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Adam Simpson has signed a three-year deal to become the new coach of the West Coast Eagles.

The West Coast job was vacated by premiership-winning coach John Worsfold in early September and the list of applicants was initially 14 names long.

As Simpson was a deputy under Alastair Clarkson at Hawthorn, West Coast was forced to wait until Hawthorn finished its 2013 campaign to name its new senior coach.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-03/adam-simpson-named-west-coast-eagles-coach-afl/4997590

Ahhh yes I know the scenario well, Neeld was a hot assistant from a premiership club, so much for white hot Sumich.

Seems to be a formula in hiring head coaches....

Your mate has mental health issues, no normal person could possibly feel comfortable with 56 years difference

You have an inside man, who is he saying is behind all this upheaval?

It's got to be deeper than just the coach, because if it was just Watters he would have got the chop within a week of the Saints season ending.

Hmmmmm the devil is involved with the saints review ....if they were serious it would be an independent body, if there was confidence with watters he would have been given an extension....knifes are being sharpend chooka, will your nephew be one of the hatchet men?

Now Chapman is available, a real smart player, think the cats were to harsh, would fit in very well with a team in the premiership window.

Jolly plzzzzzzzz no like.....I can still recall him fumbling along the members wing, you recon I was surprised he played in 2 GF's?

Gee you recon they would want him back after the canning he gave us in the media? think I would try and pinch Renne Kink off the saints first.

If you "can" eat a MacDonald's burger you can eat anything!

Cats cut Podsiadly

silvia is gone? I liked him, well I can resign myself to the fact he underachieved so there for no great loss....but I did like him.

Now we have NO midfielders at all...ho just one in Jones.

Finger on the pulse? oh yes, lets say I was a fortune teller in another life, I can add more, Lyon not only defected because he is a professional coach and wants longtivity, be could see the writing on the wall and that is just as you said, self-destructive tendency's from a group of people who don't know how to be successful.

Same malaise came into us at Deeland once infected its hard to eradicate, not sure of the intricate workings of the saints but I bet you there is some power play playing itself out and its around the CO because its his job to kill it before it starts.

You have been through a few presidents last 8ys, (3?) most unstable club in the league, lacked any real bite in recruiting too then you go pick a "who are you" coach to take over a finalist team...something is wrong.

I recon merda will hit the fan before the start of the 2014 season, will Watters keep his job? I think he will survive to get sacked mid season, Your captain is untouchable and Watters knows that.

The key to the health of the St Kilda FC will show up in free agency, they have publicly stated there intensions, lets see if they can draw a few good players if they cant then that tells you whats going on, most professional footballers will know who to go for and who to avoid.

But hey chooka there is light at the end of the tunnel, the AFL wont let you sink...or will they? hmmm come to think of it they do wanna expand the boundary's of the AFL, if they relocate you to Darwin its only a 4.5 hr flight for you to catch a game...so its not all bad.

We were luckier than you we had Melbourne for a name so they keep us here in this cold windy place that resembles the Fawkland Island's.

No chooka he isn't going anywhere, to much Chiang Mai sun for you my boy.

Told ya Hafy"s coming on down to Saint land with a few cartons of swiss vitamins to give those young boys a pick me up.

You should be looking forward to end of 2014 season, AFL will step in after Watters is sacked mid season with only one win on the board sitting stone motherless last and countless beltings, to inject 3 million and a priority draft pick, Lindsay Fox in a bloodless coue takes over as president for life and bank rolls Alistair Clarkson defection from the Hawks after routing Freo once again in the grand final, mate happy days are looming for you.

i tried to quote Bookman post 2482 but Thaivisa gremlins struck again.

If the Hawks offered the same offer as Swans then there would have to do a trade. Hawthorn knew Franklin wanted to go to Sydney. It would have been a smart move by the Hawks.

I personally believe that Franklin will not be good for the Swans. I hope I will be proved wrong. I think Mumford's work effort would have been worth keeping. I would rate him above Reid

I have been thinking more about this Franklin deal and here are some thoughts. I haven't heard this discussed but I believe it is valid.

Is it possible that Sydney have signed Buddy to stop GWS getting traction in the Sydney market?

If GWS had signed Buddy they would have got massive and sustained publicity. Buddy is the AFL's most popular player for merchandising, twice as popular as the next player. He would have given GWS a lot of attention and media space in the Sydney market place, much at the expense of Sydney Swans.

