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Titus O’Reily’s GCS team photograph 2019

And on that note, we are not likely victims of any pillaging through new agency with loyal skipper Nathan Jones our only player in this category and hardly a candidate for jumping ship.

I think they said on the Fox programme that Hogan is earning that much next year. That makes an 8x8 offer unacceptable.

Signed a new Contract deal today.

The Kangaroos have gone off Sydney's NIc Newman because of the deals done today for Polec and Pittard. Hello Newman: Out-of-favour Swan meets Roos

Not a chance. We have a couple of better veteran players in Jones and Lewis and there's no guarantee that he could get a game with us. If we were going to bring in a player of his age, he would have to be a 20+ game per season player.

You reckon Jeff Garlett stays?

Can Cam Pedersen reverse his retirement in time to be a shock selection?

6. Angus Brayshaw 5. Clayton Oliver 4. James Harmes 3. Aaron VandenBerg 2. Christian Petracca 1. Joel Smith

The Cats have applied the axe to their list delisting Aaron Black, Stewart Crameri, Ryan Gardner, Cory Gregson, Matthew Hayball and Timm House.

I won’t be happy unless we can double up on our current total of 3 by sesson’s End.

No. He’s too slow for AFL.

The recent test series in SA v India was highlighted by low scoring innings. Our lead should be enough.

We have a CHF. His name is Jesse Hogan.

Really? And what was my point?

Curnow is not a midfielder now and would need a lot of work and maintenance put into him before he could ever be a regular in the midfield. If you think we can pick him up and make him a midfielder, you're kidding yourself. It might happen but the percentage chance is low. He's more of a third forward now and might never be more than that.

The sequel is a poem from BBO with a line that rhymes with "Sandra Sully".

This kid has come from the clouds in the second half of the season. Won the Morrish Medal, starred late in the season including finals and now tipped as a first rounder. Oliver keen for more after Morrish Medal success

The Age still in existence is it? Last time I saw one was in a cafe and it looked like a very shriveled up ghost of the once mighty broadsheet it was in the day when newspapers published news and not propaganda based on the editor's political viewpoint.

Agree. Both look very composed and show great maturity. The fact that Roos is the coach makes it more likely that they will succeed rather than fail as our recent early picks have done but the coach might still have other ideas. If we can do another Tyson trade, I would be happy .

None of us are privy to what goes on in the minds of the selectors so we usually look at players from what we've observed about them in the past or on the basis of what we hear and read about them in the media or from their statistics. OK, so the selectors appear to have got it right about Hilfenhaus this time but they've also been wrong with other selections. Unless you're perfect yourself that's no reason to mock other posters.

GWS feels that it needs show biz hype and pizzazz to entertain and bring in the Sydney theatregoers but they've got it all wrong.The western suburbs are very different to the caffe latte set that inhabit the so called "better parts" of town.

Sadly, Norm Smith decided that Mr. Bunt didn't have the necessary attributes to make it onto our list and sent him back home after just three training sessions.

Lance also played for Richmond. Brendan's potential was highly touted when he first came to Melbourne but he struggled to get a senior game. He became a star player with Port Melbourne in the mid 70s. Off the field, he formed a partnership with Malcolm Speed in a legal practice. Speed was involved in basketball and later became famous in cricket administration.