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Was a really good listen, but weird all the talk of Jurrah being nicknamed Cougar and no mention of Dawson at all :mad:

Wonder what other nicknames some of the guys have...
 

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BJ on SEN. This is about 17 mins long. I should have kept it for when I'm struggling to get to sleep. Still listening now - come on BJ!!!

http://podsentral.com/node/1873
 
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Had a laugh when KB said that Greg Denham had said that Max had told the club he was retiring at the end of the year. BJ said "Greg Denham was it?" quite dismissively and that "first I've heard of it".

The interview (even if BJ sounds like he'd just woken up) gives quite a good insight into the current mindset of the players - that whilst they had not been selfish last year, they might not have been selfless. The standards in this regard are very high and you won't get picked if you are not doing the team things.

Also mentioned Raph, and said that whilst he looks like he is loping he is explosive off the mark (but can be lazy by foot at times). And also X - said that his progress was good and that he hopes the recovery period helps his mindset (just as it had for BJ).
 
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They (St Kilda) are the team to beat for the flag.
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GTFO Mike Sheahan. Do not want.
Remember what happened last time you jumped on the bandwagon, it tipped over. :mad:
 
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From The Australian :

A new contract for Lyon is not considered a priority at the moment by the Saints as they prepare for the last six rounds of the season before a serious finals campaign, but it is understood a new deal could be completed after the season. "We need to keep this group together and Ross is one of a number of critical components," Nettlefold said.

Following stints as assistant coach at Richmond, Carlton and Sydney since his playing days, Lyon was given an initial three-year contract at the end of 2006 to replace Grant Thomas.

After two seasons, a winning ratio of 54 per cent and a preliminary final appearance in his second year, directors acknowledged his effort with a new two-year extension that superseded the third year of his initial deal and secured him until the end of 2010.

While Lyon's future is in the process of being secured, negotiations are under way to retain out-of-form midfielder Luke Ball, who will be out of contract at the end of the season. Ball is among the 16 highest-paid players in the competition, but will have to take a substantial pay cut if he is to remain at Moorabbin where he is a required player.

However, his drop in form in recent weeks, which prompted the club to axe him last weekend for the first time, will provide him with few bargaining chips when contract negotiations get serious over the next few weeks. Because St Kilda's VFL affiliate club had a bye last weekend, Ball is unlikely to be recalled against the Bulldogs.

Injury prone Matt Maguire is another who comes out of contract at the end of the season, and he is also required, especially with veteran defender Max Hudghton having announced his intention to retire this year.

Maguire has been sitting on 99 senior games since round seven last year due to a foot stress fracture, and has played exclusively in the VFL this season as both a forward and defender. Lyon has promised Maguire he will reach his 100-game milestone during this season's home-and-away series.
 
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NEWSFLASH : GC17 FIND RAT'S TOSS-BAG IN CLUBROOMS

AFL great Malcolm Blight joins new Gold Coast Football Club franchise

The challenge of helping build a club from scratch has lured AFL great Malcolm Blight to the new Gold Coast Football Club (GCFC) franchise.

Blight was unveiled as GCFC's new board member on Tuesday in a major coup for the 2011 AFL debutants. "It's the challenge and excitement of it all," Blight said. "In my playing and coaching days I have been pretty fortunate to be involved in some firsts.



It is true. He has been involved in some firsts. First coach to accept $1m to coach and then do a shithouse job in between rounds of golf.
 
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Squizzy1970 said:
NEWSFLASH : GC17 FIND RAT'S TOSS-BAG IN CLUBROOMS

AFL great Malcolm Blight joins new Gold Coast Football Club franchise

The challenge of helping build a club from scratch has lured AFL great Malcolm Blight to the new Gold Coast Football Club (GCFC) franchise.

Blight was unveiled as GCFC's new board member on Tuesday in a major coup for the 2011 AFL debutants. "It's the challenge and excitement of it all," Blight said. "In my playing and coaching days I have been pretty fortunate to be involved in some firsts.



It is true. He has been involved in some firsts. First coach to accept $1m to coach and then do a shithouse job in between rounds of golf.
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First bloke to coach a team from two states away. I assume his involvement with Gold Coast means he's moving to Melbourne.
 