Sydney is effectively making a commercial decision to block the opposition in its market place

What if Sydney have no intention of Franklin playing out 9 years? Maybe they get 6 years and pay him out. So really he is signing a nudge nudge wink wink contract for 6 years. Sydney could be relying on an increased salary cap down the track (If he played the extra years he could be played as a genuine Full Forward, like Lockett for Sydney, and just stand about and take some marks and kick goals)

Ripstanley, I really hope Buddy is over his <deleted> ways off the field. I fear there may be some issues and I hope this does not effect the other players if so. I hope it does not end in a mess.

With Sydney's quality midfield and now powerhouse forward options I believe he is worth 2 flags for the Swans.

Possible, but I assure you Melbourne football media are around 85% accurate, Frankin wanted to go to Sydney because he loves hanging out up there apparently he has mates and socializes up there, and if that's where you want to go why go to GWS and waste the rest of your playing years in a team that wont go far?

Think Frankin is use to success and wanted a lifestyle change to be close to where he likes to be so its a no brainier.

But and Sydney beware, Tippet and Franklin together might not work, we have seen it before were 2 key forwards just don't get the required results, unless the Swans have a new role for one of those guys they could be throwing there money away.

As for Colin Sylvia, said it before, he could be anything but at his age he hasn't been just patches of greatness, in a good team he could be awsum, he would fit Freos style and he fits Roos style too hate to loose him but one man does not make a team. My tip? he will stay why? simple fact is hes worth more to the Dees in experience, mentoring and earn more $, at Freo he would be a low ranked midfielder and no certainty to be in there best 22, he would have to work 3 times harder there to make it.

The rumour mill is working overtime, latest is Guus Hiddink has been sounded out as replacement for Osiecks, my my and if sacked a 1 million$ payout, seems FFA hasn't come to terms with the 6zip against Brasil....

You think it might be something to do with the lack of quality players?

Well once stuff like this begins there often is truth in it, Osiecks better land some good results in up coming friendly's against France and Canada or he could be sitting on the French Riviera enjoying the sunshine courtesy of FFA.

Look how we have progressed as a soccer nation...the knives come out fast these days.

You mean those faded white lines painted on the road? ho there obsolete now, have been for years and soon enough that monsoon rain will have wiped them clear from the road, you will need to catch a taxi if you want to get to the other side of the road once that happens.

Hope they put in elevated footpaths too like at victory monument, but why do you need to cross the road? All you need is in one block.

You are not on another planet..

Exit - Bag - Nickle ... I must live on a different planet.

That's me dust.

Enjoy ...

happy

Joy

LOVELY ( and she was ka)

I have so many friends who can chat on Skype while they work, that don't happen in AU.

I find service in Oz to be non-existent which, considering how expensive everything is, is a bit of a joke.

Depends who your dealing with, take Optus, since Singapore Telco took over there gone down and down and down,

And yes it is expensive in AU we will all be refugees soon if nothing is done about it.

Obviously you haven't lived in Thailand or not stayed long there, I lived there last year and boy did I get frustrated with customer service, I have countless stories to tell on that score but wont bore you with it here, in the end its up to management to set a path and achieve a level not going to blame the guy at the front desk on that.

Collingwood woes come to the surface...

Thomas will be a Blue he's relationship with Buckley has reached a stage were he and club need to depart.

Didak has spoken there were friction between himself and Buckely, and Shaws departure apparently was endorsed by the list management group not just Buckley.

Forget Harvey back at Saints just yet chooka, he is in line to be elevated from line coach to senior assistant to Buckley.

And...they say the admin but we know its eddie are totally behind the purge at woodland, the last remnants of Malthouse"s reign draws to an end.

This might be old news but Roos may hand a life line to former Bulldog Daniel Cross and would you belive? Daren Jolly....haha after the way he bagged the club earlier this year? ...nooooo plzzzz he was only ever ordinary when he played for us and I don't see it changing now.

All is quite on the trade front today....

