Redleg

Maurie you have put in good players and it makes it look very bad, but you have left out poor picks of other clubs too. Our problem is we made mostly bad picks as opposed to others who got a few gems. I forgot to add Jetta to my delistings. As to your list of additional delistings: " Jamar, Evans, Spencer, Blease, Watts, Strauss, Pedersen, Tynan, Dunn and Tapscott", I would trade, Jamar and Tapscott. Blease and Watts would need good deals or I would keep them as in an improved side they could be very good. Both are good finishers and have pace, something we have very little of. Clearly Blease needs to get fit and Watts needs to get more physical at the contest. Spencer is improving and IMO has gone past Jamar, Evans has ability, Strauss is improving, Pedersen is versatile and will be the Sellar replacement if there are a few injuries, Dunn is versatile, Tynan needs another year. We could easily move on up to 15 players.

Is that days left and games for us this season?

Pay him out.

What does that mean?

Well here are my delistings after what I have seen this year. BYRNE, GILLIES, Macdonald, Davey, Davis, Rodan, Bail, Sellar, Nicholson. Couch will go from the rookie list.

Maybe it is just me, but even though Trengove had plenty of the ball, I thought he had no impact whatsoever and he was better than Grimes.

Agree. IMO Dunn is treated harshly on here.He was one of the few who actually tried to play football.

Are you happy when Terlich turns it over, which he does frequently and let's his man run riot like Ballantyne did today. Roos said exactly the same OTC a couple of weeks back.It's easy to get seduced by possessions. He has potential but needs to work on his deficiencies. I agree he, Kent, M. Jones and Clisby have been good late picks.

Joeboy this will save you the entry. Byrnes- Melbourne 's worst player. Must be delisted with his former team mate Gillies. There for experience and turns it over more than any other player. 38% effectiveness last week, AFL record low. Can't kick a goal when given the chance either. Makes me so angry to watch him in the side.

You have my appreciation.

Wow, I get my own Coach now.

And of course it will be Dank's dog, not theirs.

With the article on Bruce Reid today in the Herald Sun, it is clear the PR war Essendon is waging. Simple really, our 4 guys are great guys and the AFL and ASADA are a bunch of thugs. When will they understand that no one is saying these guys deliberately gave players illegal drugs. While one charge we know of, suggests that, it has an alternative, that they allowed it to happen, without actually knowing what was given. They admit that, so why the angst. As Patrick Smith said saturday in the Australian, Hird at the conference in february said I take full responsibility. Siince then he has taken none. He is delusional. He is not really being called a drug cheat, he is being called sloppy in his management of his team and he knows it. Hird however, sees himself as bigger than the club and the game. They are charged with being in charge of an injecting program, where what was taken, by who and when, is either not recorded or has been destroyed. That is what got the players off, as you can't pin a charge on a player if you don't know with certainty, what was taken and when. That is also what hangs Essendon and the 4 officials. It was their job to know. Additionally, they are unable, because of that, to detail possible side effects to players of the drugs they used. Further, that they had secret waivers with the players, that were not provided to the AFL, in clear breach of the rules. They are guilty as sin of the charges above. Worse still, there are many more charges. If Reid wrote a letter saying he was unhappy with the program why didn't he take it further after getting no reply. Bomber Thompson is said to have been unhappy with the program, likewise, why didn't he take it further, Corcoran and Hird held the top positions and allowed it to happen under their watch. As WJ said above, if it goes to Court, all gloves are off and all people involved can be made to talk and clearly more evidence will come out. Hird and the club say they want it all to come out and then fight like hell to stop it. I understand that Essendon are trying to save the club and their mates, but IMO they are doing the opposite and they are the ones acting like thugs.

I can see today's crowd being very small with the predicted bad weather.

Amen.

Pity he is not playing in the finals for Casey. He would help them.

I think you are arguing against yourself there. You said we want more than Watts is worth. A house will only be sold for what people will ultimately pay. If you ask for more than they will pay, you will get less, which you may or may not accept. Semantics maybe, but whatever. More to the point, I don't really want to lose Watts, as even though I agree he is not hard at the ball, he is coming into his best years and physical condition. He could bulk up and adopt a harder approach. His skills are our best. He can score unlike most others. For me, it would have to be a great deal for us, or I would pass.

Look at the pathetic article by Robbo in today's Herald Sun. The Essendon supporting Robbo, writes an article, arguing it is unfair on those charged and in one little paragraph near the end, writes that the AFL says, "they put the health and safety of 40 players at risk". Robbo then says Essendon deny this. What does he not say? Well how about this admitted fact, the fact that got the players off and hangs those involved, " yes we injected the players multiple times and we don't know what drugs they were given, or what side effects they may have". Disgrace Robbo.

The starting point of all private sales.

No and there will be no instability.

Apparently the other 17 clubs are all furious with the way Essendon is handling this.

Possibly.

Well done on getting the most out of himself and playing 10 years of AFL. Enjoy retirement.

Sloane is far better than B+ and we have a habit of stuffing up early picks anyway. It won't happen, but just saying.

Would imagine Boyd goes 1. But that leaves a possible star adelaide mid at 2.