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...and sometimes you don't know how a trade really pans out until the end of a players career. The Kelly/Tyson/Salem pick trade is a case in point...We have been smashed in the media by the likes of Damien Barrett and even our very own 'olisik' but the balance is starting to tip in our favour. Currently I would pick Salem ahead of Kelly but lets wait and see how the scale tips over the next 5 years.

It's ok 'o'...then Jackson will give Hickey a bath. Jackson was key to our resurgence in the 2nd half, we're not a one trick pony.

Brayshaw was coming off a couple of great games, playing a great role for the team. Definitely not off the pace. Agree 'Jaded', we need to let him settle. The wing has been his spot. Baker is not up to it and my only guess is they wanted to have one last look at him...

Back to Mitch...showed a lot of what he did with us. Missed an easy set shot which I said to my Tiges mate he would. Had some nice cameos but went missing for a lot of the game.

Not a lot more petrol left in Cotchin's legs...just going at the moment.

I believe he was pushed...so maybe that makes 2 of us. He didn't get the warm and cuddly embrace and looked elsewhere. ...a little like Chip, pretty much encouraged to explore his options.

As for Jake, I hope he plays out the year at Casey... He's not ready for the step up yet, not strong enough to stick his tackles and gets pushed off the ball too easily. Looks like he will be a player but give him time.

Hah...he (Oliver) leads the competition in contested possessions. Hardly cheap stats. He's the best inside mid in the game.

He turns 31 in June this year so that means he's 32 next year. No sneakiness or fooling about it, 32 is 32...

...and Oliver at 1, we're looking good.

Wow, I didn't realise he was that old... He had a great injury free run there for a while but the last few years haven't been kind. Collingwood's list is looking worse than I thought with Sidebottom on the way out and Pendles nearer the end than the start and Howey struggling with injury also near the end.

Sometimes people just like to whinge about not much at all... We're winning, I reckon that's pretty good.

I'm very superstitious...we've been winning whilst she's been quiet, no peeps. Let's keep it at no peeps, never tempt the fates...

...and Lever must also be a chance.

Well i wouldn't call it fair 'Rodney', but having just had a look at the replay it was a cheap shot on the umpires blind side. No looks like, or alleged about it, it was a punch that landed where he wanted it to land.

The old saying winners are grinners rings true. It's much more fun when things are working for you...

The thing that always gets me about this is that during the bad years our members still kept turning up. I believe we had the highest % of members consistently turning up to games, even through the Neeld years. This belies the stereotype of band wagon jumpers. Hawks supporters most definitely hold the title of biggest band wagon jumpers and those stick fat, side by side Collingwood mob are also very fickle. They drop off very quickly.

Awesome 'demonstone'! great read, that was the laugh I needed tonight. Thanks mate...

With an election coming up in Tassie, I'm not sure if you are joking but this could very well be the case now. Docklands is available on Sunday afternoon so I would lock it in...

He will have a place in the team, don't you worry about that.

To be fair 'bin', Brian is still trying to get the players names right...I mean they only have big numbers on their backs and they all have a different gait and approach at the footy. Once he sorts this out he will then move on to rules of the game, which he still really struggles with. Then he's got anatomy...doesn't seem to be able to tell the difference between a twisted ankle and a head knock. This of course doesn't stop him from giving medical opinions that the player in question should be back on soon. So then 'bin' he can start to deal with strategy and stats...

...and Irving Azoff.

That's just the way it falls sometimes, nothing we can do about it if he goes in the top 20. We're not being shafted, it's just the timing. Some you win, some you don't. The article is a bit of click bate anyway, it's a long season and no guarantee he will go top 20...particularly as a ruckman. They need a good headline to hang the new rules on and a bunch of supporters like yourself to get up in arms about it.

Needs to string a few of these games together before getting a call up this time... I reckon he was thrown in unfairly last year and he didn't make an impact. More like Sundays game and he will get his chance again

Gawn was streets ahead of Spencer as a ruckman and should have had development put into him at Casey, instead he was played more as a forward and only had real game time in the ruck when Spencer was injured. I remember watching Gawn towel up Hudson, a good experienced senior ruckman when he had the opportunity v the doggies 2's team at the time. It would have been Gawn's first season. Whilst ruckmen take time to develop, you can see the special ones early on. Max just needed to want to do it and thankfully for us the penny dropped and the opportunity came under Roos.