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I smells a rat but I guess they figured their list is in OK shape now so they could afford to take the hit now rather than having it hanging over their head for another year.

OK then! Maybe some kind person will give us a report.....

Open Session as tweeted by the club.....

Second stupidest thread ever.

So he can have an excuse for failing to deliver in his 9th season...... (oh but I didn't have a full pre-season)

You misogynist pig

Either JT or OW is an excellent pick up.

We could be that stupid....

Go and watch the Ess game again. Watched it last night and he played very well..

Davey - once upon a time), Clark, Dunn's not bad....

Wow. This is now officially a can of worms. 16 players on the Visy payroll. News headline "Integrity officer at AFL on stress leave." Can find any and has been looking for a few years........

Here comes another 1300 thread count. [shoulda taken NikNat etc ...yawn....BTW if we had lost the Kruezer cup we would have had NikNat as well as Watts...]

Had that feeling in 2011........

So it was. Sorry I couldn't be bothered searching back though to find out where I read it! I agree with your sentiments.

We all hope that he can do it.

Probably. As one poster put it. Col has a good year and he will get offers. Col has a bad year we probably won't want him after 9 season. The only way I see him staying is if he has a reasonable year and we are looking OK to play finals for the next couple of years.

Who says??

I got that. But when you have more accredited media than footy players then they are all searching for a story to fill the back pages. The AFL might want to write content but they cant force the papers to use it.

Concerning that Tappy is hanging out with these two rocket scientists. And I have read that COl is unhappy Beemer has been turfed. With Col an UFA in 2014 will be interesting to see how this year goes.....

Not sure the AFL can control what journos write. What they can and want to do however is produce the visual content that they will sell to the highest bidder in packages of Friday night games, finals etc. Channels will use their own commentators. We will all have the option to pay say $10 a week to have the AFL produced game content streamed to the device of our choice including internet connected TVs. The AFL will reap billions out of this. Far higher than selling the rights to FTO TV stations. Tomorrow the world......

Exactly. I am over getting excited about our draft picks and trades as we head into Xmas. Would like to see some pre-season competitiveness. We have been really poor for 6 years in the pre-season and it has led to poor years. In case you need reminding, the last time we won a round 1 match was.............................................................................................2005. So get excited all you want. Its actually the most exciting part of the year for a melbourne supporter. Just not for me.

Well now you have really thrown the toys out of the pram. Happy to criticise me yet you haven't commented on one of my facts. Hard to deny that he has underachieved isn't it? And then to point out your 'credentials' as a 50 year member and 'player'. Its laughable. You should read them back to yourself before you post.

We have been paying the full cap by front loading. And its not because we don't have the money - we have a young list.

Having an opinion = God?? Wow you're killing me with your comments. Keep trying. So going by your logic Isaac Weetra and Brent Grgic would still be here because we can't criticise them and they must be given every chance to become a consistent player. Col is lucky to still be here. Has totally underperformed. Didn't realise it was school holidays already....

Not a great comparison I would say. In 2012 Dawes 89 ho, 292 disposals, 16 goals Roughy 222 ho, 392 disposals 41 goals Over career: Dawes Avg 1.7 ho, 12.5 disposals, 1.2 goals Roughy Avg 2.9 ho, 13 disposals, 1.8 goals My point is Dawes has never kicked more than 30 goals. If ppl are expecting him to be a 50 goal a year player there is no evidence to suggest he can be.