If it was a deal with the Dees could it be a player? Maybe Ray or Saunders?

Come to think of it... I think the last time we got it completely right was all the way back in 2004: At a glance you had a back 6 of Penny, Hudghton, Fisher, Jones (Austin), Voss and Black. Penny was ur gorilla, Hudghton was number 2, a young Sam Fisher played on the third tall and tried to expose...

Seems like Jakey needs to be convinced. Would have thought he'd made a decision by now. Why would he? If his manager's got any sense then he's telling him there's no hurry and he should hang on another week or two, see if the offers improve. It's exactly the right thing to do. The trade can't be do...

He would qualify as an unsigned out of contract free agent, even if he doesn't qualify as a free agent. I believe anyone could basically get him in the same way we got Roberton from Freo. No compensation. Nah, you can only be a delisted free agent if you weren't offered a contract. He's been offere...

I am on here regularly in season, post occasionally and come for insights that , as an interstate supporter, I cannot access locally. I enjoy the banter and the jokes but P66 had become more irritant than interesting. Shame. Unfortunately I completely agree. The guy added a lot to the forum over ma...

I am on here regularly in season, post occasionally and come for insights that , as an interstate supporter, I cannot access locally. I enjoy the banter and the jokes but P66 had become more irritant than interesting. Shame. Unfortunately I completely agree. The guy added a lot to the forum over ma...

CQ SAINT wrote:Siposs, Lee, Markworth, Billings. All continued risks calculated as huge potential but they have resulted in very little. Do we need more?

Billings? He's just finished his second year and shown a lot despite injuries. I wouldn't be writing him off yet.

But by delisting Markworth, surely that means that we have lost control of him and we can't include him in any proposed deals ???? :? By that, I meant that isn't a delisted player free to go anywhere in the draft or PSD with no trading or compensation for his original club? Correct. But given he wa...

Final leaderboard: 1 : 175 votes - Jack Steven - 25, 112 games 2 : 159 votes - David Armitage - 27, 128 games 3 : 149 votes - Sean Dempster - 31, 203 games 4 : 143 votes - Leigh Montagna - 31, 249 games 5 : 132 votes - Jarryn Geary - 27, 120 games 6 : 108 votes - Dylan Roberton - 24, 84 games 7 : 10...

Con Gorozidis wrote:A bit surprised Newnes couldnt crack top 10. Also Mav would be disappointed I think.

Looks like Newnes got votes in most games, but always low numbers. It'd be good to see him take the next step next year, actually start to have serious impact on games.

Steven
Armitage
Dempster
Roberton
Riewoldt

Markworth is a "189cm marking target"? Really? I haven't seen him that much but didn't think overhead marking was really his strength.

kosifantutti wrote:Thanks for doing this Sainter_Dad. Well done Jack Steven.

Plus one to each of those.

Toy Saint wrote:Why can't I remember Hutchings?

When did he play for St Kilda?

Rookie list for one year in 2010, didn't get close to an AFL game, went home at the end of the year.

magnifisaint wrote:Richo says Carlisle is a good bloke, so why do people here question his character?

Because what else is he going to say? "Carlisle is a cockhead but we're hoping that doesn't matter?"

FQF wrote:Adelaide isn't cannon fodder. Their top players are absolutely elite and as good as any top shelf in any other team.

Danger, Sloane, Tex, Betts, Talia

Though they wouldn't have won last night if the Dogs had a good tall back to replace Fletcher Roberts. He had a shocker.

S.A Saint wrote:Always thought that eli was the best comparison to him

I wish! Based on this season Eli's best comparison is someone like Allan Murray. Couple of good games at the start then a lot of very quiet ones.

Had to chortle reading a tweet from dogs fan comparing the loss last night to the heartbreak loss in the Prelim to Adelaide in 1997. Fair dinkum, comparing an Elim loss to a Prelim loss. Lol! I think it's fair, I was at both games and they were pretty similar in vibe. Dogs looked like they almost h...

WinnersOnly wrote:Think Dalhaus has Jack pretty well covered for speed, but Jack is as clever as him no doubt...

Also has him covered for goalkicking, unfortunately.

I reckon it's worth watching Luke Dahlhaus play, because that's where I hope Jack Lonie will be in a few years. Really good at pressure, can get a lot of footy in the midfield and can kick a goal. I really rate Dahlhaus so it's a very very long way to go for Jack but we can hope.

matrix wrote:umm berg
norm smith?

Yeah, hedging my bets to see if I can get something right. People seem to like Priddis for some unknown reason.

Grand Finalists ? Hawthorn vs Fremantle
Flag? Hawthorn
Margin? 19
Brownlow? Fyfe
Norm Smith? Priddis
Feel good story? Doggies and Tiges in the prelims
Hard luck story? Buddy quits footy

skeptic wrote:Hickey has gone out for Holmes which is not unreasonable

They have no tall forwards and they couldn't find a spot for him?

skeptic wrote:Delaney has been a lousy forward

Shenton named at full-back with Elliot Le Grice next to him. Surely Delaney would be handy back there.

WHO says the players "can't be trusted" to have a drink together? My problem is with the "drink". Alcohol is terrible for the body and even at this point, bingeing is going to negatively affect their preseason. I'd be happier if they all headed out on happy pills and coke. Fewer...

Interesting, good stats, thanks. To put it another way:

home games = +85 = +7.27 per game
away games = -8 = -0.73 per game

That looks pretty damning. I wonder which other teams have such a good free kick differential at home?