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Interesting that the North boys in that thread want Gysberts in return.

He's different to Gysberts because he can and does run. Furthermore (going by my distant memory of the handful of games he played in 2011) he runs to the right spots to win the ball in space. I also remember him being quick, but a poor user of the ball. There are tools there to work with and it sounds as if his attitude is good, so hopefully his body can hold up enough for him to show us what he's got.

Exactly. He's a big midfielder (that is poor by midfielder standards) who is an average ruck and can't mark. He's Paul Johnson with a big IQ.

Out: MFC experience In: Successful club experience. That sounds like an influx of experience to me.

What would they do with him? They'd be in exactly the same bind as we are with him; their first ruck is better than Martin and he makes a lousy forward.

Hangon, Who could it be? How do I tie "Rassilon" in to this joke? Gone. Again.

Because they lost two players.

if it was considered that Byrnes and Moloney cancelled out then it's a near certainty that if we'd have just received another pick like the one we'd got, and furthermore we'd have risked not actually landing Byrnes. Your reasoning that we'd have gotten two higher picks instead of one crap one doesn't make any senseat all.

I was disappointed to see Woey, Powell, Thompson and Farmer go. Not sure if it's battle weariness or what but I find that I couldn't care less about the latest lot to leave. The level of success seen with the player is proportional to my fondness for them I guess.

A good conspiracy theory, but I reckon the salary thing is more likely. Pearce and Chaplin would have been moving on reasonable money while Rivers and Moloney would just take whatever they could get, hence the imbalance in compensation.

Ah yes, I still had the idea that they added together, but the Port compo shows otherwise. Brain fail.

Wow. That amounts to almost nothing. We should have just waited until Byrnes was delisted like everyone else did and it would have made a bit of a difference. Spewing.

Surely you've been around long enough to realise what you are dealing with here...

Nice work, you managed the "Dunn is tough and competitive" clanger AND a Morton backhander in a thread that has nothing to do with him whatsoever, all in the one post.

It's surprising, but we see only a fraction of their interaction with the club. Obviously the club sees or knows something not visible from the outer.

is that right? I thought for non-interstate rookies it was only 1 year with the second year optional.

Most of the names in this thread are too old for me. It's not often at nearly-30 that I feel like a baby, but Demonland makes a habit of doing it to me.

One club will win and still be outside the top 8!

We live in the future! It's 2012, surely there's some nerd out there with a laptop, wireless broadband dongle and camera to put out a live stream?!

I guess it's clear Jared won't stay. In the mean time the content of this thread has converged with this one -> http://demonland.com/forums/index.php?/topic/31667-jared-rivers-fa-latest-gone-to-the-cats/ so I see no reason for this one to continue.

What condition is his body in? Sorry, shouldn't be so obtuse - just saying there could be reasons for the shortened contract other than just being disrespectful. You'd have heard the same rumours as me about both the club and Jared being concerned about his longevity. Not saying it's necessarily the case, just that we shouldn't just automatically assume we're treating a player like garbage.

That is bloody hilarious cooko. A bit rough but very funny. As for Rivers, I feel neither here nor there. From a personal point of view I'm mildly disappointed, but it's almost wholly offset by the knowledge that from a footy point of view we're probably going to be net-better off. Another everyone wins moment IMO,

Nudge's OP in his first thread ranks as the most "liked" post since we brought the like system in and the OP in this thread ranks 9th. Honestly, if he can't take a pot shot or two in amongst what is highest rated content in the entire site, he must have the world's thinnest skin.

Cool, more rule changes! It's like I get to watch a new sport each and every year.

Given the only player of the three that I've seen play is Sylvia and he's flaky, inconsistent and arguably lazy, I don't see what I could possibly learn from "no". I also didn't see a viable alternate suggestion.