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...