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The difference, you out and out nimrod, is that dealing drugs is completely and utterly illegal. How many drug dealers do you know that just receive a fine then keep running their businesses when they're caught? Judging by the level of intellect and logic displayed in your posts, I'm guessing...

Given the absolute lack of ANYTHING half decent in this year's PSD, unless there is a kid we rated highly who missed out in the ND somehow, I think we'll end up taking Haddrill. It might be a complete and utter failure, but he'll only be given a one year contract and if it pays off then it'd be...

Hah, I can't believe the last paragraph of that article. Mentioned as if it was just a throw away, which is just weird given how it stands to influence the whole PSD.

How does one become a part of this game? I'm willing to earn my stripes on whoever this season!... unless, of course, I end up with one of the top selections on draft day!

I love Wells when he's going. Problem is he's just not consistent enough, which is surely something a North Melbourne supporter would agree and be frustrated with. If he ever gains that consistency, he'll win a brownlow. I do disagree about young Bryce, though. I think there were times when...

Exactly. Definitely a bit of a worry, but players can and do bounce back from these sort of situations. Hopefully Hadley is one of the guys that do.

Exactly. I'm not saying it's the right thing to do, but I'm saying that the mistakes he makes outweigh the positives by too great a margin. I mean, I could run out onto an AFL field and try to sit on someone's head and take a mark every time the ball went near me, but I'd cost the team more...

Knee injuries in successive seasons when he was in his prime. It was sad to see, because he definitely was a quality up and coming player.

Do the math, mate. Nick Stevens turns 29 at the start of the 2009 season. That gives him at LEAST two or three more seasons of peak performance AFTER the 2009 season. Judd turns 26 DURING the 2009 season. That's hardly pushing 30. They will be our oldest midfielders, but the rest of the crew...

I don't ever really see Brennan being much more than a pretty good forward flanker who can do the odd freakish thing. The problem is he tries those freakish things so much, he ends up making far more mistakes than he does miraculous accomplishments. The only way to cut out the mistakes is to...

Yep, Saddington was pick 13, I believe. Add the top 20 selections we lost to that list and we'd be in a pretty ridiculous position. We'd be able to pick a full side of top 20 picks almost, not that they'd all be in our best 22.

It's funny how a good defence goes hand in hand with a good midfield. Carlton has not had a good midfield since about 2001. Ironically enough, about the same time they had a good defence! If the opposition aren't hammering the ball down at our backs a billion times a game with almost no...

I love the fact that everyone is bitching about Carlton again. All I've heard for the past five years is 'oh, I don't mind Carlton anymore... i kinda feel sorry for them' or comments along those lines. I'm a big believer that you don't hate what you don't fear. At least a little bit. The fact...

They do have several tall options that have really come on in the two years since Haddril really played, though. That said, I don't necessarily know if he's worth taking a punt on. If his leg speed is gone, his height and weight are already no good and he's got dodgy knees, where is the upside...

Maybe. I'm an old fart of 28, though. 24 is very young to me. :) Age aside, there was still no point to leave him on Brown all day. It certainly wasn't entirely Waite's fault that Brown was dominating. I mean, it was Jonathan Brown playing absolutely as well as Jonathan Brown possibly could.

I'm not saying he was great... just that he showed more in those few games than he'd shown in almost two seasons under Denis Pagan. I'd be thinking Ratts would be keen to see if Saddo was any sort of realistic chance to recapture his Sydney form... or even his Mitcham U/16 form! Geeze that kid...

I remember going to watch my younger cousin play an U/16 football game up in Brisbane a little while ago and I noticed this unshaven, un-shoe'd guy sitting by himself in the dirt (literally) about 30 metres away from any other person, just watching the game. I happened to glance over and thought...

Saddo actually showed some signs late in the season after Ratts took over. I'd be very surprised if he was delisted now.

Haha, point taken. Comeuppance duly received. :)

Nope, I'm pointing it out as just one example of why Pagan was no good for the Carlton football club. I've moved on from it and Carlton moved on from it about 24 hours later when they (rightly) sacked Denis Pagan. What's annoying is trying to understand a post by a 10 year old too lazy to type...

Did you even watch a Carlton game last season, champ? If there's one thing Dennis Pagan was NOT trying to do, it was win games. The guy didn't even try. He made no changes. He never seemed to put any sort of effort whatsoever into winning games, preferring instead to stick to a game plan that...

Haddrill would be good if he makes it through the National Draft. A little short and light, but you can't argue with his ability... just his ability to not be injured.

I think the point is that those players will likely not be available to rookie list. Someone WILL pick them up (well, Collard at least) in either the National or Pre-Season draft. If Fremantle delisted them thinking they could just automatically rookie list them, then they have some serious...

Just going by what i've read elsewhere, I think we'd be pretty lucky if this guy falls all the way to pick 36. If he does, then he sounds great. Fantastic height, I wonder if he could be turned into a ruckman.

If you go back and read through all the articles from trade week last season, you'll see that Hawthorn were offering two second round draft selections for Thornton, which isn't a bad sort of offer at all. Carlton were just completely unwilling to even entertain the prospect of trading him so...

Hey, fellow Bluebaggers. First post here for me, so be gentle. I don't rate Patrick Bowden at all, but Hartigan was great in his first season, then injured for the rest of his career. I thought he showed quite a bit of promise as a nuggety small defender/tagger and am honestly quite surprised...