Redleg

I think a few people are being spooked by Pert, because PJ has been so good and a few people are hearing gossip about some problems at Collingwood, which if true you would hope he has learned from. He was there for 11 years and oversaw their transformation, along with Eddie, to a powerhouse club. Hopefully he does a great job for us. If he is no good he can be moved on.

The interesting thing with Gaff would be whether the Eagles have made him an offer. If they have and he is just ignoring it, I think he is gone.If his Manager is negotiating with the Eagles then I think he will stay. If the Eagles haven't made him an offer, then they either realize he is going, or are just stupid. If you want to keep a player, you make them an offer and start negotiating. A failure to do so is a negative sign to the player. On the same note, I hope we are in negotiations with Gus and Oscar.

Thanks.

4.35 pm on a saturday. A strange time for us to be playing.

This going to the team you followed is not a trend in the AFL, just ask Juddy, Buddy and Prestia.

A few weeks ago Roos said he would become a star.

Better weekend this week lads!

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Saw an article that said according to the author, he was staying or coming to the Dees.

If the AFL website article is correct, he is either staying or coming to us. Other clubs seem to be out of the picture.

Didn't put his body behind the ball a couple of times and hacked at it, but agree he was good and was clearly the backline general.

Two wins for the Dees yesterday, in two different states.

Yes the cake is banana cake.

Big game on this weekend, Casey v Roos.

Portable goal posts at one end for a while would solve it. I have two sets in my garage.

I am with you. There is more to it than player blame.

Must be out of them, as the banana never lets you down.

Well is another season about to completely unravel?

With Oscar, a returning Lever, a developing Petty, Frost and Keilty and the shorter pinch hitting Smith, we are ok for key backs.

What are you talking about, this is not a personal development seminar. It's a football club.

Agree Bin and that is why I have been banging on on DL for the last few years, to get rid of our ball butchers, as they start most of our troubles. We have recruited the hard body contested players , just about totally at the expense of some skillful and quick players, who can also apply defensive pressure.

There seems to be a " do one thing wrong and you are gone" policy with us. Billy and Frost seem to be victims of it, being given 1 game each I think this year and dropped after an error or two never to return. I wrote on here several times not to let Dunn go, who was also a victim of the policy apparently. He has certainly fitted in well and added to the 2nd team on the ladder, up until his ACL on the weekend. I am not worried about Oscar who will continue to get stronger and better and who bar 1 -2 games has been good. One of our Coaches who coached at the Dogs, dumped Higgins, who is now a Brownlow contender at the Roos. They don't know everything clearly, but sometimes they take a line and refuse to budge, no matter what is happening. We seem to have developed a fairly slow list and with Hunt out and Jeffy in poor form it is much worse. I said over summer we needed more pace, skill and spread from players who can also apply defensive pressure like a Daniel Rioli. IMO we need to make that our main priority. A Saad or Matthew Whelan type in the back half would also be helpful to allow us to turn defence into attack the way the 3 teams who have just beaten us did.

With Hunt and Jeffy playing good footy, we are a far more formidable team. ATM we are probably the slowest team in the AFL.

Jack Trengove 13 8 21 8 0 3 2 4 0 0 92 Fair game.

Looks like Gaff is no chance then.