simma02

Brisbane First Up at the 'G' http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/125341/default.aspx

I have no doubt we will hit 45,000 members.

Pretty much - he said a memo has gone out to all clubs that they must pay 100% of the cap, he said Tim Harrington has given incorrect info. He also had a crack at us for apparantly sacking Cameron Schwab and then re-hiring him. What is this guys problem? I tried to look him up on Wikipedia to see if he has any past ties to the club as it seems like he has a case of the old sour grapes syndrome but he is not even on Wikipedia! Why is this fool on SEN - what is his claim to fame? Writing for the Australian is hardly a claim to fame because as far as footy goes The Australian has about as much credibility as Sports News First. Can anyone please confirm why this idiot is on the airwaves???????

He's at it again - can't help himself! Telling us to get up with the times because we are currently playing 92% of the cap. What a toss bag!

FB: Garland Frawley Blease HB: Tapscott Rivers Grimes C: Jones Sylvia Trengove HF: Pettered Watts Howe FF: Green Clark Jurrah Foll: Jamar Moloney McKenzie Int: Davey, Martin, Gysberts Sub: Bail

Agreed. Let the boy play with The Dogs. He doesn't really fit into our forward structure now.

Caddy - would be a great get. Compo pick plus players.

No way Fevola and Jack Roo would work in the same Forward Line.

Clark will not go into the pre season draft. Brisbane will accept picks 16 + 20 on Monday. Pure and Simple.

Yeah great Idea - lets waste more time on another bloke that wants to live interstate!

It's not the end of the world guys - we were never going to get him and must move on. Time to land a Lisle or perhaps a VFL/SANFL/WAFL Key position player. Moving forward Lucas Cook is the man - we just need someone else whilst he is developing. I'd also like to see if we can land 1 or 2 mature bodied midfielders as this is an area we need to work on.

We will. This club is going places. The important thing is we have a good coaching structure in place.

Rubbish. Unless we actually get some draft picks out of it it's not a win at all for us.

So you would prefer us to waste more time chasing this dead end? I'm not sure if you understand this but the most important thing about any trade is the player in question must want to come to the club - this is of paramount importance. If the player doesn't want to come to the club then the trade doesn't happen.

Clark's Manager is on Trade Week Radio and has stated he wants to go to Freo - Surprise, Surprise. He doesn't want to play for us. Is everyone clear on that? Can we please move on and actually do something constructive this trade week and land a player that wants to be at the club!

No mention of that on Trade Week Radio. Sounds like BS to be honest. Pick 16 + 20 is a better prospect than 12 + Maric.

It's safe to say if Brisbane knocked back pick 16 + 20 then it seems we've offerred pick 12 + compo. That's too much outley on our behalf.

If true then that is disapointing. I think pick 12 + compo for an elite talent was worth it, no need to ask for the top 25 pick also.

Fair call, I'll cop that. We probably would be working on other things but we can't make any real moves until this Mitch Clark situation gets sorted. If this drags out until Monday 1pm then that doesn't leave much time for us to get a whole lot done.

I never said that. All I am saying is with all this time invested in this Clark deal we may miss out on a Lisle or some other potential deals....

Okay, just say I change my view on Clark being a decent key forward - I'm not but for argument sake I'll put that on the back burner. He is not worth pick 12 + and a compo and this is what we may have to give up to get him. Pick 12 alone - not a bad get. Don't get me wrong I think Clark is a decent player but no superstar. Most importantly, he doesn't want to live here. His heart is in Perth. This is the biggest issue here - he doesn't want to live in Brisbane so I really can't see why he would come to Melbourne. Perth is where he wants to be.

What part of Clark wanting to live in Perth don't you understand? He has a family over there including a sick Grand Mother - this is more of a lure than money and living in Melbourne! We won't get him so I'd prefer us to spend our time on prospects that are a more realistic chance of landing!

Clark is not a key forward - he's a far better ruckman. We already have an excellent prospect on our list in Lucas Cook to be a key forward. I'd prefer us to get Lisle whilst Cook is developing and stop wasting time on Clark. We won't land him and we are wasting our time trying to do so.

We could miss out on Lisle all together due to these Mitch Clark negiotations.....

Anyone that writes for the Australian isn't worth listening to......