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As a captain, I would hate it if people judged me on my speech at the B+F, especially since I will be in Europe this October... Your players judge you on the 100mins you play every week and the effort you put in during the week.

Never heard of him? When I see long sleeve NM jumpers worn in the street my Rorschachian reaction is to blurt out "Brett Allison!"

It is frustratingly specious reasoning: to simply say that because we have not picked well, we don't deserve to pick anymore? Just ignorant.

I will make it easier for people: If he gets officially delisted; we will take him in Delisted FA (this does not count against any compensation we may get for Sylvia). If he is not delisted, but WB is amenatable to an easy trade, then we can swap down a couple of picks in the 60s or 70s. Again, no effect on FA comp. We could take him in FA but it will count (however small) against our comp. Or he could walk into the drafts if the Bulldogs play hardball on a trade, they won't delist him, and we don't want to affect our FA comp for Sylvia.

One poster thinks Roos will be CEO, others GMFO, there was a mention in the papers he could be a paid Board member, and I think we should get him to play the role that Craig was doing. He's doing everything after these three years are up.

But the club wouldn't be maximizing what they do in the draft and FA if they leave 2 spots more for the rookie draft. Leave Clisby there unless we decide to delist Agee more and he can easily be elevated. Frankly, there should not be a rookie list, they should simply expand the primary.

Don't worry, Byrnes will still be there next year.

By contract you mean person. 'Thanks for everything Rohan, good luck with all the head trauma - we are cutting you a year out and wasting thousands of dollars on another payout.' It also sends a bad message.

PJ talked about the 4 positions he wanted to fill in that presser - Prez, CFO, Coach, and GMFO. It sounded decidedly like he was not done because he said the GMFO was the last one he had to get to.

We can re-rookie him but that would require delisting him and then taking him in the rookie draft. We may do that, or we may be simply looking at what happens during trade/FA period. Around 5 or 6 players at every club will be in this situation as the new FA period brings opportunity for clubs to bring in players.

I don't really give a flying, ignition. I just find little desire in hitting abloke on the way out - whether or not he was any good, do you think we were as bad for him and Leigh Brown as they were to us? We have been a club where careers come to die. So I am not about to curse the cursed. That's where I stand on that - happy to dismember those who have the power to cause change, and lenient and understanding of the underlings.

Do you think I am one of those supporters? Or are you just advancing a stereotype that, if muttered by another, you would dismiss as readily as you have put it forward here? I disagree that you can judge Assistants as wholly as you have done here - but they will be tarred nonetheless. And people thank recently departed staff for their service because that is what good, solid organisations do - they don't shite on them on the way out. The club sent out a press release and a tweet thanking them and some supporters have concurred. The players thanked them at the B+F. It isn't a laughable trait or sign of anyones weakness - it is just an honourable thing to do for people that will attempt to move forward in a career that has been tarred by this club over the last 2 years - most of it not in their control.

He didn't have the engravers around but he said that the heir apparent may be in charge before Watts re-signs, which tells me that it is soon and that a Senior Assistant will be hired.

lol The mistaken claim that you have been 'picked on' about is a dig at posters...the phantom posters that thought Couch was to become a star. And, as RR has intimated, you have taken many digs in your short time here.

Well, that would go against what Roos said, and the only reason I can see as to why they would backtrack on it is if the see no suitable heir from the candidates available.

His problem was that he was under Bailey and Neeld and that we have little midfield talent. I know we are all looking for reasons that our midfield will not be third world next year, but the Assistant coach can only make a small difference. Roos will bring confidence and, hopefully, a more adept game style. His midfield assistant will only play a small part in stoppage work and ability to help the players adapt to Roos' new game plan. The way we judge Assistant Coaches on here is embarrassing, laughable, and confused.

I read that initially as 'Now onto Syria.' So Roos was the reason they are giving up their Sarin.

The variable in the room is the head coach - he sets direction. The other variable being talent - it upsets direction. Blaming assistant coaches is so pointless from what we can see. And I may be verbose, but I was not illustrating your point.

I was about to post that someone is going to link this and people are going to like it and I am going to die a little inside...

Someone on here said he was contracted for another year. That wouldn't surprise me.

Well, I love KPIs... Mine for Watts - if he is on a wing - would be defensive acts (tackles, smothers, blocks, spoils, etc) and uncontested possessions. In fact, for most of the midfield it would be those two KPIs, plus stoppage numbers and opposition UPs.

Yes, and CB - I would say we are keeping a few to trade. Jetta, Magner, and Nicholson have little trade value but that is more than Tynan, Davis, Gillies, et al.

I find that saying 'he wants $X - that's ridiculous' is a little meaningless as the Salary Cap will near $10m next year. I would prefer to talk about percentage of the cap. And Betts 6%? That's ridiculous...

Thanks, Dr. Always a pleasure. And BTW, the compromise would be amongst the Comission that wants to see a more even competition but also doesn't want to hear mean words from Eddie et al in the papers.

Adelaide don't have any first or second round picks this year.