Bring-Back-Powell

Can't agree. We didn't pick up a player at pick 4 to only play him at certain grounds. No way Morton will be dropped again this year.

Don't know why but I LOL'D at that comment. So excited we have a potential super star anchored in our defence...and he just signed a 4 year contract!!! Thanks CAC for one of your parting gifts!!

How awesome is it to see Col Sylvia play 2 top shelf games in 3 weeks!!

I have to admit I only watched the first 20 mins live, and then the ESPN website (in the USA) crashed grrrr!! 6) Sylvia 5) Frawley 4) Green 3) Bartram 2) Morton 1) Jamar Davey and Dunn would proabably feature in others. Congrats to the boys on a truly awesome win.

Probably not us......

Things would've gotten really serious had Carlton lost last night - would've been just 1.5 games out of the top 8. But not to be. The win alone 'wins' us respect and we should set a goal of winning 3 of the last 5 games. We can start thinking about finals next year IMO.

IN - Bail Out - Jones...had enough of his brain fades.

Agreed. 3 wooden spoons isn't going to look great on Bailey's resume.

He's been giving away far too many frees in defence this year. 17 against while only 4 for. This needs to be addressed if he's to become a good defender. I wouldn't mind trialling him forward later in the year.

If true, thank god for that! Our forward line stinks at the moment...with apologies to Matty Bate.

I'd like to see Bennell back in the side. He was a spark plug during our excellent April and has the tools to be a gun player. Maybe a direct swap with Jetta. Now that it seems Junior and Sylvia (probably) won't return my guess would be: IN - Cheney, Bennell OUT - McKenzie, Jetta or Miller Jetta and Miller were completely ineffective last week and one of the two will pay the price. Speaking of early season spark plugs, I'd like to see Rohan Bail play the last 6 or 7 games of the year to see if he has a future. He was a solid contributor in our early season wins. He has much needed pace and run which suits our coast to coast style of footy.

This. Except I doubt we'll kick the first goal.

I wouldn't mind seeing him live on Sunday night - fit or not fit.

$350,000 for 2 years, just to ward off the new teams. They may however counter with $600,000 for 3 years...

I reckon it does. Pick 1 is a massive investment.

Fair enough. I guess one would hope that the club plays it smart in one of our most important contract negotations going forward.

Never suggested base wages. But do you think the Gold Coast will have a nibble at him and pay above his current market value?

If he was pick 45, I'd agree with you but he's our number 1 pick! His manager will be demanding a serious contract.

Agree with that. It must be a mental thing. We've been horrible at Etihad (and AAMI) during the Bailey era.

IN - Sylvia, McDonald, Bennell Out - Jetta, Rivers, Watts (or Miller)

I'm going to the game V St Kilda next week because I'm in town for 2 weeks (from the USA) and haven't seen the boys live since rd 11 2008. Hope we can show something.

I love this thread and share your anger. I've travelled to that cesspit twice in 2004 (Adel) and 2005 (Port). We lost both game by an average of 73pts. It's a freaking disgrace how we turn to water at that joint and the SA Demon members deserve better from a professional sporting organisation. I hate the fact that we're all talk. The media have been overly kind to us this year but they deserve to rip the shite of us on Monday.

Close the thread if you wish. But refer to post 5 where I aknowledge that he's got the skill set to become a good player in the future. I just thought it might be a little thought provoking on how we approach his re-signing considering the new clubs want young raw talent and that he hasn't shown the promise that other early picks like Morton, Grimes, Scully and Trengove have.

Has the discussion regarding the Jack Watts contract extension been done to death?? Unlike other threads where we bag him, this is more of a managerial discussion and how we can protect him from the new clubs without paying above the odds.

He must be [censored] off after what he said to the media mid week - "we've been a disgrace at AAMI"