Damo

Dont let the bastards grind you down

Thats good. i was worried. Noli illegittimi non carborundum.

best wishes RJay.

LIKE

When I heard on the radio AD telling Neil Mitchell that he would go to his grave knowing Essendeon nor the AFL were paying Hird, I was certain he was not lying. Shifty work was then done to ensure he got a wage. That was done in an underhand manner outside the scope of the penalty AD and Essendon agreed to. This does not make AD collateral damage in my view. It would be unfair to a reasonable person for him to be part of the fallout. The same reasoning should apply to Chris Connelly. I dont exactly know what he did wrong and he got whacked. It was not a "fair whack" to me and Im a reasonable person. He may be doing the right thing but was the right thing done to him? Not in my book.

I think after 2 wins and 54%, 6 wins is fair, even if it is "Low". I want to avoid the 3/4 time rush. Thats my game plan, to stay to the end more often and hope they arent all bitter ends.

No. I thought it was funny the 1st time I read it.

I want to see two things. 1) A game plan that suits whoever we play that week. So we need fresh game plans depending on how we are going, and on our perception of whom we are about to play. 2) The ability to change/adapt game plans at 1/4 or 1/2 time.

Tyson - Im expecting he will be rusty and am really looking forward to assessing him after 8 or so games. An unknown Quantity. Hogan - He seems to be getting even better after finishing off 2013 really well. Im hoping he can mark high on the lead as I think he will be needing to do this more against the highly experienced back men he is about to face. I know I shouldnt be comparing him to Plugger but ..... Exciting! Fitz - he has been in the pack for a couple of years and now is unshackled into the final straight. I hope he is still improving. A dark horse, he always shows bits of excellence. My roughie. There are many who have not had the chance or have been hampered by injury who I hope to have good years. I dont expect much improvement from Trengove, Blease or Strauss. I think they are struggling unfortunately.

Who are the ferals again? I need a glossary.

When I see posters continuing to use terms such as Essendrug, The Poos, Carlscum etc.. it makes me think that they dont mix in society at all. Sad.

I try to understand the process and latest developments and Rhino's post makes interesting points.Then along comes 'Bub (it didnt stop him) with half a dozen outraged and confident posts full of Pi$$ and wind. Please put a sock in it.

I dont understand why the media would be asking an employer if some-one "on leave" is being paid by some other entity. If I took a year off without pay, and 3AW wanted to know from my boss if I was being paid from another party, its not either of their business to know WTF Im up to.

Thanks for the info guys.

Emma Quayle right on the money so far.

My mate coaches Rohan Connolly son in Soccer. He says he just starts laughing at MFC each time the subject comes up (this was during Neelds reign) He says we are just such a joke etc. I know Rohan had to give up live media especially TV because it made him too nervous. It upsets him as he thinks he could be the next caroline. I really hate the pr!ck as he is blind to Essendon and absolutely(Im told) has it in for us.

The money we saved from Scully we threw at Mitch Clarke who so far has been paid $100,000 per game he has played for us. Is he as expensive as Scully? Is he better? He isnt a star. He may become one but the clocks ticking. The picks we received we turned into Hogan and were able to get Viney cheap. Yes they may be stars oneday but its little soon to say how well we have done. I dont like Tom Scully but my deep displeasure is saved for lazy arrogant smart alecs like Cam Schwab and Barry Prendergast.

I like best available. I dont like best available meaning someone who's "upside" is unbelievably high. We have a history of taking some players trusting their development will take off after the next year or so and its bit us on the arse. If it was Wines Vs. Toumpas Im picking Wines every time. Im sick of the "probables".

I heard yesterday from someone who is normally on the money that Choco had been signed before they announced Watters sacking. They realised how bad the press conference was re:Watters and decided to hold the announcement for later in the week. And then kept holding on... When Rob Harvey wanted an interview, they then told him not to bother as choco is already on-board. I havent been following the ins and outs very closely so cant comment. But my Carlton mate told me like it was old news, so I believe it.

Yes Barry Price was upfield from McKenna and one of the sweetest kicks you would ever see. We on the other hand, have Mckenzie who has perfected the sublime trick of getting the ball and tripping himself over handballing to Mr Nobody as he hits the deck and searches for a free. If McKenzie is in our opening lineup, Roos has given up.

cant find Ergo

If they were trading Sloane, he would know by now and it would be given as a long chance to his many friends and relatives. He has been back in town for 2 weeks now. Its a joke and now embarrassing. If only it were true! We would have at least 100 new members I reckon. Better luck winning Tatts. As earlier pointed out, if the rumours on Rory being traded are typical of the fanatical bs on this thread, its shameful. I reckon no one who has posted here has a clue what deals are being struck, and more likely there just isnt anything happening. That scares me.

I heard on the weekend that McEvoy Riewoldt and Montana were all looking for out because of Money Watters and Seaford in that order. Story is that there will be no money to pay players soon. They hate going down to Seaford (all of them) and Watters joins Buckley as the most hated coach. Now that someone else had mentioned it, I thought Id add my 2 cents. Personally I feel sorry for the saints. I also heard that Jolley sat on the demons Pre-GF lunch on stage next to Paul Roos and spoke bitterly about Nathan Buckley. Apparently when Jolls was in Sydney all issues were spoken about and everything on the table. At Pie-land when Jolls raised an issue he was castigated and told to leave it to himself(bucks) and the leadership committee. There should be others to verify this on here. I asked Glenn Moriarty (runs Magpie TV) about it shortly after and he blamed Jolleys wife for urging him to step up when he should have STFU. Said Jolls suffered from lack of putting little woman in her place. Pretty much confirmed it as true to me...

Not that Rory Sloane is available but for anyone to suggest a higher pick on a drooling imbecile like Dustin Martin over Sloane is outrageous.

Im resigned to the wooden spoon next year. I would prefer that to looking forward to one year wonders like Daniel Cross. Even if we bring in a few more superannuated players in their twilight, I cant see us beating GWS or Saints. GWS will be better and the Saints can actually hit targets. Next year will be rough IMO.