demoniac

I am not sure he has just one 'issue' re the Dees! He is still waiting for Mitch Clark to overcome a long injury break to run out for Freo.

Mail I received was that Willy's 2012 MidField coach in the mix.

My favourite Caro line remains 'internationally recognised policeman'.

The AFL already goes FURTHER than WADA in relation to so called 'recreational' drugs such as cocaine and ecstacy. Under WADA guidelines testing for recreational drugs only occurs in competition. In an AFL context this translates to WADA mandating matchday testing only. THE AFL and the AFLPA have agreed to testing outside of matchday for recreational drugs. Obviously use of so called recreational drugs is a societal problem rather than a an AFL specific one. It is interesting to hear people's arguments for testing AFL players as against other occupations. Certainly there is a clear case for drug (and alcohol) testing for those occupations that involve operating machinery or transport infrastructure like planes, trains and automobiles or healthcare professionals involved in surgery. I am sure others can provide more examples. It is enough of a justification to say that because AFL players are generally highly payed young men with celebrity status we need to protect them from recreational? Should we subject all labormark participants from say 18 to 30 years to a random drug testing regime because they are in the age range known to epxperiment with drugs?

from Inside Footy 18/10/87 188cm, 81kg Clean running player who arrived at Box Hill this year from Labrador but is originally from South Croydon. Did pre season with Bulldogs last year and has worked hard on his tackling and defensive pressure - Paul Amy

I just feel sorry for Cameron Houston. Probably had the most honourable of intentions going into journalism but finds himself having to write sensationalist tabloid fodder for the once great Melbourne Age.

Dawes should improve at the Dees under a more experienced coach than Buckley!

Adrian Battiston is Jonathan Giles Adelaide based player manager. Think we sold Battiston for somewhere around the $200,000 mark to the Swans in the 80s.

Liam Jurrah's issues are issues of European settlement, The white man first arrived in Jurrah's lands in the 1920s. Good luck to him wherever he plays. And may his homelands be free of civil war. And may we respect the systems of meaning and belief of our indigenous peoples. Tom - a 42 year old first generation Dees fan... whose ancestors arrived from 1839 to Port Adelaide to 1841 in Maitland to 1880s in Brisbane, Potters(SA), Snowballs(SA), Reynolds(NSW FNQ - Cooktown),Connors(NSW FNQ - Cooktown), Hanlons(BRIS), Carvers(Bris).

Beamer's Manager Bruce Kaider is in partnership with Andrew Bogut which probably explains his yankee wannabe show me the money style of management. One newspaper article described Kaider as a leading player agent. Google revealed a small and A grader free stable.

Question 1 : Does your father harbour ambitions to be an AFL recruiter?

Classic Olisik. Currently playing for North Ballarat in the TAC Cup. That shows a fair degree of commitment for mine.

I could not disagree more with the OP. Mark Neeld wants us to play tough hard smart footy thats wins finals. Like the Swans for instance. If any player does not want to buy into that then heck I don't want them. The reason some players don't want to come is because we lack respect. I am 42 and we've been a joke for most of my life. We can't just change that overnight. Its one step at a time. We moved from the decrepit Junction Oval to the elite facilities at AAMI Park. We payed off our $5million debt. Then we invested in our footy department after the end of the 2011 season. We recruited Mitch Clark for Pick 12 which now looks like a bargain. Is there a better sports science duo in the AFL than Dave Misson and Neil Craig? I doubt it. If you are a Dees players you now can have trust in those charged with turning you into an elite AFL athlete. Then their is Mark Neeld. He sets tough standards. Tougher than we've seen since Swooper. They are not random standards. They are the standards required to build a successful team. Then their are our young leaders and players. Grimes, Trengove, Jones. They seem resolute. Jack Viney the same. I'm more excited about the Dees than I've ever been. We're back in the game for the first time in my lifetime. It won't huppen overnight but it wull huppen.

I can't believe we would do this trade as mooted.

Pick 4 for Dawes and Wellingham is quaility for quantity. A definite no.

Maybe Cam Schwab is left handed and this has come to to the attention of Chris Mitchell and Denahm is just doing his editor's bidding. Or.. Denham is still bitter that Mitch Clark is a Demon not a Docker. Never writes or says anything positive about the Dees.

you are not positing that source as being reliable are you? shurely not...

Poor Greg. He is still expecting Mitch to run out for Freo.

I heard it on SEN..and I thought..Greg Denham..am i right!

Early Booths. Very Early Booths.

Father Son bidding is done before trade period starts. No dice.

I disagree. Harrington was recruited from North to 'regularise' our player payments and he has done that. We don't overpay players any more. Please provide specific examples of list managment errors made under his watch.

Of course maybe Jack Viney is a confident 18 year old kid who voices his own opinions.

Very early booths.

erm 'think its a mistake letting him go".... the ball is in his court, we've made an offer but if he gets offers from teams he thinks are Premiership chances in the next few years he might choose to join one of them in the hope of winning a flag before he retires.