dont worry yourself with popeye.. he has little to no idea...

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If you wanna call being overweight "injured" go ahead....

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Word has it that Lance will be wearing a Bullants jumper on the Weekend.

Wont that look nice and snuggely on him

You may not have been serious, but the only way a dominating, multiple premiership CHF is allowed to leave a club is if he plays around with his teammate's missus.

Brown is not going anywhere. If he is unhappy in QLD, the Lions will re-locate before they let him walk. If he says he doesn't think Fev would go well in the team, Fev aint going to Brisbane. The player like Johnno Brown is not bigger than the club. He is the club.

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Iwhen I looked up "injured knee" in the dictionary it said "too fat to play"

Re Fev, he is great player but not a great team man. There is no doubt he can win a game off his own boot (Something tarrant could never do), but at 26 or 27 and a record of poor discipline, we have to see what we can get for him in a trade sense.

If we can get a first and second round pick for Fev (which would have to be his going rate this year since Collingwood got Pick 8 and Paul Medhurst in the best draft of all time), then I reckon I would take it. Anything less and I would probably keep Fev.

I know our drafting hasn;t been terrific, but we have to get a few good players with 3 first round picks (priority, round one plus trade) and 2 second round picks.

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I'm sorry can Tarrant take contested marks now?

Accuracy in front of goal and contested marking ability, not to mention better second efforts (and that's saying something) make Fev a vastly superior player to Tarrant.

That argument lost its legs years ago. There are few players that clubs would take ahead of Fev, all things considered. We should be rewarded richly in a trade with two mid-level 1st rounders, or top 5 in each of the first two rounds and then some.

If anyone here thinks that's an unrealistic trade then you're spot on. You don't give up blokes like Fev in today's game.

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Agree....suggestions are being made that Tarrant will move to CHB to cure his kicking yips and Barry Cable has offered his services to try and correct Tarrants kicking.......
I wouldnt be giving up Fev...way superior to Tarrant.....

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We said the same thing in 2000. Have to get at least 1 good player with 3 first round picks.

i dont think Lappin should retire yet. We need some older players to help bring the young guys through. He is my fav and consequently i watch him closely. I would concur that he hasn't been enjoying his football under pagan esp in the last 2 seasons. However, i think that with a new coach he could last a couple more years. The smartest player we've got bar none and therefore i think his influence on the younger guys will be beneficial. As for lance and Fev, neither is as important for mine. Both bring too many negative attachments. (remember lappin having a go at Lance about his weight?). Lappin is a professional, these two are not.

Give me two high draft picks for Fev (or a Malceski(equivalent(this guy will be a gun)) and high draft pick and i'd be satisfied given that it would remove a perennial bad-egg.

Lance - Ive been a big defender (pun intended) but he has been too unprofessional im afraid.

Of these three, lappin is the professional who carries no negative attachments, which is why i would like to see him remain. He is still an outstanding player and i think would revel in teaching the young kids and getting more responsibility.

Just watched the Melb game and must admit to being a Lappin fan when I see him taking contested marks in front of goal. And he doesn't miss too many. Problem is, we can only have 22 playing and as soon as a young kid offers more or equal value, out will go Lappin, Banno, Wiggo, Whitnall, Saddo.
Fev won't play in our next premiership. He might play finals with us in two years but he will then be 29/30 and worth not much as a trade and passed his best. We have to look at the war, not the skirmishes that are part of it. Strategy before tactics, says that Fev traded for a high pick or two might deliver us a gun. Keeping Fev delivers us a known gun (and a loose cannon) when we don't need one as much. We know there are teams out there who could win a flag with Fev up front. If they honestly believe that, they will trade high picks and/or players for a flag. That way, Fev might get his flag and we might get ours. We won't diminish our chances of #17 by trading him. Nor will we increase our prospects by keeping him. He is just another great player at Carlton at a bad time for him and us. We need him at his very best when we are playing prelims and GFs. He's not going to do that because we aren't ready to challenge yet and won't be for three or four years. Let's have a win/win for him and the Club.

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And you have? I forgot, the demi-god fo 10,000+posts on TC, how dare I have a different opinion.

Now Jim, Scotland didn't 'cut up' Ball, in fact, as per usual he didn't play on anybody.He gets cheap, useless possessions, bit like Synbad's posts really. The guy needs to be off loaded for the good of the team. And I don't think it matters if Fev's manager "reinterated" anything, the guy is GAWN - bit like when a club president comes out in support of a coach. These turkeys have had their chances, they are very poor leaders and set a bad example. If you want to keep these guys then good luck to ya, we'll just keep rolling out crap performances.

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Just another "friendly" reminder to our posters to be careful when arguing with each other over your opinions, that yo are careful not to cross over into personal abuse.

Thank you. Resume normal transmission now.

Brrrr, so verrry verrry cold.

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