SaintPav wrote:We're tearing Hird a new one!!!!

Contract? More like tearing up his current one.

At the start of the quarter All Nicholson said on ABC, "Jobe Watson will be hoping he can inject himself into the action in this quarter"

You have to laugh.

Unless you are James Hird.

Then you really would want to inject yourself.

Looks like the bombers are finally giving us that preseason match they owed us.

Hahahahahahaha!

Pity the poor old Saints cheersquad who must be getting a bit of a workout today. And for the tankers, don't worry, the young'uns'll probably fade late in the season and lose a few games for you.

ABC said at quarter time that Hird cleared all his line coaches out and gave the team a bake.

Line coaches at half time: "er, we'll take it from here, Hirdy"

Is this going to turn into another misinformed thread on which vices are and aren't bad?

So tiresome, but...
Still better than reading about the virtues of tanking from cherry pickers.

Some, not all. You could say the same about footy. And internet forums.

I'm more interested in Harv's talent as an asst coach. I (perhaps unfairly) don't imagine he's that good, but happy to be proven otherwise.

Probably the hypocrisy over booze is one reason the concept wouldn't get off the ground.

Don't forget gambling and firearms, btw

I don't reckon Plugger goes too badly, but obviously plenty of folk here want to try and take him down a peg: I can see you are a bigger individual, Windy. Barks?? Not Barks4eva, surely? Hope he was more tolerable in real life. The company we keep, eh! May your remaining time on prison planet pass w...

Pies: Scott Watters/Robert Harvey ? (In terms of coaching) probably pies win but how good is coach Robert Harvey? Watters coaching was alright, the rest of the package let him down.

Brisbane: Jason Gram/Goose McGuire - Saints win, considering output at 2nd club only

I'm not sure what you mean, but I think what you mean might be

Essendon: Andrew Lovett/Jimmy Gwilt - Dons win

No offence, but what's the point?

I've never been able to get the live version going myself, but replays are fine.

I actually think that's a great idea, though the name might have to get tweaked.

I smell Carltank.

Teflon, until you learn to read I'm done conversing with you.

Windy, Felix is right and 'thank the goodness' you are on this site. No matter how much we disagree re tanking etc, I love reading your posts.

Not sure why Richmond is so important. What will the tanking advocates do if Richmond continue their good form and actually make something out of the year? For every Tigers argument, there's a Cats/Swans counter. Why don't you ask any tigers fans not in jail if they would prefer their club to be los...

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