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I sort of agree. I've never seen anyone recently kicking an AFL ball on a Qld. or Sydney beach - ever. Seen plenty throwing a rugby ball though. Its all about extra TV viewing and advertsing opportunities in the heartlands. If that revenue helps prop up Victoria et al, then its clearly a good thing. Just don't wastse emotional energy on the benefits of a national comp etc. etc. Its only a cash flow issue for the AFL.

Fully agree with all of the above. It worked for Malthouse, and player transition to retirement is no less sensitve than for the rest of the workforce - it just happens sooner for them. Junior has done the right thing going to GWS - back at the 'G within 3 years IMO. - Not that Sheedy will teach him anything about good list management, but they will benfit from the player mentoring/welfare aspect Junior will bring to them.

I travel to Sydney frequently, and as many will know AFL barely rates, and is swamped by Sunday papares articles on NRL and anything else. That's after the recent heroics of the Swans. GWS is a car crash unfolding. Has AFL management seriously been into the western suburbs of Sydney? It's a world away from the audience of theatr-goers of the SCG.

I need to stick up for E25. This is a business and the good of the club is what's important - after 11 years of being in the top 2% of salary earners in the country - for playing football FCS - when time is up, guess what - It's up. Bruce, Robbo, Yze weren't the first to fall into this trap and Bruce won't be the last. Just another example of the astute management and coaching positon this club now finds itself. Pretty refreshing i reckon.

Bailey has been single minded in developing the team . His interveiw at 3/4 time with Richo basically was, "..foregt next week and finals, Iv'e got a team with far fewer inside 50's that the opposition and we should be way behind. I need to fix that, everyhting else will take care of itself..." It was fixed and he will plan for next week with the long term view driving all his decisions. Scully had 7 possessions in the first 11 minutes of the last 1/4, dragging us back into the contest. He stays. Watts had at least seven. He stays too. Both 200 gamers - let's start now accumulating the game time.

Well said. Minutes before that effort to seal the game he was in the back pocket MCC side putting in big time and runnning backwards to spoil. Its sad for Brad Miller but IMO the forward line today is the one to take forward. Jurrah, 4 Goals 4 and 18 dispoalsa with hardly any 2010 game time. Just leave him. Watts will continue to develop and the leg speed is our unique trait that will worry most sides. See both games against the pies for example. I believe Beamer and Jones need to be in together to provide some horsepower to look after scully/trengove et al for a while.

I reckon he had 3 direct assists for goals to half time, and two other good leads/positioning not honored or seen by his team mates. But he's got footy smarts for sure and swithced play several times to catch out the tiges. The hardness will come - he just doesn't seem to know how to play angy like Jack Reiwoldt. Is that a good or bad thing??

[quote name='billy2803' date='30 July 2010 - 01:24 PM' I will aim to do this each week for those that are interested. If you're not interested, this thread does not require your comments. Nb. My selections over the coming weeks will be based on my realistic opinion, with injuries and betting agency odds being taken in to consideration.

Sure is. I wathced Garland more than others on the field yesterday and am ashamed to say i never appreciated him before. Long arms are a wonderful thing A defence to build an era on IMO. Grimes is great but belongs midfield.

Fully Agree with this. Yesterday the use of Jurrah, Wonna and Bennell created the forward pressure of now and the future. The more game time together the better for them. The back 6 pick themselves now, so resting scully is a good move, but keep everyone else in barring injury is the way to go, unless matchups say otherwise.

Part Agree. Bate ran hard many times to be ignored, and was a gerat link with long kicking into the forward line and outpositioned his opponent at times. Watts wories me. Great footy smarts when selcting an option but reflxex and intuitive action seriously slow - i hope its just a maturity thing.

I disagree. he's fair but sometimes sees things through the view of his time in AFL. But IMO he is one of the great sports broadcasters and his sessions with Patrck Smith on SEN at 9.00am are mandatory listening.

This is a really important thread. Anyone who's been to Darwin will know it's as if youv'e landed in another country - the vegeation, people, climate etc. If we're smart this WILL become a northern home base and that's a great thing for all those up there and all of us down here. We need to see it as just that, not "let's go to canberra to make some money", but what can the oldest football club in the world contribute to Darwin and its people. Just an extension of our Chairman's approach to life really. Liam Jurrah et al are just the bonus in all this. A 'Fair Dinkum' Dreamtime at TIO I say! next year. Tiger Airways can be the sponsor

Correct, I know of 4 new members who say if it's good enough for him, it's good enough for us.

Is it just me or do most here contemplate the facts that we have )probaly 33,000 memebers and are sitting in ninth spot (ignoring the pies and dogs games)and find this unbelievable after the last few years. Someone must take serious credit no matter what. Long way to go but...

Highly amusing - but you miss the point completely.

29,907 views on the jack watts thread. lets all give it a rest. We're on the way and he will be icing on the cake. My mail is that his grwoth spurt needs management and Bailey knows what he's doing . Lets cut him some slack and enjoy the demoliton of West Coast this Saturday.

Very good point. The positive from last Friday was seeing the young players running into the center corridor and overlapping demanding the ball, as they did against Brisbane. Often the calls weren't honoured in the last 1/4 when we had it on the MCC boundary, maybe tiredness perhaps, but the team knows what its doing and have learnt a lot.

Did anyone hear Dean Bailey's comment at the after-match press conference on Friday Night? He said the team will move on in 24 hours and next Saturday will "be coming at West Coast like a freight train" It cheered me up no end on the drive home - I belive him!