
Everything posted by binman
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Brad Hill
As I have posted hill is exactly the player we need. But to be honest I doubt we could afford him. With ablett, danger, the hawk and Sellwood approaching the end their careers the cats could I suspect. That's a lot of cap space in those four players. They might need our pick 3 though.
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Ben King
It is great for the AFL. But also for all the clubs in it. It is super important for suns and giants to be successful. Too much investment already anfms in rbe future for it to fail. A good sign king commiting. No doubt they are selling to a bunch of really talented young men that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of group that saves and builds an AFL club. Really if they can get the culture right it the gc is a beaut place to live for a young fella focused on being an elite athlete (not so great for elite party heads - boring as bat [censored]). Warm all year round, fantastic beaches um fantsstic beaches. Did i mention the weather?
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A Day at the Races
If it is any consolation i bet with a mate and. I do the selections and he find the prices and put the bets on. I texted across the numbers and things looked great after Rox the Castle saluted followed by California Zimbol. As is my wont checked my text and could not believe that inexplicably i had texted a 5 not a 6! And i had checked all my numbers too before sending. Not closely enough obviously. Confirmation bias at work. I though to myself that i hope that didn't put a mozz on us. It did. Could not buy winner after that. So many close things, starting with Manicure in the next and finishing with Ball of Muscle in the last. I think i'm going to go for long shots in the WFA races from here on. Such an average lot the Aussie horses and as Macca point out our milers and up horses are miles behind the European horses. Hard to line times up because our races have weird, often muddled tempos, compared to Europe where they routinely use pace makers and run consistent sectionals but that is a furphy we like to rely on to hide behind the fact that save freaks like Winx (and sprinters) we have average horses. I backed So You Win today. So annoyed as i like Dr Drill and i talked myself out of it. But still i maintain it was a terrible ride by Damien Lane. Gave it no chance. I think you're being very kind Macca giving him an out.
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Jon Ralph says Demons are effectively a basket-case team
Spot on.
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The 2019 Draft and Trade Targets Thread
I don't get it. Leaving aside any assessment of OMac's ability (though it is worth noting the club chose to give him anorher contract and Mahoney was happy to trade everyone's new pin up frost, in part because in his words we had coverage down back, including omac) he plays for the dees. Call me crazy supporters should suppor. And if they can't should at the least not do the opposite.
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Ben King
Presumably we could trade pick 3 and say a second round pick next season (or a player this year like hunt) for king and one of gc's first round picks (obviously not one and two but they have 15 and presumably will get another for martin) Which we then use this year.
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2019 Player Reviews: #3 Christian Salem
No. I forget which poster said it but apparently Salem's dad told a mate who was eating at his restaurant it. Only mentioned trac and salem
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2019 Player Reviews: #3 Christian Salem
Perfectly sums up my perpective on Salem. People talk about trac needing to live up to his potential. I'm more concerned Salem won t to be honest. Both need to get fitter as a priorty which is why it was realy pleasing to read a week or so back on dl that rhey are self fundong a trip to colorado to do fitness training
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Jon Ralph says Demons are effectively a basket-case team
The irony is that in fact we are far from a basket case. Our board is as stable and solid as it has been in decades. An internal review has seen significant change carried out in a professional, measured fashion, tge exec is solid as is fd. No players wanted out. And one again mahoney has been a total pro at trade time and achieved most of its stated aims wirh a minimum of fuss. You want a basket case look at the crows atm. Despite their wealth and resources they are a mess, with players wanting out, coach quitting before being pushed and key personnel being sacked during the trade period when they are trying to retain and attract players. On a related note where do the posters who so vociferously pushed the mfc in crisis line a couple of months back stand atm?. You know the ones who warned of player dissatisfaction, players wanting out, (gleefully) supported false rumours about goody being sacked, jumped on Barrera silly comments about sliding doors and meetings wirh tge afl, pointed out the coaching and fd changes as evidence of crisis (whilst also arguing changes had to be made) and warned no players would want to come to us.
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WELCOME TO DEMONLAND - ED LANGDON
My fav was a kick from inside the defensive 50 to the wing and then 40 seconds later marking a chip kick inside the offensive 50.
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A Day at the Races
Some very good horses in that lot
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A Day at the Races
My best is Caulfield Race 2 no 3 Rox the Castle. I'm tipping a leader's bias tomorrow, particularly early and think Rox the Castle will jump, find the front and be very difficult to get past. $3.70 (fixed odds) second favorite at the time of writing.
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Farewell Sam Frost
Some advice. For what its worth. Know your poster.
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Farewell Sam Frost
But Rusty that is exactly what the club did - or didn't do in terms airing any dirty laundry. I did not hear one bad word from the club about Frosty - they played it wit the deadest of dead bats. They handled it all expertly. Which is big reason we ave done pretty well with the trade. On airing any dirty laundry Go The Biff wrote this earlier: 'Interesting. A relative of mine - Demon fan - met him out & about a few weeks ago and was surprised at how readily he mouthed off about the club to a perfect stranger.'
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Hammer Comes Down at the Crows After External Review
Crazy isn't it. Perhaps the least understood key factor in any team (or organisation for that matter) success is the strength of the board and the how effective its governance is. It is one reason that i am very confident he dees will bounce back. We are in a good space in terms of our board, governance and executive.
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Farewell Sam Frost
Bingo. 100% disagree that we have not done well in this deal. it is clear we wanted him out. Just as we wanted Watts out. I was dead against that deal but acknowledged that i didn't have all the information as to what the real reasons were for that decision. I don't rate frost very highly, certainly nowhere near Watts, though i like him a player and have nothing against him. Yes he made top 10 in the bluey, but please he only juts made the top 10 and how could he fail not to to given he played very game in season where we finished 17th, were ravaged by injury (particularly down back) and almost every player on the list played a game. But in any case I'm guessing (and only guessing) the reason for wanting him out is related to culture more than ability. Yes i'm partially basing that on isolated recent comments in this thread (that i have no reason to doubt given i trust the posters based on their history) but the club has made it abundantly clear it had no intention of keeping him. He was always 100% Maxy gawn. In that context we have done well to get some value out of the deal. You only have to look at the situation with Jenkins and the crows to see what can happen when it is clear a player in on the outer. It's a bit different because Jenkins has made it clear he wants out and the relationship seems to have completely broken down. But it is analogous in so far as in both circumstances the club want both players out the door. No one would suggest Frost is better, more valuable player than Jenkins, yet i guarantee we will get more from the respective trades than the crows will. For Pete's sake the crows will have to pay some of his salary to get him out the door.
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Farewell Sam Frost
Absolutely. Me too. Would you broadcast that frustration with complete strangers? If true a very dumb thing to do on Frost's part.
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Farewell Sam Frost
Your posting style has an eerie similarity to Donald Trump's tweeting style. And the similarities don't end there......
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Farewell Sam Frost
Bit of frost ball might help our cause
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Farewell Sam Frost
That is a grammatical nightmare
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Buckenara: Dees List Overrated
Snap. We were posting much the same thing at the same time.
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Buckenara: Dees List Overrated
It's sort of a moot point. I reckon lots of teams would have a similar spread of ability. The tigers, gws and pies have more true a graders. And that is something we have lacked for decades to be honest. But if everything aligns we will have the following undisputed a graders by mid season next year: maxy, Oliver, Brayshaw, May, Lever and trac with harmes, tmac and Salem pushing for b+ and fritter not too far behind.
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Gun target - Key Forward recruit?
Come on DW, get with the program. From a Victorian club
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Gun target - Key Forward recruit?
Ha ha ha i missed that.
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Gun target - Key Forward recruit?
You missed basil rat