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I agree with that. We already have multiple players who can play his position and play at the same level as Dalziell. What did we gain? I am pretty sure we will look back and say that that Brisbane got the best out of this trade by a long way. Annoying thing is that we didn't even shop him...

Agreed EH. Neither Lynch or Hansen are A-grade options in the present/short and medium term for FF and certainly neither of them is a long term option. So why are we talking about picking either of them? If they can't perform at a high level now and are only second tier players and not automatic...

Exactly what "facts" are we talking about now, Egotist? Let us know. We all know you have the market on them cornered from your dingy bungalow, sorry, i meant multi million dollar penthouse in Bangkok. Exactly what "facts" am i damning? It's my opinion that these types of interviews...

Dead right. Questions would have been agreed in advance and the aswers prepared by the Carlton management. That would also be why he was not asked any questions about the eye gouging/pressure point incident - he did not consent to questions on that subject before the interview. Good to see he...

That some people squeal like little girls when you make criticisms of the team and it's players or coaches and resort to personal abuse and going off on tangents to try and combat it. LOL at anybody who talks about "credibility" on an internet football forum anyway. You sound like a man with a...

No s*** it's Pav for AA. And thanks for proving my point.

Hey Sonson, i don't have a problem with your posts and it's almost refreshing to have somebody actually talk reality, facts and potenial problems to addressed rather than hype, blind hope and aggression towards anybody not towing the line on the positive framing that is uauall applied to all...

If the people involved in brokering the deal are talking about it on public radio and confirming that they had meetings with Nisbett and Worsfold about it then i consider that to be on record. I am not sure what your defintion of that would be in this situation. Are you expecting them to sign...

On the record. Heard it discussed many times on Perth talkback by Barra and Brad and co and Melbourne talk back aswell in the years since including by Nixon himself. Nixon only conformed that he and Cousins had requested the trade to S Kilda and that an offer had been made that included ther...

PSD threats or not the eagles would not have traded Judd to you for one top 10 draft pick. If you had gone down that pathway the eagles would have gone down the brinkmanship pathway and called a bluff as you would not have gotten Judd in the PSD anyway. No matter what price he put on his head...

St Kilda offered us pick 9 plus Leigh Montagna for Cousins about a month before the infamous car stop in Northbridge after which he was sacked. The deal was being brokered and driven by Ricky Nixon who was acting as Cousins agent. Cousins and Nixon went to Nisbett and said he wanted to go as St...

It will only get worse. Foxtel are pushing very, very hard to be allowed to pick the games that they have exclusive rights to instead of just getting stuck with whats left over after the FTA stations have taken what they want in return for providing a very large chunk of the cash in the next TV...

NicNat is exciting. I will be back for about 6 eagles games in the middle of the year so i will be able to watch him play hopefully. But i meant favourites not as in premiership favourites but as in the clubs the AFL want to help out to move back up the ladder such as Victorian clubs who...

Right. Thanks for the info. That fills in a few blanks. Formula could have a few anomalies in it still. What about recent draftees? They would have no real B&F or AA information to take into account and all their value is based or potential which is very hard to quantify with a formula. And as...

I think they are limited to one uncontracted player at each club and if so and if they have signed Brown that will mean a huge sigh of relief rather than anger from hawks management as it means that a) they don't have to worry about Franklin, Roughead, Rioli or Hodge getting poached anymore and...

Deliberately misintrpreting a post in pathetic effort to derail a thread and start an argument as usual. Classic E87. And the mods do nothing again as usual. Typical eagles board mods. If i did that i would get a card. It's not a debate about who is better - Le Cras or McKinley, it is a post...

Agreed. Mckinley is just not suited to the role that they are trying to use him in. They are playing him there not because he is suited to that spot or happy to play there but because Le Cras has the spot on the FF line that he wants. I think he will leave eventually because he can get more...

Would Carlton trade Yarran? They are pinning a lot of hope on the boy. If he has a good year this year that will only get worse and i think we would have no chance of effecting a reasonable trade for him. On the other hand, if he has a poor year with their forward line and in general and...

My thoughts exactly. Progress can not be measured purely on wins and losses at this stage of the cycle. It's measured by player development and a narrowing of the gap between your best and your worst performances. I am tipping 8th. I think and i hope that we can squeeze into the 8 with a bit...

As i once heard an ex-rugby coach who had just been sacked say in his own defence - you can't make a pavlova out of cowpats. I bet on carlton not making the 8 this year on betfair about 6 weeks ago and i am feeling more and more comfortable with that bet as time goes by.

The bulldogs have not won a flag or even come close so i don't think they are ringing endorsement for having a shit forward line. You can only get away with a shit forward line if you have an outstanding (as in being in best couple in the comp) midfield and defence. You can't be weak in multiple...

You can say that it is not the saints fault that he did what he allegedly did. That is a fair comment. But the staggering thing to me is that the saints are defending the decision to trade a first round pick for him on the basis that they got written character references about him from various...

Agreed on Embley. Throw Jones in the same basket. But you will get shouted down on here for saying it. There are many posters on here who can't understand or refuse to acknowledge that if you look at a calender today it says 2010. They want to keep picking blokes based on the fact that they were...

Don't agree with that at all. The club moves forward when the players who we have drafted in the last 3-5 years (and who we have bet the farm on) get 50 plus games under their belts. Not getting a short term late career renaissance from the likes of Hansen and Jones (and you could throw several...

Not trying to have a personal go at you Anti but in my view that opinion is reflective of a failure of logic that is common on these boards. It is not 2007 or 2006 anymore, it is 2010. We can't play ageing and declining blokes in our team in 2010 in front of young kids on the basis that they...

There is no way he would have the fitness base to play four quarters in the midfield every week. But i don't think that is what is being suggested. I would say the plan would be more like giving him a quarter or two in there each game to give him a taste of it. And i have no problem with that at...

Hagdorn is a grade A hack and i don't take anything he writes seriously. And i used to work with him. He just makes stuff up to get a headline. He has no sources at any of the clubs and as most of us on here know most of he writes turns out to be exaggerated or plainly not true. Did anybody...

He is not the slowest player at the club. But he is not exactly Aaron Davey or Cyril Rioli either. I can't see him chasing too many blokes down from behind wih sheer pace like those guys do. Nor can i see him crumbing too many goals. And the article is not talking about pinch hitting in the...

I also agree with the earlier poster who found it a strange move to put Waters in the forwardline. He is a good player with some valuable attributes. But what our forward line desperately needs is pace, crumbing skills and defensive pressure, none of which are going to be provided by Waters. If...

We may not have a really great backline ready to go tomorrow but a lot of the players we have drafted in recent years are back flankers/pockets or are likely to at least start their careers in these positions. Guys like Ash Smith, Jones, Adam Selwood, McGinnity, Sheppard. Add on top of that guys...