AFL 2015 season

[LFTWNG11]

Nice effort tonight Carlton. Yep, lets listen to the players and keep this interim coach until we dont want him any more.....

Can the season just finish already. Round 23 might top 200 points. I think this game just assured Carlton will cut the list hard (goodbye Yarran and Henderson) and John Barker will remain as head assistant coach.

[Bomber]

At least we don't have to worry about getting done by Hawthorn in the grand final. Seems as though West Coast and Freo are lining up for that honour.

[Kichise Michiko]

They could well be playing each other in that final.

[MegaBonus]

Seriously....when are the ferals and Rucci gonna turn the blowtorch onto Hinkley? Where's his plan B?

[LFTWNG11]

Interesting to hear Bombers players whinging to the umpires about sledging into relation to drug cheating... lol those poor souls being bullied on a footy field (while earning 6 figure pay cheques)

[Bomber]

Lucky Carlton don't play Essendon again this season - you could only pick a draw as both teams are so shit at the minute, you'd be hard pressed picking either team to win.

Nice of the Etihad crowd (Crows portion anyway) to acknowledge my presence at the venue late in Saturday's game.

[LFTWNG11]

Lucky Carlton don't play Essendon again this season - you could only pick a draw as both teams are so shit at the minute, you'd be hard pressed picking either team to win.

Nice of the Etihad crowd (Crows portion anyway) to acknowledge my presence at the venue late in Saturday's game.

lol it would be a nil all draw!

I missed this

[Bomber]

Lucky Carlton don't play Essendon again this season - you could only pick a draw as both teams are so shit at the minute, you'd be hard pressed picking either team to win.

Nice of the Etihad crowd (Crows portion anyway) to acknowledge my presence at the venue late in Saturday's game.

lol it would be a nil all draw!

I missed this

And probably beat the all-time record low crowd for these teams against each other.

Both teams should be relegated and find some form in the VFL and come back stronger..............if they could get promoted back that is!

[maxin in the shade]

LFTWNG11, you happy with the appointment of Bolton as head coach?

If you guys had held off a bit longer, you could've gone in for Worsfold. He's coached at Carlton before hasn't he?

[Bomber]

I wouldn't mind Woosh at Windy Hill - I know he doesn't mind the Melbourne lifestyle. Think Crows might be in with a better chance at the minute though.

[LFTWNG11]

LFTWNG11, you happy with the appointment of Bolton as head coach?

If you guys had held off a bit longer, you could've gone in for Worsfold. He's coached at Carlton before hasn't he?

Very happy with Bolton. Definitely a modern coach... lets see how long it takes before Carlton ruin his career though.

Carlton offered Worsfold the chance to apply for the job, he declined apparently. Can't do much more than that... let's hope the Crows/Bummers appoint him without going through the whole process we did. Apparently only Carlton has a 'messiah' complex.

[MegaBonus]

Im at the G tonight....hope Dangerfield is watching....the Cats are a spent force...

BTW...the Pies fans are bigger bandwagoners than the PA ferals...

[Bomber]

Im at the G tonight....hope Dangerfield is watching....the Cats are a spent force...

BTW...the Pies fans are bigger bandwagoners than the PA ferals...

What was with Eddie marching his team off with that "Collingwood grin" as though they'd won the premiership?

[Kichise Michiko]

I still think the Adelaide g Geelong game should be played.

[bob saget]

I still think the Adelaide g Geelong game should be played.

[MegaBonus]

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/h ... jc1ql.html


http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/c ... j9j0l.html

how great of Rucci to write such positives article about the Crows club culture and its rise even after the loss of key players to expansion clubs and draft penalties.........oh wait....he's not the author of either articles...

I guess he's waiting to anoint the next 'missing piece of the premiership jigsaw'...Dixon (how did Ryder go??)

[maxin in the shade]

Mega, show me where anyone from Port called Ryder the 'missing piece of the premiership jigsaw'

That was never the case. Ive never heard one Port fan, or any coach/player etc say anything even remotely close to that

Media can write whatever they want. Doesn't mean it comes from within.

