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How pathetically mean spirited of Richo to keep the gates shut so the (I imagine) 20 or so people attended had to watch from outside the fence. All power to your friend WCW.

I know your real name now.... Rob McKenna. A god of rain and perhaps a good shiraz. Try Simon Clayfield's, you'll love it.

I’ve been reliably informed that Gus has already rung him and invited him for a couple of rounds of golf at Royal Melbourne. Not enough Gus, propose him for life membership.

Pennant for your own health please don’t read the game day thread, you’re too valuable a poster to lose.

I don’t think you realise how much he appreciates that.

Oliver Kossie ANB Trac Salo Fritsch

Hey WCW, any sign of Salo? Did he train with the group?

When was the last time he had a full game?

He most likely wouldn't impact this year. He'd not be fit enough for AFL footy and he'd take time to learn the gameplan. Unless we think he is a long term prospect why draft him and give him a list spot when IMO we have much greater needs.

My understanding, and I stand to be corrected, is the umpires review every game and the errors are identified and feedback is given to the umps. It may be that the club gets a report on this that they keep confidential. I wouldn't be surprised if we get a "we were wrong" from Laura on the JvR decision. I do agree that different players are umpired differently. Ginnivan is a perfect example.

There's one certainty in footy. The umpires will make mistakes and supporters will continue to think it's targeted. Get on with it, poo happens.

I would but I recognise I'm on my own pretty much. He's got some great attributes but IMO he's got some weaknesses that would make an AFL career problematic. And we don't need another small forward.

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Why don’t you just comment on the footy Dazzle, you’ve got some worthwhile input there. Or were you trying to be funny? And yes, I understand the irony of this post.

I think this is the training report when you aren't having a training report, hence a Clayton's training report. I liked Claytons. Thanks WCW! *might be a bit obscure for the younger members of DS*

Looks like concussion.

McAdam out.

Fresh legs? Casey play tomorrow. It will be interesting to see who only plays 3 quarters.

Why? There's room for both, genuine competitive stuff and trail matches. You need a genuine competitive competition, and players need to experience that and trial matches are self explanatory. So, there is no logical conclusion to scrap the VFL in my proposition.

Teams who have byes often arrange scratch matches against other clubs, as we did a week or so ago. That can be very useful as you can trial things without compromising your VFL results. From an AFL perspective that could be very useful and of greater benefit than a VFL game.

Not for me, I get really good quality. I suggest you at least give it a try.

Any sign of Pup Brown? Had it on good authority that he was close to best on in the praccyagainst Carlton.

I think the danger is our inability to control the loose ball inside our defensive 50 which I reckon is where PA got a lot of their score from (I haven’t checked the stats). Adelaide have some quality small forwards so I’d imagine we’ve put a bit of work into them. I also think the mindset of the Club was to win both games so there is little chance of complacency after the PA win despite the emotional high everyone experienced. I reckon the thinking from the moment the siren went against PA was that the first half of the job was done. If Adelaide are to beat us they will have to play pretty well.

You’ve every right to have a warm inner glow Bin.

Max ANB Chandler (did so much work off the ball which wouldn’t have showed up off screen and his tap to ANB was outstanding) Viney Rivers Trac with apologies to Tmac and Lever who really should be there as they held the defence together under huge pressure.