Do actually read what I write?

Where did I base selections on particular ages or draft selections? I would expect that if we recruit 8-10 new kids that a few of them would be playing straight. One because they are good enough and we have selected well and two because we are rebuilding and the faster we get games into kids the better we will be.

Look at Bulldogs and Saints. Names such as Dunstan, Billings, Templeton, Bontempelli, McCrae etc played a lot of football in their first seasons. I would hope we could expect the same.

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#NewBlues beginning 25th August 2015

Ideally they shouldn't be, unless they're out of the box types. Or do you want to promote a culture where people walk into the team on reputation alone?

You've nominated two top 5 picked mids, a senior bodied mid and then the exception in Templeton. I'd rather plan to work incrementally and then be surprised, rather than plan for development to spring up out of nowhere. That you think the grass is always greener on the other side is a huge flaw in your methodology.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

It's called a rebuild and if you recruit not only the right talent but the right people, supported by the right coaching it shouldn't matter. Do you think GWS & WB have suffered as a consequence?

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#NewBlues beginning 25th August 2015

GWS protected plenty of their kids in the first 2 years? The Bulldogs are choppy with their form and they had a dud coach effectively protecting their youth by playing them sparingly. They're probably 2 years ahead of us right now.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

Agree 100%

Of course they are. They started their rebuild 3 years ago. Both have played a lot of kids. Do you really believe a lot on our current list deserve games?

As for Dud coach I don't agree. I believe McCartney to be an excellent development coach. He fast tracked and developed some very good players. It's in game day stuff he struggled. Beveridge has come in and built on what he did.

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#NewBlues beginning 25th August 2015

Well. Thats that then. Weve hit rock bottom.

18th.

Pick 1 in the PSD might mean more than pick 1 in the draft.

And we're nowhere near rock bottom yet. Imagine 15 more weeks of this. Cause that's what's coming.

Em don't get too excited, who are we going to convince to come to us in the PSD? Not many one would think. We will stuff up the picks anyway.

Players (talented) not wanting to come to us is a blessing. No need to waste picks on quick fixes.

okay so now they will change the rules - pick 1 goes to the 14th finisher. We get pick 5.

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This type of slight is alien in the more cultured part of the world - Walsh. Its up there with mad dogs, Englishmen and the midday sun!

Retire:
Walker
Judd
Carrazzo
Simpson (hope he might go another year)
Jamison (hope he might go another year)

Keepers:
Menzel
Gibbs
Kreuzer
Cripps
Boekhorst
Docherty
Jaksch
Henderson
Bell
Tuohy
Byrne
Everitt (depth)
Curnow (tagger)
Thomas (have to keep)
Casboult (have to keep)
Wood (depth)
White (depth)

Potential Trade:
Murphy
Yarran
Graham

Develop:
Viojo-Rainbow
Buckley
Whiley
Smith
Foster
Walsh
Fields
Byrne
Gowers
Russell
Dick
Sheehan
Jones (have to)
Tutt (have to)

Delist (If show nothing at all by Round 22):
Watson
Rowe
Holman
Armfield
Johnson
Ellard

Delist regardless:
Warnock

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Probably take someone like Tutt or Jones. Maybe a Ruckman like Knobel?

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#NewBlues beginning 25th August 2015

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"Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?" Billy Connolly

If we got pick 1 would you trade it for 2 top 10 picks ?

Now, I know some people may think I've been hitting the cones but would it be worth considering putting him forward before retiring him.
Just a crazy thought I know but I believe he performed quite OK last time he played there.

Just putting it out there.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

I was hoping somehow now that Yazz is back if Walker plays this week & Simmo does too, Walker might go forward.

Walker forward is a no brainer.... even for Mick.

No.

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Just because I'm offended, doesn't mean I'm wrong.

Got the rest of the year before the retirement.
Might play on if he can go forward and make a difference.

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