old55

Pre-demonland I started at demonology before it was a forum and was just an e-mail list run by now-club-employee Martin Cox when he was about 15yo - good memories. Actually I started in internet footy forums at rsfa in the early 90s - I recognise at least one poster from those days.

2005 EF not sickening enough? My family taught me to hate Collingwood but that's subsided over the years, I've learned to hate Essadon (sic) all on my own.

Come off it - Darling would've kicked 14 and had sex with Cook's girlfriend at half time.

What would you have done - offered him one year and lost him to FA at the end of the season? Martin's rucking is uninspiring and hos forward work is a disappointment, Gawn has had 2 knee recos and Spencer has just come back from one. There is a risk that Spencer may move on but I prefer that than having him #1 starter in R1 2013.

The question isn't whether the gameplan has evolved, it's whether Neeld intended to evolve it when he saw certain basics performed to a satisfactory level or whether it's evolved because of pressure from supporters and the media.

Ben channeling Kylie Mole - what's not to like?

That's really great news!

Really? Why is that?

http://www.watoday.c...0319-1vfug.html The earliest our mid-first rounder can possibly be is 11 because there's 10 non-finals teams to come before it. Us and the Dogs have exercised 1st round "pick after" compos. GWS has also exercised one of these picks tied to Adelaide's position. I'm tipping Melbourne and the Dogs won't make the 8 and Adelaide will. That gives us pick 13 and if the Crows stumble it'll be 14.

There have been a number of 5 year contracts, GC/GWS/FA have changed the landscape: Selwood, Deledio, Hurley, Reid http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/threat-from-two-new-afl-clubs-and-introduction-of-free-agency-sees-long-term-contracts-back-in-fashion/story-e6frf3e3-1226311229707

Quelle surprise!!!!

The gameplan has evolved and there's two possible explanations: Range Rover: Neeld has a plan. Expansion of the gameplan has always been part of his plan but he wants to see certain basics done right first and then build on those. Hardnut: Neeld is a dud. Well maybe he's not a complete dud, because he read my critique and saw the light.

gee thanks for that

Is one of the other parts the World Cup bid? Yeah that went well ...

Quarterback or point guard, for all their limitations, are better descriptions than the anachronistic Centre-Half-Back. The reason people use these descriptions is because the traditional AFL positions are woefully inadequate. Listen to Mick Malthouse - he has a whole range of new role descriptions - the sooner these get into the common vernacular and replace quarterback, point-guard and back-pocket the better.

What's Brian Waldron doing?

Just simply say you're not interested then. The reason why his dad is telling Collingwood 5 years is because we and Freo have offered him at least that many.

Tim Harrington will know what the impact of a big long Cloke contract is on future player payments - that will be factored in. We won't have to worry about David Cloke, Travis will be on a contract to the end of his career so there'll be no more contract negotiations and if where and when he's played becomes an issue then David is the least of our worries. I'm open to the idea if TH does the sums and they come up OK - we don't know how much front-loading space we've got but it could be substantial. Free agency is the big game changer here - the fact that we don't have to give 2 1st rounders like Geelong did for Ottens makes an enormous difference - we can have our FA Cloke and eat our midfield draft too.

He's playing very well in his current role and improved his aerial contesting this week. He was recruited as a KPF and we really need support for Clark there but he can't deliver in that role. I've settled that he'll never make it there and his talents would be wasted trying. I think he can carve out a great career in the backline and I don't see it as a stepping stone to other roles. He might go into the midfield or forward to pinch hit and cause some chaos, but I think his most effective role is in the backline. It will be interesting to see what happens when he gets the defensive forward a la Jake King which will happen from this week. He has height to make this a very difficult match-up. Alternatively he could play on a legitimated tall a la Ben Reid and still be a very effective "quarterback". That would require a re-jig of the backline roles because we've got Frawley, McDonald and Rivers there at present taking the talls.

hyperbole

Tim Lane still the best. Brian Taylor - so, so bad.

He's been very good - but there's a problem against the giant resting ruckmen - Hale, Hampson. He can outmark them reading the play but he can be outmarked by their sheer size and that can cost goals. We need to set up so that he doesn't have to play on the 200cm opponents. Maybe Tom McDonald can take them.

Listened to AW at the game - they called our players incorrectly most of the night.

Watts has had a man, usually a small and hasn't been 7th back which is good. Watts will get a defensive forward from now on but his height will be a challenge. In the long run I'd like to see him take a genuine tall and play key back.