Jaded No More

You have clearly never been involved with hi tech garment production if you have that attitude. I doubt anyone at Melbourne or at NB are sitting on their hands hoping the issue gets fixed on it's own. But it's a lot more complicated than saying "someone [censored] up, fix it". And often that attitude is the surest way of getting nothing done.

When I see the selected team I'll be able to set my expectations. If we go in with an experimental team I will set my expectations accordingly. Likewise if we go in with nearly a full strength team, I'll be expecting to win at least one of the two games.

I'd be very surprised if we got the new delivery in March. It's Chinese New Year so factories are closed for a month. Even assuming that they finished bulk production pre CNY you're still looking at a 4 week turnaround for sea freight, including customs clearance and delivery to stores. Unless NB are paying for the goods to be airfreighted (or paying air-sea difference), it would require a massive effort for those jumpers to get here before the start of the season. It's unfortunate but that's life. Garment manufacturing, especially with hi-tech fabrics, is not always very straightforward.

I'm only guessing but I reckon we got those faulty jumpers at cost price, or at a heavily reduced price, thereby still making some profit from their sale. They aren't commercially acceptable so NB would have had to destroy them if we didn't take them.

TV shouldn't dramatically change the colour of fabrics. I'd suggest that either the jumpers are from a faulty batch, or they were washed and some of the colour washed off. If that's the case then that's terrible and will have to get looked at immidiately. It is the responsibility of the fabric supplier to give NB a fabric test report, and it should be expected that NB has a colour fastness standard that is suitable for sporting apparel (I think it's under 2.5 but I really don't remember, and it depends on which standard scale you use). Either way, I doubt the club would have approved pinkish jumpers. Maybe we are just using the faulty ones for now. Btw it's not true to say that it's not possible to achieve a dark red on synthetics. It is possible, but you will never get the same exact shade of red on cotton blend socks as you would on a synthetic jumper.

Ah St Kilda, if only keeping it in their pants was as easy for them as avoiding success.

What part of "not to jump the gun" do you not understand? I'll use simpler terms next time for you

Did I say he was a lock? I just said it paves the way nicely in terms of Green's age and timing. Incidentally it paves the way nicely for any other player in the same age/experience bracket who you feel may be a good candidate (I'm assuming Scully ), so pipe down! B)

This is great. It gives us greater flexibility in terms of last minute changes if the weather changes or if we have someone who isn't quite 100%. While I hate with a passion the constant changing of rules, I think we have a number of very good endurance players in our side who will benefit from this, and it won't hurt our run towards a flag. Also Scully is going to dominate the sh*t out of 2nd & 4th quarters

Thank you all for the training reports. A great read while killing time waiting for a flight back home.

Not to jump the gun like I did with McLean, but Green's appointment (which is also a wise decision on its own), paves the way for a smooth transition into a Grimes captaincy in 2-3 years time.

Really hoping to get to Darwin this year. Combine footy with traveling to a new place. And take it from someone who has been to Adelaide to watch the footy half a dozen times... don't. It's an experience you definitely want to miss.

Got both of our today. Very excited. Stickers are already on the car!

Haven't received ours yet either. Waiting for get rid of the 2010 sticker on my car and replace it with a brand new one, which will no doubt fade by Round 1

Never thought I'd say this but I'm sick of looking at and discussing penis. It's been two days of non stop discussion in this office. PUT IT AWAY!

I think we've all had enough footballers genitalia for one day

I don't think it's that hard to understand the point of it, not strange at all... and it's bloody hilarious! Loved it!

Taking MFCSS to a whole new level!

Well go on, don't keep us in suspense...

That's the sort of nasty comment I'd expect from a girl. Wanna tell us something?

It's true. Treat em mean keep em keen

Ah it's a magical time of the year isn't it? I love you too.

If that's true than that's more than most suppliers would do. They are giving us products free of charge which we can then sell for a clean profit. That's very impressive. Most suppliers would let you keep faulty bulk at cost price but rarely will they cover all the costs. NB are a great supplier if they are willing to do that and we are lucky to deal with them despite the initial stuff up of bulk.

Yep I've seen the photo as well and there was serious posing going on... Unless Reiwoldt often walks around naked and holding his genitals. I mean you never know

This is what happens when you get too many dumb people together. The girl needs help, and is a serious pest. The boys should know better.