Your thoughts ?

magpie_mendies · Joined: 20 Jul 2002 Location: Melbourne,Victoria,Australia

I want to know your thoughts on who we should get in our draft picks and our trades and all so who we should get rid of????

The Pies for premiers 2002,2003,2004 Blus for wooden spoon 2002,2003,2004,2005 and the next 50 years. Essendon gets Carey and he makes them finnish 15th

Presti35 · Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2002 4:00 pm

Does anyone know the list of free agents after this season??

Murray · Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2002 2:29 am

Free Agents - I think that is a term used in American Football and Americamn Baseball. What you probably mean is a list of players coming out of contract at seasons end.

Only Collingwood people know what we feel - the rest will never understand.

Brown26 · Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2002 2:54 am

Murray,

Free agents is a term used widely in America to describe a player coming out of contract at seasons end.

Pies for Premiers 2002, 3, 4, 5, 6....

WhyPhilWhy? · Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2002 3:06 am

Seriously, can we have this discussion after the season has ended?

I enjoy the speculation and gossip as much as anyone, but given that this is our first finals series for 8 years, I think we need to see how the lads perform in September first of all.

And besides that, what do we really gain? Every potential trade at another club is linked to us to inflate their price, and I'll be really surprised if there is anything new in the "who we might cut department".

Septemeber action first, and then I'll be into trade talk as much as anyone (even if some people consider that makes me less of a supporter).

Go Pies!

"I am disrespectful to scum! Can you see I am serious!"

Murray · Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2002 5:28 am

Brown26 - Close but not quite right, there are far more conditions on being a free agent than just "coming out of contract". Anyway the point I was trying to make is why are we using American terms in Australian Rules. Its a bit like commentators I have heard saying "player X needs to STEP UP TO THE PLATE" (baseball) or "player x is a really good RUNNING BACK" (gridiron). or "Shot Clock" (basketball).
Next we will be getting a ball up being called "a line of scrimage" or a rushed behind as a "touchdown point", anyway you get what I mean.

Only Collingwood people know what we feel - the rest will never understand.

Brown26 · Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 7:18 am

and Steve Silvagni's "catch" instead of mark...

Pies for Premiers 2002, 3, 4, 5, 6....

Murray · Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2002 5:57 am

Yeah, and what about the use of 'travel' when a player runs too far and Dermies use of 'slips catch'

Only Collingwood people know what we feel - the rest will never understand.