^{Hard workers?????? don't think so, Thais do impress me with the fact they put in the hours that there not lazy that they get up and go to work but that were it stops, the labour reforms haven't penetrated thai work places and at this point there isn't much need for it due to the fact labour is cheap.}

^{Not noticed 3 shop assistants to one customer? gee I recall walking through the department store at Lad Phrao Central one morning last year, as I looked around I counted 7 staff checking there phones or chatting to each other and that was just in one small area.}

^{I have so many friends who can chat on Skype while they work, that don't happen in AU.}

^{No I don't think they work hard at all they just put in the long hours 6 days a week, there good at looking to keep busy and there telling me there busy, they really have no idea of being busy, as ive said to my friends there, in AU when you get a job it was wanted finished 24 hrs before you got it.}

Mr Chooka...looks like the Saints for wooden spoon 2014, your players are abandoning ship and yes watters cant be liked must be something about ex Collingwood assistant coaches hey?

Your man played for the Eagles, im surprised you never heard of him, he ran around with a mop top or half afro head of hair depending on the washing machine cycle, he was a fair player nothing to spectacular as at that time the weagles had a pretty good team, and yeah I raised my eyebrows when he was appointed, really don't know how he got the job, Saints still looked like an attractive proposition back then, just goes to show you how smart Ross Lyon was to get out while the going was good...

Riewolt wont leave ya he is on his last legs now, to stay they will canonize him, to go he most likely would falter, Trade for Boyd, change your coach and plan for the future.

break

The American NFL system has 2 conferences and 4 divisions of 5 teams each, divisional champions automatically get a play off spot followed by 2 wild card spots (best performing teams in your conference).

One team will win through a knock out series to be conference champions that will meet winner of second conference in the Super bowel, excuse me American friends if there are some mistakes but its essence is how I described.

Take English premier league, 20 teams play for the championship, only 1 team can take the crown, every team in the FA (every football team pro and amateur ) plays off for the FA Cup, think the 5 divisions of pro football clubs play off for the League Cup. Top finishing 3 or 4 clubs automatically play off on the Champions League, next 2 clubs earn a Europa Cup spot etc etc, if you won a league or FA cup in your country you qualify for something else etc etc...

Yes ive heard and read all the arguments regarding a conference style for AFL but I like to remind you were not 12 teams anymore, were 18 and it will end up 20 within 10 ys, the fact of the matter is its a business and to stay viable we need to create many winners as the Americans do with not just NFL but with baseball and basketball.

Its a big deal to win a playoff spot and even a bigger deal to win your division in the NFL, its a big deal to earn a place in Europe with the English clubs, im not advocating copying one of these sytems im just saying we need to create more winners because right now we only have one winner and that's the Hawks, Fro are forgotten and GWS, Dees, Saints and Bulldogs are just making up numbers.

The AFL needs to come up with a way to reward more than one club, the AFL meddled the preseason cup to death as there doing with the rules...hope they give it a rest next season, I cant understand some of the umps decisions these days.

And I agree we should scrap the draft entitlements and model them on the NFL, last do not get first pick, its more or less a raffle your position is pulled out of a barrel, this will definitely stop tanking and make the lower clubs more accountable, in other words there going to have to rise the bar to compete.

I don't mind the idea of two conferences. As you point out there is now 18 teams and there could easily be 22 supported within 10 years. One problem with conferences though is that each team may not play each other team at least once. I like that idea that you do get to see teams play each other at least once

The season could be extended, but there is many issues with that, one being the availability of grounds. Another is the wear on players. The game is played fast and hard now and a longer season would be fairly tough. There could be further limits on interchanges, or more super subs allowed (compulsory 3 subs per team per game)

In the NFL a team plays each member of his division twice, there were 16 games pre season im pretty sure its been extended that makes 8 games the following 8 plus games are seeded means if you finished 3rd in your division you play all the other teams that finished 3rd in there division, it goes something like that.

What would I suggest? I prefer to seed clubs I like the idea of 4 divisions north south east and west top 2 clubs automatically make playoffs say 2 wild card positions for best win loss ratio, 10 teams play off for the finals in sudden death. To choose who plays who in finals you can do what they do in soccer...a draw....

Each club in northern div plays each other twice then seeded as the NFL does it 4th plays 4th etc.

No need to make season longer you could go to 8 div games and 8 seeded games that's 16 you could get another 4 seeded games in a new formula end of first half of the season...who knows...that's 22 ...fixed 4 practice games, there also bit of a big deal end of story.

Don't think you can get much fairer than that, your creating div champions, playoff spots, half the league is playing finals.

Would that take away incentive to finish on top and earn a break? or would they still get it.

My suggestion is just a rough draft we could aussie it up think the top 2 clubs per conference get a bye going into playoffs in the NFL, the playoffs are sudden death, no second chances.

