Interesting that one of the coaches gave newnes a 5 and the other nothing.

Will be great in a couple of years when we are flying. It will build a real atmosphere at the dome with a big crowd. I love it.

Fair to say, he has not lost too much considering he has hardly played in two years.

@sandyzebs: 1/2 TIME STATS - DEVELOPMENT

Disposals: Freeman 28, Ong 14, Hayes 14
Goals: Weickhardt 3, Kreymborg 2, McLaren, Ong, Freeman, Kelso

Where I think Minchington is up against it is that he is 179cm and weighs 82Kg's . So about Montagna size. At that size I just do not think he is going to dominate clearances at AFL level - altho he does at VFL level. My thoughts are that, at that size, you need real pace to capitalize on "out...

I'm blown away by the overall consensus that Eli should go out of the team. I thought from a potential point of view he had improved 100%. He looked far more composed with the ball than he had in the past, and quite dangerous. I'm not interested in blokes who get 'Joe the goose' goals over the top ...

A mate who follows another side arrived late on Sunday, about half way through the second quarter, and just as he sat down and looked up a saints player drilled a 30mtr pass with pin point accuracy to another Saint on the boundary line. He said geez that was a great pass. The kicker was J Geary. His...

A bit early in the year for the annual grand final is only for corporates / wealthy articles isn't it?

Safety in the workplace & the 8 hour work day brought to you by Unions. Anyway, back on topic, I for one, am very happy that Jake is working & not just working, but is working in an industry that he has an interest in post his football career. Four weeks annual leave, long service leave and...

$5000 times 16 players is $80,000. That is tonnes for a 6 month fitness program that would probably only be run 2 or 3 days a week or just the mornings. A lot of the players will be in Carlisle's boat and be working, studying or travelling. You're not trying to recreate an AFL club environment, jus...

I read this and my first thought was this is not such a crazy idea. Even if they just had a semi-regular 3 day a week loose thing it would help create a psuedo-club environment to help players be focused and accountable. I know a lot here hate Malthouse, but I think he has a lot of knowledge and wi...

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. All of the teams already use champion data ...

Yeah we heard on other boards and sources that Carlisle is going to Carlton. the Bulldogs and Hawthorn. But we heard Carlisle is coming to the saints at least 6 months before it was in the press We also heard well in advance for other trades Stanley for 21, Ben McEvoy, Shane Savage, Billy Longer, B...

Don't agree with Eddies plan, but at least he is putting something out there. Not sure the current system is fair but it is a lot better than a few years ago. There are a lot of inequities in footy, the fixture is one that we should be able to fix. I think splitting into conferences is a valid optio...

I don't get why people still go to Bali, just spend the extra $100 and go to Singapore. You obviously don't drink. I trust the Singapore Water Main system as opposed to Bali's. Not a lot of surf in Singapore. And as plugger pointed out you can get a dozen beers in Bali for the price of 1 pint in Si...

Been here close to 10 years. Think I originally joined in 01, but lost that login. Don't post much but read regularly.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/13-million-for-harassment-victim-subjected-to-repeated-assaults-rape-threats-at-building-firm-20151217-glptyb.html what a bitch hey? Cant take a joke. Probably asked for it anyway.... Your abuse and trolling levels are getting back to joffaboy levels, time for anot...

If people want to discuss it as such with all its surrounding and particular issues then they should be allowed to without being told in at times a vile and resentful way that they shouldn't. Pretty rich coming from you… Anyone who dare discuss this actual incident outside of condemning Martin has ...

After the loss to the dogs this year, where our kicking (and mavs) was a bit ordinary, he came back out on the ground about 30mins after the game and spent a good half hour to 45 mins kicking the footy with Adam Kingsley. He was the only player out there and I think it shows his commitment and hard ...

The police will sort it out. Apparently they are fair and reasonable towards women I would hope they are fair and reasonable against all victims of violence, regardless of gender. Although given recent issues highlighted within the police force, maybe they don't. Perhaps the victims gender was a fa...

Going well here I see. So we've had comments about why a 14 year old girl was out at 3am as a possible contributing factor to why she was gang raped (I blame the parents....), and men demanding we should really be talking about violence against men here, not women (I'm sorry, the fact that this was...

miskycat wrote:Shouldn't that be my mare?

Considering horse is gender neutral I am not sure where you are going with that. If you want to bring everything back to gender, then go for it.

It's part of the way in which men continue to absolve themselves of responsibility for violence against women. I think you will find, if you read my posts, I have blamed just about everyone but the victim. At no stage have I said she did anything wrong. If we don't address all contributing factors ...

...'most likely the victim did absolutely nothing wrong.' Gold, and you still don't get it. And you don't get it either. I know next to nothing about what happened, I have read a few snippets from the paper. Perhaps you were there and can enlighten us. I don't condone violence against anyone. Howev...

OK, I'll try to explain: Any comment that includes references to the 'many, many' factors that may have been involved, such as his 'mates', 'the restaurant', the 'media', the 'management', the 'club', the 'atmosphere', ' the alcohol', 'his troubled past', 'society', 'the woman', the 'AFL', 'his dri...