plugger66 wrote:Cousins plays like that every week so does that mean he has a pill before every game.

he is a wonderful player even without the benefits that amphetamines provide. increased confidence, endurance, concentration and risk-taking.

But no one in 3 years has tested positive to using on match day. I doubt many if any use on match day. They would after the game but not before because you get suspended for 2 years. sometimes cousins and a few of his mates play like supermen with supreme confidence and almost superhuman endurance....

plugger66 wrote:They are performance enhancing on match day.

exactly. that is the worry

plugger66 wrote:They are banned because they are illegal but not because they are performance enhamcing.

so you'd be okay if a horse doped up with speed or some other stimulant won the melbourne cup?

they are performance enhancing.

yep amphetamines and other stimulants (such as cocaine) are banned worldwide in sports because they are performance-enhancing. That is not true. They are only banned on match day. Other sports apart from the AFL dont even test for them out of competition. which bit isn't true? amphetamines and othe...

yep amphetamines and other stimulants (such as cocaine) are banned worldwide in sports because they are performance-enhancing.

good on mick for saying publicly what many on here have been saying for a while.

sort of cheapens the eagles' premiership imo.

if adelaide wins we should play thommo (if he's fit) and give him a good send off. been a great and underrated clubman over many years. if collingwood wins we should play our best team, which, imo, thommo is not in ... but that's only imo. if we attack as we have over the past few weeks we should ea...

The Saintsational Man wrote:Molly Meldrum

i wondered when that one was going to come up.

thanks guys.

i can only think of lillian frank and stephanie mcintosh. just a question someone at work asked me. anyone else?

does anyone have a link to TankingCarlton?

for my sins, have been howled down by Torquemada wannabes like Teflon :lol: :lol: :lol: what a sledge. you're right. we have been too defensive and preoccupied with match-ups and it has probably cost us a crack at the flag this year. i've seen signs over the past fortnight that this is changing, bu...

spert wrote:I would put him in the forward line and start looking at someone else to play the midfielder role????

whack him on the forward flank for a while and chuck gilbert on the ball. win/win

let's hope we don't try to "top up" with more duds like clarke.

ffs, ts40 (who we offloaded for clarke) would have been better value in the ruck.

who is going to fill gehrig's shoes? good full forwards are hard to find and big blokes like lynch, lockett, gehrig etc can play into their mid-thirties if the hunger is still there.

i think kosi can play full-forward very effectively, but then we need to find another first ruck.

not gehrig imo. as for harvs, he has earned the right to make up his own mind. the others, yes

We were forced to play Goose at FB (a silly move as Lynch doesn't actually use his strength that often so a smaller option would have been better - if we had one!) which left a gaping hole i agree. it was a silly move. goose at his best is an attacking chb, not a lockdown type. he is was he is. don...

Imagine having 22 Tony Lockett's on your list? Awesome on paper. 22 of the best players to have ever played the game. i could live with that. you'd never lose a game. the ball would never hit the ground except at the opening bounce. nearly every kick would hit its mark. unfortunately there's only o...

i think gilbert would be very good in there. deceptively quick, strong and good evasive skills. also an outstanding tackler. wins most of the one-on-ones in which he is involved. needs work on his kicking on the run, but that will come. he tends to kick a few grubbers. gram? who knows. definitely wo...

i can't believe i'm saying this, but go pies.

let's face it ... if we can't beat richmond we have no place being in the finals. if collingwood wins we should spank richmond.

if results fall that way then we have everything to play for and they nothing

between birss and butterss?

good thinking saintbot. we need more of it otherwise the club becomes predictable and mediocre. i think gilbert definitely and bj possibly. also possibly gram and raphael. riewoldt is too valuable doing what he is doing, though if you wanted him more involved around the ground he could play wing ver...

He isnt the type of guy who will care if he has a send off game. He will play next year if he wants to. Simple as that. you're right. such a humble champion and he's just as likely to say "enough" and walk away if he thinks it is time. would be sad for his legion of fans if it happens tha...

bigred wrote:probably play next year

what if he doesn't?

wouldn't be a fitting way to send off one of the club's greatest champions

what happens?