincter joke was for the benefit of ramping up his off-field marketing appeal :D ?!!!

You are probably right about Garry bub....... Any one close to the club should know about this kid coming through, but my comment was more general and related to the process itself. The same thing happens up here in the league. A person rings in and asks about a player in Reserve Grade and the commentators (who on the radio are usually pretty damn good) will usually know the name, but don't have much further info than that. So what I am saying is that maybe some of these "experts" will know some players and not others, and they should know all that have played in the AFL, but there are a still a hell of a lot lot of players to have immediate recall about, especially if they don't know the question. So as I said the call should have been held off until the proper info was obtained for them (which would only take seconds), and it sounds like this happened on air anyway which begs the question why it didn't happen before hand, thus saving them from looking completely stupid. Unless the calls go through unchecked, which would surprise me, given my experience, because heaven knows what you could get :D !!!

Hold onto it, that time will definitely come !!! Ohh, 1000 posts - and here I was saying something so remarkably insignificant to mark the milestone.......

Nope, I think you've got it under control !!! Ohh, 999 posts - how very exciting :D !!!

It was great to see him be given a specific task this week....... Because we can now see that he has the makings to become exactly what we need -a traditional tall defender. As for what I think of him. I think he will be good, if not better, in time. But I am not sure if we have seen enough of him yet (more games he gets now the better) to make a totally comprehensive decision. Time will always tell, but the signs are definitely good !!!

Not quite, but close !!!