Pipefitter

Will the Carey school bus be renamed the reality bus?

The airport and souvenir shop ideas are great. The fact that such an idea was brushed over is just another example of how out of touch the previous admin(s) have been. I know in my travels around the world I've bought plenty of soccer, basketball tops etc of cities I've been in as a memento, regardless of whether i support them or not. These are additional sales, and more money is good money. If we want become the biggest club, we have to act like the biggest club. Promoting ourselves as the flagship of our game at airports can only bring good things.

Could just be blind ambition though. There are definitely players who will improve on our list under Roos, but if Blease is struggling to keep up with the laggers on our list, Jesus himself wouldn't get much more out of him.

I remember being a kid at Victoria park when we beat them by 9 points. 1991 IIRC, was waving my flag at the end and was abused. I would have been 8 I reckon. They've always been a charming bunch.

I think Blease will be gone at the end of the year. Kid can seriously play but obviously lacks afl level fitness.

Riding the reality train.

Pissing the house down,

It's refreshing to hear that theres a real footy focus at training now. All we kept hearing the last few years was about different variations of running drills.

People get seduced by "pace", "explosiveness", etc. Freeman could be the next Dangerfield, or he could be the next Simon Buckley.

No pressure, but HOGAN. If this kid comes in and does a Carey things will change around here very quickly.

He has got to learn his place in the footy jungle. At being a dirt finding, looking through ben cousins rubbish bin, new idea trash journalist he is the best in the business. But for him to understand a good drafting strategy? Spare me. Such a [censored].

Time and a place. I don't see any other coaches throwing press conferences in October either. They are letting the trades do the talking and I'm liking what I'm hearing.

In his best and fairest year he was one of the best midfielders in the comp. Lets hope he can recapture that form.

Pay him heaps the first 2 years, so if he only gets 3 years out of his body then we won't be paying out much.

Guys, instead of debating the validity of the "rumours" can we debate the worth of the players coming to melbourne? Its just a bit of fun guys. Loosen up FCS.

Best result for both parties. Big fan of Jamar. He's been a loyal club man, and he's always an encouraging voice on the field. All the best.

I know. All I'm saying is that this is the calibre of players that are expected when trading these picks.

It's one or the other. I agree.

Chris Judd was traded for pick 3. Media speculating that we would use it one players like luke Parker or Heath shaw have NFI.

He will come cheap, and dramatically improve our contested ball. Yes for me.

Unless we get a superstar midfielder like Dangerfield, Pendlebury etc pick 2 should be off the table. I'm sure the club are smart enough to know this is the benchmark for what you should expect in return. They are just throwing that out there in the hope a club is going for a radical list change. This pick will be used on the 2nd best kid in the draft. I'll be happy with that.

To me Heater doesn't have a "culture" problem. He has a "Buckley" problem. As Does Dale Thomas, Chris Dawes, Wellingham. Players never used to actively try to leave collingwood. Im quite happy to have Heater at our club. We don't have a decent running half back. This guy is one of the best in the business in this position.

Really rated him at Geelong. I don't anymore. Games gone past this fella unfortunately.

I thought we would have overtaken them this year. In fact i made a very silly bet with my st. kilda loving inlaws last preseason that we would this year. Not going to make any rash comments on st kilda again next year haha.

I actually agree with what Adrian Anderson says about getting the pillars right. Which i think we have. We've got an actual coach now. We will get more out of this current squad now i assure you.