Recent content by fmurphy30

Let me be clear: I am not an ITK and do not proclaim to be. I rarely post, mostly read. One of the chief complaints over the years has been the attacks on people who post information that others dispute/challenge/attack and debate over. I'm not big noting. I simply passed on something I know. I...

Rumour as fact (I assume this is not public yet): Cripps is already in Brisbane. A delegation of Carlton people went up last night. Cripps is one of them. Spotted this morning in Queensland.

To be fair (and all jokes aside), I don't think Essendon's recruiting is the worst. Players like Nick Martin and Scott Draper were great pick-ups. He does have an eye for talent but has put together an unbalanced list. They've invested hard in the wrong mids and not prioritised key position...

Sorry, long post about Paddy Dow. Probably best placed in here. I watch the Magoos pretty much every week (the ones don't give me much to get excited about). I've wanted Dow to succeed from the outset and always kept a close eye on him. I think he has improved massively in the last two years...

Further to Forty3's TDK rumour, I know someone very close to the situation. Will share with the mods if asked. TDK wanted to sign last year but his manager talked him out of it. TDK loves Carlton and has no intention of leaving. The contract will be done it is just a question of when. Also, his...

That looks like a death knell for Dow. With our injuries and the chance for a round 1 spot up for grabs... not even in the squad. That says he is playing out time... :( Mirkov over Pittonet strange too. I know its practice but don't you want to know how it works? Not great for Kemp/Carroll either.

I posted on this a couple of years ago. Bruce Francis is still going at it and the H/Sun sees fit to cite him as if he is a credible source. He is a peanut. I've several of his manifestos on this saga and most of his 'evidence' is his interpretation of evidence. Once he 'believes' something or...

https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/james-hird-has-quietly-left-gws-giants-coaching-return-in-doubt/news-story/fbb00c0eff2726d7aba8d9fb42ed8220 Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I suspect Golden Balls only took the GWS part time job because Sheeds promised him the EFC head coaching job when he...

Setters should be a good pick up. I was disappointed to lose him but understand why we let him go. His career would have petered out at Carlton. Whilst we probably thought he was worth more than we got in the trade, we let him go as he would have played more twos than ones. That's not to bag...

Left field idea, but with the Melbourne/Collingwood impasse on Grundy, would anyone be prepared to offer pick 9 for Grundy and 16, on the basis Geelong is prepared to trade pick 7 for TDK? Not advocating it, but it gives us ruck certainty now and two first round kids for the future. Pies still...

TDK at present is a 'nearly' player as a ruckman. He could be special but he is inconsistent. Is it worth playing him as a CHB? A bit like his brother, he could thrive there. His marking would be a feature and he could take the bigger forwards (which most clubs either have or want). It would...

Love this from the one of the goons on Bomberblitz... 'We haven’t played a winning final since 2004. Let that sink in. 16 years.' It's 2022, that'd make it 18 years, but who's counting? It seems it would be almost cruel to tell him!

I know its at Windy Hill but did they have to get Essendon cheer leaders to do the commentary? You get a running history on every EFC players we've never heard of and they have no idea who guys like Dow and Stocker are and call them wrong. Dow and Carroll were impressive. Durdin looked ok but...

'Not one positive drug test' says Sheedy. Umm, because there were no tests for the drugs they were taking...spoken like a true cyclist! Whilst we are at it, let's talk about AOD-9604. Everyone pretty much had it. It was banned (FACT). No prosecution because of ASADA's administrative errors, but...