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Strauss deserves to stay, was pretty good, Evans will go I reckon.

OUT: Jetta, Gawn (depending on Rush) IN: Jamar (if fit), Tapscott

Well glad to know I shelled out for Training Cones & Col Sylvia vs Collingwood today.

Beamer as captain for 2012

6 - Sylvia 5 - Morton 4 - Bennell 3 - Howe 2 - Watts 1 - McDonald The 1 was tough, dammit.

The Good Morton!!!!! Sylvia Bennell The shutdown job on Pendlebury Gawn winning body-on-body Howe The Bad Rivers on Cloke Jones' first half Trengove Making our tackles stick Two men up with no Pies player going up Brad Green (credit to Deeflog) The Ugly The gulf in class The 76-year-old (approx) Collingwood-loving woman behind me in the Olympic who told me to [censored] off to the snow in the 3rd quarter when I was still vocal Razor Ray Chamberlain

Look at the fog! I'm going to go out on a limb and say 72,237

Exactly why I'm getting there at around 12:30

I'll admit that I agree with this, and I still think Bate and Dunn should be traded. Firstly, to use your concept, my best XXVIII (as of right now, with labels attached): Frawley Rivers Bartram Garland Tapscott Bennell Grimes Warnock (old?) Joel Mac Scully Trengove Gysberts McKenzie Moloney Sylvia Jones Davey (old) Jurrah Watts Green (old) Petterd Jetta Bate (?) Dunn (?) Jamar (old) Martin Gawn Morton But behind these guys you have Tom McDonald, Lucas Cook and Sam Blease lurking for sure. The old players are unlikely to have a massive role in our tilt for a flag. Yes, they'll be there when we play finals again, but I doubt they will be part of a GF-winning 22. Bate and Dunn are immediate questionmarks for me though. Bate is because of Lucas Cook, who by all accounts is coming along nicely at Casey. Dunn, however, is a 2-part one, and those two parts are James Strauss and Sam Blease. Yes, not a direct replacement, but once one (or both) start playing a lot then Tapscott is a prime contender to move forward. Who does he replace up there? Well now.

Wonna is out of contract but I doubt he would play for anyone but the Dees at this stage. Certainly don't think he'd go to GWS, with the lack of local support he'd receive compared to the structures in place at MFC. He'd more likely retire.

Put him on Cloke

Like a lot of it. The thing about last week is how the sides lined up though. We fare far better playing a standard (to use the soccer parlance) 6-6-6. We played a 7-6-5 against Carlton and it was positively awful. But the thing is, Collingwood usually play a 7-6-5 with Maxwell as a loose man down back. The thing is whether we maintain our structures (a bad idea, as Maxwell is probably the best loose defender in the AFL) or put a tag on Maxwell down back and let the backline take care of itself. Now, our backline should line up as... Talls: JRiv, Frawley Smalls: Nicholson, Strauss, Bennell With players rotating through ofc. Where Collingwood kill sides in such a situation is quickly rushing Leigh Brown forward to create a 6v5. Brown being the tall target that he is creates a serious problem in this situation. Gawn down forward though creates a similar dilemma for the Filth. What the hell do you put on a 208cm man mountain? If they put a 3rd or 4th-choice backman on him it means you simply put balls above him and the defender (who at that pick is usually a smaller player) and let him use his greater leap and reach to take grabs. If they put a bigger, better player on him then they risk having a Watts, a Jurrah etc run around them and do the damage.

How about... Dunn + Bate for a late first rounder (say around pick 11) and two of the 17yrold picks, one of which is used for JV? (with GWS)

Thanks to the sticky I just watched the video of the Scully press conference again, and it does settle you somewhat. He really was unequivocal when he said it. We need to take a step back and realise the huge media beatup element of this as well I think.

I know I'm getting there at 1 and going for Lv4

Was free on the clash jumper, not the main one.

Probably all up at the snow....(lol) Anyway, does anyone know if they keep the numbered jumpers in stock at the MCG store, or whether you have to order them especially? My sister is wanting to grab a JT one tomorrow before the game.

If the formatting of it was better it'd be good, actually. I see what you're getting at.

I loved you as a player Theo, but...

Bate to GWS seems likely. Richmond I don't know why they put it there.

Listen the other way - DB, JT, Mark Robinson have all said it in the past week that he is staying.

Ignore the belligerent, cheeky, conniving ways of Sheedy. Seriously. Otherwise you'll do exactly what he wants you to - think about what he says way too much.

Been watching the main Filth forum for some of this stuff. A lot of them rate the Fasolo kid that's coming in...

That'd explain that then. Cheers though everyone, obviously it's still a time-will-tell and it is my opinions as well.

AW was saying 12 months as an absolute minimum. Sounds like it was more like a late 2012 if not 2013 return.