Champion Data is owned by Simon Lethlean and Andrew Dillon at the AFL is it not? I’d be taking their data with a grain of salt! There was some kerfuffle late last year about how the AFL wanted its in-house statistical team to supply data for all 18 teams. Please stop with this rubbish. How about gi...

Champion Data is owned by Simon Lethlean and Andrew Dillon at the AFL is it not? I’d be taking their data with a grain of salt! There was some kerfuffle late last year about how the AFL wanted its in-house statistical team to supply data for all 18 teams. Please stop with this rubbish. How about gi...

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/port-adelaide-and-western-bulldogs-big-losers-from-essendon-34-bans/news-story/d54325858124f2811323319ade766b0c IN just 83 days at St Kilda Jake Carlisle denied and then admitting snorting drugs, slept through training sessions, then was banned for the entire 2...

CQ SAINT wrote:I see Harley Bennell was elite at Freo but didnt make the grade at GCS. No wonder they wanted him so bad.

You should see his CD stats at training.

When I have given my opinion? I just posted a link to an article. The words 'elite' were taken directly from the article They claimed no Saints elite (i bet you didnt even read it). SO IT ISNT MY OPINION. I WAS JUST POSTING AN ARTICLE. FFS. So yes you and barry were crying about my opinion when it ...

Armo and Jack Steven may not be elite to your eyes, but they are near enough for me. Each received 12 Brownlow votes this year. They were our two best players for 2015. I am hoping Jack Billing challenges them this season or next. I cant see anyone else at the club that may be elite. I never unders...

I've been waiting for Steven to take the next step, but I don't think it's going to happen, same for Armo. We haven't really developed players that well in recent years- many seem to have the goods, but never go the next step. We seriously need elite on the midfield. Steven has just about taken the...

I think we should be looking at Prestia as plan A and the draft as plan B. If it is a strong draft and we have a top 8 pick - why not use it? If you get a good player in the draft you pay unders and make sure the player wants to stay at your club. The way the system is set up we can use draft picks...

I think we should be looking at Prestia as plan A and the draft as plan B. If it is a strong draft and we have a top 8 pick - why not use it? If you get a good player in the draft you pay unders and make sure the player wants to stay at your club. The way the system is set up we can use draft picks...

Half the competition misses the finals every year, simply because they were not good enough. If Essendon had been in premiership contention that year it might have hurt, but as it was they were only making up the numbers. But regardless whether you think it was tough or not that penalty was not han...

i agree in some respects with Plugger - certainly in regards to the Victorian divy, but that all indigenous talent in the NT has been divided between just five teams is blatantly unfair - still scratching my head how geelong, hawthorn, and of course collingwood and were chosen and the doggies ignor...

Having a good look at Collingwood's list it seems a logical decision for Freeman to come to us. We have stronger KPPs than them but they have clearly got a better midfield (at this stage of development). For instance - who would you drop to give Freeman a game from this is a list of 13 midfielders:...

No, the worst part is the AFL's failure to penalise a team that systematically doped it's players with performance enhancing substances in order to gain undue advantage. You think they haven't been penalised repeatedly over the last three years? No they haven't. They got slapped with a limp piece o...

So can anyone name them from left to right. I'm confident of Riewoldt, Geary, Brown and Richo, but the rest are just guesses. #10, #33, #12 , #14, #22, #26/#2, #38, co, #31 would seem #37 travelling later of taking the picture and of course Current #2 confined to Aus Shores :wink: And who are they?...

If he can get on the park a bit this year and his knee is ok.... He is worth a million per. Long term deal too. A million a season for a kid who at the end of the next season would only have 60 games under his belt (and coming off major knee surgery)? At the moment he's mainly potential albeit extr...

A six team final would only take three weeks if you worked it like this... Week one: First and Sixth Second and Fifth Third and Fourth Week two: Winner of the top match takes a week off. The loser is out. Winners of the next two matches play-off and the loser is out. Week three: Final What about a ...

From Patrick Keane at the AFL Sandpit via Twitter: An exception was made for Essendon only because of the number of suspended players on its list so that the club can compete at a basic level For some reason bratty buried this huge injustice in the Essendope thread. Please tweet and abuse Keane and...

I'd also suggest that McCatin, Billings, Goddard, Dunstan, Lonie, McKenzie, Gresham either will have or will be getting a fair pay increase. That's not counting the inflated prices we paid for Carslise and Freeman to get them. We cannot blow the cap on one big fish. But we lose Roo, Joey, Fisher an...

If he comes back ok and has another great year boy he'd cost us a lot. I reckon it would take our first round pick and then at least a second rounder but maybe even another first rounder. Then we'd have to stump up a wage of at least half a million perhaps a higher depending on the length of contra...

i agree in some respects with Plugger - certainly in regards to the Victorian divy, but that all indigenous talent in the NT has been divided between just five teams is blatantly unfair - still scratching my head how geelong, hawthorn, and of course collingwood and were chosen and the doggies ignor...

stevie wrote:Shave it all off and grow a goatee. It worked for me lol

You picked up?

Zero credibility on this issue. Surprise, surprise, the Hawks have pushed up hard against our zone and have virtually taken 25% of Victoria and a large part of metro Melb not to mention a large part of NT. As it happens their development has seemingly pushed MFC into part of the zone that we could ...

This is just a trial ballon. The first test of the academy system here in Victoria. They have the ability to see what works, what doesn't work and then adjust it accordingly. But be under no illusions, the end game is zoned academies across Vic which in the long term will include all kids. That's w...

Time to start sniffing around the Statutory Planning Permit mechanism that allowed Hawthorn to get that land in Dingley Village. Was the matter handled by Councik, or was there a 'special resolution' made by the Minister for Planning.......... If the Hawks can work with Kingston City Council, how c...

Life Long Saint wrote:

ripplug66 wrote:Steven wont ever be captain. I would be very surprised if he got in the leadership group.

That's disappointing.

Not everyone can be a leader. If it was on who is a great bloke he would be well up there.