Strawbsodwyer

In the 2006 draft we had a choice out of chip (pick 12) or jack reiwoldt (pick 13), Even considering jack's 10 goals and that we need a key forward I would still take chip any day of the week, the guy is an out and out star.

You can't reward poor performances with senior games, even when you rate someone as a long-term prospect and want to get experience into them. Every player needs to know that if they do the right things they'll be rewarded, and, conversely, that nobodies untouchable and if they don't work to keep their spot, then they'll lose it.

Dunn was dropped, took it on the chin, worked his arse off in the VFL and by all reports played a brilliant game on the weekend. Watts has done nothing in his last two outings. If Watts stays in and Dunn stays out, what kind of message does that send? Where's the motivation for our less fancied players to work hard to improve themselves and prove everybody wrong if we don't even give them the opportunity? Where's the motivation for our more fancied players to be the best they can be, if they'll get games regardless?

Totally agree, what kind of morale are we building for blokes in casey when underforming demons players are not held accountable, dropping him should be seen as part of his learning. He should only be selected again when he has a couple of standout games, not just the one.

whats going on with warnock? dropped because of carlton's pace in the forward line? would that thought rivers would have been the first to get chopped.

I still remember this clown kelly on a friday night at the G it might have been 2006, (it was the day in the wet when we won when davey kicked the goal from the boundary) when he blantly wanted to avoid body contact right near the players interchange we won the ball as a result the effort was one of the softest I have seen. He would be an ordinary player at any other side.

will be very intresting to see how he goes this week, I would imagine he will get taylor who is a very good player, if he holds his own it will be wondeful for his confidence.

spencer in, bad call

This is a crunch game, we have a very hard next few weeks, we can't afford to lose this game, that is why I am not happy with giving wona what appears to be a charity game, he does not deserve selection and I am totally against giving someone a game because it is in Darwin and is indegineous round. As Gotch said, Wona's second half was quiet which attests to someone who is not match fit at the moment, Wona needs to earn his selection.

with bate and petterd out our forward line looks very thin.

never again should he be on the footy show or any footy show for that matter. Media street does not sit well with Colin.

can anyone please confirm how jack watts did in his 20m sprints at draft camp? he just did not appear to have a second gear in terms of speed but I do recall him being one of the quickest at draft camp. Maybe the extra size has slowed him or its just maybe a case of asthetically looking not that fast when he actually is.

with all the scuttlebutt about wattsy I am surprised that there is not a rumour that he was with garry ablett at the logies.

I, amongst others, sponsor the kid, unless he is full of BS he is genuine in his desire to make the grade and is genuinely frustrated that he has had a few setbacks with injury. He is a good kid and will make it in the AFL.

they will come out fired up, we should tread wearily if we are up at 1/4 time we should run over them but I anticipate they will start well.

I get so annoyed with Bailey when the other team gets a bit of a run on, i.e three goals he immediatly puts someone loose in the backline, it is akin to raising the white flag. When we don't have any big targets up forward I would have thought the worse situation would be to have 5 on 6. Further the slow ball movement by overuse of handpasses means by the time we actually get it forward they have flooded. And putting grimes as a tagger on hodge for a bit was just plain stupid, let him be damaging. After saturday I am keen to get rid of bailey, I hope I am proven wrong.

maybe now he has sorted out the financials maybe he can concentrate on telling BP to get another key forward to the club.

he is a bit too loose down back for my liking and his decision making is poor at times, but if he can produce what he did against west coast last year on a more consistent basis then we have a player. At this stage am getting much more excited about trengove.

someone is having a lend of us, because at a function last week watts said that it was his quad that was the problem and he would only be 1-2 weeks away.

my recollection of interview

Asked DB what he thought of the first two games

first game was not how we play the game

second game was playing more attacking footy

started to move the ball more

need to get more games into the young ones, once

we get 40 to 60 games into the players

then we will see the recruiting efforts pay off

expects to see the recruits of three years ago

make an impact on the game

like jack grimes, maric, cheney

big loss in mortan as he is one

of those players to show improvement

and have an impact this year wont

play until round 7 to 8

sam blease coming on nicely chance

to play in second half of season

james strauss DB impressed with his

two games to date attacking back player

callers

asked

kick ins are a worry dont get them in

quickly

response

i know what you mean working on it

but also concentrating on slower set

shots

called them structured kick ins

caller

daniel bell

slow start

challenged him at quarter time showed

improvements after that

caller

start year no key forwards

response

watts as a moving mobile forward

anchor bigger forward in

martin and jamar

asked about injured players

aussie chance to play this week

if not definitely nab 4

bruce nab 4

bates nab 4

final words from DB

we need to give the faithful a reason

to come and see us play

expects membership to be around 30,000 this year

Spot on. I find it disturbing that we may be relying on Jamar and Martin up forward. Jamar should be in the ruck and martin in my opinion is not capable. I really wish we drafted some key tall forwards in the last couple of years so we would have some depth in this area. Looks like Garland will be playing back.

