With rubbish like that, standards aren't much better amongst the supporters either.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

He may be your 'i told you so', broken record, 'hindsight is a wonderful thing' regurgitation BUT

1. He went pick 36 so every other club passed on him at least once
2. Geel were afforded the luxury of giving him a year in the ressies...invaluable learning and transitioning experience

He may well become a better player than LOB, but right now, picking the better one is a toss of the coin. We simply don't have enough evidence either way. Revisit after they've both played 50-70 games

And if Constable is deemed the better player, no doubt you'll play us the entire album, not just the A and B side

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If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!

It starts with actually hunting the ball and putting your head over it each and every time. Walsh is a star in the making because he does all of the above.

He wants the ball in his hand. See ball, get ball is his mantra.

We have so many that want someone else to give it to them. Number those who put their head over the ball every contest and fight like ten men to win it. That's where we lack. Someone like SPS can have all the tricks and the skill but when the whips a cracking and you have to get down and dirty, forget it.

Sorry but we still don't have the right mix of skills and mental/physical toughness.

Regards Cazzesman

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Ricky Gervais - “Everyone has the right to hold whatever beliefs they want. And everyone else has the right to find those beliefs f***ing ridiculous.”

We'd be top 4 right now if we played 3 good quarters in each of our games

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If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!

Yup...starting to head into amber (pre-bust) territory for mine
Has time to change, but time is a precious commodity

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If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!

Look I know I got that pick 10 wrong - as you say hindsight is a beautiful thing, Tim Kelly is clearly a better player than Charlie Constable.

But I’ll still stick with my original pick 10 of Constable.

And if you’re still posting here in 10 years time I’ll still continue to give you the shits unless of course one of us is dead before then.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

If it makes you feel better, you don't give me the shits...My post (apart from my 'album' smart arse comment) was genuine
Yes you picked Constable...big deal. Many others didn't
It's like picking a Melb Cup winner. Punters can mount a case for half the field.
I'm sure the recruiters could mount a case for why he went at pick 36
For mine, I wouldve taken Jack Higgins
And...Constable has had a different apprenticeship to LOB...right now we're not comparing apples with apples


Can I give you a bear hug now...or extend an olive branch? You know about olive branches? Well of course you would

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If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!

But he used to be a rodeo rider.

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

More like a Holden Rodeo Driver

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If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!

Plowman’s start to the year has been pretty good. Gotten more out of him and Phillios than the Crows out of Troy Menzel.
But yeah, let’s start on the list manager because he didn’t get a late pick right
Take someone like the Geelong bloke Wells though. He’s spent top picks on players like Snedts, Mitch Brown, Thurlow and Lang but he’s a genius right ?

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James Hird and Essendon* FC - #FOREVERDRUGCHEATS

They’re got one of the best midfields in the AFL, but they continue to draft them, like Kelly, Fogarty, Constable.

Might not get them all right but he’s pretty good.

Oh and Clark, Miers and Atkins.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

Look don’t take it personally SOS is the greatest fullback I’ve ever seen and I’ll argue against anyone who’ll tell me different.

He’s also the best List Manager we’ve ever had, but he’s not the best List Manager we could ever of had.

We could be so far ahead of where we are now.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

So why complain about SOS who has gotten plenty right and a couple of speculative late picks wrong?

Not just the late picks - it’s the cost of some his trades as well.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

Apart from the game plan of which the consensus seems to be 'what game plan', there seems to be an agreement that players should earn their positions in the team.

On this basis at the very minimum for next week


OUT: Polson, Gibbons, Lobbe

IN: Kennedy, SOJ, Philips.


I would also bring in Garlett for O'Brien but only if he is played no further back than the wing.

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"Get ready, Teddy - you're on": Ron Barassi half time 1970 Grand Final

I only played until under 12’s due to a spinal fusion but is it only the low percentage risk of broken fingers or a football in the head that stops all players smothering? Following on from your sentiments I was metres away from Dow and couldn’t understand why he didn’t (and doesn’t generally) smother a kick from a Richmond player in the first quarter that resulted in a goal. I see it time and time again - Walsh however does it ALL the time. I also can’t understand why our players continually fall for the feign/step when in other sports you’re trained only to watch the hips - is it that difficult to fathom? I would love to see how many games we’ve lost over the last 15 years against our tackle count.

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Other than a few, none of our players look like they have any belief in themselves, they don't have any swagger, or exude any confidence in what they are doing.

Its impossible to win with a mindset like that.

Charlie and Harry are the exception in the swagger department.

You're right though. We need a cauliflower injection into this team.

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WADA medical director Dr Alan Vernec describes Essendon* FC drug case as biggest scandal in team sport the world of sport has seen. #WC2WB

#GUILTY

Heard from people at other clubs that Harry fancies himself. As he should.

Also heard some eyebrows were raised on Royal Pd regarding the way "Brackets" McGovern presented, especially given his paycheque. Truth in jest, and all that.

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"The Wigg's big in 08!" - Chris Judd

This was very evident today. Sydney hunted, harassed and wanted it. Can’t say the same about us.