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Top of my fantasyland list would be Hodge, Andrew Swallow or Matthew Boyd. Sewell is a good one. Luke Ball or Lenny Hayes would be good too. Someone to just set the tone, basically show the endeavour of Bartram, mixed with a bit of leadership, and less diabolical skills. I know I've said that we shouldn't have picked up Ball in the draft, but I think the timing was wrong when he was available. To bring someone like that into the side now, would really help.

I'm not sure how much time he has left in the game, but I'd like to acquire Jude Bolton.

Agree rpfc, but not sure Cornes would demand a spot. He's really a tagger, and the press has severely limited their impact on the game. I'd give Sylvia & Morton for Boak & Cornes. Probably even throw in our 1st round pick this year (weak draft).

We won't even win the spoon! We'll be on the edge, just outside the 8. Surely that means, with the same improvement, we can get that elusive flag in 2012..? Actually, I've seen some poster write somewhere that we'll lose a lot of supporters going into next year - I think the exact opposite. Unless we hire a completely uninspiring coach, the euphoria and optimism that comes along with that will have us breaking the membership record again. We might even crack 40K. That's not to say we'll really get a flag next year. But I think there will be a buzz at the club if we acquire a Neeld, Sanderson, McCartney or a Hinkley... let alone mention Malthouse.

I can sympathise...

Interesting that he was sure that Brisbane was losing one of Rich, Leuenberger or Clark... until Brisbane announced that both Rich and Leuenberger had signed on. The bloke has NFI. He knows as much as the bog standard BigFooty poster.

You've missed a few of the best bits. Clearly Matthew Knights is the coach being talked about here: And I think this is an area where Bailey has excelled and will not waiver, no matter how many people create threads about the "Cameron Bruce Debacle": Edit: also consider how this may apply to Neale Daniher...

I reckon he'll go top 20, we might not even get a bite at him with our second round pick.

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Interesting assessment... Anyway, fwiw i too think he will end up a Whelan clone. I damn hope so too.

I thought he was more like Whelan, which would be even better