Curry & Beer

hello

is that statement based on anything 'real' or is it just a feeling? thanks for the report

How sad. Deserved to see Aussie holding that cup in a couple of years

which has happened zero times in the history of football forums but of course your particular opinion is the correct one and anyone who disagrees is plain wrong

come on, we can squeeze another 600 posts out of this easy

Bennell and all the high draft picks that have already been mentioned

just wanted to make the 700th Bruce post (including the other big thread) anything left to say?

backhand?

love it

would rather give Bruce a 10 year contract

agree, by definition the more blokes in the group the less significant it is to be a member of it. It should be a highly priveleged position that really has to be earned

he won the B+F last year... look deep in your soul and see if you have a clue in there anywhere

this is s--t by the club just lost one of two players over 27 who won a BnF 13 months ago, for absolutely nil why? because they stuck to their guns. Pig-headed stubborness and idiocy if you ask me. Nathan Jones has just written he is "shattered" as "one of his best mates" is gone. What sort of culture is Bailey setting up down there? We have a galaxy of stars, who when their contracts are up will remember the way those before them were treated and I doubt they will feel like expressing much loyalty to the club. Generally our list management has been great but this is going too far and it's dangerous for the club culture IMO. This is not a clever Brock McLean trade this is just a senseless loss that will cost us a couple of wins next year, which may be the difference between finals or not. Stupid Bailey, stupid.

He definitely could though.. with his recent weight gain he must be right around the height and weight of year-older Frawley, who is a brilliant, genuine KP. The best Key pos backman we have had in a very long time. we ahve seen Morton take same great overhead contested grabs, I can definitely see him becoming a KP. The backline is almost set (though you never know what can happen) but imagine a 3-prong Morton/Jurrah./Watts forwardline that is absolutely unstoppable when these blokes are 25-ish, especially with the service of the unstoppable midfield we nearly certain to have going. Yes!

no doubt in the daniher era we saw certain players getting an 'armchair ride' with regard to contracts and whether or not they deserved to be getting a game. we also held onto blokes too long including the young ones who were never going to make it. This played a big part in our ultimate capitulation to the point we started 2008 with two 100 point beltings! It was also not far off the death of the club in reality. So with that in mind I agree it is great to see them sticking to their guns, HOWEVER each case is different and whatever negatives are associated with keeping him at the club are outweighed by the positive impacts having him there. MOst importantly it is about winning more, that is priority one, we MUST impress and advance further this year on the ladder. DA: You can't just equate the inclusion of Bruce in the 22 as an exclusion of Morton. That's like saying they are both vying for the 22nd spot.. if both earn their place they will be in the same 22. I don't think I need to mention that Bruce has just come in 6th in the B+F while Cale struggled to crack a game even after getting a rocket and coming back, he went out again. If you were trying to win a game of footy tomorrow you would be picking Bruce ahead of Morton every time as the footy dept. obviously are. Now, that's got nothing to do with the player that Morton might (probably) become, but he doesn't have anything to do with Bruce. for one thing Morton is considered a potential key position player, he has no real relationship to whether or not Bruce is on the field. Bruce will be a better option than whoever player 22 is which means more wins. That is the priority. kk Friday time for a drink!

you don't know anything about the inner life of the football club, none of you do. I tell you what he is a better kick than Tom Scully and Jack Grimes but nobody would ever suggest that is justification for either of them being dropped/delisted. There are several players who get regular games who are as soft as s--t but you don't hear about that either. The only things I've ever heard about Bruce is that he is the ultimate professional, and is highly respected at the club, and now he and Green are the only ones left who are over 27. I don't know how many times it needs to be repeated, but it amazes me that some body could finish in the top10 of the B+F ten years running, 5 times in the top5, WIN IT 2 YEARS AGO and make it again THIS YEAR and people still reckon he serves no purpose. How can anyone justify that?

3.15 still no word wtf is going on?

no, what I care about is whatever is best for the club, and I feel having Bruce for the upcoming season is an important priority. The 'moral' (for lack of a better word) issues surrounding whatever he gets paid is one thing, I think in this instance they should give him the pay packet he wants to keep him, I think he has earnt it and will be worth it. yeah but the alternative (being wrong) is not acceptable :D He just wants a bit of a kicker on what may be the last year of a valuable, consistent career. Totally different to the Davey scenario, who you must admit, looked like he was going to do a Judd/ablett and walk, as our best player, to the highest bidder. If that had happened it would have shattered the club just as we were trying to get back on our feet. I didn't appreciate that. Comparing it with the Bruce situation doesn't make much sense to me

totally different scenario.. Davey was entering the prime of his career as our best player, and he knew we had to pay whatever, and for FOUR years no less and who said 'he has the right to demand whatever he can get blah blah blah' besides: i said the player is required, that has nothing to do with wether or not he is doing the right thing by the club etc, different argument frankly you are an idiot if you reckon he is not important to the club right now, that's all i care about

well said I will also be very annoyed if he goes, not at him or the club per se, because each has a perfectly valid srgument for stance they are taking, just that it has happened. He is very much required at this stage

well said

can't stand the dining room or long room, for the simple reason that they are too well-sealed acoustically. Completely knocks any atmosphere straight on the head

I have found that on certain computers you get an error message when you try to visit demonland. Just now I have found my home PC (which normally has no issues) is unable to access a few of the threads. There doesn't seerm to be anything different about the threads themselves and i know i was able to access the same threads from the same PC in the last few days? anybody else have this issue or know of a solution? anyway, just a heads up Mods

i thought the "we got shafted by the AFL with the fixture" was right up there

oooh Hird and Buckley, i wonder if it is possible for me to express just how little I care about whatever the Pies and Bombers do with their numbers. I know you probably have that inferiority complex that most of our supporters have but try and ignore it the fact is #11 has been passed onto ruckmen since Stynes as a way of honouring the player that made it famous. These traditions are important, and they don't cost us anything as you seem to be arguing that we are somehow sacrificing resources or something to keep the tradition going.. is that your point? Are you really suggesting the administration is somehow going to be distracted by this or something? Are you just anti-tradition? Why would you argue specifically NOT to uphold these things, staggering really