Haha, I doubt it. Just because your club is a failure doesn't mean other clubs will be following the same path. Everyone at the club knows we're working towards the future, and that there are many kids on our list who are massively important to that future. The only reason we'll lost any is because of GWS.

I guess the AFL haters won't be too happy with this result.

Of course, your smart-arse reaction makes perfect sense when brisbane are in second last and that's what I stated. :roll:

This inevitably means that they'll trade them off for draft picks or 'ready made' players at the start of next season...seen the same thing for the last 10 years from North Melbourne #-o

Being last on the table doesn't look good? Holy shit, I'll call the newspapers.

I'll happily take it if it means getting experience into our kids, because there's a lot of talent in our list.

Port aren't going to make the finals, it's not exactly panic stations just yet. But it doesn't look good for Brisbane when they're in second last and the team in last has a game on them.

Nah, I know so. We pumped em pre-season, and beating Port Adelaide isn't anything special.

u hope so dont u funky?

Just came here to post this. Balls. Sa'll right, we'll pump em week after next.

The awkward moment when Gold Coast Suns win a game before Brisbane.

I'd think that after 8 years passing, the case would be thrown out as a frivolous cash-grab.

Dane Swan sued over brawl

Shelley Hadfield From: Herald Sun April 23,

A BRAWL early in his career has come back to haunt Collingwood star Dane Swan, with a security guard now suing him.
It is the second time the Magpie champ has been sued over the 2003 incident.

Jesse James has launched legal action against Swan, claiming Swan was involved in a "gang bashing" at Federation Square that left him with facial injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The writ is expected to be served within days.

Mr James, 32, had previously sought compensation under the Sentencing Act, telling the Herald Sun that he wanted at least $50,000.

Now he has lodged a writ in the County Court claiming that Swan, with a nephew of ex-AFL star Wayne Carey and a former Williamstown player, demonstrated a "conscious and contumelious" disregard for his welfare.

He wants Swan, Kade Carey and Aaron Ramsay, all 27, to pay him damages.

Mr James is also suing Federation Square and his employer ISS Security.

He alleges Swan, Carey and Ramsay kicked and punched him when he responded to an alarm at Federation Square.

Mr James claims he suffered bruising and soft tissue injuries requiring hospitalisation, a facial injury requiring surgery, and severe post-traumatic stress disorder.

Ramsay said: "It's just gone on for so long and we now just want to get on with our lives."

In 2006, Swan, Carey and Ramsay were ordered to perform community service after pleading guilty to affray.

The court heard that Swan and Ramsay jumped into the fray to defend Carey when he was confronted by a guard after jumping on the bonnet of a moving car.

The court was told Carey beat up a cleaner and three security guards with the help of his two mates.

Judge John Barnett said Carey was provoked and Swan and Ramsay joined the fight to defend their friend.

The judge found that Swan had minimal involvement.

Carey was also given a two-month wholly suspended jail sentence for punching a policeman in the face.

The cleaner, Claudio Celano, sued the men and received a $100,000 settlement.

The County Court heard that Celano was left with a permanent brain injury after the fracas.

A barrister who has represented Swan said Mr James' previous application for compensation under the Sentencing Act was refused.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/dane-swan-sued-over-brawl/story-e6frf9jf-1226043543320

That was as worse a call I have seen all year. :p

WA being sold short: Cook

Simon White
April 22, 2011 - 8:33AM

Shadow sports minister Roger Cook has accused Premier Colin Barnett of selling the state short by asking for $50 million from the AFL towards a new football stadium in Perth.

Mr Barnett told 6PR radio yesterday that he intended asking for $50 million from the AFL and $150 million from the federal government towards what is likely to be a $1 billion project.

But Mr Cook accused the Premier of being $50 million less ambitious than he needed to be in approaching the AFL.

"If you look at Carrara (on the Gold Coast), the AFL has put in between eight and 10 per cent of the capital cost ($126 million) of building that stadium,'' Mr Cook said.

"The Premier needs to be driving the hardest bargain he can. And eight or 10 per cent of a new Perth stadium will be about $100 million.

"The AFL may turn around and ask the Premier to explain why he's going for the most expensive option with a new stadium but that's then for him to explain.''

Mr Cook said he was confident the federal government would contribute financially to the construction of a new stadium, despite declining to fund stadium upgrades in Adelaide, Blacktown and Geelong after Australia's failed bid to secure the 2022 soccer World Cup.

He said the likelihood of federal contribution to a new stadium should be judged in the context of the Australian government's commitment to funding various projects across WA and not in light of the South Australian government being forced to go it alone with a $535 million upgrade of Adelaide Oval.

After it emerged yesterday that WA sports minister Terry Waldron would meet next week with Tennis West officials, Mr Cook described the seemingly increasingly likely Burswood location of a new stadium as "the worst kept secret in Perth.''

Mr Barnett, who has voiced his personal support for a Burswood stadium, last week denied reports that the state government had already given the go-ahead for a $1.2 billion, 60,000-seat stadium on land currently occupied by the State Tennis Centre.

But Tennis West chief executive Andrew Stanbury confirmed yesterday the government had requested a meeting before the end of the month.

Tennis West has 37 years to run on a 50-year lease on the crown land of the STC site and Mr Stanbury has previously said it would be expect to be fairly compensated if it had to leave early.

"It's disappointing the stadium has become one of Barnett's pet projects,'' Mr Cook said.

"My concerns with Burswood are that there is an asbestos waste dump there and no public transport or social community facilities.

"There is nowhere for parents to take their children before or after games other than the casino.''

Mr Waldron said yesterday the meeting with Tennis West was simply to provide an update on the progress of stadium planning.


Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/afl/afl-news/wa-being-sold-short-cook-20110421-1dq7d.html#ixzz1KE43YkPX

We had our own share of umpiring luck though. That Deliberate out of bounds call for instance:p

Mind you, umpires don't give them three goals through farcical decisions and it's a whole different ball game heading into the fourth.

I am still really pleased with the lads and it was great to see them pressure the Saints through three quarters - they were rattled so badly. They're the most mentally weak team I've ever seen. There's no belief there any more. They seem to be realising that last year was their chance for a flag and they fucked it.

Haha yeah, St.Kilda were pants. We handed the game to them on a platter. A better side would have thumped them, but that side isn't us. The Saints are an absolute rabble at the moment, and its all they deserve.