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Damn Buddy is still incredible, long after he has no right to be so good. He looks like he has 5 of his best years ahead of him. With Buddy getting picked in the All Oz 40 for the umpteenth time, in the 9th year of a contract than began when many thought he was already past his prime, and in a...

Craig Bird. 2012 Premiership player. It's no coincidence that we won the 2012 GF with Bird (equal 4th for effective disposals) but lost the 2014 GF when Bird was used as sub. When he did come on he had an immediate impact, picking up 8 disposals, 7 of them effective and half of them contested...

Oh fantasic, my very own stalker. Seriously, why not pop off back to your Adelaide Cows now Sunshine. Racist Walker and Soggy Stalker. It's got a nice ring to it. You were meant for each other. Go cool your heels. Perhaps you can pop back here for a brief stint as our whipping boy, after we...

I would hardly call a few lines an essay and I certainly didn't label anyone as insane. I merely suggested that someone who took such a parochial view of Adelaide probably lacked a wider world perspective. By the standards of most world cities, Adelaide is rather dull. I've never known anyone to...

The only personal attack was the aformentioned poster's questioning of my mental health. My only crime, in his eyes, was to describe Adelaide as a terribly dull city, a view shared by almost every sane person who's ever had the misfortune to visit the place. Most would consider visiting Adelaide...

I don't hate Adelaide anymore than I hate the skin that forms on a cup of hot milk. Hanging out on another teams' board just in case you need to defend the honour of your little town is hardly healthy behaviour. Get out and see the world, live somewhere else for a few years and you'll see...

It's not a personal thing at all. If you don't like the truth stay off our board

So taking into account both Dawson and Ladhams tradea we're down about 30 points, or a pick 44. Given Horse's ability to shuffle the deck and restructure the team even better, and given how many good youngsters are knocking on the door, we'll do just fine. Revenge on Adelaide will come but we'll...

Quite why any player would join the Crows, for any amount of money, is beyond me. Jordan's partner must have put some sort of ultimatum on the table. He'll look back on this decision with regret, as it dawns that he's playing with a bunch of bottom-dwelling racists. Nicksy's a great bloke but...

Perhaps he could have been dual premiership has he not been injured through 2016. Reid's always worked well with Buddy. We missed him in the 2016 GF, relying on Kennedy to kick 3, our best score. Buddy got the one but so Nick Smith. Tippet was stuffed by then and Xav RIchards had only played a...

Perhaps there was never a compelling need but With an under-sized ageing Ramps, an under-sized Fox, and even McCartin a bit under-sized, plus Brand gone we might have a rethink on using Reid, particularly if Melican is unfit and/or we want to move a play-maker like Fox or Lizard to cover the...

I don't know whether this link ever made it onto our board but for those who haven't read it (like me) it's a very thoughtful and insightful analysis of Buddy , how he competes, what he brings to our team and to the game as a whole. He's a far more remarkable talent than he's usually given...

IMO Reid would make an excellent tall defender. He's always been the first choice to swing into defence in the dying minutes of a quarter. His kicking for goal is probably his weak spot but he can mark, spoil, read the ball in flight and he's handy when it hits the deck. He's also not afraid to...

He never looked quite right after the injury in round 1 against Brissy. That strange hyper-extension where one of his legs seemed to do its own thing, as if his brain had issued instructions to every part of his body but forgot to inform that one leg. Oh James, knees are only designed to bend...

I agree. I've said it before, there's no real advantage from adding established players to fill key roles when a club is still buidling a solid base from the draft. As our premiership window opens and we ease our salary cap space a bit next year we can start to look to fill any gaps. When I see...

They'll be too focused on Adam Sarah to notice

I knew a girl at school who was a skilled orator

Ask any good player. Their preferred position will always be the position where they can make the maximum contribution to their team. They trust a good coach to know that position that is. A team doesn't work if everyone just plays where they feel like it. My coach told me this when I kept...

With your ear trumpet ?

I always liked Birdy. His only crime was being a really good solid midfielder in a team full of star midfielders. He shone among the lowlifes at Essendon

It seemed like he struggled to think of more than one player he could learn anything from. "I'm looking forward to learning from Cripps, and, er...that other guy who's also OK I s'pose, if he's still there. And Voss of course. I mean, you gotta respect a guy who's won a premiership" "Three...

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My issue was about the compensation. Quite how Essendon got a pick 6 for a broken down footballer who had struggled to get on the park is a mystery. But, as you say, the AFL make it up as they go.

Didn't we pick up George for pick 32 ? If so, how do we get a compensation pick 39 (or worse) when we've taken all the risks and the costs of turning him into a hard-nosed mid ? Not many draft picks become solid midfielders. How was Daniher ever worth pick 6 ?

Unswanslike

My brother is a Demons fan. I told him Stevic was umpiring and he groaned.

If we were Essendon we'd get first round picks for anyone that walked, safe in the knowledge that with no access to drugs most of their ex-players soon return to being ordinary.

OK, I was thinking more along the lines of making a cool refreshing drink but that works too.

We played by the rules while Crows got caught cheating. End of the Tippet Saga. The only thing you should be annoyed about is we traded Aliir to your derby nemesis. Your gain of Dawson is far greater than our loss. We have a team bursting with emerging young talent who will welcome the...

We don't really have a choice in any case, but we have a habit of turning bad news to our advantage. "when life give you lemons...."