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Dees have recruited the 2011 Nth Melbourne Club Doctor.

James Wall has had an offer from Williamstown. German is a big fan.

I reckon he has done the same thing before, perhaps in the early 90s ie withdrawn sposnosrhip and walked off in a huff.

GWS will only be interested in Pendlebury if his Dad is a gun recruiter.

If Misson is a PIA to work with as you state and this will impact on our ability to appoint replacements for Daff and Fried how did the Saints convince Dr Tim Barbour to join the them at the same time as they themselves were appointing Misson to head their Sports Science Department? After all Misson had been at the Swans for the previous 7 years so the reputation you attach to Misson would surely have been known amongst the sports medicine fraternity and Barbour would not have joined the Saints. Of course as I have previously stated the fact that he worked with Dr Nathan Gibbs for 7 years at the Swans and with Dr Ian Stone and Dr Tim Barbour for 4 years at the Saints does make your case somewhat perplexing.

I hope GWS rememember which Scully is the player and which is the gun recruiter. Don't think they'd have a jumper big enough for Phil. Anyway. Good riddance to bad rubbish as they say. We are better off now that we have no association with the Scully family. Yield to Neeld.

Very glad that we are free of the entire Scully family # blackcloudlifted Go Dees!

Misson was at the Sydney Swans from 2001 till 2007. Nathan Gibbs was the Sydney Swans Club Doctor for all of that period. Misson was at St Kilda from 2008 till 2011. Ian Stone and Tim Barbour were the St Kilda Club Doctors for all of that period. Given the length of time they were working with Misson it is reasonable to conclude that they managed to work together harmoniously.

Hardly see it as a jobs for the boys approach. Brett Lovett is a highly respected coach at VFL Level who only left Sandringham because the Saints wanted a fulltime coach in that role and Lovett has a nursery to run. Obviously the increased numbers in the development coaching ranks at the MFC mitigates the need for a full time Casey coach.

I have never enjoyed reading the Age and the Herald Sun as much as I did this morning. I even went out and bought a hard copy of the Herald Sun. For the first time since Northey we have a coach with a hard edge. And I like it. I have no issue with what he said and I am sure there is nothing in there that he would not have already told the players. Since the Swooper era we have just not been hard enough. Sure we had ordinary facilities and not much money but so did the Kangas and they won 2 flags in the 90s. Meanwhile our football departments were tolerating gifted senior players who showed little defensive intent or hardness and were consistent only in their inconsistency. A wasted generation. Fast forward to the 2011 post season and the rebirth of the Dees under Stynes now sees its final foundations in place with some highly respected coaching and sports science appointments. Mark Neeld comes from a Collingwood that has played off for the flag in each of the last 2 years. They won the 2010 flag in the toughest of circumstances having to regroup from a draw. David Misson arrives from St Klda and the Swans. Teams he has conditioned have played off in 4 Grand Finals plus a Grand Final replay. Both teams were conditioned for brutal contested footy. Neeld and Misson knows how their elite players prepared. What times they ran. What weights they did. Neil Craig comes from Adelaide with a unique mix of elite sports science and coaching experience. He knows how elite Olympic athletes have prepared for competition. He has been a senior coach at both AFL and SANFL level. He was in demand from numerous other AFL clubs. An ideal mentor for an assistant coach stepping up to a senior position for the first time. Neeld, Misson and Craig are shaking the joint up. Insisting our players are elite in their preparation and disciplined in their play. Demanding that this generation transform their potential into performance. And I for one am bloody excited. Go Dees!

I don't think I've ever enjoyed reading the Herald and the Age as much as I did this morning.

The point remains that Misson has worked harmoniously with respected Sports Medicos at both Sydney and St Kilda.

Neeld continues to impress.

My mail at the end of season 2009 was that Ball was over OP and in a position to did a full pre season for the first time in years. This came from somebody who would know. And no I am not going to name them. Misson does not not appear to have had any problems dealing with long term and highly respected club doctors at Sydney and St Kilda.

The Black Cloud's obvious discomfort at the March presser was enough for me. Been in the 'signed with Giants at end of 2010' camp since then. Quite amusing to hear him try to convince himself that it was not about the $6million dollars. Anyway lets just hope the Giants rest him for a few weeks before we play them so he actually takes the field against us! Go Dees!

Free agency changes apply from 2013 season. Current Veterans List rules apply for 2012.

Why is Mitch Clark wearing what looks like a Dockers Polo on the Dee Shop 2012 Merchandise Page?

The Parramatta - Penrith 'Blockbuster' is currently scheduled for Parramata Stadium which google tells me has a capacity of 20,000. The defensive moves by the NRL in many ways vindicate the AFL expansion into Western Sydney. The Giants will never win over the rusted on league fans but they might win over some of their kids and enough of the rest of the residents of Western Sydney to be viable. In many ways the AFL expansion is as much about money as it is about access to first choice athletic talent and in many ways the test for the Giants will just not be their own viability but the emergence of first choice athletes from the Western Sydney choosing AFL and thus expanding the depth of talent of the draft/player pool. To quote the famous New Zealand Philsopher Rachel Hunter 'it wont happen overnight but it will happen".

One of my pet hates is our coaching panel getting about in suit pants and polo shirts. Just look horrible. If they are wearing suit pants then its collar (no logos thereon) and tie. If they are wearing the more sponsor friendly polo then its a more business casual trouser. Quite like the new 2012 training gear. Actually looks like it was designed especially for us rather than being generic sportwsear designer mess.

Good call by Neeld and the club for the reasons outlined on the web site. End of story.

Schwab is a mixture of the old fashioned club secretary cloth that he is cut from and the experienced and highly qualified modern day CEO that his positon dictates. For mine Schwab and Connoly were on the money with their doubts about Bailey's attacking game plan. The more experienced players did I think resent Tim Harrington's role in getting our player payments in order after the awarding of very lucrative contracts to the likes of Maclean, Bruce and Yze and the insistence of 1 year deals for veterans. No doubt the board has reminded him to focus on the commercial aspect - the 1 year extension was certainly a shot across his bow in that regard - but no doubt the appointments made on the football side give everyone more confidence in the performance of the football department The appointment of Lyon as Football Director and then his permanent successor will also result in the waters being less muddied than were post Leoncelli's resignation and then with an obviously struggling Stynes. For mine he stays on as CEO. Schwab is an important reason why this club is in the best position it has been in in my nearly 40 years of being a supporter. It is important not to scapegoat Schwab as the only one at fault in what was a very difficult year for the Dees but which has ended with the club in a strong position on and off the field. Go the Dees!

Mitch Clark plays as a key forward and doing some of the ruck work in the forward line. Mark Jamar as Nm 1 ruck. Stefan Martin as second ruck. If Martin is need down back to play on the likes of an Ottens/West/Cloke/Vickery/Cox/ Natanui Clark relieves Jamar in the Ruck. Gawn develops at Casey over the next 2 years, playing the occasional game due to injury and looks to take over from Jamar as the Nm 1 Ruck in 2014.

Have to delist at least one more player with $cully and Warnock leaving and Clark coming in.

BomberBlitz is making for most amusing reading!

Even if we don't get Caddy we can still make Essendon up the ante in terms of what they offer. But it would almost be worth getting Caddy just to see Bomberblitz go in to an absolute meltdown.