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As distinct from all of the other public relations nightmares experienced by them in their brief existence to date. I can't see the matter proceeding beyond a MRP ruling that the level of force applied in each case was not considered sufficient to justify a sanction.

There's a jokes please thread for posts like that one!

WJ. Time for the next installment of Charcoal and Orange?

Could it be that he's filling a casual vacancy on the board?

I think Redleg had his sarcasm metre on high power. I understand new doctors have been appointed.

Oh that force! My apologies for missing it. And I suppose Jimmy told everyone that Garry was what forced him and the board to decide not to retain Bailey and that otherwise they were oblivious to any problems with the coach and they would never have even thought about it. Not even after the insipid and disgraceful exhibition we put on at Skilled.

Garry forced Jimmy to get out of his sick bed and take action to sack Bailey? Exactly what was the nature of the force? Was it at gunpoint?

The above post doesn't make sense. Proposition 1: Gary & Jimmy along with others realised Bailey could not take us forward. Proposition 2: That's a big part of the concern I've got with Garry - doesn't want to commit to real ongoing involvement but wants to stick his oar in when it suits him. What does 1 have to do with 2? In any event the concern should not be with Garry but with the Board for allowing him to stick his oar in when it suits him if they don't want him to. Otherwise, everything he's done has been by invitation of the board and he made it known for the outset he wasn't in for the long haul.

Sir Les - now there's a true Aussie battler if there ever was one. I wonder if he ever win his battle with alcohol?

Just having a look around.

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Folks ... I think this thread is going to peter out unless we find a new angle. Who do we have on our list to fulfil the role that the unmentionable one was set for before he jumped ship?

Well, it's all come down to this - Rate cut hopes go bananas

What Tom is saying is that the offer was made to Phil after Tom signed. If the offer was made to Phil in November 2010 then Tom signed before then. What a tangled web ...

Laugh as much as you like but the fellow's a recruiting genius worth his weight in ... well, worth his weight. The story goes that he was given a recruiting assignment to get whatever he prefers and he came back with the signatures Shaun McKernan, Hamish McIntosh and Eric Makenzie, all players over 195cm. When asked why he chased after these blokes, he said it was because he prefers Big Macs.

I think with modern day coaching and training methods someone like Daniel Clarke might have made it as an AFL ruckman. In those days the big lumbering ruck men weren't expected to work as hard on their fitness and their skills as they do today. I saw him a few times late in his career at Frankston and I thought he wasn't far off some of the lumbering types going around the competition atmthe time.

13 days to go ... no idea who we'll get!

Training for a week and still no coach?

It's unlikely that he will wreck his knee. His problem is more that he will need to moderate his training regime to ensure that he can keep playing. It's doable but he will need to compromise on the high levels of fitness that he previously was able to achieve.

They could do us a favour by televising all of the selections in reverse this year instead of just the first ten.

What about the stress he put us under?

Essendon supporters will tell you that when Denham was sticking his boots into them earlier this year, he was calling their club liars. The man can't even come up with an original line to justify this obsession with clubs and people he doesn't like.

Judging by the number of comments and views on this thread to date, I'd say somebody must.

More like the AFL's Afghanistan...and it could get very ugly.