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But greeny was never a crummier and couldn't dance the way rodan does.

as said its pick 88. He brings epxerience to the club in a specialist role which we haven't has someone in for years and suck really bad at. Whether the plays 23 ro2 games he'll be involved in teacher our kids how to play that position. win/win for the short term.

Gossip, some say more from the ABC in Adelaide is the Tippett deal is big and off the record. To the point that Tippet may be fined, extensive band or deregistered as a player for breaching the rules. Also its going to affect more than Tippett including his manager etc, its a big story.

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I was just going to write: "So it begins..." Spot on, another saviour for the club. Its great to have hope but lets the kids develop that way you wont be crushed if they turn out a different style of player.

After reading the red fox you can see why he left and even offered to resign to let RDB take over. RDB wanted to be his own coach and not have the problems of the previous coaches looking over his shoulder like Smith did with Checker hughes, read the book and you'll know what I meant. Even smith coached elsewhere before he returned. The problem was we didn't grab his back after Carlton when he was at his peak of coaching, like at North he would have taken advantage of the short lived 10 yr rule to get us a flag. Which interesting was like modern FA RDB used the same tactic at the Dee's and then Swans to bring in experience and proven players to bolster an unsuccessful club culture till that time. Interestely you can see the parallels with Neeld know and the last two trade periods. Bring in experienced players from great and successful footy cultures to change the club.

Sorry

The most disappointing thing more than leaving the club is losing a great player to injury which we seem to have gotten a lot. Stinga - massive loss for the club and imagine if he could have lined up in the 2000 GF side. The OX - yes he came back but those that saw him pre-95 knee reconstruction, knows what we lost. Lyon - career cut short by injury, further aggravated by flying in a tiny plane to bring farmer back. Paul Prymke (Not sure on the spelling) - see him in 94 young great CHB/fullback, degenerative back injury. Glenn Lovett - done in my soft tissue in injuries. Jako - bad back (combined with laziness) That period from 95 should have been golden but decimated by injury... the spine would have been Jacko, Ox, Stynes/White, Nietz, Prymke, aand Lyon as mr fixit wherever required or at FF. then combined with Yze, Stinga, Woey, Powell, Johnstone, Robbo, Febey's, farmer, etc... of what could have been

It was at the end of Northey's time so i don't think that was the reason considering how long it played under him. The trouble with Spalding was he always missed the goals we needed. To say he was a wayard kick is being nice. Think of richo on a bad day Woey should have stayed but it was the salary cap pressure. If he was at the club today as he would be given a role..and given his professionalism would have done very well. As for Geread Healy. A [censored] who left purely for money at a time when his skills would have been the icing on the cake as we rose up the ladder finally.

Pedersen basically couldn't get a game because all the abundance of talls North have, unlike us!

All presidents need to retire at some time and he's been a great servant of his club. The concern from the article is the level of debt. According to Gordon they are currently $10m in debt..thats double where our peaked and we saw how that affected the club.

LOL I thought the same thing....

I doubt that is the plan forone, Hogan cant play next year anyway. Pederson was a mature age that cant get a game due to North abundant talls, and is a money ball type pickup. Dawes is the monster forward to we need to create a contest in the forward line. I think Clark is far more mobile and agile than dawes. Also the two older players bring experience and maturity to the club which we need. role models from successful cultures.

Pie wont want to keep him.. He's disgruntled and having just resigned on pretty good coin after the premiership year. They'll move him on with a bit of fuss like wellingham. As for dawes himself we are not trying to get a 1 grade monster forward. but a hard working monster to contest in the forward line which we havem't had since Neitz retired. Look how well Clark played once we was with us, far better than at Brisbane IMHO...

we i had a chat to JW he told me he played most of his junior footy on the wing. Only really played forward during those tac games.

just a pump up by his manager...i agree a rookie spot somewhere. Blaming the coach for a lack of ticker is not going to help. If he had the desire and work he would have got a debut.

If he stayed at Geelong he could have

Rivers was never a certain to leave. more the case of being a free agent and seeing what was on offer, plus seeing what happens over the trade period and how rosey the future looks.

That right, but wouldn't it have been easier just to write two versions each with the different pick we got him for The club said in one of the articles after the picks that they would have taken Viney at 3 if required. Great to have him at the club and he'll become part of the heart of the club in the near future if all the reports are true. PLus he'll be first picked in my dreamteam for 2013...

Great article and we'll welcome him tomorrow whether 1st rd or 2rd...

pretty much sums it up. It would be great to get him for a 2nd round pick, but we committed to him for 5 years, 3 years ago. So its pretty obvious we'll be taking him at 3. Its just unfortunate that GC wanted to play silly buggers with us.

But we all love being armchair experts lol...great post.

If JV doesn't rate in the top 3 picks, why would gold coast pick him. Because aren't they wasting a pick for a "better" player with their game. I think they just like upsetting the apple cart. Can anyone explain why the lack of the same discussion for daniher, isn't he supposed to be a future gun as well?

Williams was right to be [censored] as I imagine he took the role after being informed he would take over after 1 year. When Sheedy got the extension he was out of there. He's better off in Melbourne than that hole. As for the flag, it was a few years coming and then he got a side into the GF that shouldn't have been there. Smart but whether still good enough for the main job who knows.

This isn't to dig the boots in but to learn from and I'm curious about the view from Melbourne on the trouble there: Just reading the latest fiasco of Port with regard to coaching, with the preferred candidate preferring to be a assistant at GWS for the future top job. On top of that: 1. They are broke, even worse than what we were 2. They have no coach or potential coaches queuing up to take over the club, with cameron preferring GWS obvisouly with the offer made to him. * They seem to be scaring them away, maybe what is discussed in the interview process is scaring them. Or have they just been unprofessional in the process? 3. They are losing players faster than us, which is scary 4. Their new president will be present mainly via a video link, Koche... I have a mate who supports them and he despised how Dean Laidley often coached via video link as he lived in Melbourne, now the president is doing it. 5. They have a small supporter base, though I do see more port supporters around perth than Dee's. When you compare some of our recent events at the Dee's and despite the left-field dramas not of our making, the club seems rock steady in its direction and plans.