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Barlow came back super fast and was playing great football too.

It is unfair. Unfortunately, first impressions are hard to shake. Watts was a young kid way out of his depth. Hurley imposed himself with his bigger body kicked a few timely goals and got a back page article labelled 'NEXT BIG THING' Once some of the media have labeled you awesome the rest of the sheep will follow and it takes ages to change that constantly reinforced view. I've said it many times. Hurley is hugely overrated. It's not that he is no good. Far from it. It's simply that his reputation got blown so far out of control from an early stage. In saying that, he has had niggling injuries over the last few years. He is better than he is currently playing.

I'm not a big Morton fan and would prefer Bail over Morton every week of the year, but Morton played really well last week and I hope he doesn't get dropped.

Is Caddy really that good? I've seen some Gold Coast games this year and have been keeping an eye on him. He really doesn't seem to be as good as he is hyped. If Essendon didn't try to trade for him last year I doubt his name would be so well known.

Why did he stay down so long? He clearly didn't get hit in the head.

Tynan a chance of being rookied this year? He is not much older than Josh is he?

Hurley was no where near his best and has been in and out with injuries for a long time now. lets not base everything on one match. Watts was great tonight though. I was really happy with him all night. His kicking is a great assest off half back. He is nowhere near as big in the chest as Hurley. One more preseason should see him big enough to play forward more.

He is part of the midfield problem at the moment. Unable to spread, unable to get clear and unable to run both ways. He really should be rested.

I want him. I hope we go after him with a vengeance.

Tackle count Syd : 24 Mel : 11

Damn it.This is pathetic. Mark Neeld needs to do something here. We are simply hopeless.

Listening to triple m. sounds like a nightmare. Kennedy steals the ball and kicks his second.

Sigh..... I thought we had a chance today.

Hmm... ive reported the posting problem to Andy but it seems to be fixed now anyway. Thanks Striker! glad to know its not my computer.

Edit: I was replying to ClintB Still cant post or edit easily. Anyone else having this problem? Edit: reporting the issue to Demonland. If you are having trouble posting then click the 'more options' button on the side. then click reply.

Really? I disagree entirely. Maybe because we are looking at it so hard you don't think it does. But at a quick glancing look the orange stands out big time. It does look a lot better for us though. And if we run out without the orange I will be happy. I just think its a bad move for our sponsor.

Found a pic on the demonshop website. https://shopdesq.img...3764&OrgID=1749P.S anyone else having trouble posting at the moment? I cant click add reply, need to click on the more reply options button and then click add reply

Huh? Why is the orange box not on it? It might look a lot better, but I would rather have one identical to the ones the players wear. Also, the orange box is there for a reason. Its part of our sponsors logo. Really wonder if its a good idea omitting it when an additional year of sponsorship is on the line.

Lloyd thinks more of the mud on the bottom of his shoe than he does of us. He would probably laugh at our offer and go and wipe his butt with the contract.

Essendon will make a play for Moloney. To be honest, he would suit their game plan better than ours. He also wouldn't get tagged. He would also have a chance of getting a flag. The afl have already stated that the compo picks would not be as generous as the giants/suns compo. I'm with Rhino R. Third round pick.

e25 has been revealed to go by another name. I cannot for the life of me remember who it is. Striker maybe? What ever happened to Yze Magic?

We know that Cam Schwab said that we could match the Scully deal if we wanted to. Meaning we had bucket loads of room in the cap. We know since then we have signed Mitch Clark on a largely front loaded contract since. So each year we will be paying him considerably less. We are still offering front loaded contracts, which means we can always move to back ended contracts when room gets a bit tighter. Where has the club stated that we were forced to shelve development programs due to the delay in sponsorship deals? Are these programs back up and running now that we have signed sponsors? It was my understanding that the sponsors contract was standard 2 - 3 year deals? I'm happy to be proven wrong. I fail to see how AFL funding is irrelevant. It's incoming money. Incoming money gets budgeted across the club. Paying 100% of the salary cap would have been budgeted for.

Rhino, my post was obviously in relation to the salary cap. We know that we have had trouble over the past few years reaching the minimum salary cap payments. We know that the players are on massively front loaded contracts. Your point about sponsorship is odd. We have just signed 2 major sponsors for the next few years. We have also just signed up some of the minor sponsor partners. We have received a very large sum of money from the AFL from the TV rights deal. We are no longer making repayments on our debt. If you are telling me that Cam Schwab has failed to budget to pay 100% of the salary cap then I will run over there and through him out the door. We know that the bidding war will be determined by how much room clubs have in the salary cap.

We have cash. lots of cash. I rekon there will be some more mid season signings which will include upgrading this seasons player payments. this will leave more money for future years. let alone all.the big front loaded contracts we have. We will have enough to offer a big contract as well as look after current players

Glad to hear Spencer is going well. Is he beating Goldstein or breaking even?