[Delete Your Account]

Mega, show me where anyone from Port called Ryder the 'missing piece of the premiership jigsaw'

That was never the case. Ive never heard one Port fan, or any coach/player etc say anything even remotely close to that

Media can write whatever they want. Doesn't mean it comes from within.

The phrase seems to have come from a Mark Ricciuto article.

However,

Looking forward to having @patrick_ryder helps us take the next step next year and beyond.

Source: https://twitter.com/Jschulz28/status/52 ... wsrc%5Etfw

Seems Jay thought Ryder would take the next step (ie a Grand Final, after playing in a Prelim), not backwards (although you can't blame Port's failure this year on Ryder)

[Bomber]

How dodgy was that Norths/Richmond game (apart from all the pre-match hoo-ha)?

[Bomber]

1. Haha Collingwood/Eddie
2. Nice "trophy" for Carlton yet again, albeit a wooden one

[LFTWNG11]

1. Haha Collingwood/Eddie
2. Nice "trophy" for Carlton yet again, albeit a wooden one

Would have much rather pick 2 and no wooden spoon. Hopefully Essendrug's turn next year

[Wayne Kerr]

We're the pride of South Aust......... oh wait!





Go the Hawks!!!
3-peat coming up

[Wayne Kerr]

And the exit's continue down at crowland... Bok, Tippett, Gunston now Dangerfield!
Big names all wanting to leave!
The "culture" must be more toxic than the crow-friendly media is telling us!

Adelaide have known since August that Patrick Dangerfield was leaving the Crows. The 25-year-old told his close friend and football boss David Noble before the club's unexpected finals campaign and will announce he wants to join Geelong during the coming week.

In what must be seen as a template for the management of player movement and free agency, Dangerfield's soon-to-be-announced five-year deal with the Cats cannot be faulted in terms of how professionally every party involved has handled the sensitive situation.

Although the Crows' language has changed since they knew for certain what was coming, every club official and player has followed the example of the late Phillip Walsh in simply refusing to speak in anything but general terms during the past 12 months about their devastatingly talented midfielder.

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The negotiations have been carried out behind the scenes between Dangerfield and his manager Paul Connors, and Geelong's football chief Steve Hocking and his recruiting boss Stephen Wells. Only the formalities remain.

And that is when the diplomacy is expected to dissipate. The Dangerfield camp is expected to place significant pressure on the Crows to accept the customary compensation pick for the star midfielder – probably around No. 13 or 14 in the national draft.

Fairfax Media understands Dangerfield could nominate for the national draft and take his chances in the belief he can tough it out and get to Geelong anyway. Connors achieved this previously with Luke Ball whom St Kilda ultimately lost for nothing, although the stakes are higher this time around. Clearly Dangerfield does not want to join a club which has just lost its first round draft pick or a key player.

Adelaide have dealt with all their key remaining out-of-contract players since the middle of the year and have no expectation of changing the mind of their 2007 first-round draft pick, who was once seen as a risky choice.

The Cats still bristle at the supposed hypocrisy of those clubs who criticised their disrespectful Travis Boak mission in 2012, but the fact remains it was a poor show by Geelong that day and uncharacteristic of those involved. The club has learned its lesson.

The Cats supporters might have cheered Dangerfield at Simonds Stadium in round 23 but that was regarded more with amused affection than insulted outrage.

And this is not to single out player manager Liam Pickering, but Connors is a different breed. Neither Geelong nor Adelaide are expecting a Lance Franklin-style last minute shock. Dangerfield is not double-dealing. The only question remaining is when, not if. And the Cats fully expect Adelaide to play hardball over the trade period and the issue of compensation.

Franklin's last game with Hawthorn was a victorious grand final. Dangerfield's was a humiliating finals defeat in which he was Adelaide's best player after a season of previously unimaginable proportions. The manner in which some teammates embraced him as they departed the MCG arena was telling.

