Nasher

Why did you bother posting it then? Sometimes I think you just post for the sake of seeing your own alias next to a post.

Not even close to being enough. As I've said you can't add lesser players up to equal a champion player. Ever. Especially not that many, West Coast have no use for (at least) Yze, Miller, Sylvia or Warnock. They'd just be wasting space on their list. The only way West Coast might stop and think is if we had a player worth the equivalent of Chris Judd to offer. We don't.

This is a completely fruitless discussion. It's nice and romantic and all but it's never going to happen. Firstly, West Coast will never let him go. Secondly, to pick up a superstar, you have to trade superstars. If we offered anything involving Miller or Yze for Judd, even coupled with other niceties, West Coast would laugh. You can add as many mediocre players' names to that list as you like, none of them equate to Judd. The problem is that for a player of Judd's qualities, there's not a single thing we could offer that would even come close to filling the void that he'd leave. No, not even Brock.

It was a joke.

This is the key point that those against R&C are missing I think. I haven't got a copy of that Adelaide game handy so my memory is fairly sketchy, but I thought it was more a case of trying to control the ball and pissing around with it too much rather than a true R&C implementation. Even if it was R&C it was completely improvised version rather than a rehearsed, clearly guided one, in a desperate attempt to gain control of a game where we clearly had none. Like anything, it's a tactic you need to practice and redefine a few times until you get it right. Neale and the players will always need a few attempts to get it right. What chef comes up with a new dish and cooks it perfectly the first time?

A fully fit Byron is even better.

I think you're taking what Neale is saying far too literally. My interpretation of "this is a long term project" was "this is a long term project that kicked off in the early 00s and is now really starting to bear fruit, and while we think we're thereabouts for a tilt at the flag, we're continuing to put our longevity plan in to place so that when our old guys retire, our younger generation are ready to come through". It's just a matter of interpretation.

It's the usual fluff list you'd expect to see from people viewing the club from a long distance away without watching any footy or doing any real analysis. Jeff White at #1? Please. And if Daniel Ward is a more important player than Nathan Jones them I'm a... you get the drift.

Completely agree Ash. This was posted by Demonology's resident sensationalist Burnzo last week: Sums it up perfectly I think.

There were a few things that stuck out in my mind immediately after the game: Bizzell, Warnock, Ward and Godders have no roles to play this year barring injury. Bell and CJ made me very, very happy. Buckley showed that he has the ability to become at least a serviceable player. And I finally got to see Frawley's famous kicking action! I'm half disappointed, half relieved that I don't have to go to Launceston next week now.

Aha Satan, you're right. I meant orthodontic. Didn't think that sounded right! Yes, that's exactly it, Mrs Nasher was concerned that it might have some adverse effects on bubs' teeth development.

You've obviously never lived on the west coast then mate. I spent the first 10 years of my life in Strathgordon, and I'd be surprised if it rained any less than 300 days a year. The school there had a giant lino (heated) corridor, designed for the kids to play in at lunch time, because for most of the school year it was too wet to go outside. That's why all the Hydro villages are in the west of the state. It gets much more rain than the east. What you've said is certainly true for the east half of the state though. Yes, Hobart (typically) does get less annual rainfall than any other capital city besides Adelaide.

Congratulations Josh, it's very exciting. My first born turns 6 months today, how time flies! At a day old she saw her first footy game (on TV), and saw the mighty Dees draw against Geelong. I got one of those dummies too, but my wife won't let me give it to Holly. Apparently they're not "orthopaedically sound", whatever that means.

It reminded me of watching footy on ABC.

I've split this in to its own thread... carry on.

I've split the list analysis contents of this thread in to this thread -> http://demonland.nozzs.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=4673

You'd have to be a complete bonehead to do that, seriously. How disappointing and embarressing for the club.

We've taken a few over the last 10 years and they turned out to be complete flops. Nicholas Walsh and Kevin Devine spring to mind.

Best post of your career dazzler. Spot on.

When I read that, my brain wanted to turn both words in to McLean. Odd.

IOU one apology. :D

Yeah, the new version isn't compatible with the old version of the blog, which in turn has broken the PM system. I'll have to get in touch with the authors of the software to figure out how to fix that.

Hi all, As you've probably noticed by now, I've done an upgrade on the forum software we use. There's a lot of enhancements to stuff like creating new posts, you'll come across the new features as you use the new software. You should find that the majority of things are still the same. I did have a problem with the old skin (ie, the dark blue theme), so for now we've had to revert to the IPB default, which is what you're looking at (with all the light blue..). I intend to fix that shortly. In the mean time, enjoy! Let me know if you have any problems doing anything.

Ah, that guy has an ad on TV where he's standing on a giant pitchfork ("Clennett's Mitre 10 Kingston/Huonville"). I've seen him heaps, but I had never made the connection until just now. He's pretty well known down here.

Err, BrownlowBruce, you've missed the point big time there. Sheahan's Top 50 is just a way of providing a concrete example of rating players. You could replace Sheahan's Top 50 with any methodology of player ratings and Franky's point would be exactly the same.