nutbean

I was in the cheer squad in the 70's - I had no 11 - Greg Wells on the back of my duffle coat. Can someone please tell me - who was the other person in the cheer squad ?

why would you be shot down ? The odds aren't with him but the good news is that the decision on him doesn't need to be made for at least 6 months.

I agree that odds aren't with him but talent is talent and Trengove's best form would put him above the four players ( based on their best form to date) I have mentioned.

I am not writing Boyd off as he is 19 but are you confident his form will soar ?

You can only compare his best form to the best form of players in the current team. So he would replace Bail, Matt Jones, Newton and Riley. The $1M question is whether Trengove will ever play 120 minutes of football let alone return to his best. Trengove returning to his first two years form would be massive but what are the chances of that ?

I get the buddy deal - again...exposed form. Whether we like Buddy or not we have to agree that on his day ( and he has quite a few of them) he is a game winner. Boyd has no exposed form to justify the tag. I was gobsmacked at the price GWS paid for Scully but even he had shown during his two seasons with us he could run all day. Did not think he was ever worth the money paid but at least you had some idea of what you were getting. The Boyd play is the riskiest investment in AFL history that I can recall.

reminds me more of the Swans Kennedy - Danger has electric pace which Aaron doesn't have and Dangerfield slices through the midfield with pace and sideways movement - again - not Vandenburg - but his strength at the contest ( inability to be knocked off the ball) and his relentless attack at the man and the ball is Kennedy like. Even his marking is Kennedy like - not spectacular like Dangerfield can be but very strong hands.

And you think he would feel disrespected being compared to Fyfe ?

I think about the Boyd contract and shake my head. To me it is all about exposed form. To offer the millions they have given to Boyd - you want to see something in his first season to suggest that he will be a major player of the future - and i have yet to see it. That is not to say he wont make it but I would have wanted to see snippets in his first season to justify that sort of contract. Joe Daniher in his first season is far away from being a complete player but you can see the glimpses to suggest that he will be very good. Would you offer Hogan huge money ? In a heartbeat - his Casey season and what we have seen in his first few matches strongly suggest that the only stopping him being a "great" is injury.

I think I've jumped off the Jackie Watts Bandwagon.

I'm an unabashed Linkin Park fan so I like anything that Chester does. If anyone gets a chance in the future ( as the tour just finished) - Courtney Barnett is great live - she absolutely rocked the forum.

I have very eclectic taste in music but don't think I delve quite as wide as Hardtack. I go to about 1-2 gigs a week - new stuff and old. Very little I won't go and see. ( i draw the line at boys bands such as one direction !). I go to the caravan club a lot ( it is about 2km from me) and it always has very interesting stuff on - I mentioned I saw Pokey Lafarge - I had never heard of him but we had nothing on and i liked his name and the look of him on the website - my girlfriend even took her own car as she knew nothing about him and was sure she would leave early. We were blown away - best gig of the year. Seeing Steve Poltz and Ryan Adams I know pretty much zip about either of them. Seeing Dave Graney soon and trying to coax Hardtack on coming down to see him !

The voice is still ok. The antics - unchanged.

Jeff Duff ( ex Kush ) does Bowie shows around Melbourne

Saturday night - Courtney Barnett at the Forum - interesting to see how she translates live.

$10M for 10 years plus dibs on his first two male offspring ( I reckon even his daughters will be guns so we should get them packaged into the deal as well)

I enjoyed chisel more than Rod Stewart but I was seriously odd then and nothing has changed

Tim.. Dave Graney is playing memo in August - doing The night of the wolverine beginning to end....

It's pretty simple - it is much easier to keep players when your club constantly wins and plays finals or at least the players can see a positive direction the club is taking. As much as I love my club, mid Neeld era I would have had some understanding for any player wanting to jump ship.

me too....wait...what ?

I support Melbourne but on field performances and a persecution complex caused by Demonland posters has me wavering.

mind officially blown - he was sensational - probably the best gig I have seen in a couple of years - if anyone can get down to the corner hotel tonight you will not be sorry.

Seeing Pokey Lafarge tomorrow night - should be interesting.....

don't you just hate that !

Unfortunately this is not accepted by many - there are some that think there is no guesswork. I actually don't care whether they raise the age or not. All I am suggesting is that what we see for 2 years at TAC under 18 level is nothing more than indication that can't possibly take into account both future physical development and maturity rates. There will always be late bloomers and there will be TAC guns that never develop much further than that. If we retrospectively reordered the first two rounds of every draft they would look nothing like the order in which the players were actually picked. We only moan about how it affects us but the reality is most players in the draft have either under or over achieved if you compare them to players taken before or after them.