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I think there is greater issues in both SA and WA about Jr Development resources. The SANFL and WAFL are expected to fund and execute Jr development in both SA and WA, with the minimal resources they have. On the other hand, the AFL pumps millions into the development of Victorian kids. Imagine...

I think he is still not sure yet. Has two more years anyway.

And his last season coincides with the new Tasmanian team. Alot of players his age will use the threat of the Tasmanian team to get a bigger wage.

So if you are happy that you think you know who is leaving, and that's without getting them to have to announce it prior, what are you losing out by the current situation? Let's not forget that a certain number of rumours of players moving is the manager driving up their players price. What...

No, I don't think that has anything to do with growing up. Firstly, it will put the fans at odds with the player. Don't bring up NRL as an example, because NRL fans are nowhere near fanatical as AFL ones are. Secondly, it puts the player at odds with the club and his team mates. This isn't...

Sometimes it's out of the control of the person. I am sure Collingwood have indemnity insurance, and so the legal defence is being undertaken by an insurance company. The insurance company may make a decision that its cheaper to give the accuser 50k than to defend it in court, so the insurance...

We have a bit of a young midfield group, and a number of them will make it at AFL, and others won't. I'm using 150 games by the end of their career as the pass mark. It doesn't have to mean that they play the 150 games with us, but throughout their career total.

Is the stadium capable of upgrading capacity? While Tasmania has a lower population than other areas, I would fully expect them to sell out the current planned capacity pretty much every game, and without the ability to increase capacity along with growth of the state and supporters, it could be...

Ok, I have asked this on a number of places but can't get an answer. If there is an U17 kid tied to a club via FS or Academy, and Tasmania gets the pick of the U17s for their initial squads, who gets preference on the kid?

The SA and Academy kids always fall back as the year goes on.

Priority 1. Ruck. Priority 2. Dyson Sharp. Priority 3. Tall forward/ruck position

This place would be all action if that was the case. Chiefs inbox would be getting smashed.

The fact we were so adamant that we would take him, even with his average form this year, led me to believe that everything was going according to plan.

Not only that, but the position it put Sid in was terrible. He loved the Crows and wanted to get here, and then some flog puts out a story like that which could ruin his dreams and put him at odds with the club he loves.

Phillipou was a rabid Port fan by all accounts, so he would go back to the Pear one would think.

I'm starting to think that Welsh did pull back this year to let his draft spot fall.

I think he just wanted it to be true so that the club got punished more for what they did to Josh.

Brad was a really good player, and would have seen more success if it wasn't for his injuries. I was upset when he left the club, and hopefully he has a great after football life.

We had a pretty obvious deficiency in our midfield, preferring to rebuild from the KPPs out. So, where does our midfield sit now? Is it fixed? I think we have a decent midfield that has alot of points of difference. Peatling, Crouch, Dawson, Soligo, Draper, Cummins, Dowling, Scholl, Taylor...

You remember all the talk that he didn't want to come here, and preferred to go to Vic or Port? Just how crazy was it for the media to put out such blatant lies. For what purpose?

Crazy just how wrong all this talk was. He was desperate to try and get to the Crows.

Yeah, a very important player, and one you would have thought would have got the maximum amount of effort from the club.

No, I'm saying that it is way less than I thought there would be. I had an expectation that the club was always in their ear, always telling them they really want them at the club, from when they were a Jr and up. Now, what's the right amount of contact, I'm not sure. I'm not a list manager or a...

Ah, you are one of those supporters.

It worked. My point isn't that the club is wrong, but it was way less contact than I thought there would be. I guess there is a point of wearing out your welcome which the club has to navigate, but I thought they would spend a heap of time and effort on them.

Yeah, 208cms is an absolutely massive unit. Most guys that height are confined to ruck work, as they are too unco to be a legitimate full time forward. He is going to have the advantage of height to out mark his opponent. This is why I see RT as a better talent. Darcy to me is a mark and kick...

Darcy is one year younger and seven centimetres taller. For me Darcy is a tall mark and kick forward.

I posted a question in the main board about who was going to be the most dominant out of the group of young tall forwards that care coming up. Amongst them was Thilthorpe, Deer, Darcy, Andrews, Kings etc. To my surprise, the majority of the respondents were saying Darcy by a mile. Now, I...

Because I know. I was of the opinion that we kept in touch all the time, including when they were Jrs and we knew we couldn't get them in the draft, telling them we will get them home, but when I spoke to a Crows player who was recently poached from interstate, and I suggested the club would...

It looks like our list managers stuffed up by not putting themselves in a position to get Dobson in the draft. Outside of that, we addressed the needs in our midfield and brought in another forward cheaply. All in all, A-