Deeman

The whole world knows everything these days. The story goes that a number of clubs were interested in Liam Jurrah a few years ago. Scouts were sent to Darwin. They all saw each other there and a few days later they were all spying at training when the Warlpiri Wizard was invited to North Melbourne. You can play your cards close to the chest but you can't hide much these days and your recruiters need to put time into players if you're serious about getting them.

Wrong thread. Should be in blah blah blah.

I take it that Scully's still in rehab with the knee?

No. GWS is doing what it's doing because, unlike the GCS, it can't attract established stars in the 23 to 27 year ago group so it plundered some young players leaving it with a list that will find it hard to achieve success in the short term and lacking in the basis for a proper team build in the medium term. Time will tell but I have them down for a massive fail.

I think Denham's mind snapped the day we gave Nathan Carroll the flick. Still holds a grudge that we didn't keep him on the list.

Rumour doing the rounds in Rooty that GWS bought the local Jenny Craig franchise for Mr. and Mrs. $cully. Unconfirmed ATM but if true, would that come under the cap?

Why thank you. My favourite animal is a horse.

Pardon me but shouldn't this be in the other Scully thread? What's that? Really? He took the GWS offer? Your kidding but he said ...

What a fantastic gesture from Jimmy Stynes to offer Mitch Clark his number 11 guernsey!

To me, he'll always be regarded as Ned Scully. Not because he took the money and did a runner but because of the contempt in the way he and his camp treated this football club, its players and supporters. Thankfully, we have enough good people at that club to overcome and Ned's previous presence at the MFC will be well and truly erased when the first siren sounds at the start of next season.

Dustin Martin, a set of steak knives and detention after school for you Master Jack Attack.

What exactly are Gumbleton's injury and fitness issues and could the introduction of people like Neil Craig and David Misson help him with these now that they are at the club.

Goldsack -> yes Byrnes -> no

Not the same Wolfmother who reckons Scully's staying?

Why the hell not?

By 2017 Scully has experienced life in football's wasteland and failure at GWS which for three years is an embarrassing basket case for the AFL and the football community until it is finally killed off after only five wins (three against Gold Coast, one against Port Adelaide and the other against Collingwood who crash disastrously immediately after losing assistant coach Mark Neeld) and is replaced by the Tasmanian Devils who take him on a substantially reduced contract. Scully, who is hampered by a degenerative knee condition and distracted by a lengthy court battle to recover vast amounts of unpaid debts from the GWS receivers, spends the next three years rotating from convalescence to rehab to the odd game with the Devils' VFL team where he befriends team mate Brendan Fevola, turns to drinking and gambling, puts on massive amounts of weight and ends up resembling his father (or Peter Griffin, take your pick) in stature, build and personality. By 2017, the down and out Scully is given his opportunity by the multiple premiership winning Demons who are magnanimous in refusing to hold a grudge about their former player. He is offered and accepts a contract from the club as assistant doorman beating disgraced former AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou for the job. And they live happily ever after.

In that case it's a pity you didn't put your hand up for the job.

Doesn't necessarily make Scully the liar. Maybe it was the coach who was telling porkies at the time and he got lucky.

Blood money - love the expression.

GWS website. Make sure you have a sick bag with you.

Magnificent!

That was funny but not as funny as Scully and his old man traipsing around the Tullamarine Airport making dicks of themselves denying that the decision already had been made.

Scully who? Already the banner with JT has added new life and ferocity to the site.

So I guess they'll move the Boxing Day test from the MCG to Skoda Stadium as well. The boys are going to be bloody upset about that one, I bet.

I really prefer that it not be Todd Viney. I don't think it's proper for a father to coach his son. Also we need an outsider to come in and start from fresh, whoever that may be.