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Sorry, found it Jon Ralph, Little Paper, 9/11/2010 Cameron Bruce to cop rival pay cut "Bruce believes his amazing durability at Melbourne, as well as sixth place in this year's best-and-fairest award, meant he would be treated better by the Demons. But they repeatedly refused to budge on his contract, treating him with what he believed was contempt."

I can't find any reference to "Bailey treating him with contempt" They are pretty strong words and would have been quoted here in a flash Are you sure you're not confused?

I don't think CB is lacking any coin AFAIK he still has a partnership in a successful gym and other business interests Its not about coin (IMHO)

Well explained rpfc I too would like to know where the Bailey showed contempt to him comment came from

poo and wee guernsey I guess? less money than he was on in 2010 or what MFC offered for 2011?

Do we need a specialist spinner for the waca?

All good points Demonland Demonised (Edit) Don, there are really NO rules in English, just conventions (and differing ones) English is a very organic language with no officiating body A very good (and very witty and entertaining) book to read is Bill Bryson's "Mother Tongue" After reading it you will distrust every english grammar teacher you ever had Its not a big book

don't take any notice Don. We are all being a bit flippant and smartarzes Spoken english and written english are not necessarily the same Most tend to write on this forum in spoken english which is ok as this is basically a conversational medium

Thanks Bhima. As usual very informative. Like the little anecdotes.

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More so elite sportsmen - at least many of them It partly what makes them different from the run of the mill sportsmen Anyway, I have a lot more faith in the current FD than previous ones. Lets hope they continue to live up to their improved performance

Yes, his physicality at the contest will certainly be under the spotlight at Hawthorn. With Campbell Brown out and Bruce in the fans will be super critical if he baulks a contest

Everyone was very praising of the Casey surface last Summer But casey didn't seem to cope very well with the winter weather. In fact games were moved Have they made any changes to improve drainage? Note: rpfc, hope the second sentence is to your liking

Sure its a risk, but a big risk? Depends. Every top 10 draft pick is a risk for any number of reasons All you have to do is go back thru the top 10 after 5 years or more to realise that Sure you have to assess the DH factor but you also have to assess whether you think you can "manage" it You don't just bypass those players, there is more to it than that And yes sometimes it doesn't work out. This is not a very exact science

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your "intentional flippancy" detector must not be working this morning rpfc eh? You're welcome.

Its a bit like shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic But shuffle we must There are no obvious easy shuffles, more a case of hope and prayers But going with no changes (apart from Katich) would really p155 me off

guess you would have passed on buddy then?

recognised you instantly passion you'll have to do something about those pale blue shorts but

you mean it used to be easy? not in my lifetime, maybe in the Cordner's days

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My thoughts too. There is a discussion over at ology that Clarke chokes at critical times. All that hard work, last over and he didn't even need to play a shot just cover with his body And . . . effin Pietersen to boot I wouldn't want Clarke with me in a trench

Indeed Rhino, the fat lady appeared to have been accompanied by a choir (and rain was only 2 hours away) You now have permission to claim 1-0 Would I drop North. Yep. Who? Best available but not Smith. Possibly David Hussey Doherty? Yep. Soaps will crucify (even more) him in Perth. Replace him with a paceman but who? Not happy but suppose its got to be MJ or BH I'd like to drop more but thats not practical. I think it will be a case of "lying back and thinking of mother england" whilst getting raped for the rest of the series. All the more reason to talk MFC this summer

Your argument is nothing new. It is very simplistic and overly generic. Not all "businesses" are the same be they traditional or sporting based Businesses are not entities they are just a collection of real people and what makes one company different from another company is its people which includes its leaders and administrators as well as its employees. Many people stay at a company for other reasons than just what they can "get" out of it. Being part of something you believe in and enjoy and sacrificing for the common good can be more important to some people than whats in it for moi. The MFC is building such a "business" where its starting to stand for something and building a future The day the MFC becomes just a commercial business will be the day I reconsider my support Cam, ultimately couldn't put his faith in the club. Thats his decision and he's entitled to it I don't think it was money or playing more season(s). He was prepared to jeopardise a very long successful career (and after association) with the MFC for the snake oil dreams sold to him by Hawthorn in his twilight year(s) I think thats sad for Cam and I wonder whether he will come to regret it But c'est la vie, what will be will be and we all move on. No hard feelings from me, just disappoinment.

Why do you have to be so damn rational? Spoilsport