We should just pay him whatever he is owed and then there wouldn't be an issue. However, my deeper instinct says it's Rod's job to pay him, not the club. He personally hired him - and then fired him - so surely the buck stops with him? RB did not personally hire him...it wasa Board decuison of whic...

Just hitting his straps....

Interesting to note that Dal was about our only young mid who did not balloon up with too much weight training......

spert wrote:GT clearly didn't put much emphasis on player development, and injury has been a factor for some. .

That is it in a nutshell....

Who cares if it is in the press????

The key issue is that GT wants $200,000 out of my club....

No one person should be judged on any one incident......


But when you see a pattern over time..................though some refuse to see it....




Show me the money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think we should take a look at how Richmond played the filth on Friday, put there best up forward and went fast, straight and direct to their forwards and forced the barcodes best asset, their running out of defense to become accountable and lose their effectiveness, by playing exciting attacking...

Gilbert to be the king of swing fora couple of sesons and then he will settle into being an awesome CHB. You want 10 odd players to be art of the midfield...and BJ will assist with that without be a key midfielder. He will be a backfielder....but yes will also play HF at times. Gram to be feed up fo...

I think part of the reason is that our midfield as a unit has not been that good this year....

....and conversely that most oppositions midfields have been good this year.

We do not have the midfield edge that we use to have.

The hush money was evidently only meant to be $100,000 but GT never actually signed....so the money is not owed....but GT wants it anyway.


Not sure what the other $40,000 is for?????

Evidently claims he never tooka holiday...so wants to be paided now.....

All part of his $200,000 claim


As stated by Caro

Plus RB and GT signed off on the $1.14 million...though evidently was significantly discounted...

On the over muscling....my personal pet theory is that this had a lot to do with our string of hammy's...and now that we are more endurance foccused it will dissipate. In athletics I look at sprinters...and they always seem fragile with lots of injuries...vs the long distance runners who just don't ...

On Armo...Banfield has publically stated that he is not fit enough.

A huge pre-season should see him right for 2008.

The thing I can't understand was that Brooks came in against the Lions....played brilliantly......admittedly against weak opposition...but starred none the less. Then the week later we don't pick him against the Dees in the Finals....just when you think he would have had some confidence....and when ...

Good thoughtful post

x gets the ball fine...

He just needs to finish better.....and that is the frustration because we know that he can be good.

call it unfair if yoy will...but X snagging 4 goals = we win...kicking 1.3 = they win

Well I assume that no news is good news...

I did see in another string that Plugga had said that he had spoken with Gilbert on the night and that he (Gilbert) thought he would be right...

X SHOULD be the HF that we need... He has the pace..the dash..the run down hard tackle BUT he does not have the knack of kicking goals when he is in poasition to do so.. He either needs to solve his kicking problem...or get ready to have his spot taken in the 22. He SHOULD be good enough....but curr...

...you don't draft a tough guy just because he's tough fully agree.....if you can't play footy you should not geta game.. I am not talking pushing and shoving....but for eaxmple a well executed hip and shoulder and running througha player (legally) when you have the chance. Mean bast**** do it........

Xavier Clarke
#3 St Kilda Saints
Age: 23yr 10mth Games: 94

X is basically 24 with close enough to 100games....he really needs to start playing more like a 100 game player.

I would think that 100games is way to high a mark to set as split for someone being "iexeperienced"....


More like say 50 odd that players should be valuable contributors...abd be settling down into good steady football..


And say 25 odd to be still very raw...

Well observed MB on the coaches..... Though on your last point although, if you believe some posters on this forum, we have a hopeless list as well ). I don't there would be many who think we havea HOPELESS list.... Personally I think we havae good list...but with some flaws in it that need addressi...

Watts kicked 7 against the bottom team in the VFL who made changes to give younger players a go. The Tassie defence was no where near AFL standard. Some of our local sides could beat the Tassie VFL team. :oops: :oops: Ah...a voice of reason.... Casey knocks off the wooden spooners and suddely we wa...

Herald sun report: In the other match yesterday, the Casey Scorpions enhanced their final-eight aspirations with a 10-goal victory over wooden spooners the Tassie Devils at the Bellerive Oval. . Perhaps before we elevate a third of the Casey team for our glorius win....we should reflect on the qual...