Not having seen the incident myself (could only get radio coverage of the game), is it likely that Hall may have a case to answer at the MRP? Ought to, but it won't happen because the AFL wouldn't want to embarass the umpire that much (look at the tape again and see how close the ump was standing t...

Is it beyond the intellect of some people on this forum to appreciate that the statements 1. we played badly 2. the umpires gave some dreadful decisions against us can both be true at the same time? Yes, we should have won anyway: we certainly had enough chances. But have a look at a tape of the gam...

I must say it's pleasing to see the rationality of this thread continuing. But I suspect I am about to test the limits of some people's goodwill with my final attempt at an analytical essay. The changes to our playing style in 2007 are what we need (after time for adjustment) to take us to the next ...

Our list has been deteriorating over a couple of seasons (and this is partly a response to you, OWTS). I think a lot of our discussion on this point gets overly preoccupied with fringe or backup players rather than on the core team. Also, it isn't fair in most cases to talk about our list having de...

In 2006 we did not play as well. Our previously starring midfield starting losing both one-on-one and as a unit. The ruck situation was a joke and crucially we lost Lenny Hayes to a serious knee injury early in the season when he was in some of the best form of his career. Luke Ball's OP problems t...

We finished 8th in 2006, so we were going backwards I believe that, given the impediments we faced, our 2006 outcome was probably equivalent to that of the two previous years. This was itself something of a disappointment, because we should have gone forward rather than stagnated, but I do not beli...

(WARNING: THIS THREAD HAS BEEN RATED R FOR RATIONAL READERS ONLY. IT MAY CONTAIN REFERENCES TO SACKED COACHES AND DELISTED PLAYERS) Reading, once again, a whole lot of posts saying "we finished 8th in 2006, so we were clearly going backwards", has - in the immortal words of Plant/Page - &q...

Time to give some of those waiting in the wings an opportunity, on the basis that they couldn't do any worse. So:

OUT: Lyon
IN: Rock or Silvagni

our guys look as though they don't believe in the game plan. even with close to our best team out there for the first time in years we didn't get near the swans. Yeah, I suppose we only won 2 quarters, nearly 3 if they hadn't goaled in the 3rd! :roll: Give it up Luke - Carls and others are into Lyo...

You can't expect our players to all magically adapt to a game plan that will make us successful. Quite simply, too many of our players aren't capable of doing what RL requires from them, and will be chopped at the end of this season. Once again, as I asked OWTS in another thread, I'm not saying you...

A few additional random thoughts. 1) On reflection, I can see what Lyon was trying to do in selecting CJ. The way the Swans play, we didn't need any extra in-and-under players and an outside receiver-type player was useful. CJ got into a lot of good positions through hard running, but he simply does...

Well, I can't see why on earth Jones was selected ahead of either Armo or Thommo.

X was unbelievably bad, but who would have predicted it?

I can't remember a game where we were so slaughtered by the umpires, but at least 50% of it was that Sydney were too smart for the idiots in yellow. They've adopted the Adelaide tactic of throwing your head back every time you are tackled. They also verbal the umpires when there's a ball-up pointin...

I have been a supporter of Lyon, and in the long-term I still believe he will be a solid coach. Do you really believe this OWTS, or is it just a mantra? What did we see tonight (or last week or the week before) that suggests that Lyon is going to be a solid coach? I'm not trying to be argumentative...

Whatever the explanation, they are crucifying us tonight.

Some matches are still well worth watching: the Tiges vs the Filth last night for instance, in which both teams played an attacking, free-flowing brand of football (the only drawback was that, because neither team is much good, the match abounded in skill errors. But it was entertaining to watch.) L...

There has been one known positive case in 15 years of testing. I would say that is less than .03% of players who have been caught with performance enhancing drugs. I would say its a very minor problem. Are you saying that players using performance enhancing drugs is a very minor problem or that pla...

What was it that brought on this sudden recovery of Akermanis's repressed childhood memory? Did the alleged culprit say or do something to him in the recent game between WCE and the Doggies? Fair enough for him to report it to the relevant authorities, but why turn it into a media event at the same ...

Being the contrarian that I am, I will not join in the general back-slapping and bonhomie on this thread. 2007, I like many of your posts, but I think that this one - although well-intentioned - is a bit off the mark. First of all, it is coaching 101 that - once it becomes a certainty that we can't ...

Wow - I've been away for a few days and now I find the results of this poll. Those of you who can be bothered reading my guff know that I have been rabbiting on about how Gwilt could be played at HF, become another Hamill-type player (perhaps a bit slower, but with a better kick), etc. I thought tha...