LOL Aints

[Bornadog]

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60K membership base and they have brought in some strong footy department people in.
Their membership base has stuck with them and all this news would be music to their ears.
If they get their stuff together on the field they could be a sleeping giant.

Biggest issue is whether they have the players to pull it off. May take some years of building

[Sedat]

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That's fine, but it is inappropriate behavior especially between Boss and subordinate.

This behaviour is none of my business. I presume the other party involved was/is more than capable of making their own decisions in life.

There have been many a relationship start from the office dynamic. Are they automatically immoral or inappropriate?

[GVGjr]

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Biggest issue is whether they have the players to pull it off. May take some years of building

You talk about how when Bevo replaced Macca that everything else was in place which helped give Bevo a good start.
If you look at this as a 2 or 3 year window they have enough of the basics in place and a beefed up footy department should help them fast track a rebuild.

They certainly don't have what both Fremantle and the Saints had in terms of a playing list under his previous tenures but it's not a disaster.

They should get close to a 10% kick in membership as well.

[Bornadog]

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You talk about how when Bevo replaced Macca that everything else was in place which helped give Bevo a good start.
If you look at this as a 2 or 3 year window they have enough of the basics in place and a beefed up footy department should help them fast track a rebuild.

They certainly don't have what both Fremantle and the Saints had in terms of a playing list under his previous tenures but it's not a disaster.

They should get close to a 10% kick in membership as well.

Bevo already had players like Bont, Macrae, Stringer, Dahl, Wood, the Boyd's, Clayton, Morris etc

I don't see this caliber under the Saints. They wasted many years of draft picks on trading in players that never performed.

[GVGjr]

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Bevo already had players like Bont, Macrae, Stringer, Dahl, Wood, the Boyd's, Clayton, Morris etc

I don't see this caliber under the Saints. They wasted many years of draft picks on trading in players that never performed.

Looking at this with a 2 or 3 year window is required.
I've already acknowledge he doesn't have the list he previously enjoyed.

[Bornadog]

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Looking at this with a 2 or 3 year window is required.
I've already acknowledge he doesn't have the list he previously enjoyed.

I agree, that is why I said he will need time to build.

[Grantysghost]

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I agree, that is why I said he will need time to build.

Train wreck. Very enjoyable.

Many supporters I know are filthy with the way they treated Ratten, and still haven’t got an explanation as to why he was sacked.

That big membership kick was off the back of the work he’d done, I’m surprised how little credit he is getting and the instant belief Lyon will be better.

Time will tell.

Edit thought I’d look at some stats :

Lyon at Freo : W 96 D 1 L 87 (52.45)
Ratt at Stk. : W 34 D 0 L34 (50.00)

[MrMahatma]

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Train wreck. Very enjoyable.

Many supporters I know are filthy with the way they treated Ratten, and still haven’t got an explanation as to why he was sacked.

That big membership kick was off the back of the work he’d done, I’m surprised how little credit he is getting and the instant belief Lyon will be better.

Time will tell.

Edit thought I’d look at some stats :

Lyon at Freo : W 96 D 1 L 87 (52.45)
Ratt at Stk. : W 34 D 0 L34 (50.00)

Coaches who take a team to a GF get a bit of grace after.

[Grantysghost]

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Coaches who take a team to a GF get a bit of grace after.

This is true, I just think of guys like Rocket who were great coaches and never made GFs.
Not sure it's a hard and fast measure.
Lyon could coach, he's not had a successful season for some time I'm not sold he just is good again.
Recruiting is such a big part of success now.

[GVGjr]

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This is true, I just think of guys like Rocket who were great coaches and never made GFs.
Not sure it's a hard and fast measure.
Lyon could coach, he's not had a successful season for some time I'm not sold he just is good again.
Recruiting is such a big part of success now.

Rocket got into one when he was at the Swans didn't he?
None with us

[Grantysghost]

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Rocket got into one when he was at the Swans didn't he?
None with us

That’s right ! 96 I thought he started in 97.

[Bornadog]

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Rocket got into one when he was at the Swans didn't he?
None with us

Rocket said he has never really complained about umpires but the 2009 prelim was the worse umpiring he has ever encountered and still says to this day we should have been in that years Grand final.

[Grantysghost]

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Rocket said he has never really complained about umpires but the 2009 prelim was the worse umpiring he has ever encountered and still says to this day we should have been in that years Grand final.

Argh that hurts BAD !

I remember last season we played the Saints, I spoke to Moz before the game and mentioned how much I dislike the Saints (due to that era mainly) and I mimicked a gold medal dive which extracted the desired result. He laughed and then shook his head as if to say what a knob.

He also intimated Reiwoldt cheated

[Bulldog4life]

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Argh that hurts BAD !

I remember last season we played the Saints, I spoke to Moz before the game and mentioned how much I dislike the Saints (due to that era mainly) and I mimicked a gold medal dive which extracted the desired result. He laughed and then shook his head as if to say what a knob.

He also intimated Reiwoldt cheated

I adore your name dropping Gg.

[Grantysghost]

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I adore your name dropping Gg.

Ha, he was the coterie manager at that stage so it wasnt anything special to me he spoke to everyone in the room.

Tough gig for him. You do get to know them quite well actually when they are in that role.

I'm not surprised he left too much fan boying going on (from me mainly).

I've got the world's worst memory so I probably tell the same stories 5x on here!