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yeah for real If we didn't have a player exodus at the end of 2013 then we never will. Last year was dark as can be. then after the dark came the light (PJ and Roos)

thank god we are back playing this weekend what a joke that bye was, totally unnecessary Time to finish the year with a bang and break the Etihad hoodoo

the draft and trading sub forum will be for that i assume the mods will open it soon

5 years, 700k for Frawley LOL If thats true I pray we aren't the suckers that gave him the contact

good We can do much better than him

cant think of a better way than to end 2014 beating those overrated flogs at Etihad cant believe we haven't beaten them for 8 years and they've never been any good in that time

Melbourne have supported him and he loves the club if he decides to play again it will only be for the MFC Even if he goes into the preseason draft or become a delisted FA, no other club will draft or sign him out of goodwill and also the risk involved for them would be too high

excellent

Was never a fan of the succession plan Hoping they stay away from it and we land a big fish at the end of 2016.... assuming Roos doesnt stay on past then.. but anything can happen

This news got me pumped up, been watching some of the best moments of the season so far. hard to top this epicness

JKH was robbed in the Crows game

he might be a sneaky chance to play for Casey this weekend?

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-07-28/options-open-for-demons

Caro exposes Mark Robinson Hird losing support of Essendon directors

he had a 50% win record at Carlton with an average list. (that includes going 0-6 in his first season after taking over as interim coach at seasons end). They won 15 games in 2011. The guy can coach, and I reckon he will be even better now having spent time at the Hawks.

Brett Ratten says he wants another crack at senior AFL coaching http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/former-carlton-coach-and-current-hawks-assistant-brett-ratten-would-like-another-senior-afl-role/story-fni5f8ge-1227003402519 I hope Roosy has been in contact already

if we play like we did against Port we could win all but the Hawks game at the least we should beat GWS and Brisbane We need to finish the season strong

I think we are all hoping his past 2 ordinary seasons have been because of an undiagnosed foot problem thats now hopefully fixed. If he can get back to the player he was and was promising to be in 2011, it will be a huge boost for us and well done Jess

Collingwood have fallen out of the 8 I hope they stay there for a long long time

you must not have enjoyed your footy very much if the 2 best weekends u had during the season were weekends u didn't play AFL players have become spoiled brats. No other professional sport that i know of has 2 extended breaks during the season Look at the NBA. They have just a 5 day break mid-season for All Star weekend, and they play 82 regular season games plus playoffs This new generation of AFL players are the softest in the history of the game

Brayshaw for sure. We still have the shallowest midfield in the AFL and lack star power in there if we draft Petracca an Brayshaw and can poach one of Treloar or Shiel from GWS we will be set up nicely in 2015 and beyond

getting picks 1 and 2 now will certainly be a lot better than when we got them in 2009. This time wed have genuine reason to believe we will get 2 young superstars as we have guys like Roos and Stone etc who actually know about player development Still praying we avoid the spoon though

only game of AFL today and its at 4 40 PM on a Sunday to whoever does the fixture, get a clue you bunch of dumb [censored]

apparently Damien Barrett just tore Mark Robinson to shreds regarding his pro-Essendon propaganda Anyone see it?

hopefully they are forced to pay overs for him, would be hilarious and set them back yet again