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I think there is a bigger gap between the top and bottom teams these days due to the whole 'rebuilding' or 'premiership window' mindset. I think a team which is very much in rebuilding mode with a team full of 18 year olds will be slaughtered by every team in premiership window mode. Probably...

Impressive effort from young Schofield to keep Johnno to 27 touches and 2 goals. Should play him on Franklin next week, he should be able to keep him to about 20 goals.

You were right it was a 23 goal smashing :D

I'd put both teams in the same boat in that they both need a fairly quick rebuild to take advantage of what they currently have (unless they want to trade away good players for picks and do a full rebuild). West Coast have guys like Kerr, Cox, Embley, Hunter and Glass in addition to some good...

Actually most of the premiership team was already on the list when Woosha got there. In fact, it's hard to name a player of note who wasn't already on the list at the start of the 2002 season. Perhaps the Eagles should drive a dumptruck of money over to Dean Laidley's house?

Mackie be thy name!! He's also got the bonus of being about 193cm tall, so he can play on those athletic types (ie. Franklin). I personally don't think the backline has any problems due to the flexible nature of it. It certainly seems that there's a continuing trend here though in Ottens...

1. Mark Williams 2. Paul Roos 3. Rodney Eade 4. Leigh Matthews 5. Mick Malthouse The "old school" style coaches tend to be the best tacticians while the newer coaches seem to be better at developing players and getting the most out of them. Sheeds was one of the great match day coaches and...

I reckon the Cats should send him to the crash victims ward at the nearest hospital to show him the possible consequences of what he's done. He can spend a week volunteering at the hospital to support victims of similar stupid acts.

Looking at the finish of the 07 H&A season, the only teams to finish really well played off in the GF. Both Port and Geelong only dropped 1 game of the last 8 in the H&A. The Roos and Eagles were second best with a 5-3 record, but if previous years are anything to go by, we could have another...

As far as the eagles go, you'd have to put Hunter at the top of the list. As much as the bloke is an absolute drop kick, you have to admire his hardness at the ball. You'd probably also include Cous... oh wait, but certainly Chic... maybe not :p

I reckon Tom Harley should get a mention as well, the bloke is constantly backing into packs. Joel Corey wouldn't be too far off it as well, he's your typical in-and-under ball player who focuses on nothing else.

I think given where our list is at the moment, we've probably got the next 2 years to really improve. We've still got another 2 very good years out of guys like Ottens, Scarlett, Milburn etc. while the likes of N.Ablett, Hawkins, Selwood etc. have signficant improvement they can make in the...

With regards to the comment that Scarlett gets the lesser forwards and Glass gets the number 1 forward each week, it's a bit of a stretch. 99% of the time they play on the same opponent because they are both FBs so play on the opposition's FF. For example Scarlett played on Westhoff against...

Can't argue with Tom Harley's record. I know it's only one year, but what a year!! Over a longer period though, I'd go Ricciuto. The whole Adelaide team seems to lift when he's on the ground like no other captain seems to be able to do.

You've got to be kidding?? Do you seriously think that West Coast have been targeted by the media and are really no worse than any other club in the AFL when it comes to drugs?? West Coast have a drug culture and have covered it up as it's spiraled out of control over the past decade. Their...

Re: Judd Press Confrence [leaving] Not sure that it will set up West Coast for the next 5 years. The whole thing about West Coast's midfield is that they've got 3 absolute top notchers in there, and you just can't take 3 taggers into a game, so someone's got to get a free run. If Judd goes...

Having not sifted through the 25 pages of this thread, I'm not sure whether this has been covered or not. But getting back to the Cousins issue, it's quite well known that he has been a very frequent user for a lot longer than the mid 2005 timeline that the Eagles have publicised. Now the...

I disagree with that. Besides Hawkins, who is a future prospect and isn't playing a part in our current team, Gaz is the only player we've picked up who's been rated higher than where he was taken. And even Gaz I believe was only rated as a high second rounder, maybe a low first. I'd say in...

That one's kinda out of context, we were a team inable to sustain decent footy for more than a half due to a lack of fitness. The Cats ran out of puff late in the second and could really only put in another 10 mins of footy in the third before throwing in the towel. I wouldn't really be...

Yeah, I thought we got a pretty good run. Since the media have started praising us we've had a pretty decent run with the umps, we've probably only had about one game in the second half of the season where we've had a rough trot with the umps.

Scarlo averages about 1 goal against per game this year, Glass has about 1.8 goals per game against him this year. So Scarlo's stats say that he's a better stopper, but he also averages about as many inside 50s per game as Glass has had all year and his rebound 50s are far superior as well...

In the H&A season plus one final (as that's all we have to judge on so far), you'd have to say Geelong as we've dominated this season like West Coast has never been able to do. West Coast has a GF appearance and a flag to their name from 2 GFs which probably could've gone either way, so the...

Eagles. With Kerr, Judd and Cousins missing, we'll absolutely smash them. Based on this weekend's results, you'd probably put Collingwood as the second best team in the finals. Whichever team we face, I'll be pretty confident as we match up well on both teams. The roos have been a bit of a...

Both have got a lot of talent, but definitely too early to make a true call on which will be better. At the moment if you had to go with one, you'd probably say Westhoff due to his brilliant form this season, but I'm not sure he's got the body to become a key forward, I'm not sure he can fill...

Going into September with 2 losses on the trot wouldn't be good form, but the key will be how we play. Whether we win or lose, I'd like to see us go out hard and play our top brand of footy. If we play crap footy and still win, I'd be disappointed, if we play great footy and lose (not sure...

Re: Pathetic Victorians..... Exactly, Aka only highlighted a flaw in the system, then Channel 7 highlighted another flaw in the system. It's no wonder Cousins passed 14 drugs tests, he probably knew about them a month in advance.

I think a few of our players have got improvement left in them, in particular Kelly. He was our best midfielder before he broke his leg and while he's shown glimpses of that form, he's yet to put a full game together. If he can get going, that could be the icing on the cake for our midfield as...

Just ask Adam Cooney what a lack of sleep can do to your game. Didn't he play a shocker last week after a sleepless night.:p

Hopefully an all vic gf come September, the atmosphere would be amazing after the recent interstate dominance.

Re: Why isnt the worst injury list in the clubs history a excuse? I didn't see the whole game today, but Braun and Jones looked to be moving fine. Braun's run down the wing in the last quarter proved that his lower body is certainly fine. Jones always runs with a funny style, but he looked...