Redleg

Well I feel that this story still has a bit to play out. I still have him in the loop.

Oh well, we haven't lost in Dawin for at least a year.

Another good sporting weekend for me. Dees smashed, Casey smashed, Australia beaten.

Stockdale is 68.

I think it is all very clear. He will not Coach us unless he does. To put it another way, he will coach us unless he doesn't. Clearly doesn't want to undermine the present Coach.

Then he will be waiting for a year for his letter.

Thanks.

Perhaps we could forward a letter of thanks.

It's easy when you don't try.

Not to mention Kreuzer and Nick Riewoldt.

I have a thousand dollars for you as a present. Oh you don't want it because you are too proud. No worries I will give it to someone else. How is getting a top player as a bonus, not a sustainable way to success? I am just staggered at people who wouldn't accept a bonus top player. Obviously they are not recruiting people.

I am with you brother.

I see Gillies has improved.

I know, but every now and then my computer goes funny and type is minuscule. I then use biggest type. Don't know how to stop it happening.

And they played in Perth on Tuesday night in atrocious conditions. Maybe they will tire.

So you think getting say Boyd as a bonus pick, will have no effect on us in 5 years, when he is 23 with 100 games under his belt? I wonder why so many clubs think so differently to you.

I thought they had scrapped compo. Even if they haven't, we would get pick 50-60, given what they did to us last year. Would you trade him for that?

Re signing Watts, Sylvia and extending Frawley, would make a significant impact on us going forward. Besides getting the right Coach, this is a task that we need to achieve. Sylvia is not perfect, but at 27 with 150 games experience and a new Coach, who might get 3-4 years of his best football from him, he is a keeper. On top of that to lose him for nothing would be a disaster.

For those who say we didn't have a go yesterday, we lost the contested possession count by only 11. Not bad in the wet, against the best wet weather side.

The obsession is with the fans not the players. It's not what is wrong with the club.

That is it as far as I am concerned. Yesterday 2 of the cats first 3 goals, came from ridiculous short passes in the wet, in our backline. How hard did the Cats work for those 2 goals. Two players were out of position and we kicked it straight to them in front of goal. that was absolutely pathetic. One of them came from our captain. My under 9's were told never to do that and generally they didn't. Another couple of goals came from long kicks bouncing through, while a few of ours went the other way to the points. A couple of others came from simply playing in front on a wet day when the ball falls short. I thought we selected a dumb team and played dumb football. Craig didn't impress me yesterday at all. Our effort has improved for an obvious reason, but our failure continues to be a lack of ability to keep the ball until we score. We just give it away and the other teams score.

Lets say the money is right, the family says yes, Kennelly is OK but Ling says no. Roos then says no. I don't think so.

Bate was also 6 inches taller, kicked a few goals, could take a mark and was more difficult to match up on. Bates problem was a turning circle the size of the Queen Mary and no right foot. He was also slow.

If we get them we can choose what we trade them for. If the right players aren't offered up, we get high picks this year.

That is the question. He is also short, which is not an advantage in the way he plays.