beelzebub

right back at ya !! Show me just how f'n brilliant they were !!! go on

a point....they scored a point ??

standalone teams in VFL serve a different purpose to those of alligned !!

Heres the , to me, hole in the logic.. If Neeld and Craig do such a job that whomever folowed was to be successful as the legacy they left was sound. Why would you not let them continue as they were/are obviously on the right track ? So manyhere expect overnight turnarounds..This build and refinement WILL take seasons. It will take that long because we are coming from such a low base. Is that the fault of Craig and Nelld ? Hardly its the fault of successions of inept FD's and coaches. So many want to judge the abilities of these blokes on where we are right now. For miines thats ridiculous. A years time will give a much clearer indication of direction and progress.

No we wont...well.. the context of the "when" is the issueThe list has ALREADY been analyzed. What happens now is the printing of pink slips What happens now is the ramping up of contact with players' managers What happens now is carnage........and if its not I for one will want to know why. What really happens now is step 2, the cull.

http://youtu.be/LMc263klrMQ

Might be well suited to that little cricket ground up north .

exciting isnt it...lol might celebrate later with a banana daquiri !!

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its always family

good...thats a start to the FA compensation equation )

doesnt exist lol And this is why nothign will ever really happen. The AFL will simply attend to it fromnt eh other end so to speak by removing orl limiting the rewards for "list managing". Though at the end of the day every club is within its rights to seek the best outcome of ITS choice, not necessarily that of the bookies etc. Funny though, its as though this is only a modern thiing. "Manipulating" thiings has been since the day dot

Repeat after me " There is no tanking*" ....................................* source the esteemed Vlad !!

Raise the bar ? Certainly make for change from having to drink heavily at it !!!

Cbf.... Id actually agree

Didnt know Nicnat could coach. There you go, learn something everyday

try not to be repetitive ?? cant ya just close it again

and hed have lots of chums to keep him company !!

got their work cut out for them those guys ..lol

I think what happens here is someone like Clark sees a kindred spirit in Neeld. add 1 + 1 and you get 3's value i.e the knock of synergy. this is what we need to get across the raft of players coming in ( and build in those there) . All pulling in the same direction

what you say is true..i was being a little too clever perhaps with rpfc..lol

The most annoying thing abouth this bloke is that if he ever put in 4 qtrs for 22 games at at least 75% of his ability hed be an absolute gem. its just that about 98% of us just think this will never happen. In that light we'd want a player that was maybe 75% as good but 100% of the time as opposed to the 15% of brilliance most of the time you get with Col its all about return. Anyone in investment will get this no doubt

is he ....lol ( sorry )

It is an interesting aspect.I have a take on whats transpired at the Dees, but my caveat is its only my opinion Context. There is much written on these pages that seemingly makes observatiosns on this year as though it is in some way in isolation. Its not. This year is the first of 3 for Neeld. I have the gut feeling that the Board actually are looking at 5 but this may have seemed overgenerous at the beginning so things were tempered with 3 and a "look and see" overview.. Now this puts 2012 in a position of being the START to things. Neeld stated from the outset that he would watch and make value judgements as to the players upon what he saw. This initally was taken to be the preseason but I think in Marks thinking that 2012 represents the 'larger" look and judgement of the club ( player wise ) its ok to put in a good preseason and maybe camouflage your actual dedication but over a season all is revealed. Possibly Neeld has stood back a little and just fed yards and yards of rope to all and sundry who would take it. Not being draconian in repsect of overseeing at the gym and such might be part of this strategy. i.e Lets see who actually applies themselves. Who walks the walk. Noone has anywhere to run to now. Neeld and the FD will now know the tru nature and character of all those who aspire to donning the red and blue. Players have had their chances. Some took to it with gusto, some spat the dummy, some just arent up to it and some maybe just didnt realise they were performing a year long test. Same context EOS-2012 and season 2013 onwards Neeld enacts Phase 2. A broom (or as some would prefer a scythe ) swept through the team and replacements brought in. A quite different Demon team takes to the track and the game ramps up. Summary.. 2012 was about sifting Wheat from the chaff. Post 2012. Time to bake a premiership pie

lol. Lets hope we can entice more Champions !!