It's a shame it's a Foxtel game, I'd really like to see it now but I'm not sure I'd pay to see it... i will be watching it...will have the same fancination as those tellie shows that show car accidents...... I agree: I think it will be a hoot. AFL: the only outdoor sport which allows players the ch...

I point to Jonathon Hay. no injunction on his comments. he said basically the same thing, about the hawks. IMO the hawks have been rumbled. bit of a worry....hay and thompson...two former hawks...both suffer ing from depression........i won't say anymore at this stage...... Mmmmmm......interesting ...

My guess is that 'found in the gutter' actually means 'stolen by my girlfriend who is a cleaner there at nights' or something similar. Too bloody right it does!! Almost certainly a cleaner, or more likely a boyfriend who is a security guard (who would be more likely to have a key to the records cab...

He is an outside finishing player. At tht moment he is have to do too much inside bullocking stuff and that is just not his thing. It is not where his skill and value are. Agree 100%, but not so sure I agree with the next comment. His skill is fwd of the clearences but we just cant release hin ther...

Stokes could well be personally behind the Channel 7 stories about drug cheats. He is renowned for taking heroic, self-defeating stances on things like this: eg, his hugely costly campaign attempting to prove that the late John Marsden (the Sydney solicitor, not Melbourne writer for teens) was a ped...

All this stuff starts to get a bit repetitive. Thommo and M Clarke are going anyway. From the way he played on Friday, Voss should probably go too. We will also probably be waving goodbye to Raymond and probably at least two out of Sweeney, Gwilt, Brooks, Ferguson and McQualter. We probably won't be...

Look, the whole current AFL tribunal system is a farce, as was the previous one involving Mr Collis QC (so who'd trust a QC anyway). The AFL has never really thought through why it has a tribunal system or what it is trying to achieve with it. The whole system has evolved through an endless process ...

And for anybody who thinks I'm being too harsh on WCE, if any Saints player did what these scum did without showing any genuine remorse, I would be just as judgmental and demand their sacking from our Club. Be careful in making such a blanket statement, MM. I am tempted to ask you about how you fee...

and I have not read that ice or crystal meths are much help with endurance. Well it is - believe me, the doctors and the cops. They can run all day... no all week... with out stopping, that's gotta help with endurance. Agree out of season no testing for anything - it's their life. Well, if you're r...

BAM! (shhhh) Absolutely fabulous post. You have succinctly expressed in about three paragraphs some of the key things I was trying to say in my mythbusting thread of a couple of weeks ago. Probably my only difference with you is in relation to how much we miss Goddard: he is a terrific player, but -...

performance enhancing substances used as a stimulant during say a training regime, that enhances long term endurance and strength build up may be considered cheating. I had read that ice/crystal meths burn holes in your brain and lead to a medium-term decline in motor and other functions. I'm sure ...

Sorry, I'm confused: isn't the "three strikes" policy only for illicit recreational drugs? Personally, I couldn't care less if a team we are playing (or our team, ahem, ahem) has players who have tested positive for illicit drugs: one, twice, three or ten times. I think the whole idea of ...

how would we feel if we found out that we lost a game narrowly and one of the opposition players was under the influence of drugs? alternatively its a grandfinal, you have two players with 1 strike and the rest of the team has no strikes under the 3 strike rule. would you give your players performa...

But, looking at his career as a whole, I think he hasn't really delivered what he should to such a proud and high-profile club: 4 premierships in 27 years doesn't seem quite good enough really. Hmmm??? I'd have taken one. True, but none of our coaches (other than our dial-up coach Malcolm Blight) i...

Fuggen Collingwood are suggesting that they might rest Buckley and a few others. Is this really true? When they are a realistic chance to make the top 4 or, at least, to play us or Adelaide rather than Sydney in the EF (which is surely the preferable option, given how tough Sydney have proven thems...

In fairness to the 'inflexible' comments regarding Lyon's coaching, he has to be 'inflexible'. When a team is learning to play a certain style, you simply have to stick to it. Time and time again. Over and over again. If it doesn't appear to be working, you shouldn't panic and change tact for a sho...

Yes, Hird is one of the all-time greats: has struggled heroically to overcome many serious injuries throughout his career (he was even badly injured when playing for Ainslie in Canberra). But has played many extraordinary games and can be proud of everything he has achieved: including his umpiring c...

Hey all you speculators about changes for next week, and people who suggest that Thommo will only get in if Harves isn't right, I have a simple question. Is X going to be ok for next week? BTW, St Fid: what exactly did Ferguson do on Friday that would make it a mistake to leave him out? It wasn't ob...

I think the smart money will be on Harves playing on.

Sigh......Teflon and others. A man is allowed to have an opinion FFS!! RL suffers from inflexibility, as did GT. IMO, neither of them are particularly talented coaches (although RL clearly still has time to develop into something better). You watch the match day tactics of a Sheedy or a Matthews or ...

RL appears a little inflexible at times.

Truer words were never written.

If our list is as bad as you keep telling us B4E - slowest midfield in the comp, etc. - then why are we set yet again to win more than half of our games and possibly still make the finals with yet another horrendous year of injuries, a new coach who doesn't really know what he's doing, etc., etc.? H...

I'm certainly no fan of RB or the flying Scotsman, but I don't know that you are being fair. To me, it seems like they are adopting a reasonable approach with a player who - on past performances - runs a greater than average risk of serious injury. Presumably the club wants to avoid another Hamill-t...

I don't understand how anyone can say that Raph was actually "good" last night: he made heaps of mistakes and often looked rather uncertain with the ball in his hands. But during the game he did a number of things that showed the enormous potential he has. He got into good positions to tak...

Dal was a bit disappointing again last night: although his effort can't be faulted. I don't really understand why Lyon uses him to do so much grunt work when his attacking skills are potentially so devastating. I would have thought that the likes of Birss or McQualter (or Thommo when fit) could be u...