Smokey

R U OK?

Just what we needed, another player with a penchant for starting sentences with “obviously”

A bill of rights has the capacity to make this particular scenario illegal, and therefore players wouldn't need to consent to it. That's how. Anyone who actually thinks it's OK to force people into being physically tracked at all times as a condition of employment should head over to China so you can live with like-minded people.

The amount of compensation you are given for your services should bear nothing on the level of invasive conditions you are subject to. The more you earn, the less you should be entitled to privacy and liberty? Lets apply the scenario slightly differently - who here agrees all kids should be tracked using metadata to ensure they are attending school everyday? Should your boss be allowed access to your metadata to determine how long you took for your lunch break? Where and how can you draw the line on this. Good grief this country needs a bill of rights desperately.

The notion of ASADA having access to personal metadata that can be used to track their whereabouts during the off season is nothing short of horrific. No-one should EVER have to consent to this as a condition of employment. These kind of conditions aren't even forced upon the highest commonwealth security clearance holders in this country, why the hell should it be for young men who kick a leather ball around for a living?!

Yes comrade, I agree all AFL players must configure their iTunes accounts to be readily accessible by ASADA. Punishment for failing to meet these conditions will be 10 years hard labor in Gil's personal Gulag, which produces small textile goods for his army of foreign nannies who are not subject to commonwealth immigration laws. Never mind how the bloody phones work, are you familiar with the concept of privacy!?

Where are all the experts saying he’d never stick around cause he had a media career waiting for him at? Love everything about this. Footy minds like lewy’s don’t grow on trees. This is another tick for what’s shaping to be a really good offseason so far.

You are very welcome "dworship" Good chat

It has to be said - if he deprives a fire of O2 by being an O2 thief himself, he would indeed be quite an effective firefighter

Because Billy's brain doesn't move fast enough. He's one of the slowest decision makers I've seen.

I’m just as upset as anyone we are losing pick 2, but to say gold coast don’t deserve any help right now (as many clubs, include or own, have received in the past) is just wrong. If we didn’t make finals in 2018 there’d be a case for us to get a priority this year, and I’m sure you’d be relishing that if it were the case. regardless of where you stand on the latest expansion teams, for the sake of the game do you really want Gold Coast to not improve at all? The game benefits not from having a team that gets smashed every week.

MFC are the last club that should be complaining about this. Our list has been equally mismanaged for even longer than they’ve been around and we’ve had our fair share of priorities. A stone best left unturned for us.

I’m guessing with the new age of football media Where every player is expected to be able to stare down the barrel of a camera and talk to potentially millions of people that some tend to overcompensate with the thesaurus. It’s annoying but it’s better than hearing NRL players say “credit to boys” 18 times in 4 sentences. It is well documented on here that the adjective “obviously” being used in every sentence drives me insane.

It’s so nice to see some refreshing topics to discuss on this forum. This is exactly the type of thread demonland has been missing. Bravo!

Natural leader of men, well spoken and can really play A good choice for captain

Someone mind summarising this for me? Sugar is bad for you too. Maybe we should start testing for that. And women, wouldn’t want the players to get distracted and hurt themselves. What if it were legally prescribed?

While we’re on the topic, why on earth should they ever test for weed? Silly stuff

A mission statement does not define the logic of the plan, it outlines it. I would consider that to be more high level than low level, but this comparison isn't sound in principal anyway so take it as you will.

Pure speculation at best, executed in 2 cryptic sentences designed to have people like us talk about it/get triggered. This is a basic revenue raising strategy for online advertising profit. People like Barrett and Cornes exist purely for this purpose.

Not an unreasonable position to take either, but I have faith.

Well in my profession as an engineer, low-level design documentation on how we will achieve success appeals to me more. Not that this type of document would ever be made public, but you get my point.

Nice analysis @Queanbeyan Demon. I wonder which Department you're currently contracting to as a BA ...

Anyone who says the boys don't deserve a mad Monday are a-holes of the highest order. Yes, we didn't get many results this year - but these blokes work incredibly hard all year, and to say they don't deserve to blow off some steam at the end of the year and have a laugh is reserved only for those who think the worlds revolves around them. You've never had a bad year in your career? Maybe you should exclude yourself from the end of year party when the boss puts his corporate credit card on the bar when you do. Let it out boys, have fun, big summer ahead.

not worried about levers kicking. he's all class, just down on confidence like the rest of the team this year. he just needs an uninterrupted pre-season at this point and he'll be fine.

Right, so a bunch of generic buzzwords on paper will solve all our problems? Yawn.