How would you know how many players have rejected reasonable contracts elsewhere to stay.
There could be 10? Didn't Kreuzer reject a big contract from GWS to stay?

Some of you blokes are panicking about the wooden spoon. Craig didn't say we are looking to win the spoon. He only said avoiding it isn't our primary focus. Development is. Surely thats the appropriate way to go.

Secondly, we're second bottom, not in wooden spoon position.
As for your rubbish about other clubs. Hawthorn finished second bottom in 2004. Exactly where we are now.
The 2004 draft netted them Roughead from their priority pick and Franklin from their first pick. That didn't seem to destroy their attempts at long term success or compromise their culture.

We should be focussing on developing and fast tracking the players. Whatever it takes to achieve long term success as soon as possible should be our focus.
Not worrying about sooky supporters worrying what people will say about finishing 1 or 2 spots lower on the ladder.

I'd like to debate you BV but I'm not 100% sure what you're actually saying.

It sounds like your taking great comfort in us being in spoon territory because this shows that we're concentrating on developing and fast tracking players?
Maybe it's because we're just not very good.

I'd like to debate you BV but I'm not 100% sure what you're actually saying.

It sounds like your taking great comfort in us being in spoon territory because this shows that we're concentrating on developing and fast tracking players?
Maybe it's because we're just not very good.

That's where you're confused. I take no comfort in where we finish unless it's vying for a premiership.
If we aren't contending, then I want us to be building a list to contend. Where we finish whilst that is happening is irrelevant.
But like Neil Craig said, we can't have that objective being delayed or derailed by worrying about whether we finish 17th or 18th.
The focus is building a list to take us to a premiership. If the club continues on that path with conviction, I'll let the negative types take great comfort in finishing 1 spot above the bottom. As long as their negativity doesn't deter the club from what's important.

And if the rebuild doesn't work.
Do you start all over again.

The AFL will make us strong again... even it takes them humiliating us again by gifting us priority picks

How would you know how many players have rejected reasonable contracts elsewhere to stay.
There could be 10? Didn't Kreuzer reject a big contract from GWS to stay?

Some of you blokes are panicking about the wooden spoon. Craig didn't say we are looking to win the spoon. He only said avoiding it isn't our primary focus. Development is. Surely thats the appropriate way to go.

Secondly, we're second bottom, not in wooden spoon position.
As for your rubbish about other clubs. Hawthorn finished second bottom in 2004. Exactly where we are now.
The 2004 draft netted them Roughead from their priority pick and Franklin from their first pick. That didn't seem to destroy their attempts at long term success or compromise their culture.

We should be focussing on developing and fast tracking the players. Whatever it takes to achieve long term success as soon as possible should be our focus.
Not worrying about sooky supporters worrying what people will say about finishing 1 or 2 spots lower on the ladder.

Spot on, CFC is an important brand and integral component of AFL.
If we end up wth the spoon again that's 2 in 3 years, we'll defentialty get a PP .
I'm hope it's a juicy one and helps us replenish and upgrade our midfield.
GonBaggers

I'd like to debate you BV but I'm not 100% sure what you're actually saying.

It sounds like your taking great comfort in us being in spoon territory because this shows that we're concentrating on developing and fast tracking players?
Maybe it's because we're just not very good.

It is negligent of the club in a professional competition to not put the best side on the park each week that will put them in a position to win.

I'm sure Sydney Blue would not want us to go all 2004 again and pump up our list with Digby Morrells and Jordan Bannisters and Daniel Harfords to finish an honourable 11th and draft in an Adam Hartlett and a Jordan Russell.

Out of interest, when do you think we have done that in 2017? Example?

Port Adelaide game jumps out at me

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Who did we have in the reserves that week who would have been the difference in a game we lost by 15 goals?

Gorringe Palmer Smedts Thomas Phillips KJ
Would all like to say hello Agro

We have been turning over 10 plus players a year for the last ten years.
The side needs to forget about planning for the future and start planning for the now as the future might never come.
They need to start winning and develop a winning culture

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