John Crow Batty

It's a players market now. Loyalty is conditional these days . Dependant on dollars, chances of success, within club relationships, avaliable choice of prime surf beaches or anything else that tickles or irks players fantasy come into play. Best at this stage to accept that his best intentions still remain with us. I'm sure their is a big contract and other inducements on the table for him to sign up early with us.

GWS haven't much for the highlight reel in the evening news.

I can understand why they may have gone for Howe. They desperately need someone for the 20 second highlight reel for the Sydney evening news. Six million dollar boy just can't cut it.

It's disapointing that we could not have lured a big name star in the trade period. Would have given the club great momentum for membership and anticipation for next season. Just shows where we are at. A bucket load of cash and premium picks for trading are not enough. A very poor finish to the season may have damaged our desirability and if the stillborn Trengove deal was for a big name trade then that is rotten bad lack. Still I am happy with our pick ups. They will provide the next small step forward. As for the draft as far as I am concerned It is just a lottery. The fancied big names on everyone's lips IMO are just names to me. I'm not going to waste my time discussing them. Still very disapointed with the lacklustre progress of our recent high picks. Our latest hopes have made very little progress. The best hope so far appears to be Salem but he is still neither here or there. Hogan has the potential to be a dream come true if he can get and stay on the park. I just hope its our turn to get lucky and the recruiters make the right decisions.

West Coast and Freo did nothing. They must have few budding stars hidden in the outback like with Fyfe to pick up with 2nd and 3rd round picks.

Eddie's brother Frank is a Victorian member of Parlaiment. So Eddie has a back door influence. The Republican movement is as dead as the dodo. No one gives a fark anymore. Nothing will change.

This is the kind of politicians promise that is usually quietly forgotten once they win power. Too many apple carts to upset.

I wish we could have recruited Daniel Merrett just to play on Clarke and Frawley next season.

If we are going to get near or in the eight I think it would be easier (if there such a word) to get there if he was playing for us rather than not in this current football generation.

Josh Kennedy is grounded at JF Kennedy airport in New York due to traffic control. Roos is working behind the scenes to get the Concorde out of retirement so he gets here before tomorrow's deadline.

I'm happy because he is replaced by a player that actually wants to play for us.

If this is not the real deal then we have Lyan Dee here.

All we are left now is a remote chance that this is the proverbial blessing in disguise. Fate deals all the cards. Let Jack rest and get well, go north and get some sun and sand. Forget about him for six months and he'll comes back to kick arse.

I'm starting to fantasise that we will go to the draft and picks 2 and 3 will produce the most exciting superstars seen for a decade. That will keep me deluded for at least another six months at least.

Skipping rope?

We need a GNF thread and poll. Is he a sage or a witch who needs the ordeal by fire administered? If he burns he is guilty, if not he is innocent.

His chance to do something honourable for this club.

Curse the rotten luck for Jack and for us. If there was only one dog turd in the universe it would surely be found on our doorstep.

I think that will be the end game. Would not be a logical deal otherwise.

So where is Saty? He is missing out on prime pontificating opportunities in the past few weeks. Has any one put out a missing person report?

That's us. There must be more than a few million posts on Demonland and still no premiership.

OK, can we then throw Grimes to the Tigers?

These been a lot of so called good sauce around but no one will give us any of it to taste.

Roses are red. Violets are blue. Suffer you fools. For a few more moons.

It's all good fun anyway in absence of solid info.