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[Ford Fairlane]

i can't stop laughing at this gif of marc murphy

It looks like the Essendon player is going to sledge him then thinks 'Nah he's embarrassed enough'

 

[JHF1870]

Frawley is a good player but is he worth around 9% of a clubs salary cap?
I personally think free-agency sucks. If a player really wants to move clubs they still could with the old system and the majority of the time they will get to where they want to go and I can't think of a player who hasn't got to at least the right state they wanted too.

I think we've used free agency well. We haven't paid overs instead using longer contracts to woo the player of choice. With Monfries the Bombers were only prepared to give him 2 years whereas we went in with 4. White was a similar story. At least this way we don't upset our current players by paying new recruits more.

How do they decide the better deal? IS it total output $

 

[questionable]

It looks like the Essendon player is going to sledge him then thinks 'Nah he's embarrassed enough'

yeah. he can't even claim tired legs as an excuse - it's at the start of the first quarter!

what an inspirational captain he is. you can't say the carlton players don't follow his example

 

[JHF1870]

As a business owner, I would never openly support a football team no matter what my allegiances were. ****ing crows pr, 19th man, everything relating to promotion is pathetic.

 

[JHF1870]

Holy shit, I Just saw the Grocke hit on Symes in the SANFL, man that guy should get a season for that dog act.

 

[raman]

Holy shit, I Just saw the Grocke hit on Symes in the SANFL, man that guy should get a season for that dog act.

Symes got well and truly Peter Cavened.

 

[Zakk Wylde]

I wish it happened to Symes' mum.

 

[Rankor]

Dammit

grew up in Fulham. Place is going down hill fast.

Now tweet them back and say "thanks, now I know where NOT to shop. "

 

[cmpower]

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I didn't know crows could get Down syndrome, but there you go.

 

[cmpower]

Holy shit, I Just saw the Grocke hit on Symes in the SANFL, man that guy should get a season for that dog act.

7 weeks

 

[Eddie Dingle]

i can't stop laughing at this gif of marc murphy

Hawthorn undies.

 

[Steve Dore]

Dammit

grew up in Fulham. Place is going down hill fast.

Don't fret, there isn't actually a Bakers Delight in Fulham. I suspect that they mean the Bakers Delight at Fulham Gardens (Target Shopping Centre on Tapleys Hill Road) but Fulham sounds so much better.

 

[Steve Dore]

i can't stop laughing at this gif of marc murphy

 

[PowerKat]

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wow - that is horrifying

lol

 

[Grave Danger]

It looks like the Essendon player is going to sledge him then thinks 'Nah he's embarrassed enough'

I don't know if it was from the same incident, but one of the Monday footy shows highlighted an Essendon first year player who was sledging Murphy, without much response form Murphy or his team mates.

 

[Powerstufff]

This is why I hope the Crows start to get a few wins..is a tough trade off. Love seeing them lose, comedy gold, but don't want them getting a high draft pick. Finishing around 10th is ideal.

They're still out of the first two rounds of the draft this year aren't they? Other than picks traded in?

 

[Jonts]

So here is a project from a year 11? At my school in 2012. Was on the side of the wall of our footy changerooms, looks better IMO

 

[DonDynamite]

They're still out of the first two rounds of the draft this year aren't they? Other than picks traded in?

Nah that was for the '12 and '13 drafts.

 

[faquito]

Frawley is an unrestricted agent thanks to a massively front ended contract by Melbourne.

He can walk out of Melbourne to a club of his choice.

There supposedly are clubs willing to pay that sort of coin so it'll be interesting to see where he ends up.

Somehow I see him joining Hawthorn... Aging (32) and injury prone Lake. Cashed up not having to pay Franklin. He has a contract/clause to go until 2015 or 2016, but surely they'd go for Frawley so they don't have to play an undersized backline?

 

[manureid]

They're still out of the first two rounds of the draft this year aren't they? Other than picks traded in?

Yeh, sadly they are back in (until Trigg lets slip some dodgy contract for Freeagentfield).

 

[Powerstufff]

... But with Clark gone they'd have a lot of cap space ....

The circumstances of this make me wonder if the AFL need some in-season mechanism to compensate clubs caught out like this. IMO being able to draft someone left over from last year's pool would seem the least that could be done.

 

[finbarr]

wow - that is horrifying

lol

 

[PatientMental]

The circumstances of this make me wonder if the AFL need some in-season mechanism to compensate clubs caught out like this. IMO being able to draft someone left over from last year's pool would seem the least that could be done.

Nah, they'd just draft an undersized midfielder/hff anyway.

 

[SteppingTiger]

Don't fret, there isn't actually a Bakers Delight in Fulham. I suspect that they mean the Bakers Delight at Fulham Gardens (Target Shopping Centre on Tapleys Hill Road) but Fulham sounds so much better.

Hahaha the funny part is that I actually mean Fulham Gardens! My parents still live there off Cheadle Street, my cousins and I called it the 'G' to differentiate it from Fulham.


So now, being away from there for 16 years, I wonder why 'Fulham' sounds any better.....after all the 'G' was where it was all at!

 

[wilbur_15]

Mitch Clark retired.

Hope he can get his life sorted out. All the best Mitch.

Can't help but think that he made his situation worse for himself. Perhaps if he'd moved back to WA as was originally planned (Fremantle put in a good offer from memory) and lived amongst family and friends with their support instead of going the greedy path and taking the cash from Melbourne, he'd be in a better place.