I really can't see why anyone brought up in the eastern states would want to live in the West. Too hot, too many sharks , too isolated and far too insular and backward. But that's only my opinion. good call ... you stay where you are in Melbourne then Stinger ... leave WA for the rest of us to enjo...

Bennell would be awesome!! I honestly would be over the moon to get him I would give up pick 5/6 for him in a heart beat ... heck I would even be open to losing one of our young kids (besides Acres Billings Goddard Paddy Dunstan or Lonie) to get the deal over the line

In the early 2000's we had one old bloke who had been with us since 16yr old, and would go on to create a games record that will take a lot to beat. God knows how many games he would have played without so many lost through injuries. It still hurts to see him in Collingwood colours. We also had cha...

I hear this now wont be happening......if it ever was Moorabbin Ghost? Good news. Not sure we need another tall defender with a high pick. Will Schofield is a gun player and was a pick 50. Lets just focus on our midfield. I agree if you are going to give up an early pick you do it for a game breake...

I do agree with you there Armoo that the draft holds the key to success but your comment on our top six of this era compared with the top six just gone is a subjective thing ... back in 2000 you would have thought that the top six in our 97 g/f team the likes of Loewe, Burke, Winmar, Harvey, Jones a...

matrix wrote:i hope history doesnt repeat itself

i couldnt take another 09 and 10 again

a bit of luck would be helpful this time around ....

In the early 2000's we had one old bloke who had been with us since 16yr old, and would go on to create a games record that will take a lot to beat. God knows how many games he would have played without so many lost through injuries. It still hurts to see him in Collingwood colours. We also had cha...

I really can't see why anyone brought up in the eastern states would want to live in the West. Too hot, too many sharks , too isolated and far too insular and backward. But that's only my opinion. good call ... you stay where you are in Melbourne then Stinger ... leave WA for the rest of us to enjo...

look I agree Markworth has been unlucky but at some point you need to look at the fact he is going to be 24 next april and would have spent 5 years on an AFL list by next year even if he does get three games to round out the season you wont find many players survive 5 years with 3 games to their nam...

it was back in the early 2000's that the young guys made a pact to make their own history and I think it was GT's real strong points to empower these young boys to be like that - I dunno if this generation think or act the same way as kids did in the early 2000's cause the world is different and pri...

also given the nature of the charges against Lovett there was no way you could ask the players to work with him - Lovett has said that it was the players who pushed hard for him to be fired more so then the club hence why he felt he was entitled for a payout on grounds of unfair treatment by the clu...

its still early but I see Goddard being our Roo - Paddy being our Kosi - Billings being or Dal - Dunstan being our Ball - and Acres being our BJ obviously not positionally or in the same style but in regards to the impact on the team I also see Bruce being our G train - a backman moved forward who h...

I think a lot will be down to player payments to be honest ... if we were going to throw cash at a big fish and we get them then I think Ray go's if we don't and we stick with the draft only then I can see Ray staying as we are not going to take 7 picks in the draft ... I would think Siposs, White, ...

we need picks...said it all along Hawthorn will get picks. The most vital picks are the second, third and fourth rounders though. If we only rely and getting the first pick right its going to be a long process. this is exactly right ... look at Carlton as a prime example.. you could say they got th...

in my opinion there are a lot of similarity's between then and now... back then we had a coach (blight) who we were all gaga over until we found out the stories of how he operated and howthat wasn't what we needed or wanted (same thing with Watters) we then went with a more father figure coach who w...

i can confirm from talking to a person very close to the Bennell family that he has spoken to his manager about playing in Melbourne (not Perth) next year... read into that what you like .... it doesn't say GC are going to let him go or where he will go or anything of the sort but Barrett is right t...

I would say a lot of Tasmanians still do support the saints.... its neck and neck between WA and Tassie for who has the largest supporter base outside of Melbourne .... (Tassie beat us by 3 members last year)

not really .... its pretty clear to see the recruiting is on the improve (that said it was so bad in previously any improvement is going to be massive) sure it will take time to see how good those picks have been but the fact that our second rounders are getting regular games compared to the likes o...

bigred wrote:His attitude needs improvement.

Nice work ....

I really can't see why anyone brought up in the eastern states would want to live in the West. Too hot, too many sharks , too isolated and far too insular and backward. But that's only my opinion. good call ... you stay where you are in Melbourne then Stinger ... leave WA for the rest of us to enjoy

Meh, If he pulls his finger out and buys into what it takes to be an AFL footballer.... I don't care if he doesn't. He's averaging almost 25 touches a game, 3.5 clearances, 4 tackles, 5 inside 50s. Are you saying he needs to be even better than that to be worthwhile? I think people just get caught ...

Reported tonight that Treloar to Collingwood is pretty much a done deal. I'm a bit miffed that we didn't even get mentioned in the reports as a team chasing him. I hope we are being aggressive enough in our trading and not just hoping for the odd Membrey to fall off the back of the truck. because w...

I wouldn't say he is damaged goods or a bad apple or that he needs to pull his finger out or any other cliché's the guy is a out and out STAR!! at his age he even has more scope to get even better. he got sprung with a dodgy photo (something our club have been know to have happen) he did a silly thi...

Ian Cooper's grandson.We could probably find room for both in the years ahead. Weller is settling in fine at Freo so I don't know where the talk of him wanting out is coming from ? he recently moved out of his host familys house and is now sharing a place with a couple of the dockers younger blokes...

Markworth might get a rookie spot as he has not really had much of a chance to show his value he was very highly rated so you would think if he could get on the park he could be something... Sippo getting put in the VFL development squad surely spells the end for him - I think people got caught in ...