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  1. quality journalism lives on at the age: Roos set to reject 'attractive' Demons coaching job Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/roos-set-to-reject-attractive-demons-coaching-job-20130716-2q0sm.html#ixzz2ZASeszTF not only do they not have any direct quotes, they simply regurgitate what was said otc and fc last night, none of which could be remotely described as definitive.
  2. Don't go there old dee. Every time I are the Eagles play I cringe. What a disaster our drafting and development has been.
  3. blame the manager not gws, I believe.
  4. had one kick since coming on midway through the third. I can't get over how skinny he is. looks miles off the pace, as you'd expect in a derby - frenetic game.
  5. Micky O is the one I've heard talk about as an assistant.
  6. no, a strong coach wouldn't. a strong coach would work with him to get the best out of him. that's the sort of negative feedback that mark neeld goes in for. the leading teams worldview has a hell of a lot to answer for; if implemented correctly it can work well, but if it's done poorly...
  7. It is not atrocious, that's a fallacy.
  8. his ball use was excellent. but he missed an opportunity to take a mark in defence in the second quarter because he was scared of the hit - had an 'uncontested spoil' instead. once he backs himself to take those grabs he'll be good. we desperately need the likes of viney and [insert draft pick(s) here] to get the ball on his hands. he's a lovely kick.
  9. he's also soft as day old butter left out in the adelaide summer sun.
  10. we are still woefully soft. but the effort is there, as it has been since craig took over. gotta sign gawn up, for such big bloke he just is so capable, and he has the best underwear on the ground. lovely goal by byrnes.
  11. We are trying to be far too clever for wet weather football.
  12. Trenners' speed - or lack thereof - will be negated if the interchange cap comes in, especially if its at an extreme number like 80 - it's likely to be 100 I would wager. Players with elite endurance will benefit enormously.
  13. Most important or best? Best is what I think you've proposed. Most important would be the players we want to lead the club forward and be genuine stars of the competition: Hogan Frawley Watts Gawn Viney If those 5 can be in the best dozen of their positions (ie key forward, key back, floating forward, ruck, inside mid) we will go a long way to being a competitive finals team once more.
  14. That's fine, but as I've indicated I beg to differ. Sylvia doesn't work anything like as hard as those two fellow free agent examples. They work both ways, something Sylvia does sometimes. They lower their eyes when disposing of the ball, something Sylvia does all too rarely. They're both also younger and have far more upside to their future careers. Jordan Lewis is what we should have got from Sylvia. Instead his career is on a par with Brennan, someone who is capable of the magical but all too infrequently. Just like Col. When Stokes misbehaved he worked hard to sort himself out off field. Col has been a recidivist.
  15. I've heard the rumour that the deal is done too. Source has been spot on previously, but admits that at this stage it's more speculation rather than 100% confirmed.
  16. Nonplussed I must admit. Would rather take the $300-450k he thinks he's worth and give it to a player like Daisy Thomas or Matt Stokes, or use it to help re-sign Chip. Sylvia will stay at the Dees cos he'll earn more $$ here than anywhere else. He needs to go a long way before he's repaid the faith invested in him.
  17. The difference between Roos and Blight is that the former won't be given half a season and then shafted by the CEO for his best mate to take over. Ask Blight what he thinks of Butterss and Thomas, and how he thinks his time at the Saints would've turned out if they hadn't been there.
  18. As a tea-totaller who had never smoked anything of any substance not sure how Craig will feel about that comparison why you little! It would be hilarious if the AFL in their infinite wisdom awarded us a priority pick at the front of the draft - ie the Boyd pick - thus gazzumping their golden child GWS. Won't happen, but it would be so, so sweet. The more time that passes without him ruling himself out the more confident I am about Roos being our man in 2014 and beyond. One of the reasons why I'm such an advocate for him is that I believe he'd be a 'whole of club' coach. Craig has already worked hard - using Barassi's maxim that if you want to be a footballer, look like a footballer - and if Roos comes in then I hope he stays on.
  19. that's awful. all the best to casey and his family. really, it's surprising it doesn't happen more in the afl as well.
  20. Kennelly is in town as he's involved in multicultural round this week.
  21. i have killed the gys and butcher.
  22. We need to sign Gawn up pronto. Ruck men as tall as he is and as good around the ground as he can be don't grow on trees. His ruck work needs to continue to be refined, but I believe that the sky might be the limit for the big man. Very exciting.
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