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the government have done entirely the right thing here. they are giving leagues and clubs time to get their affairs in order but absolutely no chance of sweeping things under the rug. this prime minister has a genuine enthusiasm for sport (particularly the right one).

rodan was seen as a chancy pickup when richmond originally drafted him. many gave him no chance of playing a game. when port picked him up, many openly laughed as he was seen to be gorn and an indicator of desparation from club sliding back into the basket. he may not play a big game for...

melbourne have this week stamped themselves as an organisation that will not be associated with bigoted disrepectful garbage no matter how much money it comes with. their brand has become so much stronger in the last couple of weeks and this has bolstered it well. look forward to a...

i think the lad might be a bit slow or at least lacking in good reflexes. he just doesn't process what is going on in front of him and misses the chances for second efforts.

while the afl does not have destroying nrl as its objective, it's goals and strategies may go a long way to helping achieve that. league's actual threat is rugby. to combat rugby, league needed to become truly national and be paying most of the top players (say, those that make up the...

mind you, is he really losing with five years as collingwood's biggest salary?

if he moved out of self interest he'd pass this up as he is on a total hiding to nothing. Malthouse will get all the credit while Collingwood continue to win and Buckley will be held responsible when they start to lose (as inevitably aging sides do). Most likely, he'll inherit a still...

he should declare his desire for the contracts to be broken up and he be resigned for two years as senior coach. buckley should agree to this in his own interests. if collingwood wins this year: buckley is on a hiding to nothing. if he is coach and collingwood win a third in 2012 he will...

there are those that barrack enthusiastically and others that really let rip when the mood takes them. these people can help transform a good game into a brilliant spectacle. then there are the complete jerks who think that the point of the footy is that everyone can hear them crap on or...

it's coming sometime, may-be...

General points - people who have bought tickets and paid hundred/thousands on tickets, accommodation, flights and breakfasts deserve to see a result. - underdog teams who have brought in something new deserve to have that play out on the day instead of the other team dissecting it and...

cool, but what's the go with naming rooke on the bench?!

i'd like to see AA as picked by the commitee versus the best of the rest as picked by lethal and maybe the equally ruthless dean laidley with the specific purpose of belting them.

will be a total flood-fest with teams basically able to sprint the entire game out getting back in defence. will only work if they reduce the field to fifteen (or even twelve) a side.

spot on. in general i would suggest that a person should only conduct themselves on field in a way that they would be comfortable with being made public. sledge away, but if you can't handle people making assessment of your character on the basis of it, then don't. this not only a matter of...

there's no 't' in 'minno'

yes, and i think he was front-runner (or one of the front-runners) for a senior job (richmond?) when he was accused of indecent assault in the storey bridge hotel in brisbane and perhaps charged. the accusations/charges were later withdrawn but after the coaching job passed. people that know...

moreover, the first aussie rules were written down before the first football association rules (soccer) which up until the fifth draft still contained references to taking a mark. football (in the most generic sense) was played for hundreds of years with all kinds of rules made up on the day...

along with all the other games with arbitrary and changing rules that he and every other contributor to aussie rules played throughout the 19th century.

two wrongs... it is completely obvious that this deal is conditional on him being at geelong. it may be argued that this deal is only worth it to cotton on if he is at geelong but that is beside the point. third party deals are supposed to be independent arrangements that do not influence...

western sydney by a point. at a homebush stadium packed with sydneysiders.

i prefer hearing maggots over the morons who yell at them from the boundary

public exposure carries an unpredictable burden and for those that merely wish to play their preferred sport at the highest level and find themselves encumbered by the interests of others i feel sorry. those sportsmen, however, that accept any kind of additional sponsorship cash or other...

...about the reality, he's talking about the perception. and while there are more victorian teams than non-victorian teams in the afl and the grand final is played every year in victoria the *perception* in many parts of australia will continue (rightly or wrongly) to be that the afl is...

right choice. ling will take to captaincy extremely well. ablett can continue to play as the best in the team (game) without the extra burden and selwood can keep up the excellent work and look forward to a long future with the cats.

don't read the paper....

yep. his job will be to get the place running like a club should from a coaching perspective, assemble a team, give them a sense of what it's really about and perhaps even get them to know what it is like to win a game or two. and spruik the hell out of the place.

and if you keep looking back and not forward, you're going to miss a whole lot more FOOTBALL

funniest thread of the year so far. hope we can dig this up in 20 years for extra-deep belly-laughs.

then pm him.