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Can you two give it a rest. OD - Watts will be fine. E25 - Stop badgering the witness. And there is no oracle on DLand. There is the anti-oracle however...

FMD! It's amazing how people massage a topic to suit their own agenda... We didn't break a contract, and we didn't wait until after a draft in which they could have found a new home. And don't give me the "I was not making an equivalency, I was just pointing out how footy is changing" rubbish. What the Eagles did to Hansen will be rotten in 2030. Poor planning will still have its victims in this 'new era,' as it has for all time.

It's poor planning.

Yeah, he doesn't have another year of playing ressies. But how does he get anywhere when all other clubs have planned for next year and none of them have thought about him and there are only a hadful of list spots left? Dean Polo got a place on a list, in part, because he was delisted ages ago.

He had a year to run on his contract and they cut him a day after the draft?! You're on the losing side Rhino. Awful stuff. Clubs do their forward planning before the draft. Give a bloke a chance.

Yeah, but Howe will be the only one near the 22 to make them nervous. I would like to see Cook groomed for the 'FF/FP & back-up ruck' position so Spencer should be the nervous one, but not for a couple of years. Davis and McDonald are as threatening as puppies... So Dunn and Bate should be nervous and Newton should be wrist deep, crying into his KFC bucket...

What the hell did you expect? It's Freak. He's the anti-oracle. And Watts showed quite a bit for an 195cm 20 year old CHF in the 5th worst team in the league. Can people just shut up about Watts for a while, FMD...

It isn't everyone... He'll be there more and more until he retires. It'll mean an extra two years probably. Just on the forward line - Howe or Cook will be playing all but one or two of their games for Casey. We will play Spencer as the back up to Jamar and they will move from the FP, the bench, and the ruck. So Spencer, Green, Jurrah, Watts, Sylvia, Petterd, Dunn, Bate, Maric, Wonaeamirri, and Bennell will be thought of to provide a balanced and effective forward line in 2011 and the medium term. Cook, Howe, Fitzpatrick, and Gawn will not be around the best 22 for a while yet. Some on here are expecting more they can deliver, or will be asked to deliver, and they are just setting themselves up to be impatient and then disappointed.

We need to find a back-up ruck who can play forward. Long term it might come from Cook, Fitzpatrick, or Gawn. 2011 is a different story and the new sub rule doesn't make it easier to take a ruck who doesn't do much else. Spencer better come on in leap and bounds with his marking and/or one-on-one ability, otherwise we wil have Dunn or Bate as the back-up ruck. I hope not to see Sylvia, but he will be there before Watts for those that think ruck is an option for Jack. Hansen is a crock and I don't recall much ruckwork from him. He is worth a rookie spot, but might not be worth the time. Still looking but Spencer might have to do. Hell, you can always sub 'im...

Don't worry. He will.

I wonder if they see Cook or Howe as a pinch hitter in the ruck? Cook has the height and Howe has the leap. As I have said many times, talls take time, and we won't know who will develop. We'll see ... But for the time being - Spencer will shadow Jamar.

I don't know if you are revealing your age but you are definitely revealing your character...

That was my point. And that was a sexist comment GOAG. I'm very pretty, but a boy I am. And I won't put anything in your mouth.

So you agree that we won't see the best of these four for years but you claim that they won't be as good as the midfielders picked after them? How do you know? I mean, BP and Co. picked who he thought would be the better player down the track. Who knows in four years?

It's more important to get those 7 picks right. I'll judge him on those, and so far is doing ok.

To me it says the opposite. They took the best player they thought was there, hence the 3 forwards and the defender. It certainly is a "i'll see you in 4 years draft"

The risk is the initiative itself, but inertia is a pervailing wind in the world at the minute. I have said this before but I will reiterate: NSW should have two (at least) AFL teams. The AFL is in the best shape to get this done. Go for it. And I don't care whether they want it - they don't know it, let's teach it to them, show them the truth, and if they reject it still... We'll wait for their kids to reject their English rubbish... We're doing God's work here, people. In a heathen's land. But we will prevail. We must prevail.

Yes, but we already knew that...

The 'p' stands for pretty... Seriously, calm down people. The draft will be here to distract from the oh-so-terrible posts that just must be met with low self-esteem revealing little comments in posts. I don't hate any of you, I enjoy posting here and if anyone truly believes that I am superior to them - that is your fault, not mine. (It doesn't really stand for pretty...)

Imitation is the flattery, Deez Nutz. There really should be some form of quality control when it comes to names. Mine is incoherent to all, but then there is 'Demons nickname / genitalia.' Anyhoo...

Must be school holidays...

Some sh!t, different wrapper. And are you trying to flatter me? Your avatar is eerily similar...

Batram had a very good second half of the season. He can be a part of the 22 going into 2011. He still has problems with his kicking and it can be atrocious on occasion. This doesn't make me a 'robot' or 'just listening to the a common meme'... I saw it with my own two eyes.

I'd prefer Rugby not exist than the GWS Giants. Living in Canberra, and I have not and will not go see a Raiders game. Can we stop being so parochial. Yes Victoria is the greatest place in the world - let them spread the fruits up north if they want to.

I would prefer a player like this taken at 12 rahter than a forward who can't assist in the ruck. Why? Because Watts, Jurrah, a back-up ruck and another tall will not fit in our forward line. So it would be expensive back-up for Watts or Jurrah to get a Darling-type.