BrizzyBlue wrote:
Heard an interesting snippet about Pago Pago. He not only endorsed Ratts for the role, but said that his training drills are some of the best he had seen from a AC in years. He also said that Ratts had enormous respect from the players. He will be the first to congratulate him if appointed.
From Page 3 of:
http://realfooty.com.au/news/news/dead- ... 52993.htmlQuote:
One of those Carlton players who struggled with Pagan in his first season (2003) was the then-skipper Brett Ratten. Pagan's relationship with Ratten was much improved when the latter returned as his assistant — again, at the club's insistence.
"He's keen, he's enthusiastic. He's a Carlton person through and through. I think he'll do well." Ratten's Carlton pedigree was "certainly not going to do any harm".
Just heard of a supposedly secret meeting between the AFL and the management of 3 Melbourne clubs. The speculation is that the AFL recognize that the lists of the 3 clubs in question are among the worst that have ever played the game. They believe that their lists are shallow and as an act of evening up the competition and preventing any further tanking talk, may invoke a directive of additional assistance through the upcoming draft. If this eventuates then it means that Bichmond and the Dees are gunna get a legup of some sort. You can take it to the bank that we will get 3/4 of 7/8 of @#$%&! all.
It might be that the final 2 rounds will have no bearing on the final draft order. My tip is if this is agreed to, is that we will still get the first selection, but Melbourne will be slotted into place before our next pick. It could be like this (using cureent ladder order of the remaining clubs):
1: Blues, 2: Tiggies, 3: Dees, 4: Blues, then the Shockers, Puppies, Bummers, Crowbots, Brions, Aints, Swines, MudPies, Skippies, Dawks, Wet Toast, Power, Pussies then Tiggies, Blues, Dees before Round 2. The Feral black and yellow would get 2, 18 & 21. Melbourne would get: 3, 20 & 23.
This way we would get 1, 4, 19 & 22 before the trading period.
The drum is that Priority Picks would then be eliminated forever. I could live with this if it comes about.
Watch this space [...................]