nutbean

I thought that would come up - learn to throw the ball in umpire....

If I was the Saints coach I would also be giving Hickey a bake - even though Watts didn't really get much of a hand on the ball, to allow a second string ruckman ( shorter and lighter) to out body him, get front position and thereby allowing the ball to spill out the back was poor. Hickey had one job and that was to get the ball defensively to the front of the pack.

It has got to be both talent and development but I could not agree more on the first line. Putting talent into the cesspool of a club we were and it expecting it to thrive is just nonsensical. I think the club structure that Roos put in place and his emphasis on development ( and the coaches he has employed to do the developing) will be his lasting legacy.

Not the way it works - they do look at positives and negatives in the review but as a lead up they always show really positive vision. The blokes know what happens when you drop intensity by 5% or 10% - they don't need to be shown ( that doesn't mean that they don't need to be verbally reminded of what happens when you don't bring your best effort but showing but you dont need to waste time showing what second to the ball looks like)

They were talking about this stoppage on "Access all arears" - Saints outnumbered us 7 to 4 at this contest. Doesn't matter how many opponents are at the contest if you draw 4 players to you and still get away a "sublime" handball that Jones could run onto at full tilt. His hands are absolutely sublime.

Correct. Edit for accuracy...

pay-Joeboy-royalties

I'm not going to pretend - I'm going accept we did walk all over them after the first quarter. We were playing at Etihad which has not been kind to us. We were playing a team that has had the wood on us. We were playing a team that before round one were rated higher than us. After quarter time we won ever stat that mattered and controlled the contest. We slammed the contest shut with our 2nd and 3rd quarters. Yup - we played well and pretty much walked over them. (way too much woulda coulda shoulda in your post - they didn't kick a couple of shots so they weren't close and the last quarter wasn't a contest - they never looked like it)

I don't think we had a passenger. Whilst here was some "moments" from the Omac and Melksham - I thought they both contributed after quarter time. Also it is no coincidence that our backmen looked suspect in the first quarter when we were getting beaten around the contest/midfield, The minute our midfield started to dominate our backs looked better because they got help from mids working harder defensively and also putting pressure on the ball carrier putting it into our back line. As for Bernie - the unnecessary clip behind the ear but he was close to BOG. A complete team effort.

pretty simple for me now - I look at the list and the talent - if we play our best for four quarters there isn't a game we can't win.

You cannot compare them purely based on position. Small forward is an opportunistic position, where you are often made to work in close, crowded quarters and usually outnumbered due to opposition dropping an extra back. Conversely a small back may have the benefit of the extra defender there to help and also the ball coming in hurriedly to the forwards which helps the backs ( small forwards also have the problems of service into the forward line) I love Jetta's calmness - rarely makes a bad decision and I would have him in my team but comparing him to Gartlett is nonsensical.

I can't believe you said the "u" word....

Surely the Clintons are not that insanely out of touch not to realise that their name will be forever mud. If I were Bill and Hill I would be sitting young Chelsea down and say to her "sweetheart..I'm sorry but you have more chance of being elected in Australia if you change you name by deedpoll to Dank than being elected in the US"

I have zero problem with Trumps dealing not being made public until after the FBI has investigated and come up with their conclusions - even if the conclusion is that there was co-ordination and collusion with the Russians to release stuff about Clinton. I have huge problems with Comey stating anything now about his Trump investigation and had huge problems with his handling of the Clinton investigation - ie - letting out information before the investigation is complete. But as I said previously - the problem with saying nothing is it comes out anyway - the CNN article I quoted talk of Government sources. The leaking continues unabated.

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/22/politics/us-officials-info-suggests-trump-associates-may-have-coordinated-with-russians/index.html It is heating up. Whether it is true and whether it can be proven if true remains to be seen. What is interesting is the Trump Team are distancing themselves from those who are being investigated - Paul Manafort - "limited role for a limited time" - please.... he was the campaign manager until he resigned. Carter Paige - foreign policy adviser and Roger Stone was one of Trump's chief policy advisers. Call them periphery all you like but there is ample concrete evidence to the contrary. My tip is - there is going to be this ugly stink of collusion and the question will come down to - what did Trump know and when did he know it.

I am not arguing the respective right or wrongs of any investigations. - there is either has to be full transparency and disclosure of FBI investigations or none - Comey has had 50 cents each way. He disclosed the Clinton investigation and said nothing about the Trump investigation. "Did you answer Sen. Wyden that there is an investigation underway as to connections between either political campaign and the Russians?" King asked.

I remember the astonishment from the sports writers in the states when Bennett stopped a sure touchdown from a punt return. He was the last player between the punt returner and the touch line - Bennett laid a bone crunching tackle on the player. The sport writers were astonished as punters never laid tackles in the NFL and I was astonished because Bennett never laid a tackle in the AFL.

2010 - 78 goals, 2011 - 62 goals, 2012 - 65 goals, 2013 - 58 goals, 2014 - 61 goals, 2015 - 54 goals, 2016 - 48 goals. carry on...

After so much more reading, Comey has got to go. Both sides of politics can shout that Comey's revelations about the FBI investigation into Clinton's mail server weeks before the election either cost her the election or had little impact - it didn't help her cause but cost her the election ? who would know. What is clear is Comey has said the investigation into Trump's (or his campaign) ties to Russia dates back to last July. That means there were two active FBI investigations involving Presidential candidates or their campaign staff during the electoral cycle and Comey went public on one of them only. Hmmm.

an intense and passionate dislike of anything Clinton.

But you know the FBI doesn't comment on ongoing investigations..... right..... Comey is definitely an ophthalmologist- he is an "I" specialist.

Amateur hour - does this clown even listen to what he is saying ? Sean Spicer after the head of the FBI, NSA and the heads of the house and senate intelligence committee plus the past National Security advisor all have stated that there is no evidence of Obama tapping Trumps phones - The press asking for comment “I get you guys want to know the end of the book right now. But we are on the first chapter of this process,” Spicer said. Then five minutes later Spicer also urged people to stop trying to find evidence of collusion between the Russian government and the Trump campaign, saying that you shouldn’t search for something that doesn’t exist. “There’s a point at which you continue to search for something that everybody who has been briefed hasn’t seen or found. ... So you can continue to look for something, but continuing to look for something that doesn’t exist, doesn’t matter,” Irony bypass.....

On current performance next week is an horizon too far for Malcolm.....

From last year..... "However Jones said player safety on the training track was paramount, with teammates urged not to inflict any preventable injuries. “I think it’s just the risk of injury after a long pre-season, that’s why in that case yesterday Tommy fired back. Jack’s really competitive and so are most of our players,” Jones said. “We try to stick to not dumping blokes in tackles. If someone’s coming back with the flight of the ball, you’re not running through them with a spoil coming the other way. There’s a bit of care taken with tackling and a bit of care taken with particular aerial contests.” ( my emphasis) I wasn't at training so I can't comment on what Hulett did. But to those who say you train like you play -. If you can take the body in marking contest in game you go for it - you don't do that at training to a teammate - so no...you do not necessarily train as you play - you keep the intensity at the ball but you may restrict the impact on a teammates body which you would not do in a match.

It depends on how he is measured. If they measure him from the top of his scalp he is 180cm. If they measure him from the top of his hair he is 216cm. (you knew that was coming didn't you, DC ?)