Good listen he has an engaging and honest personality Schneids. No matter what he does he will do well - he could even become media commentator he has the skills.

The club would've factored in a 3 month ban, so they'll be shattered as much as we are!! The club would have looked at worst case scenario, which is what we have, 12 months. They were obviously willing to cop the worst case scenario if it happened, as were Hawthorn. We will only know in a few years...

HTF should these players be compensated for damage to their careers? They are as complicit as the club the AFL are losing the plot...

All the media suggest the players will be paid - does anyone know for certain?

Delaney, Lee and Coughlan must be rubbing there hands together after todays news...

I find it comical that people still believe the St Kilda recruitment team have served the club well regarding the transaction involving Carlisle. I like a number of other posters are livid that our club could fall for this and be bastardised at the trade table by a club that has a history of exactl...

I find it comical that people still believe the St Kilda recruitment team have served the club well regarding the transaction involving Carlisle. Essendon have played this quite smart when you think about it, Dodoro must be laughing himself silly at the stupidity of clubs like ours. They were able t...

I have absolutely no sympathy for the club (St Kilda), as it was an extremely poor decision to trade for Carlisle which has again been proven to be the case. Carlisle and Essendon are poison and always have been!  The one positive out of this is it will give Goddard and Delaney the chance to furthe...

Never wanted him. Said so right at the start. I'm not even concerned if he never plays a game for the Saints. I hope Tom Lee will be able to step up this season, surprise the doubters and add something to our backline and Flakey Jakey is confined to the rubbish bin of poor recruiting made by the Sa...

Never wanted him. Said so right at the start. I'm not even concerned if he never plays a game for the Saints. I hope Tom Lee will be able to step up this season, surprise the doubters and add something to our backline and Flakey Jakey is confined to the rubbish bin of poor recruiting made by the Sa...

I have absolutely no sympathy for the club (St Kilda), as it was an extremely poor decision to trade for Carlisle which has again been proven to be the case. Carlisle and Essendon are poison and always have been!  The one positive out of this is it will give Goddard and Delaney the chance to further...

This year will alow clubs just to play 2 rucks. No need for killing other positional players. Lets hope Peirce & Holmes can really pressure Hickey & Longer. Pierce in particular needs to start showing he is up to it after 4 years on the list.

I hope he plays this year - it will be a recruiting disaster if he doesnt and Carlisle gets rubbed out for a lengthy period. For me both were far too risky and I personally wouldnt have gone anywhere near either of them. High risk high reward lets hope the club was right? Thats ridiculous. Its abou...

I hope he plays this year - it will be a recruiting disaster if he doesnt and Carlisle gets rubbed out for a lengthy period. For me both were far too risky and I personally wouldnt have gone anywhere near either of them. High risk high reward lets hope the club was right?

tony74 wrote:Status quo for 2016. But strap on the seat belts for 2017.

There you have it - no one close to the club expects much improvement this year!,

1. Stoppages 2. Clearances 3. Goal kicking accuracy 4. Overall kicking efficiency Too much obsession/concern on here about 'replacing' Roo imho. We don't need a big hero fwd to win finals. We need three or four quality fwds all capable of kicking 40-50 goals each per season. Nailed it Con, which al...

Different playeds but Roo has definitley sustained a higher output over the length of his career. Brown had more of an impact and was more dominant figure in finals though. I loved how Brown would intimidate the opposition Roo has never had that.

Roo has been absolute superstar for our club!

Two week hamstring... so it's just tight or SLIGHTLY tweeked. I'm guessing they're treating him with kid gloves. Perfect timing given the heavy training load he's just been through and it's right on the xmas/new year break. Doubt he'll miss much at all. Might just be like Hamill's 2 week minor knee...

Nice shot at Gold Coast - they were obviously a dysfunctional club under McKenna. How fitting he is now with Essendon & Worsfold and we all know what went on in their playing & coaching Eagles eras. Is it any wonder both are happy to go to Essendon as they have a very low moral base when it ...

Mr Silverster needs a quick lesson in Australian Criminal Law and how the Laws of Evidence apply. The Police can investigate but depending on the evidence available in these assault type matters, there still needs to be a (victim) prepared to make a complainant statement and ready to provide that ev...

The simple answer is the Police need a formal complaint from the alleged victim before they will respond. Given the media they may contact her but if she fails to make the complaint - criminally there is no victim hence no Police involvement. In this case it looks like she has chosen to go to the me...

Heat exhaustion can be dangerous, hopefully he's ok and recovers quickly.

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Smart recruiting I would suggest. The young players would settle in quicker with a mate by there side and the kids are not going to want to leave when they are playing with their best mates. Interesting that they have all bèen the VIC kids also, even though SA dominated the U18's last year.

Coughlan is still growing listed at 195cm at combine up from 193 last year. His TAC cup coach swung him from full forward to key defence this year which has been a master stroke. He had an amazing year with intercept marking and came 4th in their B&F after playing games in the VFL, NEAFL and U18...