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Hardly !! by comparison what have we accomplished ??? SFA !! Sydney do things a bit differently from the Victorian norm ( and i mean how dare they...what do they know...apart form winnig a premiership !! ) Because the poor unfortunates finished higher than us thy dont ahve ashiny shiny pick...so they use it differently.. I for one would watch them with interest.. we're so damn lucky having pick 4...they must be so bloody jealous !! ( NOT !! )

couldnt give us 39 tattlotto numbers !! ( then Id know the six to pick )

Ok...lets be a little realistic about this.... We rate ( sorry the general consensus apparently is.....) that TJ is in the top ten of our club. now thats probably true. It says more about the general ste of our club rather than the actual calibre of the player. Bit like the perennial student's report card ....."has ability...can do better " and thats Trapper, has promised so much for SOooooooooo long without consistently ( read people...c.o.n.s.i.s.t.e.n.t.l.y ) delivering. Always within a whisker..never over the line for more than a couple of games. We as a club often get starry eyed and biased in our appreciation of our players; god knows Im accused of it..lol ..hehe . i digress. But just for the moment lets step back and see what the rest of foooty world think.. Ok..how many clubs are champng at the bit and killing the grass as they stampede to pick up Trapper ??????/ lets count them shal we... after me... there's.... hmm...and...ummm.. welll... !! actually ; theres no one !! Now wake up and smell the flowers !! He just a good average player ..nothing excelling or brilliant. Maybe by "our" rose colured standards but not apparently by anyone elses. Indee more interest in Frosty ffs !! Its not about dissing th ejumper..nor belittling a player...just calling it as it is. we'd be lucky to get a second round pick at present...such is life

yes apparently 4 21 37 53 and 69 are in reality Honey Chicken, Cantonese beef, prawns in Black Bean , large Special fried rice and home made dim sum !! who'd da thunk !!

http://realfooty.com.au/news/news/jolly-go...1695739735.html Jolly accepts new 4 year deal with the Swannies, so thats him taken care of so all of you worrying he might have been returning, or those eagrefor it......its all off. ought to be a short thread this one...lol

whether anyone likes it or not ...the exact lay of the land as much as who actually has whatpicks..or onforwardingplayers etc wont be finished til this goes through. Some will say...well why wait just get on with whatever deals you can. To some degree this can and wil be done where it doesnt effect the bigger picture , otherwise any possibly involved club will want to try to ride the coat-tails of the Judd deal if they can and better their trading. So like it or not ,this IS the pre-eminent deal of the week and much will flow afterwards WCE will take pick 3, a player and some other pick , whether its pick 20 or a bettered option through trading.

Neeta will play on for some very simple reasons First of all he has a contract to do so for 2008 !! secondly , thirdly and otherise , he has a contract to play in 2008 !! lol He'll go one more year. He knows its his last. He knows we will play 500% better in 2008 and he'll want to enjoy his swansong and good luck to him.

very succintly put !! B)

you may want to check on how many registered players there are now in Africa ??..a makes a mockery of all other comps put together

at least the rot may have stopped !!

McEvoy looks interesting For some reason I sorta like Grant.. but Athletic 2m runners dont come along often do they ? lol . Going to be an interesting draft. have to see what pix we end up with after next week !! #4 and ...who knows !! lol

not a lot of big bodied athletes out of asia... some yes, i grant you...very much the exception!! You need to look at locales with developing interest in our game and with "known" and quantified athletic possibilities. for me Africa is the ideal.. .But hey...who cares where they're from !! The average "sporty" African teenager is going to romp the Beep test...lol

HATE is reserved for the Filth, Scum-land etc.. lol

I agree wholeheartedly re any known cases of OP.. its just a minefield. Lets some other club take that chance..

Its all revolves around that pick 3. if , as I have always thought WCE settle on pick 3 and abandon ( accept reality ) on pick 1 then that 3rd selection may not necessarily go the way its been mooted. As result I seriously think melbourne have only a rough idea of who they will land at 4 simply because its not a dead cert who wil stil be there at that early point. id rate Cotchin as maybe a 30% chance

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,2...1-23211,00.html read last paragraphs and you get the impression Cuz aint going anywhere !! still, this is footy !! lol

a solid defender yes... a fullback NO !! we desperately need a grade 1 fullback. Hopefully one of our picks might be used to addres this.

I reckon we ought to look in new directions. If the talent of someone like Paul Magumbwa ( south fremantle ) is any guide then there is a mine of talent waiting to be tapped in Africa. It'll be raw and need to be groomed..but its exciting and bloody good !! and they run all day...ALL DAY !!

lets Cuz go to the Doggies...they seem to be chasing every player not tied down!!

heres the thing...Scarlett IS a full back.. carroll is a good 2nd up defender... a huge difference !!

the thing to keep in mind about next year is it will be treated as a transition year. The changing of the guard.. team Demons 09 is going to be a very different beast

This is the thing, he all but commands the first up defender. To not do so affords him great freedom. The opposition is dmaned if they do and damned if they dont.. he'll play on.. it will be his "golden pond " year..lol. He might be rested during games a little more, allowing someone else more 'experience' it wouldnt be like Neeta to not give it one final crack !!

yep ....we could find him a town house near King St !! out of the frying pan and into the fire !!

It may not be Trappers choice in the end. Or am I misinformed ?

Richard Pratt to admit breaking law http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...478-601,00.html I can see the attraction of Carlton... such high moral and ethical standards... oh yeah I really enjoyed this line...... "is aimed at securing an early negotiated settlement with the ACCC and avoiding months of potentially damaging publicity for Mr Pratt and his multi-billion-dollar business empire. " what other goodies does he want remaining "secret" ?? together with "Hotel Deal collapses"... but apparently they forgot to tell Judd !!...lol http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/blue...1091368152.html to this recipe add the shenanagans they propose to outsmart the Eagles.. add it all up and you have one altogether cess pit of an environement. I was naieve... I didnt understand the attraction; .......its all clear now !!! :D Little by little it al starts to unravel. Can't wait for the next instalment !!!