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In the context of that article surely he means "wield" and not "yield" - that'd be one of many reasons I don't pay for hard or soft copy H-S content

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I didn't hear Cam Schwab say anything about it but Don McLardy said something along the lines of "it's a difficult market .. we have a number of opportunities we're progressing" earlier he mentioned that "we have contingency plans in place". On that basis I'm not expecting an imminent announcement. Others may have interpreted this differently.

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"Not for Resuscitation"?

Could not agree more - Francis Leach is a huge loss to that show. Ox is a boof-head and Mark Allen is an amiable light-weight who knows next to nothing about anything except golf and maybe boxing. When you put them together it's a terrible recipe. Then add Robbo on Thursday nights and it's completely down the toilet - what a combo! I used to really enjoy Francis, Ox and Robbo on Thursday nights with the teams, it was amazing the chemistry Leach brought to that group - only really clear now that he has gone.

You don't say, Caroline ...

In hindsight it's not unexpected that Hawthorn, if anyone, would rip us up. Their gameplan aims to defeat the press and we're in kindergarten there.

When we kicked in from a point Jack Watts positioned inside the centre square - we're going to go long to a contest on the boundary line every time and we're never going into the corridor. He cannot be part of the play with this set-up. I just don't get it. When we kick into a one-on-one in the forward 50 with Aaron Davey against a significantly taller opponent, why kick it up so he's got absolutely no chance? It's a revolutionary idea - kick it along the ground.

He only played a half last week - expect similar tomorrow. He's got to play so the midfield gets used to the set-up. Fitz rucked the entire 3rd quarter against I think Ceglar - Bucks and Neeld conspired I reckon. Fitz did well and I liked his around the ground work too.

I hope Sellar gets some time on Buddy. I think Garland would be a good match up on him too. Chip goes without saying.

Pretty strong Hawthorn line-up: Jordan Lewis Matt Suckling Sam Mitchell Chance Bateman Clinton Young Brad Sewell Kyle Cheney Grant Birchall Luke Hodge Isaac Smith Cameron Bruce Jack Gunston David Hale Shane Savage Luke Breust Lance Franklin Benjamin Stratton Ryan Schoenmakers Liam Shiels Paul Puopolo Thomas Murphy Luke Lowden Jarrad Boumann Bradley Hill Cyril Rioli Jordan Kelly Brendan Whitecross Mitchell Hallahan Max Bailey

You've been here 2 minutes - I'll give you some opportunity. Alternatively you could time travel back and post wisdom left, right and centre.

I'm a fan and the biggest plus was that he gets involved in the play. When it lands on him he can actually grab it which is also a big plus, but he mis-judged the flight a number of times in some fairly comical ways.

A toe-poke and an unlucky bounce away from 2 flags.

To be really competitive we need to develop the top 5 - did anyone see Pendlebury last Saturday night? But I do think there's a lot of competition for our bottom 5 now - more than there was when we played finals under Daniher - and we'll have at least good players all over the field.

Ludicrous odds. I'll see you on Betfair!

You think wrong http://www.nfl.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1060:2012-nab-cup-launched&catid=47:league-news&Itemid=203

I think it's 22 and then 4 can swap in at half-time so that makes 26 - that list has 29 so 3 won't play. Captain from Jones, Frawley, Garland and Jamar?

I reckon we're guaranteed to be better than GWS, Port and Gold Coast and guaranteed to be worse than Geelong, Collingwood, Hawthorn, Carlton and West Coast That leaves 10 teams in the middle - we could finish anywhere in that bunch from 6th to 15th.

It's quite possible we could go 2-9 or 3-8 and still have a had a good start to the year, it depends on the nature of those losses.