The prevailing view is that Dangerfield will not make his public call in the coming days although circumstances could change that. The current plan is that he will announce his decision next week after the Brownlow Medal awards at which he will start one of the favourites.

Two days earlier, at what will prove a watershed night for the Adelaide Football Club, Dangerfield will surely win his first Malcolm Blight Medal, the Crows' best and fairest award. The function looms as an event of some closure for Adelaide at which the club must formally call a regretful end to the short but significant Walsh era and start a new chapter. At this stage Dangerfield appears determined to celebrate the event as a fully-fledged Adelaide footballer.

At the start of the 2015 season it was communicated to Dangerfield that his decision not to re-sign with the club would only be addressed if the ongoing dialogue and controversy were affecting his football. He has responded with his best season yet.

Off-field, Dangerfield has stepped up like his senior teammates following Walsh's death and, according to the club, has not put a foot wrong in terms of engagement. Dangerfield oversaw the renovation, design and furniture for the relatively new players' retreat at Westlakes – a massive new private lounge for the Crows footballers.

Dangerfield told Fairfax Media at the start of the 2014 season that his decision on his future would not centre on money but on the Crows' prospects and direction. By the season's end he was upset at being linked with a players' push which contributed to the sacking of coach Brenton Sanderson but there is no doubt Dangerfield and other on-field leaders saw the need for change and said as much.

He leaves the Crows with the club once again at the crossroads. Walsh seemed an inspired choice as senior coach, and the emergency call-up of John Worsfold and promotion of midfield coach Scott Camporeale proved inspiring also, but the next decision on a senior coach remains equally crucial.

But Dangerfield has told the club he is quitting purely for personal reasons. "It's not you", he essentially said, "it's me". His self-confessed tendency to harass Noble and debate personnel, list management and other football decisions has not abated this season even though Dangerfield had virtually decided well before the Walsh tragedy that he would be leaving.

In January he will marry his fiancée Mardi Harwood back home on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula and he wants to move home permanently.

Dangerfield has stressed to the club that he has full faith in Adelaide's future.

Certainly on paper the Crows look every bit as promising as Geelong, although the Dangerfield defection will significantly readdress the fortunes of both clubs. Adelaide cannot fault Dangerfield, his camp nor Geelong for the manner in which they have handled this. Except for the fact that he's doing it


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[totsreds08]

And the exit's continue down at crowland... Bok, Tippett, Gunston now Dangerfield!
Big names all wanting to leave!
The "culture" must be more toxic than the crow-friendly media is telling us!

Adelaide have known since August that Patrick Dangerfield was leaving the Crows. The 25-year-old told his close friend and football boss David Noble before the club's unexpected finals campaign and will announce he wants to join Geelong during the coming week.

In what must be seen as a template for the management of player movement and free agency, Dangerfield's soon-to-be-announced five-year deal with the Cats cannot be faulted in terms of how professionally every party involved has handled the sensitive situation.

Although the Crows' language has changed since they knew for certain what was coming, every club official and player has followed the example of the late Phillip Walsh in simply refusing to speak in anything but general terms during the past 12 months about their devastatingly talented midfielder.

Advertisement


The negotiations have been carried out behind the scenes between Dangerfield and his manager Paul Connors, and Geelong's football chief Steve Hocking and his recruiting boss Stephen Wells. Only the formalities remain.

And that is when the diplomacy is expected to dissipate. The Dangerfield camp is expected to place significant pressure on the Crows to accept the customary compensation pick for the star midfielder – probably around No. 13 or 14 in the national draft.

Fairfax Media understands Dangerfield could nominate for the national draft and take his chances in the belief he can tough it out and get to Geelong anyway. Connors achieved this previously with Luke Ball whom St Kilda ultimately lost for nothing, although the stakes are higher this time around. Clearly Dangerfield does not want to join a club which has just lost its first round draft pick or a key player.

Adelaide have dealt with all their key remaining out-of-contract players since the middle of the year and have no expectation of changing the mind of their 2007 first-round draft pick, who was once seen as a risky choice.