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Squizzy1970 said:
From The Australian :

A new contract for Lyon is not considered a priority at the moment by the Saints as they prepare for the last six rounds of the season before a serious finals campaign, but it is understood a new deal could be completed after the season. "We need to keep this group together and Ross is one of a number of critical components," Nettlefold said.

Following stints as assistant coach at Richmond, Carlton and Sydney since his playing days, Lyon was given an initial three-year contract at the end of 2006 to replace Grant Thomas.

After two seasons, a winning ratio of 54 per cent and a preliminary final appearance in his second year, directors acknowledged his effort with a new two-year extension that superseded the third year of his initial deal and secured him until the end of 2010.

While Lyon's future is in the process of being secured, negotiations are under way to retain out-of-form midfielder Luke Ball, who will be out of contract at the end of the season. Ball is among the 16 highest-paid players in the competition, but will have to take a substantial pay cut if he is to remain at Moorabbin where he is a required player.

However, his drop in form in recent weeks, which prompted the club to axe him last weekend for the first time, will provide him with few bargaining chips when contract negotiations get serious over the next few weeks. Because St Kilda's VFL affiliate club had a bye last weekend, Ball is unlikely to be recalled against the Bulldogs.

Injury prone Matt Maguire is another who comes out of contract at the end of the season, and he is also required, especially with veteran defender Max Hudghton having announced his intention to retire this year.

Maguire has been sitting on 99 senior games since round seven last year due to a foot stress fracture, and has played exclusively in the VFL this season as both a forward and defender. Lyon has promised Maguire he will reach his 100-game milestone during this season's home-and-away series.
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Is Maguire going to be described as injury prone from now on.
I don't recall him being bad ( altough he had a bit of austio pubis ) before someone jumped on his leg and snapped it off. All the subsequent injuries have been a result of that, and a failure to let it heal properly before playing him.
If the space shuttle crashes on the MCG and hits Maguire the media will be going " oh he's so injury prone ".
 
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Staunton gets a Saintly education

Staunton gets a Saintly education
Alistair Hogg 12:52 PM Thu 23 July, 2009
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Irish football great Steve Staunton is no stranger to the ins and outs of a football club.

Over a period of 24 years he has seen the inside of more locker rooms than most AFL players and coaches can care to think about. Since starting at his home club of Dundalk in 1985, Staunton has played for six clubs, most notably Liverpool and Aston Villa where he combined for 390 appearances in addition to collecting 102 caps for Ireland including the 1992 and 2002 World Cups.
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Fehring said:
First bloke to coach a team from two states away. I assume his involvement with Gold Coast means he's moving to Melbourne.
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Wellington actually.
 
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Shut down A2R. :p

Obviously the Heraldsun/AFL having a sook.
Didn't mods try and enforce this before?
 

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That's some ownage there, I had a chuckle, must mean I need to get out more.

Amazing state of affairs this though, video telstra have the rights to and defend vigorously, so if text is also categorised in the same manner by a different party that's pretty Godwins law right there.
 
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Matt Maguire likely to return
AAP | July 22, 2009 03:35pm

NICK Riewoldt says Matt Maguire is in contention to play his long-awaited 100th match against the Western Bulldogs on Saturday night.

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I suspect that Matt Maguire may play his 100th match this week :)
 
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Streaks are on the agenda
Jake Niall | July 23, 2009

...St Kilda and Geelong sit high above the throng, while the downtrodden bottom half-dozen are stuck on between three and six wins.

The competition is even, but the ladder is not.

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Jake suggests that teams with winning streaks are made to look better than they are because the other teams are already tanking (managing their list). I'm wondering if he thinks the first sixteen matches we played were all against tanking teams or does he give us credit for actually beating one or two of them?
 
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Apparently the messiah that is Brian Taylor floating the rumour that Luke Ball has cracked the shits, and is talking with Sydney. *

* yes, i did rip this off the ever truthful saintsational; forgive me.

For future reference, his contract expires at the end of this year.
 
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So this would make;

Goose cracking the shits and wanting to leave.
Bally cracking the shits and wanting to leave.
Dal thinking about leaving after meeting Nixon.
Armo going to the GC "fo sure, lock it in Eddy!"
St Kilda strangling Boston.

Can only get worse form here right?
 

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