This topic has probarly been done before but I would like to rehash it, After hearing him speak last week he has leadership written all over him, loves the club and a player who looks like he will have a fantastic career, think he would be a great choice for the next captain. Might be too much of a burden but I think he could handle it.

jetta's reason might be the fact that he was rubbish. do not think he would be close to making our best 22 if wona and maric are playing well.

after hearing him speak last night I have no doubt our CHF will be jack, he seems really annoyed with last year and his injuries this year and he is very very keen to get out there and show his stuff.

According to Garland who was also at the night he has been training with the backs but he said he would be happy to play anywhere. The way that he was talking I think he will be down back.

what is our game style? I still don't know all I can see if overuse of the football. I was surprised to see we had players behind the ball at the start of the game, makes it very diffucult to put scores on the board and be direct with the football.

The suggestion was only for this year and would only be for a couple of games. You are right we don't pick number 1's to be taggers. But we should ensure that they obtain the best development and expirence espically in their first year and this, in my opinion, could form part of his development.

This would only be for his first year but here are some points

- He has the engine to go with the best in the AFL.

- Has the capacity to find his own ball in tight situations

- Possess the commitment and competiveness to ensure he does a good job

- Would be a great learning experience in discovering what it takes to be the best in

the AFL

- If Dunn is going to take permenant position on the forward line we don't really have a

stopper apart from junior mac

2010 Ladder position and record: 12th / 8wins 14losses

B & F Winner: Colin Sylvia

Most Brownlow Votes: Colin Sylvia

Most Rising Star Votes: Jack Trengove

Most Improved: Bennell

Our 5 most important players at the end of the season will be: Sylvia, Frawley, Morton, Davey, Benell

2010 Premier: Saints

Wooden Spoon: Port

Brownlow: Judd

Coleman: Pavlich

Slider: Western Bulldogs

Bail- That he can play senior football

Batram- That he is worth another contract

Bate- He can be a top 5 player at the club and a 30+ goalkicker

Bennell- He has the attributes to be the next andrew mcleod as a lot of people have said

Blease- He can get over his leg injury and maintain his pace

Bruce- He can still play an important role and that he is a strong leader

Davey- That he is able to move into the midfield and successfully break a hard tag

Dunn- He is able to cement his spot in the side and that he can call a position his own

Fitzpatrick- That he has the ability to play as a key stand alone full forward.

(presumably as casey)

Frawley- Can he take the next step and be an elite backmen

Garland- Can he get over his injury and that he can show ability as a full forward

Gawn- That he can get over his injury

Green- Same as bruce

Grimes- That he can make the transition to the midfield

Gysbert- That he has the talent to be a future tall mid for the demons

Jamar- That he can get over his injury and show that he deserves to be the demons #1

ruckman

Jetta- He can be our small forward who can kick some goals

Johnson- That he deserves a spot on our list

Jones- That he can cover the loss of mclean and that his foot skills are up to AFL

standard

Jurrah- That his first year was not a fluke

McDonald James- That he can still play a role for the demons in 2010

McDonald Joel- He has the ability to play that quaterback role for the demons

McNamara- That he is able to play at AFL level

Maric- Same as Jetta

Martin- That he is still showing signs of improvement and that he can play a major role

in the ruck

Miller- That his kicking for goal has improved and that he is able to provide a

consistent contest in the forward line

Maloney- Same as Jones and that he can stay injury free for another year

Morton- That he can consistently play at a good to elite level in the AFL

Rivers- That he has the capacity to be adaptable in playing on either a tall and mid

sized forward

Petterd- He can become an important player in our forward line and he can maintain his

defensive pressure.

Scully- That he has the ability to be a future star at melbourne.

Strauss- That he has the ability to be in the senior side.

Sylvia- That he can play at an elite level consistently

Spencer- That he can step up and fight to be our number 1 ruckman

Trengove- Same as Scully

Tapscott- He has the capacity to be guy who we could rely upon to bob up and kick 2-3

goals a game

Warnock- He is able to compete and beat some quality key forwards

Watts- Same as scully and trengove

Woonameri- That 08 was not a fluke and that he is able to get over injury

Sorry to those players who I missed but they are my thoughts. I am sure plenty of you will disagree and am happy to hear your views.