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Indeed. Maybe it's why Neeld was so intent in playing Watts across half back. Terlich turns it over a lot but it's more from trying to navigate thru traffic or break tackles. Clisby appears more composed based on the handful of games he played. Garland okay but with the odd brain fade. Frawley can run and bounce and with better options upfield his effectiveness should improve. Let's hope that with the midfield providing those better options and drifting down to help out it should free up the Backline players.

Roos first job will be to stop the blow-outs. No more of this getting smashed BS.

Yeah, that's what I meant. Total disbelief.

WTF?

Will there be Monday sessions? I'll be over a couple of times this month and Mondays are my best chance of getting down for a look.

As will I, but if a scenario presents like Frawley going down in the dying minutes with the game in the balance, I would be happy to see him down back after watching that vision. Ed: That's the context I meant...

He looks rock solid in defence too. Hopefully we won't need him to down there but another strong, tall backman we can rely on will be very, very handy.

Ricky to return to the club in a mentoring role?

The club is doing him a favour by letting him go, thereby giving him an opportunity to get picked up by another club. Alternatively, he would have stayed on the list and played another season at Casey. Not disappointed at all with the clubs decision.

There was a twit pic just recently of Wines relaxing on the Murray water skiing with all his Port mates.

There's always the Finals.

WGAF. I mean seriously. The way this forum regurgitates the failings of delisted players is funny, in a weird sort of way.

Yeah the Mamre was and still is a great place to rehydrate. The only time the Bay lost was when they run out if weed jazza.

I grew up in the Western District of Victoria and played Junior and Senior footy for the Pirron Yallock Tigers who were part of the Colac and District League. My grandfather played in their one and only premiership in 1924 of which I have an original team photo of. I was never a jet and floated between the ones and magoo's for the majority of my time there but that was really due to application as opposed to skill which in turn was influenced by too many frothies with the boys on Friday night before the game. Played under Rob Pekin who was the older brother of Tim (former Fitzroy and St Kilda player) for a few years and experienced the best win of my career during this time. We were playing Apollo Bay at their ground and we're getting smashed by half time. Bay were the reigning premiers and we were the perennial cellar dwellers. There was a howling easterly and it must have been only 8 degrees this day and we knew the game was lost. Peko however, gave the most stirring address followed by an equally as stirring rendition of 'yellow and black' which connected with the team like something I'd never experienced before and have not since. We came from 9 goals down to win by a goal or two by memory. It was after this that I truly got addicted to the game. Unfortunately, not long afterwards I moved overseas for work and footy ended for me - almost.. I tend to think I was light years ahead of the AFL when I invented my own 9 per side game back in 2000 whilst in Zambia. Myself and another expat used to take the pill down for a kick on one of the soccer pitches over there which was in a fairly remote part of the country. Slowly, a few of the younger village kids came out and joined in and then more, including men before it became too chaotic. This became my first coaching role and we set up a few sides which also involved Angolan refugees from a massive refugee camp 10 Kms away. Talk about hilarious although some of the young kids there picked it up surprisingly fast. I'm now 41 years old and have been playing Masters footy here in WA for the past 7 years. Play on the ball, floating forward for a rest every now and then. This is easily the most enjoyable time I've had playing football in my life. If anyone still has a desire to have a kick but is on the wrong side of 35 yrs, do yourself a favour and search for your nearest Masters football association and get back into it. Rules are slightly modified but boys will be boys and the competition is still pretty fierce. I like to think I've got another 20 years to go yet. Great thread, read every post in detail. Well done to everyone.

Now I don't feel so bad for having that name pop into my mind too....

My thoughts exactly. Whilst Jones played a great year and is inspirational on the field, I don't believe he has the people skills that Grimes has off the field. I use the article this week as evidence where he stated he was so down for a couple of days that he didn't want to come back out to play. Granted of course that this would be totally understandable, yon can't let that negativity rub off on your teammates if you're captain. Grimes has a better grip on the emotional aspects of leading a team and deserves a chance under Roos. Trengove should absolutely just concentrate on his own game this year.

I reckon Chris is more disappointed than all of us put together. No doubt he'll be trying his best to play round 1 next year. Fingers crossed he makes it.

I reckon your sarcasmometer is a bit off mate.

I thought it was taking the pee out of his weird and whacky family. Btw, did his mum used to star in Prisoner?

Excuse me for having a chuckle at all those who think laying in Darwin adversely affects our performances. We were terrible all year for crying out loud! Stop using Darwin as an excuse. Geez, with some positive support to go with the obvious improvements around the place we might even get up in these games.

You never know, AF. With better spread and running patterns within a functioning game plan he just might have a few more options to kick to and won't be so rushed. I realise he sprayed quite a few this past season but he's not just an outright terrible kick.

I picked up in the Dom Tyson interview that Ben Matthews will be working with Stone on the midfield. I understood he was heading to the Backline but it would appear not now.

The massive hidings will cease but the losses will continue. Top 4.

It's in getting those rear tyres replaced mate.

That was sixonesix or something similar by memory...