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Because he isn't a household name. As far as I know, that's the only reason. The MFC obviously rated him if he's stayed on as an assistant for so long. [Edit: Sorry, the post above me wasn't here when I opened the thread]

I posted this on Demonology: Riley has shown that he obviously knows the technical aspects of the sport; he accepts no nonsense, knows what the players need to do, and pulls them up if they don't do it. He knows a bit about tactics too. In short, he's a good match day coach. There's still an awful lot of unknowns about him though. How good is his communication with the players? With the other staff? How would he go being a list and player manager as well as a coach? How well does he delegate tasks to others? How good is his instincts regards to when to include young players? The latter is an area Neale was particularly good at. So far he's proven to know his stuff with regards to on field matters but there's a hell of a lot of other skills he needs to demonstrate (more to the board than us) before he gets close to getting the top job.

Spot on. There's zero chance of Ward being delisted, he's played nearly every game this year.

Moloney's the only AFL grade small left available, unless you count Pickett. That's the only reason he's named as an emergency.

Backs: D.Ward, N.Carroll, J.Frawley Half backs: L.Dunn, C.Bizzell, N.Brown Centreline: P.Wheatley, J.McDonald, C.Bruce Half forwards: S.Godfrey, R.Robertson, A.Davey Forwards: C.Sylvia, B.Miller, M.Bate Followers: J.White, B.McLean, N.Jones I/C: P.Johnson, C.Johnson, M.Newton, S.Buckley Emergencies: C.Garland, B.Moloney, B.Holland In: C.Bruce Out: R.Petterd (punctured lung)

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Thread cleaned again, this is getting dull. Next time it's closed, don't have time to sit here and delete posts all day.

Just deleted 16 posts out of this thread. It'd be good if we could all play nice please.

Indeed. Didn't think QC was the type to get in pub brawls

Indeed bub, I completely agree. It's not doomsaying, it's just coming to grips with what looks like an increasingly real possibility. Jaded's right in that it is too early to write Moloney off yet, but personally I am preparing for the possibility that he'll sooner or later lose his battle with OP.

Why is Bate's name being thrown around? Personally I don't like the idea of filling our leadership group with too many under 25s. McLean is an exceptional leader and has been since he arrived at the club. You can't say the same about Bate. Let him continue to learn the game as he is and become a very good player before lumping extra responsibilities on him.

Not that much has changed, there's only one player in that side that is not still on our list. It is interesting though that of that team, 8 are presently out injured and two are languishing at Sandy.

A couple of years? I can't see how that's possible. If he has another year off the park again next year, then he will go down in history as a "coulda been", and we get to spend the rest of our lives talking about how good he might have been, if only... Beamer's one of my favourite players, but if he has another year where he can't get on the park then unfortunately he's finished. 3 years for less than 10 games? We're talking about an injury where you only have to push yourself that 1% too hard and its up again. You have to draw the line somewhere. That said, if he is able to get his body right then yes, he'll retain his spot for the next couple of years.

The players themselves would never "tank" deliberately. However, when you leave out the only bloke in your side who can kick goals and the only bloke in your side who can ruck in any capacity whatsoever, it makes it very difficult to win a game of footy. We beat Carlton in this game primarily because they went out of their way to field a worse team than us. That's pretty much the crux of the issue.

Two reasons: 1. We didn't try to "slow it down". Not sure whether it was the change of coach or the change of on-field leadership that did it, but we kept trying to score right until the end. Our team stinks at wearing down the clock (or "icing the clock" as some call it, whatever that means). 2. Our opposition were/are tanking in a big way.

Rivers? Carroll? Rivers at pick 20 odd was an absolute gem and more than cancels out Rogers.

Any more names we need to squeeze in there? Frawley and Petterd haven't been mentioned yet.

Steven Armstrong. There have been some stinkers with flags to their name.

...which is why I found it doubtful he'll be traded. Unless he's part of a complicated deal I think it unlikely that anything we get in return for him on his own is ever going to amount to the fair-good value he has in our side.

I think you've added CJ out of wishful thinking Jaded, but I might be wrong. I remember it as Dunn to Buckley to Bate to Juice.

My understanding is he was one player who was put on the trade table in a big way last year and got no worthwhile nibbles. IMO he's a fair-to-good player who is far more value to us as a player than he is as trade currency. A keeper for mine.

We're not all strange, it's just the Tassie coach that is an oddball. I reckon Daryn Cresswell has single handedly destroyed his coaching career this year.

Is everybody over this season? Not really, I think the season still has a lot to offer. Does anybody care if we lose this Sunday? Winning or losing is less important to me at this point than just seeing the right signs. Do people actually want us to lose to get the best draft picks possible? No. I never "want" us to lose. Will you be upset if we lose? As above, winning or losing is less important to me at this point than just seeing the right signs, but I am always upset to some extent when we lose. Are you going? I'll be watching it on TV; would go if I could. Crowd? 40,000

It'd be interesting to see Sandy's forward line if Newton, Dunn and Miller all line up for the Dees with Sautner also not available.

Andrew was drafted by Brisbane the year after we drafted Darren; also didn't go. I've always wondered how that works though. Did players have to nominate for the draft then, or could clubs just name anyone? If they did have to nominate, why would players (such as the Jarman boys) nominate themselves if they had no intentions of going where they were drafted?