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Bluey Bernie Vince, as others have said, he just looks a class above Most Improved Jack Trengove, has endured a torrid couple of seasons, finally free to break the shackles Goal Kicker Jeremy Howe, simply cos I doubt anyone else will be left standing, and as we all know Howe doesn't stand - he flies! No. 1 ruck Max Gawn, he's the only one who actually looks like an afl class ruck man - I think Jamar is finished and the others are solid vfl ruck men, or ruck / forward combos in Fitz's case Best First Year Player Alexis Georgiou, cool calm and collected, he's a natural Chip Stay or Leave He'll go I think - as stated by someone else who works in the industry, free agency is going to continue to hurt clubs like ours simply cos the salary cap is the same for all clubs and so the carrot is success with money about the same no matter where a quality player like Chip plies their trade Wins for 2014 4-6 I hope, but could definitely be lower - to be honest I'm more interested in seeing that % go from mid-50s to somewhere around the 85-90% mark, indicating that we are right in games to win them, not simply blown off the park week after week

Dawes is off to the AIS in Canberra to seek treatment on his calf injuries. 2 to 3 likely to be the classic MFC 4 to 6!

Dress won't be back by round 2, I believe, judging from the news that he's off to the AIS in Canberra to seek treatment on his calf injuries.

Ha, Lloyd agreed with her!

Craig thought it was pretty thin...

Potted it on Classified tonight. Article tomorrow?

park in the parking lot over by the docklands wheel. $6. and agree - find someone who is a medallion club member and get their seats. otherwise docklands is a nightmare.

still happy with my pick for port for top 4.

Kid is a star.

Patton or Boyd in 2015 / 2016 please. Even if Clark does retire mid-year I would imagine his salary will still be on our books until then? If Frawley (and Dunn) go at the end of 2014, we should have plenty of the mandatory 100% cap to throw around.

shocking news. i feel terrible for the big fella.

Hawthorn Fremantle Sydney Port Adelaide Geelong Collingwood Essendon* North Melbourne Richmond West Coast Adelaide Gold Coast Carlton Footscray Brisbane St. Kilda Melbourne GWS *essendon being every chance of losing players so hard to pick their position...

whilst i agree this would be an ideal scenario, by 2017-2020 i would wager that we will want significantly more $$ than that given the inflation in the market of player salaries, admin costs etc. still, it would be a great thing to have two major sponsors once more.

Jackson Trengove named for port after initial fears he'd miss first month of the season and not training for the last month or so. I have hopes for Hogan, Clark and Dawes all playing! (Not really.)

so did fox footy get wind of it, and it's actually being announced tomorrow? is the airline listed on the chinese stock exchange, or anywhere else for that matter?

Where's the announcement? What's the term and level of sponsorship?

All articles that have appeared this morning definitely seem to think that if he does go then it'll be automatically a first round pick because of his age and likely contract size. The Age story also states that most oppo clubs actually believe he'll stay as he wants to see the club have some success. For what it's worth, I completely agree with munga AND RPfc - our inability to achieve any success over a sustained period of time has us cast as a mid- to lower-tier club like north, footscray et al, and the big clubs will cherry pick from us. It's a perpetuating cycle, and free agency is a boon for the likes of Adelaide, west coast, hawthorn, Collingwood etc, while an absolute disaster waiting to happen for the likes of us. I hate it, and never wanted it in the afl. Once thru remove compensation in a year or two ten we will REALLY see the small clubs such as ours suffer.

i rate him, and have always done so. he was great on debut vs hawks in 06, so i've always had a soft spot for him. remember those heady days when we belted teams by 75 points. team like fricken hawthorn??? 13 possessions, 8 marks, 2 goals 2. i thought we had the next schwarz on our hands! he got crucified by bailey.

god the administration of this club has been nothing short of pathetic. god i hope we hold onto both he and dunn. they would have to be just about the youngest blokes on this list, i reckon: Jason Porplyzia, Ben Rutten (Adelaide Crows); Jonathan Brown, Ash McGrath (Brisbane Lions); Michael Jamison, Kade Simpson, Jarrad Waite (Carlton); Nick Maxwell, Tyson Goldsack (Collingwood); Dustin Fletcher, Leroy Jetta, Jason Winderlich (Essendon); Garrick Ibbotson, Luke McPharlin, Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle); Corey Enright, James Kelly (Geelong Cats); Brad Sewell (Hawthorn); James Frawley, Lynden Dunn (Melbourne); Leigh Adams, Michael Firrito, Brent Harvey (North Melbourne); Domenic Cassisi, Kane Cornes, Tom Logan, Paul Stewart (Port Adelaide); Shane Edwards, Jake King, Chris Newman (Richmond); Sam Fisher, Jarryn Geary, James Gwilt, Lenny Hayes, Clint Jones (St Kilda); Adam Goodes, Nick Malceski, Ryan O’Keefe, Lewis Roberts-Thomson (Sydney Swans); Sam Butler, Dean Cox, Darren Glass, Matt Rosa (West Coast); Matthew Boyd, Daniel Giansiracusa, Dale Morris, Robert Murphy, Tom Williams (Western Bulldogs).

very sad.

So apparently Roos said on 360 last night something to the effect that there's no time frame on Jesse being fit again?

it's unlikely that that will happen at the end of this season, i reckon. next season is more likely, with the announcement made this year.

Well hopefully they've peaked too early, because quite frankly I can't stand them. On Pete Ryan's side, I really hope Jimmy T is given the first few weeks in the vfl. He needs I remember what it's like to find the pill. When does their season start?

Toumpas certainly needs an extended spell of playing vfl. He may have had a great summer on the track, but his actual playing form on the park has been bitterly disappointing. He looks a mile off it at senior level. He also looks a hell of a lot stockier and slower than he did in the sanfl. Personally I doubt whether he's going to make it an an outside mid at afl level. He's too slow by half, and just jogs around. His hands in close looks okay so he might be able to convert to an inside player, but it'll basically take a football re education on his behalf. I advocated taking him over Wines if available but he's miles behind Ollie, who looks ready to keep getting better entering his second season.