nutbean

I wish I could find the actual quote but Roos is on record saying he has very little to do with draft selections. He says he has people to do that for him and whilst the whole coaching panel may discuss what the obvious needs and priorities are for the team ( ie mids - inside, outside, goal kicking ) I was left with the impression that if we wanted mids with certain traits Roos defers to the recruiting guys to pick the best available.

yes, yes and yes

Couldn't disagree more - thought Brayshaws highlight package was ok ... nothing more. It says nothing about Brayshaw and said everything about the highlight package. I mentioned it elsewhere but there was two Petracca packages and one made his footskills ordinary at best - the other made his footskills look sublime. The reliance on any of these packages is sheer folly.

I had dinner with Shaun Smith last year and on talking about his son he said he is a gun basketballer who played junior football but didn't have much interest now - things certainly change in a year.

Nah...he is used to receiving emails from morons.

For the life of me, I'm struggling to understand why any player would choose to go to Hawthorn or West Coast over our club.

more to the point - it would priceless to see his eyes roll back in his head on receiving emails bagging out a trade before he has even played a game for us.

And you know this how ?

Posters on here seriously make me laugh - he has not even kicked a football for us - it could turn out to be the most brilliant trade of all time or a complete dud - how would we know. Vince was an inspired choice and posters were unhappy with that one too. How about we all take a chill pill and wait for 2 weeks into the season proper and then go on a savage rampage in the vein of " why did we take Toumpas over Wines (substitute Melksham and whoever else we missed out on)

Hey !!!!!!

I think Lumumba should produce a higher reward that we received - he perennially finishes well up in the Pies B&F. We weren't screwed on Clark - has never been able to get his body right and yet again failed him. We certainly won big time with Vince.

This is just so speculative - people were happy with swapping Clark for Lumumba - both to my thinking have been a bust. (some were happy with the original Clark get and some werent) Some were unhappy in what we gave up for Vince and that looks like a steal now. This is absolutely "time will tell". I won't shed a tear ( of sadness or joy) until I see him play for us and watch what we produces.

If he turns out half as good as Bernie then a 2nd rounder is cheap. If he turns out half as bad as Tom Gillies then ewwwwww. Melksham circa 2012/13 would be very nice.

I am afraid he is far too eloquent for a Demonland poster.

I am not a huge NRL fan but holy moley that grand final was a great game

Saw Dave Graney and the coral snakes Saturday night - he did the "night of the wolverine" from start to finish. He was sensational and I am now proudly wearing a chocolate brown one peice jumpsuit.

His tackling on Saturday was brutal.

He is appearing at the Caravan Club - i have tickets and i have no idea who he is ! I have seen a few youtubes of his stuff and i like what i see - just wondering if you had seen or heard of him.

We need a complete and unadulterated review of the gig !

He was resplendent in orange - and many of us in the audience also wore orange in support. On another note - Do you know of Steven Poltz ?

Ross Hannaford is quite ill and there were two benefit concerts last weekend at the Memo music hall in Melbourne - the who's who came out to play to help defray his medical bills. Hosted by Brian Nankervis - Paul Kelly, Black Sorrows, Linda Bull, Wilbur Wilde, Phil Rudd, the rest of the Daddy Cool but to name a few. Ross Hannaford opened the show and looked very frail but there was a wonderful outpouring of emotion for him. The highlight was probably Joe Camilleri - gee he gives when he performs. Disappointment - Ross Wilson - really acted like he didnt want to be there. ( at the table next to me were half of Sherbert - I managed to keep myself from throwing my panties at them)

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.

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 ?