Bossdog

I was there and any other team would not have got within 15 goals of Essendon that year......Good grief man get a grip,,,,,,,,,,

And we've been so much better since???????

It's a waste of time argueing with you blokes......You sit back in hindsight and bag the past coaches and players and blame all for not giving you a premiership...... For me I enjoyed those years ...I don't blame all for not winning everything You can go though each club and pick holes ten years later....... Look at Richmond....Two finals appearences since 1980......We made the grand final in 2000 and were beaten by a team that were nearly invincible....and you're still bitching and moaning......

You can't always be first to the ball.......If you are second the least you can do is tackle.....He will be okay....8 tackles is a good effort IMO

Maybe he was a good coach who got the most of a fairly average list If we had not made the finals during those years,maybe just maybe you could be right......But there are lots of coach that don't get into GFs Lyon must be a bad coach...never won a cup.... Eade must be a bad coach " And the list goes on.....Just give credit where it's due....

So by that logic.....There is only one good coach each year???? The rest are crap......Are you really say that ?????? I really liked Danners and I think he did a great job with the facilities and money that he had .......

I think Cale will do very well at West Coast.....They have a lot of players that are inside ball winners ...He will do very well on the vast Pattersons Stadium......

Tell that to Steven Baker.....200 games for StKilda and was a thug, but the good players hated playing on him and was a good player for his side.

Not to be critical OD.......but we haven't played a game in 2013 yet and you already want 7-8 changes?????

I think we beat Nth in forward 50 entries......

Chippy...I also played in the old Federal League....A very tough and willing league....I still have links with two clubs in the southern comp...... I haven't noticed any slowness of the past players and if anything ...I have put it down to age.......We are all getting on now

I'll say again....22FEB 2013 in a crap three way mickey mouse 1st round NAB cup........And some people can judge players careers after this ONE match.....Geeeez....

I have been to a couple of Casey dinners when they have night games.....CC has been there speaking both times......He is a top bloke and a very very funny man....I believe he has the right to find employment as long as it is not in the AFL (Could be wrong)...

It's the way of the world,Im afraid,OD......Corporate Rule...Global Finances....The rich get richer ect...ect.... And the only thing we want or need is a premiership.....

Yeah and a glass of beer at the public bar was 15c and a packet of smokes 39c........But I only got paid $22 per week....

Injuries like this will happen all season long....It's going to happen at all clubs The good thing is he may only miss 2 proper games...

I stand corrected......Thought I heard one of the callers say he turned 18.... Must get my hearing checked.....

O'Mera from G/Coast turned 18 yesterday but he can play this year?????????? I don't get it....

Do you take grumpy pills every morning?????

It's a funny old world we live in these days isn't it..... One where you cannot call a black man black as it might upset him ...but you can call a white man white One where you cannot have christmas carols at pre school or schools because it may cause non christians offence One where if you say something about Islam....there are riots around the world One where women can have a swimming pool for women only but if men did this they would be yelling sexual discrimination..... One where a person makes a joke at the expence of his footy club and is banned for 12 months Yep it's a funny old world.....

Get rid of it....

Old Dee....I am starting to get worried about you......It's only the first NAB cup game in this ridicules 3 way/2 halves mickey mouse first round.....All the new blokes will take a little time to get used to playing together....We played 35 players to give most a run....If it was 2009,all sides would be charged with Tanking..... It will be OK....I promise.....

I hear what your saying but to judge any of the players you mentioned above will take more than half a practice match. Considering that half the side has not played together against an opposition side,I thought our defensive structures (I hate that word) were all right......Last year we would have capitulated in both last halves and you would be looking at 5-8 goal defeats....

Well if you can't see some improvement in last nights games to where we were last year....I can't help you... How many pre-season games have the Swans won in the past 10 years, but they seem to go all right in the season proper I love my team as well.....It does not mean that I knock my players or decide the players futures on a three side practice match in Feb..... See me in Aug.......We both might have different opinions then.......

If you watched the Nth vs Rich game you would have seen a lot of turnovers as well.....As for our low possession rate,.I think you will find that Nth chip chip chip which makes their possession rate a lot higher......I think we had about the same inside 50's....Stand to be corrected on that Against Rich....I thought that they were fresh and keen and used the ball a lot better than us...... I liked that we came back against Nth and held Rich goaless in the last half We will be a lot better with a settled side after they play together for a while....