daisycutter

Well get used to another year of it. GWS have 2 years for their out-of-contract pillaging-in-secret.

maybe we are tanking for some good draft picks? maybe deano is more cunning than we thought? maybe pigs really truly fly?

I think you'll get a lot of agreement at least on that statement.

They would be crazy to play Scully. He's not match fit and you wouldn't want to risk over-stressing him and aggravating his knee after spending so much time managing his recovery He'll play when ready, no matter how dedicated he may be

I noticed against Carlton when Chip was kicking out after a point that he likes the little self kick then a 20 metre run with the long kick. There were melbourne players close to the square positioned to put in a shepherd when Chip decided to play-on. Every time I noticed when they tried to put in a block or shepherd it was the most [censored]-poor effort. It was like just going through the motions. Very poor effort. Then contrast this to the young Suns against Geelong. They were very conscious of putting in the shepherd or a the block all around the ground with genuine physicality. We just don't do the team things even when they are relatively easy skills like blocking or shepherding.

And when you look up the Thesaurus there is a whole list of alternatives, like ............ but I won't go there because it might be emabarrassing how many there are B)

absolutely. he should get a full game next week

Get real, absolute chalk and cheese at any comparable time of development

I'm not sure what your issue is. You seem to agree with me. Someone uses the apologist word and you talk of arrogance and dismissiveness spewing everywhere It just makes you seem a little precious, which I'm sure you're not really Anyway demonland is getting too repetitive so I'm going to bed (and Webber has dropped places in another bad start - 1st Q jitters?)

Wasn't Paul Roos at the Swans a good example? I seem to remember others going way back but details elude me. Whether its good or bad surely depends on the circumstances at the time and who gets the caretaker job.

C'mon RPFC anyone can pick out the obvious apologists (there's half a dozen fairly regulars).........even you if you try P.S. I'm not suggesting you are one ok?

Get off the grass, Maric is not even close to being an elite kick! His kicking at Casey and at MFC has been very average He was "reputed" to be an elite kick in his TAC days but it hasn't translated to senior football (Dean must've coached it out of him, lol)

LOL C'mon admit it......you're his Mum right?

Judging by your comments I suspect you are the one to "never ever played football in your life" There are many other ways to get "players more aggressive" but you wouldn't understand

or AB's alias ?

PASS

"Morton being looked at by other clubs" I do hope so. I had stuck by him and expected such big things but I've given up on him. He's a mental case.

I know Juice is your love child dee-luded but geez after 7 seasons he still runs around like a headless chook. How long do we wait? He'll never be in any top 8 team so why don't we just move on and save everyone the embarrassment? and P.S. he can't pinch hit in the ruck as some think

Lets be honest. He plays like a frightened girl. I can't understand how someone after all this time can actually go backwards from his debut year

You missed his air-kick - classic

Geez choco you must have burnt a hole in your keyboard with all your recent apologist posts. Do you work for the MFC?

effn frustrating isn't it! conceding possession like that is analogous to defeatism, can't do much for confidence

Whether you think kicking is a solution to the "fwd press" is another thing But to suggest we have elite kicking skills (or even good or better) belies reality If we take the backline (main place to beat the press) I struggle to come up with good kicks Davey is elite if not erratic lately but is not winning the ball and too easily tagged (and probably will end up a fwd) Tapscott is good for distance but not for pinpointing The rest are pathetic to average. QED

It really all means nothing. Its all about results in the end. One of the smartest guys I ever worked with (and he was very smart) had one of the worst results for projects he managed

I know where you are coming from but your definition of developing is a bit to black and white or simplistic for me. It just comes across as being too apologetic for many failings. Development has to be a many faceted process and measured against many yardsticks. I wouldn't suggest games won is the only measurement, in fact it can sometimes be very misleading, but neither is just getting game counts up the only measurement. Until our recent run of injuries I felt we had slipped backwards and the signs were not good (even though we had 3.5 wins). Now with the terrible run of injuries things are harder to judge. We now have no realistic chance of finals (IMO) so I am happy to accelerate the blooding of as much of the new talent as possible (howe, evans, nicholson, gawn, blease, strauss, cook) at the expense of the older marginal players (bate, newton, macdonald etc). Because of these changed circumstances the rest of this year becomes more of a development year than it would have been at the start of the year (if that makes sense).