Nasher

Adding fringe players is equal or worse than adding nothing. Seriously, do you think the other club are going be saying "thank heavens we got this hack who is barely even in our best 22 to compensate us for losing one of our stars of the future"? If a priority pick isn't enough and you won't offer both, then you walk away from the negotiation and don't waste the other party's time any further.

On the topic at hand, I agree, but I have always really struggled to get in to the pre-season competition. It always just feels cold and lifeless to me - I liken it to watching F1 cars do their initial practice laps.

My advice: elope.

Just on the mobile device vs desktop thing - Demonland uses a completely separate skin for mobile devices, one that is cut down to the bone to cater for the miniscule screens. By other than that M9's right - you do still need to cater for the lowest denominator for desktop resolutions. The last software upgrade improved the mobile skin considerably - I find it to be very usable, even on my not very user friendly phone. I'm pretty sure the banner doesn't appear on the mobile version at all (or if it does, it's scaled or something - I've never noticed a dodgy, truncated looking banner on there).

Funny - except you forgot Tapscott in the rehab group.

There's only one guy that can update the banner (Andy), and with him having a family, a job and a life, I'd say it'll happen when he gets around to it. Everyone can just wait patiently in the mean time.

Yes, please don't provide examples that might blow my argument out of the water! Anyway, the onus isn't on people to prove you wrong, the onus is on you to prove yourself right.

Given that almost everyone involved except Moloney himself have been shown the door, I'd say that's a pretty emphatic non-acceptance.

He's not exactly a dinosaur, either. At his age he should be around his peak still.

Or perhaps both the player and the support staff genuinely thought that Brent was up to the task at the time. There's no doubt now that he shouldn't have played, but let's not confuse hindsight with foresight. We weren't there, so we can't assume that it was obvious at the time.

Who remembers all the talk about "Scully and Butcher"? Seems like an eternity ago now, doesn't it?

The contrast between seeing the picture of Scully in a paddock somewhere with his shiny new GWS jumper and bogan haircut against seeing Trengove standing up in front of the press as the new MFC [joint] captain gives me goosebumps.

Wow, I was close.

Very pleased with the co-captains. Not a fan of the concept in general, but think we had no other good options in this case. Really pumped for the two guys. I wonder if (or when?) we'll see a single appointment in the future? What makes me most happy though is the complete overhaul of the leadership group. Jamar is the only "old" player in the group (unless you count Jones) - and all the young players who you'd hope would be there are, but more tellingly the players who have failed us as leaders are gone. Brutal, but I couldn't be happier.

I wouldn't be. I want to know yesterday.

An announcement about Jimmy isn't a football announcement.

An announcement about Jimmy isn't a football announcement.

*Football* announcement.

Football announcement. Has to be captaincy, surely.

Knows better than the coach, obviously. I hate it when people use the device at the lower front of their face when given a rare and golden opportunity to use the ones at the side (and depriving me of the opportunity to do so too).

Could see this coming from a long way off, but still lived in hope that it wouldn't all the same. Thanks Jim - your debt demolition effort will go down as one of the most important events in the history of the club, and nobody else could've pulled it off. You've united a fractured club. You did all this while your health hit the rocks completely. One of my earliest favourite players as a young kid in the late 80s, early 90s, turned in to a President whom we'll never see the likes of again (IMO). Not afraid to admit I have a tear in my eye. Please get well.

This is easier said than done. I do agree though.

Replying to an old comment here, but I agree. I'd never heard the "good frame" thing when describing women either. Weird.

I wouldn't say "mods" think it's unworkable, I'd say that was just my opinion. Happy for others to have the discussion, at the end of the day I'll just go with the flow.