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On a side note, how funny that the advertisement at the top of this thread today relates to a competition to have Dane Swan at your Australia day bbq. Prob not the most appropriate site for that ad? hehe

Devo about sellar. Our list is top heavy.

BP loves a gamble. they really mustnt rate this draft at all. Maybe we will take Manson this kids stats arent even on the afl site, nor his pic

Id definitely be happy if Waldhuter slips to one of the picks in the 50s. Love the look of his agressive style and pace. Most other phantoms have him between about 35-50

Great report thanks. Any idea how Grimes is progressing?

Given you seem to understand it, how does the addition of an asset equal profit? Isnt an asset a balance sheet item?

This is a more measured response than claiming that Misson is th ebest thing that has ever happened to the club after 2 weeks of training. Thats the point im making.

Im not being negative at all, just using sarcasm to put across my point that people are falling into the same trap as always in thinking that change will definitely result in success. Yes things seem to be on the improve but to make statements like Misson and Neeld may be "the best thing to ever happen to the football club" just seems a little excessive, more than just positive, at this stage. Im positive about where the club is heading but ill wait to see some results first before making huge statements and unecessarily building expectation. My comment wasnt a personal dig at JCB at all, more of a dig at the general theme of many posts at the moment.

Yes and the huge number of games we have won so far proves that......oh hang on....

Gold

Unfortunately looking at the twitter photos of Cale today, he actually looks even skinnier!

Im happy enough we gave up pick 12. Afterall we still have the 2 compo picks in the bank. Im also happy enough to pay him the inflated salary given it apparently wont put a massive dent in our medium/long term list management given the supposed front ended nature of the deal. Win Win really.

I do understand. My point is that we cant seem to find that player who both wants to play for us and meets our needs.

Yeah trade for any dud and say we got a player who wante dot play for us. woopy do.

Im also thinking third round pick but maybe also an upgrade, like we give them our third round and we get their second round in return. I cant see us aquiring another player given we already seem to be struggling to delist the minimum number of players.

Its frustrating that we often talk ourselves up with things like this then come out with 0. I personally think it was unfair that Gold Coast were allowed to be involved in this mini draft bidding system given the fact they were so loaded with top picks last year and were a shoe in for the spoon that they were always going to be in an unbeatable position in this bidding process. They have no need for pick 4 anyway so it was like a bonus to them whereas all the other real clubs had to weigh up a lot more.

I always shudder when our players are mentioned for this pointless exercise. Was it Varcoe who popped his shoulder a couple of years back and it hampered him for the whole preseason?

Your avatar is gold! i had the whole set as a kid.

Not sure if this has been asked, but can the thread name be made bigger than the name of the person who created it? Love the upgrade otherwise.

This. The collars fine.

I'm not quite livid, but I'm really disappointed, the more I think about it. I can see why you're upset. This just smells of past failures whichever way I look at it.

No coaching background? You may want to double check that. His record was actually very similar to neelds. Assistant at a premiership at port and coached Mt gravatt in Qld to a flag I think. I'm also underwhealmed and need to be convinced this is the right decision and not desperation after not being able to land a senior coach.

Maybe it's the two devastating finals losses we dealt the blues during his reign.

Tom $cully you are a disgrace. Not only did you sell your sole for money, you lied straight faced to the most respected people at our club who supported him, and showed no appreciation and honour for being allowed to play at our great club. This debacle shows him for the true person he is, a greedy, selfish, disrespectful fool who values wealth ahead of friends, loyalty and success.

The sad thing is they wont. Footy just isnt like that anymore unfortunatley. They will be pattign him on the ass just like the dogs players did with Ward. Its the supporters who hurt more.