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An 18 year old doing something stupid is pretty standard. Will reserve judgement until after he has spent time in a professional environment. Having said that, it probably highlights that he has a couple of weaknesses. Firstly, not unusual for a teenager, but he is probably a bit of a sheep...

Probably not our best 22 but with an eye on having us in the best position to challenge in 2017 Smith - Talia - T Richards McVeigh - Grundy - Rohan Hannebery - Kennedy - Rampe K Jack - Franklin - Heeney Rose - Sinclair - Reid Tippett - Parker - Mitchell Jones - Laidler/X Richards - Cunningham...

2015 ended up being a re-building year (although that obviously wasn't the intention at the start) with us having five guys 22 or younger in the 21 for our last final and another two, Jones & Jack, being the next choices. From memory Hawthorn had one and the Perth sides both had two. The year...

1. Can't really tell how good a win it was until we see where Gold Coast finish the season but I thought they looked good and are challenging for the top 4 whilst we didn't look great but beat them by 6 goals. We would have lost that game early in the season so I feel like that's a good sign...

I worked with Bird's flatmate for a while. We had a chat about him whilst drinking about 30 beers at the casino one night. To sum it up I said "Bird, he's an underachiever". The response ... "yeah, he knows." I think it was just a matter of time before everything clicked and he gained...

That's getting quite embarrassing for the Bulldogs. Instead of focussing on what the "good" clubs are doing and learning from it he wants rules changed - I guess to equalise club management. Bring the well managed clubs down to his level ...

Tippett must be loving life. Gets to live in the Eastern Suburbs, surf each day, not be recognised in the streets ... and get paid about $650K per year :) I feel like you can see it in his face when he is playing - he's loving it and it has made him a better player than he was at the Crows...

5. Bird 4. Malceski 3. Shaw 2. Tippett 1. Richards YPOTY: Lloyd

Yeah, Jetta was probably our worst player on Thursday but he still played OK and over the last 4-5 games he has been good. He deserves his spot.

Sounds about right. If Goodes goes out I'd really like to see Membrey come in. We have the balance perfect at the moment and bringing in Mitchell means we have to juggle things around - I'd like everyone to stay exactly where they are and replace Goodes with someone who can play his role...

I feel like this will be a payrise season unless someone falls in our lap. We'll have over a million to play with but there are some guys probably needing a contract extension and payrise so they should be the focus and maybe keep a few dollars in the bank for the next couple of years and throw...

All four that you mentioned were in the top 20 according to the other players so then it comes down to what you consider elite. I generally agree with top 20 as sr100 said so that makes them all "elite". Change elite to top 10 then Kennedy would be the only one IMO.

It's hard to kick straight when you keep moving those goalposts ;) All I was responding to was that you said he wasn't elite because elite was top 20. I showed he probably was top 20. Now it turns out you were talking over whole careers. So, you would currently describe Chris Judd, Adam Goodes...

"AFL.com.au presented the AFL players with a simple challenge: rank the best in the game" - so, sounds like they would have. What are you judging that they wouldn't on?

Again, his peers voted him 17th in the AFL - far more important than stats.

I can barely remember last year let alone 2008 so I'll have to trust you :)

His peers voted him at no. 17 :) He hasn't had a great season but he was fine on the weekend and at his best is definitely one of our most important players.

2 B&F wins would suggest he is easily a Top 5 player. Over the last 5 years I'd have him in the top 3 or 4.

1. Nice to watch a game without much stress. We didn't play particularly well but were always in control. 2. Whilst we aren't having a great season they are some things that making me feel positive about the next few years - Rampe, Parker, Smith, etc 3. Over the next month we will need to make...

I find myself wanting Melbourne to win when I watch them on TV because of Roos but I hope we win by 150 on the weekend :) He will always be loved for 2005 but the club is bigger than any individual and regardless of what he or anyone else did for the club, I always hope they have a miserable...

Serious question - why does that matter both in terms of what we are currently going through and long term? We could delist our 8 oldest players at the end of the year and replace them with draftees and we will have more players under 25. Does that get us closer to a flag? My guess would be that...

If you are judging that on this year, I agree. But taking into account careers, every side in the AFL would grab McVeigh, Hannebery & Richards and stick them in their starting side tomorrow if they could. Most would probably take Malceski & Parker as well.

I'm not sure it matters how many A Grade players we have. How many did we have in 2004? Two? How about 2011? One? What matters is how many players have it in them to perform at an A grade level for a period of time - and whether the club can get that performance out of the player. At the...

To be honest, I don't think anything is needed to "fix" the club. There are just things we need to do, same as all teams, to win a flag. I would imagine that we are probably actually trying to do them and that is why we are playing so badly. I, like others, thought we would be challengers this...

Nice posts liz. Players most certainly are not "equal" under our culture. It is constantly drilled into our young players that they must earn everything they get ... they must work to get the trust of the senior players. They get nothing by simply being drafted. This is what Roos created -...

Looks pretty certain now. It'll be a loss but I'm trying to stay positive - it could have been worse :) I thought Arnold would probably try to take two players with him and we only have five who would be good enough for Japan - Sainsbury, Duke, McGlinchey, Roux and Flores. Of those only losing...

I'm a CCM member - signed up this year when my wife and I moved to Central Coast. Don't have Foxtel so haven't seen all our games but from what I have seen at home games, we have a number of issues. The most uttered phrase at Bluetongue stadium - "He's no Matty Ryan". Eventually something has...

My hope is that Rohan & Jetta have breakout years - or in Jetta's case, another breakout year. If those two can average over 15 touches in 20+ games next year we will win the flag. Add to that B Jack - if he can play 10-15 games and get 15 touches per game we will be a tough side to play...

Again, seriously? You are comparing overpaying the second best player in the game with overpaying ... Jed Lamb. There is no irony in suggesting that paying a guy who was not in our best 32 or so players more than best 22 players would be bad. That's common sense. Making one of the best players...

We don't have an extra million in the salary cap. What does the A in COLA stand for? Also, it is not a massive advantage - it is correcting a disadvantage. You have summed up why the AFL won't remove it. You don't know what it is or what it's for but yet you complain. If just once one of you...