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Davey's contract may have a year to run, but he CAN'T run anymore. His body is cactus. He and the club will come to an agreement to end it at 2012. Swap Bennell and Bate around - Jamie has more upside than the big red prawn, unreliable as his disposal may be - and it's hard to disagree with any of the above. I'd probably delist Bail too, actually. His skill level is atrocious.

can someone provide a link to knightmare's mock draft, please?

no, we won't. we deserve to though.

Travis is a gun, but the only player on our list that would be an acceptable trade for him in Port's eyes would be Trengove. That's how highly rated he is down Alberton way. He doesn't have the breakaway speed that we desperately need, but he does have the ball-getting and goal-kicking ability that we also desperately need. I think if any club was going to get him it would be Geelong...but it's a moot point as I can't see him leaving the Power.

Just to be contrarian, save fpr the injury to Jurrah, i'd like to see an unchanged side. leave em all in, tell em to turn it around.

All good, thanks Demonland.

What's happened to the mobile version of the site for members? I'm getting the full web experience on my mobile, which is harder to read.

seems kaspersky is staying involved with football - now the coaches' partner at collingwood.

39 possessions last week, but that's a rarity for him. Quick and a good kick. Would love to bend the Crows over and get him for that mid-round 1 pick.

We will be forced to use our first pick, and that's fine. The kid is a gun. The team that's likely to get the absolute bargain is Essendon - Joe Daniher would be the meat in the Whitfield and Viney sandwich at picks 1, 2 and 3. He's going to be a great player.

good result. be interested to know the $$ value. hopefully another will come on board for our next home game.

so dunn the sub again? or tapscott?

petterd dropped too, alongside bennell and macdonald. agree with chook - petterd has the ability to be a game-breaker, but he really does go hot and cold

Billy has been on the horizon for about 3 years now, developing nicely. Fingers crossed he's the goods.

I don't think in the scenario of finishing 16th we get pick #9 as our mid-round one compensatory pick - it's after all other teams outside the 8 have used their picks, I think. As the Dogs have elected to use their after their round 1 selection pick for Ward, it'd be pick #13 assuming they finish outside the top 8 as well. I think GC17 have one too, but theirs is tied to where Adelaide finish, and they should - on balance - be a top 8 side.

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yeah, we're in big, big trouble in 2012. neeld and his (mostly) new-look panel have inherited a basket-case both on- and off-field. this could be in excess of 150 the diff the way it's going.

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well, i'm perhaps more pessimistic than you. our brand has taken a horrific beating since '186', and i don't know how it can recover.

it is an absolute disaster. at least the club made the correct decision. but we are going to be feeling the ramifications of this for YEARS to come. while we will survive the current media rights deal - which requires 18 teams in the competition - our future as part of the afl will be sorely questioned thereafter.

i will be disgusted if we don't sever ties with energywatch.

he and howe - who flew for everything, spoiling his teammates a lot of the time - looked like the only players capable of clunking a mark. clark's timing was horrible. martin's field-kicking was pretty respectable too, and he's a solid shot for goal. i wouldn't trade him at all. think he's got the makings of a very, very good player.

i'll go with, from the 2 22's: the ones: B: newman - frawley - garland HB: j grimes - d grimes - deledio C: watts - d martin - trengove HF: howe - clark - foley F: vickery - riewoldt - nahas Foll: jamar - cotchin - jones I/C: s martin - magner - mckenzie Sub: conca the twos: B: bartram - rance - post HB: macdonald - rivers - s morris C: tynan - jackson - bail HF: edwards - miller - houli F: davey - green - a maric Foll: i maric - moloney - tuck I/C: grigg - bate - b ellis Sub: blease line-ball btw mckenzie and jackson as the final midfielder on the bench, and i reckon conca is ahead of blease at this stage.

my guess would be 'under contract'.

port adelaide have a class midfield - hartlett, boak, brett ebert, cassisi, mccartney, plus gray (who didn't play) - and an array of tall timber up front - schulz, butcher, westhoff, d stewart - that will cause a lot of sides trouble in 2012. far better than our options. it's arguable that their backline is comparable to ours, with only frawley a fair bit ahead of his direct line opponent (carlile). rivers and chaplin are about equal, i'd take surjan over bartram in a heartbeat, pearce and grimes is a close call, probably just in favour of pearce as he's a proven entity, and p stewart is miles ahead of joel macdonald. i had port several positions ahead of us - 12th compared to 14th - before round 1, and after round 1 it could conceivably be far greater. and tigers are clearly further advanced in their rebuild than us. as are the kangas. and essendon. and west coast (who scored someone who could be the best key forward in the competition in a trade for one of the best mids in the comp, and thus 'won' the trade in my opinion).