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Hurricanes and banana plantations don't co-exist well... That's the issue.

Considering the stratospheric expectations that some people had at the beginning of this season, it is the right message. We thought - we are the Sydney game of 2010. Without qualifying that by saying that we lost the only proper leader at the club and a seasoned pro in Junior and Bruce, and we became younger, and less experienced for the 4th straight year. We have a ways to go. PS. That doesn't mean we won't play finals or win them in 2012 and 2013 but that we will face teams better than us in the finals.

Just realised we can't because of Fevola... Next season - train the kid to play in the square.

The emergence of Martin has moved the goalposts significantly. We are no longer looking for a Hale-second-ruck-type but a legitimate forward who can kick multiple goals. Narrows the field and the possibility of finding one. Fevola is not going to be apart of a flag winning team. Read into that statement all the different angles. I reiterate my point about Gawn - if he is to play semi-regularly in the next three years it will be as a FP. So I say train him up!

If people want Gawn to play many games in the next three years it will be as a FP... And it won't work if we go out and get a big lumbering forward...

I thought that was why the rule was brought in...

I just can't do it. I'm not strong enough. I post, OD. So posters like you, DC, and Redleg don't have to. I'm doing it for you.

Never! Eager to defend a kid. Anyway, back on topic, Darwin is hot. Sweat much? Gloves? Check.

I actually feel less tense posting in this thread... So what is going on? Davey a chance this week? Surely not?

Yes, and didn't they do well... Excellent start - 2 goals in the first 15 mins.

This is...wow. I hope this is a cut and paste job. That's impressive.

Yay! I can't make it Sunday but the outdoor heaters are around the $300 mark at Bunnings. So you might want to do the old "it doesn't work so can I please I have my money back" trick on Monday. Store credit? That's a hell of alot of light bulbs...

I heard it sucks. (Sigh) Delete this too...

This post should probably be deleted.

You work from home?! You Bit-ka! If you got that, you are a huge Buffy fan.

Big Redsox fan, but the nation took a hit with the steroid scandal, and so did the nation in my heart... But Pedroia and Ellsbury keep me going. That and the pure unadulterated arrogance of Josh Beckett. Decent season this one - giving NY the run around.

The syndrome is alive and well. Does our history of failure have anything to do with the current admin and FD? Do you 'just know' that Tom is going, Liam will pack up and go home, Jack will be dud, or this rebuild will not achieve a flag? Do you believe the worst and then declare yourself proven right be a few awful quarters and 1 awful game? Do you start a thread purporting the Syndrome to be rubbish after the awful game because the outlandish fears of the Supporters have just been proven to have merit? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you suffer from MFCSS.

I guess the club is willing to take on $1.8m debt if it gets the $9m asset. Will be interesting. I guess the best way forward for all concerned would be to get a more modern venue nearby to appease members, still have room for the pokies, and sell the land through whichever method is most profitable (subdivision, seeling as a block, etc). If all goes according to plan - we get a large asset, don't lose a great amount on it, and get to be in control of profitable enterprise. It's at this point I say that I disagree with The Whitlams...

Cricket sucks. Just played in 33 degree heat and it was awful - 60 0vers in the field, and came off feeling we lost even though we won the week before and I got a decent score. That's a 2-Day game for you. Dehydration and awful smelling bag of expensive crap - that's all you get from cricket.

This is actually the first time I have gone into a Board other than the main two, and I am really sorry I didn't visit before today. Like Nasher and a few others have said - I have nothing profound to say, and feel uneasy about PMing someone I clearly don't know. But I will say this - TSJ - “Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense” Churchill was a monumental [censored] but he knew how to get the most out of himself and his life. Good luck.

Well said, 45H. He's a baby folks. So stop posting like trolls.