What do Tony Shaw, Michael Voss, Mathew Primus and Brett Ratten have in common?

012 is the new 09…

the Dr is my new hero 8-) 8-) mine too… I don't have any fancy player-mingling stories… I used to eat losses for breakfast (every sat) I went to the footy a lot through the 80's, It wasn't until my 2nd or 3rd year that I actually saw us win, One time when we were playing Carlton, down by around...

read this really slowly… in 2004 they won 8 games in 2005 they won 5 games For this effort they were rewarded with a priority pick - PICK NUMBER 2 Does that all make sense? This isn't a side that has dwelled on the bottom of the ladder for years, 2 GF's, followed by 8 wins & 5 wins. To me this...

What years did the pies get 2 priorty picks? I thought they only got Thomas as a priorty pick. read down a little further, where it says A priority pick. get as picky as you like, they played in 2 grand finals, 1 year later they had picks 2 & 5 in the draft, which they used well. that is the po...

5 year rebuilds just don't work. How about 7 years? The pies were in 2 GF's 02, 03, bottomed out, got priority picks - Thomas & Pendlebury… The rest is painful history. If we aren't going to win a flag in the next couple of years, maybe we should get something for our older 'stars' who won't ...

Although I joked about making 9 changes, After a 60-odd point turn-around loss, where effort was the biggest problem, surely we'll need to make more than 1 or 2 changes? I'm not asking Lynch to come in and play like Fisher, but he just maybe could contribute as much as McQualter? (Polo had 13 dispos...

You don't have to win flags either… I'm not saying we should trade all of them, I was devastated when plugger left, but he was man-enough to put up his hand and admit that he wasn't happy… We ended up with some very good players and made a GF I would like to see a Premiership in my life, if it m...

no-one wants to see loyal players traded - it hurts. but if we decide we aren't going to win a flag in the next year or two, then we'd be smart to trade for some quality picks… If it were pure business then some of the following would be debated… Lenny - Sydney - 1st round pick Gilbert Riewoldt ...

I'm tipping Clarkson thought Hawks'd go okay in '09 too. Sometimes s*** just don't click, and until the door slams shut you'd always naturally think you're a chance of turning things around when the reality is the other teams with more skilful players have picked up on your plan, improved it and yo...

5 year rebuilds just don't work. How about 7 years? The pies were in 2 GF's 02, 03, bottomed out, got priority picks - Thomas & Pendlebury… The rest is painful history. If we aren't going to win a flag in the next couple of years, maybe we should get something for our older 'stars' who won't ...

Some guys 'float' when thrown in the deep end, others don't. Sippos wasn't starring in the VFL, yet has looked the goods in his 2 games so far. 4 of our 6 goals after quarter time were from 18 year-olds with 3 games experience... what does that say about the rest of the side? Give Heyne, Lynch and G...

Well with our 'best team' in, we have lost to the bombers by 10 goals, had 10 goal turn-around loss to the Hawks (with 3 less players)…
Is this helping us in 2012?

OUT: Baker, Dawson, McQualter, Dempster, Gilbert, Jones, Steven, Kosi, Gram IN: Smith, Johnson, Lynch, Simpkin, Walsh, Heyne, Archer, Winmar, Montagna Ledger, Curren & Geary to play when fit… Seriously we know exactly what guys getting a game are capable of, let's see if anyone from Sandringh...

OUT: Baker, Dawson, McQualter, Dempster, Gilbert, Jones, Steven, Kosi, Gram IN: Smith, Johnson, Lynch, Simpkin, Walsh, Heyne, Archer, Winmar, Montagna Ledger, Curren & Geary to play when fit… Seriously we know exactly what guys getting a game are capable of, let's see if anyone from Sandringha...

(c) intentionally Kicks, Handballs or forces the football over the Boundary Line without the football being touched by another Player; So this is the bit that requires an assessment of intent… intentionally forces the ball over… there is obviously some leniency given where a player in possessio...

Sad that he missed basically a whole season through ridiculous suspensions - the farmer one (a sheppard with his back turned), paved the way for an insane sentence for the johnson one. … nah...i used to think that...but he told a relative of mine that if anyone had seen what he really did to farm...

PJ wrote:I think the man that can do the Baker role is Geary - all he needs at the moment is a good leg.

+1 i think he has some good footy in him, bleeds for the club…

As long as we take it right in the arse.... So you cant touch a suspected injued player??? What if you didnt see or suspect the injury....should you be aware of the fitness of all 22 opponents during a game as to ascertain as to whether you can touch them.... In the hands of the trainers, going off...

Listening to Ross on "On The Couch" I got the feeling that the club is seriously considering challenging. Under what grounds, I wouldn't have a clue !! Maybe under the grounds that… Curnow was in the middle of a congested pack, where players were jostling for a throw-in, he wasn't 100 m...

The hysteria is unbelievable… The idea of targeting an injured player is enough for most people… Never mind the facts I've uploaded it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Im6dM81aQ Have a look at the timing and position, he is in the middle of a pack during a throw-in. Montagna has just run 50...

Nothing this season suggests he is elite and we are getting thrashed in contested possesions Nothing that Riewoldt and Goddard are doing looks elite either at the moment, however all three of them are… The point is that suggesting he hasn't got any clearances in 8 years shows a pretty slim grasp ...

...Joey was an idiot and should have focused more on getting clearances than bumping an obviously injured player. Agree, although he hasn't managed to get these clearances in eight years. He does run all day and can kick to position well when running into the forward area. He still gets caught in t...

Here is the footage. You just click on "video" on the top left of the box above the photo. It's about 20 seconds in: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/no-action-from-carlton-blues-over-st-kilda-saints-scuffle-with-ed-curnow/story-e6frf9jf-1226053074940 I don't like what he did, as it'...

I'm telling you, the only thing Montagna would have been thinking about was the ball coming down 1 second later.