Norm Smith's Curse

It appears that Beamer and Morton are gone and Gysberts cant get into the side (Tynan was chosen over him). Sylvia and Dunn seem intent on playing for their careers by lifting and telling us that their future is bright, etc. It will be an interesting period with trades, delistings and drafting to come. neeld needs a better 2013. And He will get it by any means.

I cant help but think there is more to the Beamer situation than we know. How does a player go from best and fairest and running boxing camps to being a fringe player who 'needs to adapt'. Then you hear the rumours that Neeld told Maxwell that Beamer just 'doesnt listen' and the infamous 'Get F%^& Moloney off!' in the coach's box. Could be personality clash or something more. Either way i enjiyed watching Beamer in the red and blue for many seasons and in some ways Id be sad to see him go. But we need to do what ever it takes.

Could be some truth in this story actually. But I doubt Neeld will be ok with this kind of caper. You often hear the stories of how Collingwood and Melbourne were training near each other and the difference was like adults and kids.

My take on Neeld and this season is that Neeld came in to move us forward and quickly realised the way we were structured and training had plateaued and the only way to move up is to go back to scratch.

I wonder if Nathan Carroll would be interested in returning? Greens revelations are interesting but we can only really guess who or what he is having a go at. We dont know which players he is referring to, but I guess if he is saying 'using talent' well we dont have many of those to be honest - Davey, Sylvia are probably the only players considered to be standout talents. Davey's body language for the last few years hasnt been great. His foot is cooked and I cant see a come back to be honest. Loved watching him - especially in the Byron Pickett times - but we have to move on. But I could be wrong and he could be super keen to come back and make an impact. Colin Sylvia - well he has been playing quite well in the second half and you almost get the feeling the article about him 'saying his best is yet to come' is a plea more than anything else. Similarly with Dunn his form seems to come together right before contract signings. Im not suggesting that we get rid of either of these blokes but who has responded to the Neeld camp will be pretty clear at season's end.

Mate im just going on what is going around on facebook reported as indirect quotes from Jimmy's bio.

yeah no brad green there! Ill find out tomorrow what the f this bloke was on about. Was it the day before?

40 minutes later and still nothing... You cant fast forward podcasts.

When I read Jimmy's autobio then Ill know.

Have you read it personally?

Listening now but you cant fast forward so its going to take a while...

From what I read Tynan had his best game at Casey and had 24 disposals?

I thought they might be factual rather than gossip. I guess until Ive read Jimmy's book or listening to Green's radio interview it will remain gossip I guess? Alright Id better download that podcast how ever ytou do that...

can be downloaded from here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/friday/id369157128?i=102216893

Yeah just looked into it and apparently its from Jimmy's autobio. So if he's saying it Id say it has to be true. Is it any wonder we are shiz if this is true?

I dont think we will take any risks this time around. We have to have learnt from our mistakes and perhaps bad luck,

Rumours on facebook that during the Bailey years players cancelled training sessions. As in called in and told the coach they werent coming and this was considered fine. Any truth?

Wasnt there a rumour that Neeld told Maxwell that Beamer and someone else just refused to listen to him?

A great pickup in a year of pretty ordinary results. I wonder where we'd be without him to be honest...

According to a bloke at work Brad Green was on Radio National 927 this morning? Did anyone hear this? I have searched the web and cant find any record of it. Apparently he had a few comments to make about the professionalism of some of his team mates.

A player like Buddy Franklin would do it! I chose the demons because they were called the demons and i thought that sounded cool at the tender age of three - i dont remember this, I just asked mum whether she remembered why I chose the road of dashed hope When i was old enough to understand the history of the club that added to the resolve.

Which are the witch's hats? I agree Tappscott is a beauty. And he has more smarts than has paid off for him so far. Give him time.

Great post. will insert on work calendar!!

Daniher had a list early on in particular that was far better than ours is now.

Based on the words of one player - Jolly - who he wouldnt give a game to for whatever reason. So dont take that as factl. Other old players have cast doubt on Jolly's version. Scott Thompson was considered a gun from the start - he was picked up as the main cog for our midfield rebuild at the time - and by 2004 he was carving it up in the midfield better than any of the others we've had in our midfield since then. To the point that when he left (which we resisted because we had staked our future on his success - even including his image on our membership cards at the time) we never recovered midfield wise other than when one or two others were flying (like Bruce who was a brownlow favourite unril round 10 one year when he was injured by that bloke that got his premiership medal stolen). So I very much doubt that Daniher had a hands off policy with a player who was considered a rising star at the club - so if he dislikes Daniher its for other reasons.