Whispering_Jack

I'm told that Buckley also came out in support of Melbourne on the tanking issue stating that all clubs whose seasons are shot do exactly what Melbourne's done i.e. embarked on a policy where team development was more important than winning. Every club did it but only one of them is being investigated and that is the scandal of the year.

Up here on the Gold Coast and was forced to do some shopping by she who must be obeyed. Bananas are $2.48 per kg.

49ers still travelling well. Do any of the teams in the NFL ever tank?

Redleg, I will SMS the outcome at 10:05am. Please make sure you have your iPhone on silent, otherwise the Magistrate will have us both up for contempt of court.

Shades of the person who inspired this thread but with a difference. Tippett can blame it all on the delayed effects of all those concussions and he never lied to the supporters either.

You should keep it that way too.

Why?

Well, they did have a hard act to follow after Mr. Loaf's tour de force last year!

Hawks look to be in trouble at half time.

The Indian bowling in the second one is no better but let's lap it up. Watson and Warner unbeaten century opening stand in 10 overs ... extraordinary! And Pat Cummins is going to become some fast bowler one day soon.

Something to amuse ourselves with over trade and draft month:

Would have been perfect for Collingwood.

Against GCS (Round 19) didn't the media experts award:- 3 Ablett 2 Bennell (theirs) 1 Green ?

I do actually.

This shouldn't be a problem. With time off for good behaviour, he'll probably be able to fit in a short pre season and a couple of practice matches at Casey before Round 1. Grab Lucas, I say!

It's good to hear the 49ers are out of the wilderness after so many years. I know they made the playoffs last year but they've been so disappointing since the Joe Montana/Jerry Rice days. I'll get into this as soon as the AFL is done and dusted next week.

I'm not sure as to whether it's appropriate to include discussion on the T20 championships in this thread but I must question the application of DL to T20 when we can win a game and score 91 runs less than the opposition. I think the other game played overnight became a 7 overs a side game. Ridiculous!

Just went past the ground and Uni Blacks lead Beauy by 39 points.

I'm with those who are of the view that we shouldn't allow players and their management to stand over us in regard to recruiting. If we want the player and believe he fits into our plans, by all means go for him. By the same token BRFE makes the point that Caddy isn't all that good. He finished 17th in the B & F of a club that finished 17th in the competition. He didn't set the world on fire in the few games I watched him play and even if the reason was because he wasn't happy in that environment after wanting to go back home, I don't look upon that sort of attitude very favourably. Let the other clubs fight for him. I think there would be no shortage of available midfielders of equal or better ability at pick 13 or alternatively other trades possible for that pick which seems to be the approximate cost of a trade for him if there are as many as five other suitors. Good luck to him and to them.

I'm a bit concerned about the fact that he's apparently booked in for hip replacement surgery next week but I'm sure Harrington and Viney know what they're doing.

The wheel does turn. This reminds me of the time when a certain Ryan Ferguson turned his nose up at the then lowly Hawthorn after a trade for Brad Sewell was suggested. Karma got Ferguson and it will eventually get Caddy because he ain't all that good himself.

Been done a couple of times before on Demonland. Art Vanderlay was a likely colt although a bit short at 5'4" and he ended up doing time at Port Phillip prison. Then there was Matty McGurk, a natural successor to David Neitz unti he (McGurk) was found wandering in a drunken stupor in a caravan park on the Gold Coast. Apparently. The Eagles are considering them both for this year's rookie draft. As for Dale Roberts, I would take him and give him the vacant # 31 guernsey. I know he's not the sharpest tool going around - he was recently IQ tested at only 54 - but that would make him the smartest bloke to wear that number since Wheats retired. Late second round pick at best though.

Perhaps somebody might want to be in touch with the Missing Persons Bureau?

I wonder if anyone spoke to him at all in view of his involvement in that scurrilous exercise in scandal mongering.

Thanks for that. I've just set the Foxtel IQ for the 49ers game. I have a soft spot for the Lions because I saw Barry Sanders blitz them in one of those college bowls on New Year's Eve 1988 - 5 TD's. I wanted the Dees to recruit him there and then and turn him into an Aussie footballer. Problem was we couldn't pay him like they do in the NFL!