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Wasn't Melbourne listed though of course.

I find it hard to argue with too, because it is so illogical that I can't get my head around how to reason through it.

Except for a valuable spot on the list for 3 years, which is far more than nothing. In hindsight we would have been better off just delisting Gys and keeping the picks.

I agree Jack; claiming that the Freo fans told us relies on the flawed premise that the fans have any idea what they're on about. I think we've demonstrated pretty comprehensively in the last 5 years or so that as a collective, we don't.

How does it tie in with the rest of the salaries, future salaries and so on? You can't really work out what is reasonable to pay one player when you don't know what the rest of the players are getting.

I can't find the words to adequately portray my relief and gratitude that he wears an MFC jumper at the moment.

What a pair Pedersen and Dunn make. Hoooooooly cow. Don't care who replaces them.

No, the board made a shocking call and hired him.

I'm scared that you're serious, and even more scared to ask you to elaborate.

While I wholeheartedly agree with the need for the information to be out there Redleg, the truth has never stopped the bashing before and it never will. The fact is, the football media and the general football public prefer a version of events that gets people talking and winds us up. I can't see that ever changing.

Agree P_Man; those three are the ones who come across as the most comfortable and candid. Seems funny that Garland seems so comfortable talking to the media given that he apparently hardly said a word when he first arrived.

My thoughts precisely.

Here's an idea for those who don't want to discuss the collar: don't open the thread. Getting sick of wasting my time deleting posts that contribute nothing other than pissing on the thread.

Premiers.

Is that including or excluding finals? ;-)

notsureifsrs

Ron, this sounds like the Schwab model: let's take these guys with names and find them a job, rather than working out what the jobs are and then finding the right names. This is how we end up with the situation where we've got staff with wishy-washy titles and seemingly no real responsibility. To that end, I'd be surprised if Viney and Craig were both employees of the MFC in 2014.

Clisby named nominated rookie As I understand it, this doesn't necessarily mean he'll play; nonetheless it's a good vote of confidence from the club. Couch would have been an easy choice. Well done.

You're a funny guy. Nobody other than perhaps a small handful of flogs are going to be upset if Clisby has a poor first game. He's a rookie pick, essentially pick one-hundred-and-something.

This level of commentary has reached a new low.

Hawthorn weren't under administration. And presumably the AFL hadn't dealt with him before either.

tonatopia shows a bit of class....

Must have been horrible, watching robots win games regularly.

Without meaning to nitpick... okay, I do mean to nitpick. That's not "confirming", it's just adding another dimension to a rumour. To you your source is good, to us your source is an anonymous member of staff coming through an anonymous member of Demonland.

It isn't up to the new coach - hence the new structure. The only people who should report to the coach, and therefore be appointed by the coach, are the assistant coaches. As for Mahoney, I think it's up to Jackson. I expect he will either become the head of FD, or he'll be redundant.