The Cats still bristle at the supposed hypocrisy of those clubs who criticised their disrespectful Travis Boak mission in 2012, but the fact remains it was a poor show by Geelong that day and uncharacteristic of those involved. The club has learned its lesson.

The Cats supporters might have cheered Dangerfield at Simonds Stadium in round 23 but that was regarded more with amused affection than insulted outrage.

And this is not to single out player manager Liam Pickering, but Connors is a different breed. Neither Geelong nor Adelaide are expecting a Lance Franklin-style last minute shock. Dangerfield is not double-dealing. The only question remaining is when, not if. And the Cats fully expect Adelaide to play hardball over the trade period and the issue of compensation.

Franklin's last game with Hawthorn was a victorious grand final. Dangerfield's was a humiliating finals defeat in which he was Adelaide's best player after a season of previously unimaginable proportions. The manner in which some teammates embraced him as they departed the MCG arena was telling.

The prevailing view is that Dangerfield will not make his public call in the coming days although circumstances could change that. The current plan is that he will announce his decision next week after the Brownlow Medal awards at which he will start one of the favourites.

Two days earlier, at what will prove a watershed night for the Adelaide Football Club, Dangerfield will surely win his first Malcolm Blight Medal, the Crows' best and fairest award. The function looms as an event of some closure for Adelaide at which the club must formally call a regretful end to the short but significant Walsh era and start a new chapter. At this stage Dangerfield appears determined to celebrate the event as a fully-fledged Adelaide footballer.

At the start of the 2015 season it was communicated to Dangerfield that his decision not to re-sign with the club would only be addressed if the ongoing dialogue and controversy were affecting his football. He has responded with his best season yet.

Off-field, Dangerfield has stepped up like his senior teammates following Walsh's death and, according to the club, has not put a foot wrong in terms of engagement. Dangerfield oversaw the renovation, design and furniture for the relatively new players' retreat at Westlakes – a massive new private lounge for the Crows footballers.

Dangerfield told Fairfax Media at the start of the 2014 season that his decision on his future would not centre on money but on the Crows' prospects and direction. By the season's end he was upset at being linked with a players' push which contributed to the sacking of coach Brenton Sanderson but there is no doubt Dangerfield and other on-field leaders saw the need for change and said as much.

He leaves the Crows with the club once again at the crossroads. Walsh seemed an inspired choice as senior coach, and the emergency call-up of John Worsfold and promotion of midfield coach Scott Camporeale proved inspiring also, but the next decision on a senior coach remains equally crucial.

But Dangerfield has told the club he is quitting purely for personal reasons. "It's not you", he essentially said, "it's me". His self-confessed tendency to harass Noble and debate personnel, list management and other football decisions has not abated this season even though Dangerfield had virtually decided well before the Walsh tragedy that he would be leaving.

In January he will marry his fiancée Mardi Harwood back home on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula and he wants to move home permanently.

Dangerfield has stressed to the club that he has full faith in Adelaide's future.

Certainly on paper the Crows look every bit as promising as Geelong, although the Dangerfield defection will significantly readdress the fortunes of both clubs. Adelaide cannot fault Dangerfield, his camp nor Geelong for the manner in which they have handled this. Except for the fact that he's doing it


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Don't forget Phil Davis. Some guns there leaving. Safe to say crows would probably have won a premiership with those players.

[MegaBonus]

North Melbourne to rest all 22 players next week...........

[Bomber]

Some shocking decisions went against them (Roos) at crucial stages of the game, but what comes around goes around.

[bapa]

Interesting note, both teams that rested players in round 23 were knocked out at preliminary final.......

Dangerfield will finally win a brownlow at geelong

[MegaBonus]

another history making moment for the Power...only expansion club not to have developed a Brownlow medallist....(don't claim wangas)

[Delete Your Account]

another history making moment for the Power...only expansion club not to have developed a Brownlow medallist....(don't claim wangas)

I assume you don't count GWS in here

[PDog]

haha

you could also argue that GC did not "develop" ablett