Undeeterred

That fine was ridiculous - resting those players was pure list management. The Spurs are one of the oldest teams in the league, and they had 4 games in 5 days. The bigger problem was that they rested their stars against Miami, which would be kind of like Collingwood resting Thomas, Swan, Pendlebury and Cloke on Anzac Day. It destroyed the TV revenue stream for that game. I'm not sure that was really tanking in its pure form.

I wouldn't.

Talking complete sense, as usual.

Mate, this is crazy talk. What is happening in the papers at the moment has absolutely nothing to do with how smoothly or otherwise the club is currently running. It is the outcome of events which happened years ago. In fact, to counter your argument, I'd say the way this has been handled by the club shows that it is running incredibly smoothly, compared to previous times.

Well, yes, but in some senses it doesn't matter where the article comes from. What matters is the editorial direction the paper is taking, and no matter who wrote this, if they weren't looking to push this view, they wouldn't publish it.

Sure, but do you reckon they would have published it while Caroline Wilson was on the attack? Not in a million years. The fact that they have published shows a complete U-turn, regardless of the perspective from which it was written. In fact, I think it comes across as very balanced and reasonable, given it was written by a supporter.

That article shows an ASTOUNDING about face by the Age. Someone's had a word to them, but not the AFL, because this makes the AFL look silly.

Ahhh, Jose, you're back... That's the spirit. Made me laugh out loud.

You've been all for us 'copping our whack' for ages!

Who needs a whole off season when it is Jose attacking you. You generally only need to wait a couple of days.

Two in one day, Jose. Finkelstein is a barrister. They are the ones in the wigs who go to Court. ABL are solicitors.

You probably shouldn't make statements like this if you are going to accuse other posters of making posts that are 'riddled with errors'.

Um, or being big enough to admit that there is a possibility you aren't right 100% of the time. Not that you'd recognise the difference, of course, given you are never wrong.

Yep, also true!

True. Or you could take it as pedalling the usual cliched crap that doesn't mean anything, and not taking account of any surrounding circumstances.

The quality of these previews can be summed up by reading this one... 8. James Frawley James has been a standout performer. He’s fit, strong and using the ball well. His leadership continues to improve every week. – Jade Rawlings

I can't believe such a ridiculous OP has garnered 40 replies, and I further can't believe I'm adding another.

Actually, folks, it is quite hard to get kicked out of the cricket. There were 70 something ejections in a crowd of 70,000. There is nothing wrong with having a holiday, but cr@p - what a bunch of complete, total, morons. And to everyone saying there were Geelong and Richmond players involved, come on! Seriously?

Oooo nice bump. Can't believe this was even seriously proposed as a poll. I miss NoMoreMrRangeRover...

Why are we all so focussed on Sylvia? It is so boring continually potting the guy. I haven't seen any preseason sessions, but it seems like there are at least 10-15 players who are absolutely smashing themselves. Why can't we focus on McDonald, Nicholson, Howe, Viney, Blease and the others who people continually indicate are working their backsides off?

You usually contribute really good stuff, but is there any chance you could respond without twisting the thread to talk about Colin Sylvia? Did the same thing with Morton every second time you posted...

It seems realistic to expect that Viney, and our bigger bodied recruits, could have a fairly instant impact. After all, we clearly drafted them for that, where a lot of other clubs will be comfortable for their picks to make little or no impact next year. I think the article is pretty spot on, actually, although I still think we are all expecting too much from Viney.

This is the closest I've seen... I can't think of anybody else to include.

Could have taken Wilkes, and not had him kick all of his career goals against us this year...

Snap.