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Me too. thanks

Some feedback/scuttlebutt after Baileys dismissal focussed on board members often being in the rooms and becoming very familiar with the players. Having Neil Craig being a conduit between the playing group and the board makes sure there is a seperation of duties. At least thats what I read into it.

The time of the day doesnt matter to me so much as the date. Having the intra-club only One week before a scheduled NAB Cup fixture seems too close. This may mean we cant see some players put it all (or a fair bit) on the line. At all at all. I expect to read online some good excuses for major letdowns.

I think thats right. If jamar hates Fiji, he doesnt deserve the captaincy.

Im not sure DC but the X-Box at Harvey Norman for $149 seems to be a great deal anyway. Ive got iPrimus 80 Gb per month and my d/l speed is anywhere from 50kb - 400Kb per second so i will using standard definition to watch a game rather than Hi-def. I must admit all these unknown possible problems have got me a bit leery. I will probably give it a try but it may well be the Elsternwick pub yet again for those few matches that this would all be in aid of.

So Big Red do you think it is worth going with the Foxtel on Xbox to watch the AFL?

Jamar is ready now.

No DC. If you have a Telstra ISP Broadband package then the d/l are free. If you have a different ISP you are taxed on the d/l. I believe its about 800Mb per hour Hi-def, 400 Standard def..

I cant believe it would be Grimes. Every mis-kick would be scrutinized to buggery. The guy just has not yet made enough of a mark. Let him play mid-field for at least one year (if he can) and actually earn his stripes like Moloney. I would be happy with Jamar, Molony or even Trengove but even JT hasnt set the world on fire.Yet. I would be happy to get 100-1 on Green. Storm in a tea-cup...

I will go with B.Green 50.

Waiting on Leadership I read this "The characteristics we are after would be no different to any other club or any other sporting club," said Neeld. "We want guys to deliver through actions." and thought maybe the captaincy will change and although I had believed Brad should be given another year, who does he mean? Actions on field makes me think its Brent Moloney, but I was considering Mark Jamar. Cool calm collected, a bit left field but a good if taciturn speaker. Our best ruck, a terrific forward when down there. Big presence. Not a lot of communicating in the obvious sense. A leader? I think so.

Im told that you can get Foxtel on Xbox, then for $19.50 a month you can watch the footy channel on your TV. Xbox are $149 (Im told) at Harvey Norman, it has built-in Wi-fi and the d/l are about 800Mb per hour in high definition. Thats $250 for April till August, all up. Hope its true as thats what i will be doing! whoops plus $70 once a year for Xbox Live Gold.

I will be happy with one NAB win. I cant recall the last.

I too live in Melbourne and my costs include MCC MFC and home internet of which i can claim a component for tax purposes. I wouldnt really use Foxtel for anything other than footy channel. I get to most Victorian matches. I would like to know more about PPV.

I want to see Bate play in the middle. I want to see if Grimes can play in the middle and stay uninjured for most of the season. I want to see most players playing in the positions they have trained for in the pre-season and aren't constantly moved to different positions to fill holes. I want to see Bennell weave some magic.

Boss with Kelsey Grammer is one new series I have been watching. I think its pretty good.

It is surprising to me that the club has not asked for some of the more brilliant insights and ideas of posters to be removed so others don't benefit...

Thanks Macca - really enjoyed the Duke. Here is one of my favorites, Les Mc Cann and Eddie Harris.Compared to What. Word was that Eddie harris was booked to play the 1969 montreaux Jazz fest with the band but they hadnt had time to practise and ended up getting blasted backstage before coming on.Les told Eddie just to watch and wait for him to come in and do his thing. it worked beautifully and I never knew the original was on Youtube but have just found it. Sock it to me!

He's got it all except the ability to cop a hard tag and stand under a slow ball. He wont get as hard a tag as there are now more good players needing coverage. I dont unfortunately, see him taking a whack in a crucial hard fought battle and bobbing up Milne-like.

Betting wise Freo are very good value for the flag @ $34. A safer bet of $4.25 to make the top 4 is good betting as I think they should be evens. You can even get $2 to make the eight. A long time to wait for that ship to come home but safe IMO. I would like to get money on them to make the Granny but cant see it listed. They would not be favorites! Cant see them winning it unless they play the pies...

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Bock was backed from $101 into $21. Thats a plunge in my book. His family was in court over different matters at the same time, which IMO shows It wasnt an accident. He was let off and if he had have been a Krakouer i wonder if the result may have been a fair bit different.

Im surprised no one mentions that Essendon were grown men and we were all pretty young at the time. Sheedy's tactics were to rough us up and we didnt have any enforcers. I would hope we would have learnt a lesson or two from that match and just maybe Clark, Sellar Moloney and Tappie among others might be part of the answer.