Dempster is 34.

Now his retirement was 'unexpected'.

The lengths that club apologists go to find new excuses just get funnier and funnier.

The_President wrote: ↑Fri 03 Aug 2018 12:32am Hey guys,

What end does our cheer squad generally sit?

Bell End

Nathan Brown looks outstanding in a red white and black jumper. He fills that jumper so well and so tightly that you would be a fool not to realise that he is the epitome of a tough no nonsense strong defender. We also have tough and buff half forwards like Mav Weller and you just can't have enough...

Jones was pick 9 in the rookie draft.


His career was stellar and deserves respect from there.

The_President wrote: ↑Tue 19 Sep 2017 8:40pm No no no no no

He is not well.

Sounds like you knew something.

Retired
http://m.afl.com.au/news/2018-08-02/you ... at-just-21

Can we just stop using the word 'aggressive'.

Ok.
Is it now safe to say Bains was a Dud?

I read the topic title as:

'If Mav lead AR to a long BJ would we offer him one year.'

minneapolis wrote: ↑Thu 02 Aug 2018 12:32pm

vacuous space wrote: ↑Thu 02 Aug 2018 12:41am

rodgerfox wrote: ↑Wed 01 Aug 2018 11:31pmSo nothing new there is there?

Lethlean replaced Trout with a banker.

I think he replaced a Lawyer with a Banker.

Lethlean is a flog.
It is well known.

<warning for demeaning Saints official>

'Development' isn't as simple as giving a young guy a game though. Having an experienced big, strong consistent FB in the team helps with the development of guys like Rice and McKenzie. And further, if the backline as a whole is solid (by playing Brown for example) then midfielders get better devel...

Sam Fisher started in 2004. Since then we have had Dempster, Dawson, Delaney, Carlisle and now Brown (and Logan) all from other clubs. So we have developed just one kpd in 14 years. f****** disgraceful. You can't blame the draw or the umpires for that. Plain f****** disgraceful. Dawson and Delaney ...

I don't have an individual problem with Nate Brown.
But seriously what we have been doing since 2013 that we are in the situation of fielding a backline with the age profile pointed out by dragit.
A major concern.
Can't just be swept under the rug imo.

Something is crook in Tootgarook.

Happy to give the new fella a fresh clean slate.

Jones was a sheep dog but bloody fit and ran and hustled all day which Lyon loved.

I have a lot of time for Seb. Off his tucker this year and seems a bit mentally down/flat.

Put him in the right environment and he will flourish.

Seb definitely more talented.

A few mid-level scapegoats to keep the heat off Sexton, Kingsley, Richo, Finnis & Summers.

parkeysainter wrote: ↑Wed 01 Aug 2018 11:27pm I can't even read Con G's messages and they are annoying. Is he drunk again?

No wonder I am driven to the drink.

Not to mention the harder stuff.

takeaway wrote: ↑Wed 01 Aug 2018 11:28pm I'll go and cluth another straw.

You are running low on straws but keep clutching.

We're talking kpd - only 2 of your names are KPD, and I mentioned them. Keep trying. I never said we should rely entirely on rejects, drafting and developing is the main game, but you need to trade in as well, and that is what we have done for kpds. It is just history. Carlisle, Dempster & othe...

Honestly if people think Nate Brown with 3 years of contracts is good business - I give up. The reason we have to take him on is because we have noone else and havent produced our own KPD player in a decade. Face it. Its a f****** joke. People should be embarrassed. takeway is cluthing at straws. O...

We're talking kpd - only 2 of your names are KPD, and I mentioned them. Keep trying. I never said we should rely entirely on rejects, drafting and developing is the main game, but you need to trade in as well, and that is what we have done for kpds. It is just history. Carlisle, Dempster & othe...

Honestly if people think Nate Brown with 3 years of contracts is good business - I give up.

The reason we have to take him on is because we have noone else and havent produced our own KPD player in a decade.

Face it.

Its a f****** joke. People should be embarrassed.

takeway is cluthing at straws.

Sam Fisher started in 2004. Since then we have had Dempster, Dawson, Delaney, Carlisle and now Brown (and Logan) all from other clubs. So we have developed just one kpd in 14 years. f****** disgraceful. You can't blame the draw or the umpires for that. Plain f****** disgraceful. What's wrong with t...

Then there were some rookie KPDs like Steve Gaertner, Jackson Ferguson & Brenton Payne.

Of course we have to draft and develop kpd's as well as other areas. Why would anyone want to get rejects from other clubs to be our first line in defence? How would getting second rate players improve us long term? Agree, but we haven't really drafted in that area to date, because our drafting rig...