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** Mods, do your thing obviously - but I think this requires some genuine discussion and things tend to die and be buried on the Umpiring and Rules board, no offense to anyone that frequents that one. Felt it worthy of being on the main board ** "All the average fan wants from the three umpires...

It was raised yesterday by the Purple Headed Warrior in Damien Barrett, who said emphatically that the AFL will 'at this stage' give Gold Coast a mid first round pick rather than one at the very top end, due to push back from other clubs and other factors. There is some school of thought that...

One that keeps coming across my desk so have decided to post it, is that Brodie Grundy has decided that his future lies in Adelaide. Collingwood have essentially accepted it and will look to cash in on him prior to his free agency next year, given he maintains this stance and doesn't back-flip...

Posted in the Josh Schache thread the nucleus of this idea which got me thinking about elaborating on it... I think it's ridiculous the amount of pressure and focus this kid and others is the past have had to endure over their contracts and where they want to play their footy at such a young...

Have heard a few rumblings about this and decided to do some work on it yesterday and today; just going to put a few things out there and lay out what I have found, heard and pieced together. Info and word has come from people involved in the industry I know, people in business with parties...

Graeme Allan who has built the Giants list and been monumental in helping them to retain and attract talent has made GWS' off field staff and already small recruiting team even smaller today as he has announced he will be resigning and moving back to Melbourne... "With my wife having moved to...

The AFL has allocated Victorian teams (at this stage, SA and WA clubs to follow) zones in Victoria and in NT in order to push their brands and potentially set up similar academies to the 'Northern Clubs' with a particular focus on those with Indigenous or diverse backgrounds. The zone(s) for...

Haven't posted on here as regularly lately but thought I'd get in some of my thoughts before we kick off the 2012 season. A huge gripe of mine and probably many other posters on here too, the general populas bagging out and expecting the world from young players in the game today. The signing...

Understand there is already a thread about Power and this article regarding how Vossy has 'talked Power out of playing again' ie. has told him he pretty much won't be in the teams plans moving forward. Similar scenario as others have faced in recent times, namely Chad Cornes and James...

Jarrad Waite? Hear me out on this one. I know the bloke has been thrown from pillar to post early on in his career, playing KPD when needed, KPF when needed and more recently being settled up forward after his reco. But a couple of things are making me think that he might be better...

Article Article Good to hear him taking it upon himself to improve and adopt his new forward role. Hopefully it is a settling year for him and he remains a Blue, putting to bed the trade rumours after we almost lost him last year :eek: Would break my heart to see him having the...

Just interested to read that there are two completely conflicting articles relating to Brian Lake and his injury concerns. Both articles are from the same day, merely two hours apart... How could one of the these parties (going to assume the HUN) have got this story so wrong? Lake set for...

In the preview for this weeks TFS they mentioned there would be a 'scandal' involving Performance Enhancing Drugs, has anyone heard who this might involve and at what level? Despite what your opinion of TFS might be, was just interested if anyone had heard anything? First I've heard of it...

First of all I would just like to ask that posters could please read what I write, as opposed to who I support than we can avoid a lot of the crap that would usually ensue. Now, I'm sure most of you saw the incident tonight, but for those of you who didn't, Carlton's Ed Curnow was tackled and...

Damien Barrett reporting on the TFS. Ricky owes Nick several thousand dollars, reported in the hundred thousand region. Will no longer be a client of Nixon's company. Obviously. # 1 client gone. Came out of nowhere for mine in terms of the money. They did pretty well keeping this one quiet...

Was mentioned in the previous thread that there has been bugger all banter about the league on the forums which are usually rife with BF experts, summed up pretty well by Fantom (see below) and in fact was still in the 2010 thread!! I'd like to get peoples thoughts on a few things and get this...

Saw this on the Carlton website, interesting views from Mark Riley on all our players. Coach's View: Carlton Great insight and access to the coaches thoughts on our list, right through to the rookies. Good initiative from our club to give as much info to us, the supporters, as they can :thumbsu:

As it is the off-season, I thought a comparison between this years premiers as a example of how our team compares would be an interesting way to look at how we are developing and how we match up, in terms of how far away we are from challenging for a flag. I felt it was an apt way of looking at...

Source :eek: Surely his contract will be sorted by the Pies. Have heard rumours about Carlton landing a 'big fish' but this article leans towards ruling out a trade occurring. Would be incredibly interesting where he would get to in the draft if that did eventuate...

Not such breaking news, but Jared Brennan can now be officially confirmed as a player that wants out of the sinking ship that is Brisbane. Sauce Also says it is a two horse race between Carlton and GC to win his signature, with the Suns likely to win out. I would of thought there would have...

Class act and has been a great coach. Just felt a thread needed to be started amongst all the trolling tonight about how good he has been for Sydney. After hearing/reading his typical earnest and forthcoming comments after their loss to the doggies tonight I just felt he deserves some kudos on...

Troy Selwood has been told that he will not get another contract at Brisbane and has been in contact with West Coast officials about furthering his career in Perth with brothers Scott and Adam. The plan is with the three Selwood boys playing for the Eagles, when Joel's (recently signed)...

Following on from the Coaches Pet thread about some players who seem to be able to do no wrong in the eyes of their coaches and maintain their spot in the team despite the views of the majority of supporters who think they should be dropped, who out there is an anti-coaches pet? You know those...

I'm very passionate about this issue and thought it deserved it's own thread to do it justice. A few posters raised recently the issue in the BFL thread in light of The Advertiser's and 3BO's coverage regarding the Bendigo Bombers - QEO debacle. In my opinion it's simple. We need another...

The Gold Coast have apparently come back to the table with a $2m deal for Garry Ablett Jr. in his first season :eek: Sauce Not a chance that Geelong will be able to monetarily match that. Although it might not seem like much has changed (we knew they were throwing a lot of cash at him) both...

I happened to stumble across a thread from late 2006 - early 2007 which asked posters who they thought were the best 10 players on their list that were 21 and under in terms of potential. After reading many threads in my time on BF, I have noticed whenever threads concerning young players and...

I know there will be many threads on the recent Melbourne Storm salary cap breach, but just wanted an answer to a couple of questions posed by the Herald Sun... http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl-man-who-broke-the-footy-code/story-e6frf9if-1225857159485 Any ideas who this may be...

Let's actually talk about the Code of Silence here. I attempted to put this very point and opinion across in the initial Cloke/King; 'Sang like a bird' thread but that has degenerated into a Bay 13esque, drivel fest with posters more interested in discussing King's ability or bagging...

Given we have no veterans on our list this year (again) we are allowed to nominate 2 of our rookies to be pseudo senior listed players, available for selection from round 1 and for the entirety of the season. It's generally been accepted that Jeffy Garlett will be one of these. Pretty safe...

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/chris-judd-moves-to-ease-tension/story-e6frf9if-1225818222585 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/chris-judd-moves-to-ease-tension/story-e6frf9if-1225818222585 Good to see some legitimate feedback for supporters. I would be very interested to read what Juddy's...