mauriesy

I go away from this thread for a few hours, and come back to the last page, which is about six pages further on from where I left off. The last page is the same as the last page I read six pages ago. Groundhog Day.

Anyone can make up "a source at the club", a "mate who spoke with the player", a "cousin of his manager" or whatever.

I didn't say I'd want to give away Hogan for nothing.

Too many people see trading like swapcards, with an excessive emphasis on relative value. I'd prefer to see the whole trade period as a holistic exercise. If we have value that we can trade (like a forward or an inside mid) in order to get better improvements to our list where we are lacking (e.g. quality KPB, quality outside, backup ruck) then I don't particularly care what picks are given for an individual. In the end, it will be immaterial if Hogan goes for less than, or something different to, two early first round picks. The main criteria is that the list is improved and we are closer to a premiership.

Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?

I'm sure the team will try extra hard knowing that SWYL is "dissatisfied" and that more missives on the poor history of the club are coming our way on Demonland.

So how are you not going to "accept" it? Make a thousand more boring and critical posts on Demonland? Endlessly bring up our terrible recent history? Appear continually dissatisfied? Try to depress those supporters who have some optimism? And a fat lot of good that will do for the actual team.

Except the Brownlow came from the premiership team just last year.

Who needs analysis when you can have Fawning Bruce?

"if the Dockers are successful ... "

It says a lot for our depth now that we can leave a player like Fritsch out. How's that first round pick for Lever looking? With free agency compensation and priority picks, we might be giving up pick 20.

Clayton can take Angus as his partner and Melksham can take Tom.

It used not to be. But at the moment we are moving the ball more quickly than any other team in the AFL.

Oh no. I think he's gone.

Just you think it's safe to come out, along comes a thread on Gary Rohan.

Agree. We are hopefully past threads on Brendan Goddard, Billy Hartung, Nathan Freeman, Dan Hanneberry and Michael Barlow. But I'm waiting for the reincarnation of the Crameri thread. ?

Eventually. I switched from my computer to a mobile phone, and it worked better. I'm not sure my satellite NBN wasn't stuffing up the system with the latency. M36, five rows from the fence, three bays around from the Geelong cheer squad. Looking forward to their quietness when we win. ?

I've been trying for 45 minutes. I just selected "best available" anywhere, for one ticket each under two memberships. It just constantly throws me to the message "There aren’t enough tickets to meet your request right now. Please try Best Available with a reduced quantity of tickets. If you receive this message even when selecting only one ticket, all remaining tickets are being transacted by other customers." Been timed out twice.

It helps to have some players who can speak lucidly, rationally and with knowledge of the game, to be a good front for the club. It's not the prime selection criteria for talent (Dustin Martin being the prime example), but it's not totally irrelevant. Imagine if the only thing every player on your team could do was grunt and answer in one syllable.

What's wrong with someone who speaks well and plays football well? Not like they're mutually exclusive.

Got through using the mobile version for a brief moment just before 1.00. Ticketek couldn't allocate two tickets in any section I chose, even up to $93.00. Now it tells me "member's tickets are no longer on sale". The website version just sits there going through 15 second cycles.

I didn't realise a TV knows where the signal comes from when someone watches it. So, how many people watch an AFL game on Foxtel? Do you know? What about all the people who might watch it on AFL Live (like me)? Or who stream it otherwise on an internet channel? What about everyone who watches Foxtel in pubs and clubs? You need to update your idea of "television" in terms of exposure.

Last time I saw, Foxtel was TV.

Oh FCS, I've walked the Larapinta trail in July and the weather is very pleasant. Not much different to physical activity anywhere else.

When? We won the game in Alice Springs easily. We won the game in Darwin easily. We won the game after Darwin easily, running away with it in the second half. It's a long bow to suggest Darwin will still be a factor this weekend. Where's the massive fitness advantage to the opposition?