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Still ???

He's a media star because of who he is and how he looks, and good luck to him. But he won't make AA this year, or perhaps any year, so difficult to see how he's a footballing superstar.

Having to wade through your inane, uninformed and (wildly) speculative posts in every single thread are why I visit this site less and less.

Just a little note. No team drafts every gun player. The rest ... you're just guessing. You don't know what research MFC did on Darling. Scully was the right pick. As is Cook. Darling shmarling.

Nah, forget Cloke and the big bucks, get this guy: http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/all-the-action-as-brendan-fevola-bagged-seven-final-quarter-goals/story-e6frg1xu-1226394602304

Yep, it is ridiculous. No-one's advocating softness and not making contests. But acting like a lose cannon and getting yourself suspended is just stupid and immature, and no help to anyone.

Recently.

Yes, but bad to see Taggert onto it. Gysberts .. yeah. But the time for Jurrah seems not to be moving.

a) you don't know that because he hasn't played there B) players play different roles at different stages of their career c) it's as irrelevant as saying that Frawley only plays in the backline because he can't impact games in the forward-line d) you're pushing an agenda as opposed to participating in a discussion

Amongst the numerous goods, worth noting is that Port and Brisbane won as well, thus helping us a little with our drafting situation/Viney.

Moving Garland to the forward line is a brilliant move, yet shifting Watts to the backline makes Watts a failure?

Can't be overemphasised. We were in front at half time, but then they came out with more intent. We soaked it up, but were still 8 points down at the last change. There was a time that would have been game-over, but to get up from there, to slog our way back and win was something that we've (almost) never been able to do. More importantly, it's the mark of a good side.

Being able to defend a slender lead for over 10 minutes has nothing to do with "free flowing football" or "natural footy instincts".

It's his brother, Luke. Josh Tynan is still on the injury list.

- Couch gets sick and misses a game and training - VFL have a bye, which means that Couch doesn't get to play for three weeks and is short on match fitness - Moloney gets one more chance

Irrelevant in the bigger picture.

No, just a sizable number who don't buy into the conspiracy theories and groundless criticism. Since 186, the club has undertaken the most comprehensive change of personnel of any club - that I've ever known of anyway. Additionally, there have been comprehensive changes in how those personnel have been configured within the structure - which has also completely changed. This covers most of the FD, including the entire fitness staff, pretty well the entire coaching staff, and a number of other positions in the FD - people like BP and Ian Flack have gone, Mahoney and Connolly to different (and new) positions etc. etc. Let's not even forget that Bailey didn't have anyone as "overseer" - whereas we now have an experienced and respected football person in that role in Neil Craig - nor that the assistants didn't have their own assistants, not to mention their own IT people. etc. etc. If we'd just sat on our hands, or tinkered round the edges after 186 I could perhaps accept some of what you, Hardtack etc. etc. say. But all I see off-field is a proactive CEO and board, prepared to do whatever it takes to move the club forward and to take big steps to address our off-field shortcomings, especially in the FD. Football is a sport, but at an elite level, it's technical, sophisticated, complicated even. Tiny advantages in, for example, recovery can make a huge (and I mean huge) difference on-field. And they do, and they will, and that's what we're seeing now. The rebuild of players started a few years back. But the rebuild of the FD and all that goes with it, has only just started. We could never have been successful with the FD we had, it's as simple as that.

You're serious? The coaching appointments (getting Craig and Brown when a number of clubs were trying for them, pinching Misson etc.), including the development coaches for each line, Mitch Clark, clearing the debt, moving to new premises, the new sponsorships, Bentleigh club. Massive turnaround from where we were pre-Jimmy. But that's OK, keep your head in the sand.

And Gawn (OK, not a "top" draft pick ...)

I'd go against the flow here, and suggest he be kept on for at least another year. If he could just get in a full pre-season under Misson, and have another year under Neeld and co., perhaps the body and the head will get to where they need to be.

There was (is) a thread over on the Dee's forum on Bigfooty that tackled exactly that. When it was first put up, I thought, nah, no-one's going to want to emerge from behind the anonymity of their keyboards, but it really took off. And yes, intriguing what people do.

Tom Hawkins (and a lot of friends of Tom's) say hello.

More conspiracy theories. What you see is what's going on, nothing more. Or less.

How many times did he shirk it today? I want a number.

Well thought-through post ... rucks next week will be Spencer and Fitzpatrick, that'll have them quaking in their boots.