Carlton also had the pearler - 'Can you smell what we're cooking?' about 10 years ago. I think that may have been not long before they sacked Ratts and disappeared from finals.
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For that matter, Collingwood's 'Side by side' is looking pretty sickly these days.
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Yes, I am still very happy that we drafted him. I was preferring DGB on the assumption that North would draft LMcD. When they didn't and we got him instead I was quite happy with that. LMcD is going to learn a lot from Franklin, and having them both in the forward line is going to be quite a handful for the opposition.
"Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final
An interesting discussion on the machinations of the first round of this year's draft: Bids, bluffs and frantic calls: Inside 2020's first-round draft frenzy
"Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final
It was impossible to say because the draft process was doctored to allow the TV network five minutes between each of the picks - especially in the first round - so the panel could gab with each other, gush how each draftee is going to change the game of footy and win 25 AA guernseys, and maybe grab an interview with them. Regardless of when each club actually entered their pick, it appeared that they made the selection with just seconds left on the clock.
Just like Masterchef where, in a 90 minute time test to make something, all contestants are putting the final touches to their dish with 10, 9, 8, 7 - step away from your plates!
A friend got to the last few contestants one year and his stories about the amount of post production that goes on was very interesting. In those timed contests, lots of the contestants are finished with minutes to go but when it goes to air, those same contestants are shown putting the last garnish on as the buzzer goes :-)
You have to chuckle at the draft, as many have noted previously, every draftee is talked up so highly, even out in the 40's, "Billy Blogs is a great pick up for the Woodpeckers at pick 46, he's got good size, he's got great pace, an accurate kick" etc, etc, (just can't find the ball and few footy smarts not mentioned), yet so many of those highly talked up draftees will be delisted in 2-3 years. We know it's an inexact science and we know it's a production for TV but the "gushing" as Liz correctly called it, is a bit over the top.
With Covid taking hold in Sydney, it's going to be very interesting to see what happens with our preseason resumption. Will it have to be moved to an interstate hub?
Hopefully the NSW Government contact tracing team can get on top of the infections very soon, but alas when they do, it will to late for Christmas festivities.
I think we return to training Wednesday January 6th. Then first preseason game vs GWS is on Saturday 20th February, then Collingwood on Wednesday 3rd March and then round 1 in Brisbane on Saturday 20th March.
So I am guessing we would want to remain in Sydney for our preseason. We will have 8 weeks of preseason training before we need to play the first interstate side Collingwood and 10 weeks of training before round 1. It would be tough on the players to already be in a interstate hub that long before the season starts.
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It does not surprise me that the Crows would have a dabble at Stephens. We need to re-sign him in the new year to avoid the go home syndrome.
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