Adam Hartlett who was delisted today is an interesting one.

He is a 196cm key forward who emerged as a key defender this year with the Bullants and had a few senior games.

He mightn't be a bad pick up as a depth key back.

It is an interesting one regarding Steven King being appointed the ruck coach.

I wonder how much he is getting paid for the coaching gig.

Perhaps the Dogs should appoint Aker as their midfield coach. Pay him a base wage to play and $400,000 p.a to coach....brilliant.

joffaboy wrote:why do we need the truth?

Go to the AGM and ask instead of acting like some vapid outraged teenager demanding things.

FFS the truth is none of your business.

You have lost the plot Joffa...these sorts of questions are exactly what internet forums are for.

I think a part of it is that as Luke was sitting on the bench in the last quarter of a Grand Final waiting for an oppurtunity, BJ was out there with a broken nose and collarbone.

For an ex- captain and All-Australian, that can't be good for the confidence.

This clip gives a good indication.



Looks like a promising big guy.

They just said on SEN that Conners believes the talks between Stk and Collingwood are extremely positive and that both parties are confident that a deal will be done. We are obviously holding out for a 'quality' player but as we know from Collingwood, they always rate their players much higher than ...

....it was nice while it lasted.

Port couldn't find players willing to come there so they lump themselves on poor unexpecting picks 9 and 16.

X would have been one but that boat has sailed.

Goose maybe??? They have a good group of tall backs though so that may not be to their liking.

Hopefully Choco is on the phone as we speak convincing Ball of how valuable he would be to the footy club.

Maybe Chocco might offer him the captaincy....he would be a fair improvement on Casissi!!

I know we are dreaming but it is a bloody nice dream!!

Brian Lake went at 71 also. He wouldn't be bad right now!!

Now that Hawthorn have lived up to their reputation and have been too arrogant to get a deal done, is Burgoyne on our radar? It is documented that he likes indigenous boys around the club and he would know Raph and Lovett from past Aboriginal All Star games. He is a proven goal kicker (has kicked 5 ...

We all know that AFL clubs tend to follow trends and adopt game styles that successful teams use. I can see 'Lyon cages' or variations on them, will be trained and used by most teams next year. We also know that the only real way to get through this zone is run and carry. Therefore I think Ross is t...

This is difficult which I guess is a great postion to be in....fingers crossed for an injury free pre-season!! The side I posted is missing Ray who I think will be in the 22 and Dempster who I consider border line. If I was to bring Ray in, who would I leave out. Possibly Schneids ?? As much as I ha...

I think I like the following for Round 1. B: Baker Dawson Blake HB: Gilbert Fisher Geary C: Lovett Hayes Montagna HF: Goddard Riewoldt Gram F: Milne Kosi McQualter Fo: Gardiner Dal Jones Int: McEvoy Raph Armitage Schneider Emerg: Peake Gwilt Steven I really think we need to give Geary more game time...

That would be close mate barring a bolter in the pre-season ala Dawson this year.

I like McQualter in the side for his pressure and role in the structure.

With the addition of Lovett and the emergence (hopefully) of Steven and Armitage, can Milne and Schneider both exist in the same team??

Milton66 wrote:

#1GILL wrote:
Different calibre of player.

O'Keefe > Ball

At his best, Bally is too good to allow O'Keefe to clean his boots.

Whether his best is behind him, however, is the question.

I think Stevie Baker needs some help in the Small Defender area as was exposed in the GF with Byrnes, Varcoe, Chapman and Johnson being two too many for us to handle. We know that Raph is not best suited here and Gram was exposed pretty badly in the Prelim. Goddard and Fisher are better when they ca...

The deal is a straight swap for X with about pick 60.

I dont understand why we would entertain this trade apart from a salary cap related issue.

I so hope it doesnt go ahead...he seems like such a high quality person who is great to have around the footy club especeially when he is fit and firing.

To talk of players like Pendlebury, Didak and Swan is farsical. The callibre of players they will offer up include Toovey, Cox, Wellingham, Goldsack, Barham, Reid and Brown. I think we are a small defender short and may be a depth key back short also. I would rather a Brown and Goldsack trade for Ba...

it's true his grand final was poor, but his last quarter against the bulldogs in the preliminary played a part in getting us over the line. His last quarter was poor but there aren't too many defenders who could have kept pace with Shannon Byrnes at the end of that slug fest...not to mention he suf...

It will be very strange seeing Bally in Collingwood colours. He was a favourite son!!

It will take someone that I dont think Collingwood has to make this trade worthwhile for us.

Why would he pick Collingwood FFS!!!

This is devestating

I came down from Canberra and had a terrific bloke from the Gold Coast sitting on one side and a bloke from Darwin on the other....the Saints truly bring out the best in people!!

Everyone in M12 you did a bloody good job....we almost got our boys over the line!

Hamill was crucial to our structure in 2004 and many people forget that if he was fit and firing, that prelim against Port may have been different. I still can't get over that tosser on here earlier tonight bagging the s*** out of Sammy for being cruelled with injuires....worst kind of supporter IMO.

I definately thought the same reference Armo. He seems to be built for wet weather footy and I wouldn't be suprised if he was named as an emergency and brought in as a late change if the weather is bad on Saturday. The question is though, who would he come in for?? I know Eddy is the obvious one but...

I am fortunate enough to have known Doc all my life and grew up with him giving me football tips every Friday after school. I last saw Doc about a year ago at my cousins wedding and he was in good health and in great spirits. He does get emotional at times but this is a result of his strokes and doe...