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I didn't know embracing a traditional blazer meant becoming a Dickens character...

It's our history, we may as well embrace it, rather than hide it, we sure as hell can't change it.

I think Cam can walk and chew gum at the same time...

Four stars is generous. Cliched nonsense for the most part. Some good politics and then they said "f*** it, let's just churn out the 'sex with intern [censored]' that we always do" halfway through. 2 stars from rpfc.

I doubt there would be berries... I think it would be fruitless...

I doubt there would be anything close to a banana in there...

It's funny how the 'forever thus' has morphed into, after the decades of failure, into a writ of perpetual failure, a promise of eventual doom. First step would be to grow out of that.

This is the killer for me. It's a difficult situation, but to land yourself a job in which you are getting paid ten times more than you should be on the back of your sons talent illustrates pathetic character. It tells me all I need to know about that family.

'Family code'? When someone reaches a certain level of importance and self-importance and arrogance they start to revel in their own hubris, and to be so unreflective as to say this is quite startling. I think he has only a short time left before the commission has to move past him. What an effing ridiculous thing to say in the name of PR in the northern states. Just ridiculous.

7 days to go!!

Well you do know how to make unfortunate allusions to the Holocaust... That's...something.

I don't think Neeld was saying his role was to beat a tag. I think he will be given a specific role; as a forward pocket at the feet of Clark with responsibility for the forward press, a HBF role with an emphasis on both defence and attack, or as a high flanking role similar to what Sylvia does but without the marking ie. get to contests and move out the back or get the hands off. He seems to have lost all confidence when given an undefined role to 'get the footy' in the middle and he needs to get back to what he did in 2010 and then move into what he did in 2009. Looking forward to the effect the new coaching group will have on all the players but especially our senior players like Davey.

Of course he would have done this, RB. This honesty will make or break some players. But I would prefer we settle who is ready to put the work in now so we can stop wasting our time with those are wasting theirs. And to personalise it - t'll with either make Jurrah a great player or it will not... But talent like his deserves the chance at greatness.

9 days to go.

9 days to go!

Words feel inadequate but we are lucky to have touched the life of a young man and he ours. The eternity of the internet and the power of this site allow his intellect and passion to be seen past his time and that is a great thing. Condolences to his family and friends.

Anything he says will be juxtaposed against Bailey but that does not mean he is casting judgement. Why bother. Geelong and about 8 other sides judged us in 2011...

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/mark-neelds-hardline-approach-to-lift-dees-out-of-the-doldrums/story-e6frf9jf-1226193168855 He is going to annoy some people at the club...

14 days to go.

Just caught up with this. Nelson Cruz just lost a World Series. Unbelievable.

You have family and friends who love you. Maybe Demonland should have a 'Beyond Blue' sticky thread...

I know your pain... My name is rpfc, and I post at Demonland. Hello rpfc...

Really? You tell people you post here?

I was being flippant. You said this: The cash comes from the Board's resolve, quite correctly, not to pay Scully an outrageous salary which would destabilse the team. So I said this: How cash can be obtained by not spending an amount you were never going to spend is beyond me... You are trying to say that we will spend money on a coach as opposed to a player, I replied by saying that the 'extra' money set aside for Scully is non-existent. We have reportedly given his management our 'best offer' of around $3m over 5 years. With that in mind we can now move on because the scenarios are now down to two: 1. He stays on that salary. 2. He goes and we have $600k to spread around. There was never a time when we were going to match the Scully offer of close to $1m - so you cannot reallocate funds that were never allocated. Maybe the next time you don't understand what someone is saying you can ask for clarification.

'Value for money elsewhere'? I don't understand. Yeah, Neeld at $300k would be cheaper, but he isn't a proven flag winning coach who is out of contract. The key to this 'offer' which I am sure was just ballpark figures is that we wanted him to know how interested we are before he is signed by the Hawks.