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Just wanted to officially welcome Heath to the Blues, seeing as no-one's posted about him yet and he's probably feeling a bit lonely. Bit of a strange selection, this one - some people say he's getting on, but I think if we can squeeze a decent year out of him, maybe across the half-back flank...

Haven't seen too much love for T-Bird in the votes, but I thought he played a crucial role as a defensive forward when he went onto Lake, who looked like he was set for a 30 possession, 20 mark game in the first quarter. For Thornton to end up with more possessions than Lake and a couple of...

The VFL looks picked clean of big KPFs in the mold of Podsiadly, and our KPF stocks are at a low (with necessary apologies to Sam Rowe). So: Who have you got, and what do you want for them? Why should they leave your club, and what could they offer Carlton? Let's assume that (1) everyone bar...

I never really noticed until the Northern Blues VFL game last week, but it seems that Ratten is building a team around two tenets: (1) fast and (2) flexible. The first point is no great secret, and it was gratifying to see it work last night in the last quarter when Richmond ran out of legs in...

Good evening The Bay. It seems that Brett Ratten's rope-a-dope strategy through the NAB Cup is paying dividends, with an impressive win over a resurgent Richmond the result for a team missing four of its top 10 players (Jamison, Walker, Duigan and Warnock). Much is to be learned from his...

I'll give kudos to Mick Malthouse and the Pies' recruiters. They assembled a damn good side with just a couple of weak areas (see: Leigh Brown), and peaked about six weeks too early in '11. But, like Essendon from '99 - '01, they've done all that hard work to win just one flag. Pies, I feel...

Another dominant performance from the best inside player in the AFL last night should see him get three more votes come Brownlow time. Only two clangers according to the AFL.com match stats, and one of those was the admittedly disappointing poster in the second quarter. After five matches, Judd...

This is it, guys. The thread that all of you (bar my Navy Blue brothren) have been hoping and praying for. The thread where Carlton are smashed by red and yellow debutantes Gold Coast, and BigFooty crashes under the weight of trolls scurrying from under their bridges and basements across...

Dane Swan sure was in sparkling form on the weekend - 24 touches and four goals was a terrifying display from a mid. If only he could string together more of that playing the big boys during the regular season, he'd be a chance for a Brownlow. To be honest, his form's probably a bit patchy to...

With the Filth absolutely demoralising Richmond to the tune of about fifteen goals, you'd expect today would be the day that Leon Davis would stand up and cement his place as a serviceable small forward by snagging five goals. All the better-than-average smalls seem to be able to do this on a...

Lions scored some junktime goals last night to give the impression of a thriller, but fair dinkum their first half of footy would make a Frenchman say, "Merde!". 2010 is over, my maned maties. You'd have to win 8 of the last 11 to push your way into the finals with your pathetic <95 percentage...

If AFL.com isn't selling me a total furphy, that puts us two quarters behind Geelong (30/40) and clear second in the league. Not sure why some posters on this board are so negative. For a young team with a s**t draw and its fair share of injuries, them's pretty good figures. We very...

Remember Sav Rocca? Sav Rocca: 514 goals in 156 games @ 3.3 per game Brendan Fevola: 575 goals in 187 games at 3.1 per game Why'd they leave their clubs? Sav Rocca: Favourite son gets injured. Cut loose and sent to the knackers. Brendan Fevola: Favourite son repeatedly screws up and gets last...

Good afternoon, Bay 13. A number of Hawthorn members have recently enthused about their terrific recruiting staff and draft history, while lambasting other teams' ability to do the same. Specifically, Carlton's decision to trade Pick #11 for Brock McLean was viewed poorly by our brown feathered...

Kevin and Greg Denham on SEN this morning having a wee little Care Bears tea party, crying about Fev's Brownlow performance. Apparently Carlton can't possibly win a flag with Fev in the team, which is one of the more stupid things I've heard fall out of Bartlett's great hollow dome recently. Of...

Despite Collingwood's excellent 2009 season, signs of wear and tear are showing in the playing group. Although players like Rocca and Prestigiacomo are clearly superstars of the modern era, age appears to be catching up with their once-mighty exploits. Collingwood fans may counter that they...

We're used to the Tigers looking the goods at various points of the season, only to miss it by that much *holds thumb and forefinger slightly apart*. The Bombers, too, have looked the goods occasionally during the season, especially when they have flogged teams in the eight above them. But...

First of all, I was there, and the true supporters (not the armchair heroes) have a right to be filthy. Essendon played tight on us, and as soon as they got a turnover (basically every time Nick Stevens went within five metres of the ball), they ran and ran to get the ball into their forward...

The Blues can hold their heads up high, unlike these nine (now ten) other AFL teams... First of all, well played Hawks. One of the most entertaining games of footy I've had the pleasure to watch. Your hard, gritty football showed why you won the Granny last year. Second, this post ain't about...

My username may make it seem like I'm taking the p**s out of Simon Wiggins ... okay, my username is taking the p**s out of Wiggins. But I have great man-love for him because he's one of those players who comes from Struggle Town. And the AFL is so full of prancing, dancing athletic superstars...

Must say I'm very :eek: at Geelong's effort against the Northern Bullants tonight. Someone must inform them that they're only encouraging pointy-headed Blues fans to post idiotic threads on Bay 13. Also doesn't bode well for the Cats' Wack-to-Back chances in 09, does it? There must be a few...

Michael Gleeson seems to think he'll be good to go in Round One after the Blues win the NAB Cup. I reckon Gleeson's on the homebrew again, because we remain pitifully unable to put North away, no matter how shithouse they become. Obviously the AFL are terrified that Carlton's rapidly improving...

According to Bay 13 sources, Carlton's Shaun Hampson will be delisted and redrafted by Smith's to make many delicious packets of salt 'n' vinegar chips, while David Hille and Jason Laycock tap more leather than Zed off Pulp Fiction. Since Hampson has only played two years and talls are...