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Necessary for becoming a good side.

They will get plenty of that as well. I just love the way we seem to be developing our players now. Our list is getting so much better each year, with good players not guaranteed a game.

Just outside the 8 after 7 rounds. Win the Bombers and Roos games and we are near the top of the ladder. We need to find some consistency in performance, for the rest of the year.

Doesn't hurt to play in winning sides and get some confidence.

Seriously, though I don't think we can get him, we are making a big play for Hurley. He will cost plenty but no picks, as he will be a FA. Prestia will also want a heavy pay packet and will cost picks, players or both. Jesse will want plenty and we have others who also want a pay rise. Would you prefer Prestia or Hurley based on ability, needs and cost?

Are you being argumentative just for the sake of it? I said he doesn't have the "small forward" extra to his game, as some other mids do have. You seem to agree, with that . I said he physically doesn't fit the Roos prototype mid, not that a quality mid doesn't fit the Roos prototype. Yes I watch players from other clubs, usually about 6 games a round. I can't however speak for others. I said that we may have bigger needs than Prestia, not that we would knock him back. I also queried his cost as a trade and if it could be put to better use, getting other players we may need more.

He might be better next year, but I am starting to think our priorities lie elsewhere. He will cost plenty and is a small, chunky, inside only player. I don't think he is a damaging small forward, either. He is certainly not the Roos prototype mid and might not be high on Goodwin and Taylor's radar. Maybe we are better to go for a real need, key forward 2nd ruck, key back, outside mid etc and then try and draft some more outside speed, like Stretch and Hunt.

One of your best Joeboy.

Well you got that one right. This kid is pure gold. I don't care what Parish does in the future, I love this kid. Plays like a 25 year old 150 game player.

Well he seems to be able to find a team mate every time he gets it, unlike several others.

Could someone tell Kennedy to stop playing on, when we have a free kick close to goal. He nearly cost us Jones' goal and that was his third play on. He has lost form since earlier in the year.

Be patient, you will.

I think we are the best at something in the AFL, frustrating our supporters.

Who taught them to handpass 3 inches, to a player standing still, with an opponent all over him?

Jetta looks a shadow of his best days at the Swans. Watch Everitt at about the 25 minute mark of the last quarter. Drops his third simple mark for the quarter, doesn't chase or put pressure on and then puts up his hand as if to say sorry. If Bolton is fair dinkum he is out next week.

Wait for it when we do our first obvious stage. I think we are the most paid against for deliberate out of bounds. Some of them have been absolute shockers.

In the games I saw Aish play at the Lions, I saw nothing to want him.

No, the regulars here are not lovers of the meaningless stat. They just enjoy the highbrow discussion, on an intellectual level, not attained on other threads, where the posters just attack each other for their views. The respect and admiration shown to other posters on this thread, should be seen as the hallmark of Demonland, which we all know it is. Those that criticise this thread, can go back to their name calling and fighting on the other threads, where it is rife.

About time.

I don't mind that, as it shows we are learning that young players need to be developed properly, not damaged. The fact that it comes on the back of a good game, shows we are prepared to follow the process and not chop and change on whim. In the long run, this will prove to be a benefit to the players and the club.

Great player that he is, I am nearly at the stage where I can't watch Joel Selwood play. The constant staging, ducking his head, soft frees and arguing with the umpire is really annoying. Also he seems to get away with constantly instigating incidents and then gets free kicks, or the other player reported. Today, in the first half, I have seen him twice rough up a player, who had received a free kick or mark and yet there is no 50 against him. He is a totally protected species and is being umpired completely differently to other players. I am disappointed to say this, but he is becoming my least liked player in the AFL. I also wonder if Paddy D is embarrassed, about that late bump from Redden, which caught him lightly in the side and after he made sure he got the downfield free, he got up and pretended to rub his jaw, which brought mirth from the commentators. Clearly some clubs players, like the Roos for example, often stage for frees and disappointingly, get a reward for it.

Hulett not named anywhere as far as I can see. Mystery illness of the week, our 5th concussion, or just player management.

GC clearly not at their strongest, though we aren't either. We need to win this game, if we are going to gain some momentum.

So might his brother.

Don't think we should worry about those players that have left us, we have enough to worry about with those that have stayed.