Cranky Franky

Go on the GC supporter site - he is as popular as Oscar is here.

The problem is that the BT only wants to play him across wing & defence where his lack of pace catches him out. He should play fwd.

Nothing much will change until the AFL deals with the biggest cause of concussion which is CONGESTION. AFL is often like an ugly rubgy maul with 30 players around the pack. Whoever gets hold of the ball immediately gets hammered. Until they find a way to stop the congestion concussions will keep increasing.

Thats all true DD but you make a fool of yourself by judging 1st year players when we won't know who got it right for probably 5 years down the track. Comparing 18 y o Pickett to 23 y o Liam Ryan is absurd. So far the consensus (except for a couple of posters here) of media, coaches & supporters is that our current draftees are outstanding.

Can you confirm that you are going to post one of these for every single player who comes up for speculation no matter how ridiculous ?

Extending his contract on the basis of ONE good year was idiotic. Maybe after 3 succesful seasons ok. Also crazy to give a solid player like Harmes a 5 year deal.

Serious ? You guys are like the forgiving partners of a problem gambler who keeps promising to quit. Jessie has been in the headlines again & again & barely played a game since he left us. Sheeet we may as well re sign Jurrah & Mitch Clark while were at it

Good talent - would definitely make him an offer.

I reckon Mike has been a woeful interviewer. Had Bob Skilton on & Bob was about to get into the turbulent times as our coach & his sacking & the drama with Stan Alves. Mike just stopped, didn't ask a follow up & things petered out - we didn't learn anything.

Exactly SF - people are just looking for excuses. Port flew down on the day they played us. Goody has mentioned our fitness coach has experience in the EPL & short turnarounds. They were lethargic from the get go.

Yo there QD! Jamie Duursma - a 1980's blast from the past. Was regarded as the Oscar McD of his era, clumsy & unco - and yet in one of those years surprised us & played some terrific footy - recall he kept Kernahan quiet in one game. And I fondly recall Gaunt - just a good ordinary player at Richmond played some super footy for us. As for the foreign legion - its a bit mixed you can pick out plenty of successes & failures - not sure how you would objectively measure it.

For a couple of years now we have been patting ourselves on the back on the basis that our midfield - Oliver, Viney, Petracca & Brayshaw with service from Gawn is as good if not the best of any in the comp. The last few games have been a rude wake up call. A few weeks ago Bont & McRae pantsed them, last week Steele & Zac Jones were well on top & yesterday 2 slow veterans on Kennedy & Parker gave them a bath. Something drastic needs to be done.

Ah sweet memories. First time we I went with mates to the footy was at Moorabin. I was 15 or 16 & we got someone to buy us beer. I recall Max Walker in the ruck & Graham Osborne playing well.

Nah Cairns is not nearly as oppressive as Darwin ATM. Darwin would be 31 deg & 90% humid. We are actually lucky. Imagine if we had drawn to play really tough opposition in Cairns.

Hardly "did the dirty". Woewy's management screwed us into an exorbitant deal for him. This happened because Farmer had just left for Freo so we couldn't be seen to lose 2 marquee players at once & so paid way over the odds for him. He was a good solid player who had an outstanding year. Its a bit like the current Polec situation. If his management had been reasonable he would have played out his career at the Dees.

Pretty sure that Cook (pick 12) was the only player in the first 30 picks that year to be delisted without playing a senior game. Well done recruiters.

Spot on here mate. He just cannot play down back as he is a liability. He effectively cost us 3 goals in the 1st half. Play him as a pressure forward & give him another year.

That is incorrect & re writing history. Travis Johnstone & Jack Watts were pretty much unanimously regarded as the top picks in their year. Scully & Trengove were unanimous for 1 & 2 in their year & Sylvia & McLean in the top 3 in their year (which was a thin year). Toumpas & Morton are the only picks who were not generally regarded as certainties for number they were picked at.

I call BS on this. Koschitzke retired at the end of 2013 and Nick Riewoldt was getting on so St Kilda was keen to get a key forward & McCartin was the obvious choice as he was the only key fwd among the top draft picks (McCartin, Petracca, Brayshaw).

There's always a comedian about isn't there. Obviously for games being played on or before Thursday they should be named 24hrs before the ball up but for all other games the teams could & should be announced Thursday - like I said Richardson let slip that the team had been selected last night.

True except that when we lose it brings on several days of football depression.

Exactly. Life is one long groundhog day. At least I could look forward to 6.30pm Thursday. Now even that has been taken from us.

I am really annoyed that a number of teams are now announced on Friday. Thursday team selections go back to forever. Who can forget Lou Richards, Jack Dyer & Bob Davis on Thursday nights. Its annoying & makes tipping difficult. Alan Richardson mentioned that the team had been selected yesterday afternoon so there are no excuses for the delay.

If he was born white & had a dysfunctional childhood, with a violent father and had mental health issues as well he might well have had a similar outcome. There was less welfare support from Clubs & the AFL back then & less support for mental ilness.

Lets hope he gets the help he needs & is acknowledged for what he achieved. He got hit with a triple whammy. Disfunctional upbringing with a violent father, racism during his footy career and mental health issues.