The American NFL system has 2 conferences and 4 divisions of 5 teams each, divisional champions automatically get a play off spot followed by 2 wild card spots (best performing teams in your conference).

One team will win through a knock out series to be conference champions that will meet winner of second conference in the Super bowel, excuse me American friends if there are some mistakes but its essence is how I described.

Take English premier league, 20 teams play for the championship, only 1 team can take the crown, every team in the FA (every football team pro and amateur ) plays off for the FA Cup, think the 5 divisions of pro football clubs play off for the League Cup. Top finishing 3 or 4 clubs automatically play off on the Champions League, next 2 clubs earn a Europa Cup spot etc etc, if you won a league or FA cup in your country you qualify for something else etc etc...

Yes ive heard and read all the arguments regarding a conference style for AFL but I like to remind you were not 12 teams anymore, were 18 and it will end up 20 within 10 ys, the fact of the matter is its a business and to stay viable we need to create many winners as the Americans do with not just NFL but with baseball and basketball.

Its a big deal to win a playoff spot and even a bigger deal to win your division in the NFL, its a big deal to earn a place in Europe with the English clubs, im not advocating copying one of these sytems im just saying we need to create more winners because right now we only have one winner and that's the Hawks, Fro are forgotten and GWS, Dees, Saints and Bulldogs are just making up numbers.

The AFL needs to come up with a way to reward more than one club, the AFL meddled the preseason cup to death as there doing with the rules...hope they give it a rest next season, I cant understand some of the umps decisions these days.

And I agree we should scrap the draft entitlements and model them on the NFL, last do not get first pick, its more or less a raffle your position is pulled out of a barrel, this will definitely stop tanking and make the lower clubs more accountable, in other words there going to have to rise the bar to compete.

I don't mind the idea of two conferences. As you point out there is now 18 teams and there could easily be 22 supported within 10 years. One problem with conferences though is that each team may not play each other team at least once. I like that idea that you do get to see teams play each other at least once

The season could be extended, but there is many issues with that, one being the availability of grounds. Another is the wear on players. The game is played fast and hard now and a longer season would be fairly tough. There could be further limits on interchanges, or more super subs allowed (compulsory 3 subs per team per game)

In the NFL a team plays each member of his division twice, there were 16 games pre season im pretty sure its been extended that makes 8 games the following 8 plus games are seeded means if you finished 3rd in your division you play all the other teams that finished 3rd in there division, it goes something like that.

What would I suggest? I prefer to seed clubs I like the idea of 4 divisions north south east and west top 2 clubs automatically make playoffs say 2 wild card positions for best win loss ratio, 10 teams play off for the finals in sudden death. To choose who plays who in finals you can do what they do in soccer...a draw....

Each club in northern div plays each other twice then seeded as the NFL does it 4th plays 4th etc.

No need to make season longer you could go to 8 div games and 8 seeded games that's 16 you could get another 4 seeded games in a new formula end of first half of the season...who knows...that's 22 ...fixed 4 practice games, there also bit of a big deal end of story.

Don't think you can get much fairer than that, your creating div champions, playoff spots, half the league is playing finals.

whats 900,000$ extra? really? just look around half the trades being done are by guys wanting to go home to there home states, well that's the excuse there using, I recon Sydney and Brisbane should be getting an extra 2 million, hard work trying to keep guys up there.

I keep saying it time the AFL looked at ways of making more winners, soccer and American sports have good systems, 18 clubs and ONLY one winner

DO you mean like having two conferences and/or several competitions?

The American NFL system has 2 conferences and 4 divisions of 5 teams each, divisional champions automatically get a play off spot followed by 2 wild card spots (best performing teams in your conference).

One team will win through a knock out series to be conference champions that will meet winner of second conference in the Super bowel, excuse me American friends if there are some mistakes but its essence is how I described.

Take English premier league, 20 teams play for the championship, only 1 team can take the crown, every team in the FA (every football team pro and amateur ) plays off for the FA Cup, think the 5 divisions of pro football clubs play off for the League Cup. Top finishing 3 or 4 clubs automatically play off on the Champions League, next 2 clubs earn a Europa Cup spot etc etc, if you won a league or FA cup in your country you qualify for something else etc etc...

Yes ive heard and read all the arguments regarding a conference style for AFL but I like to remind you were not 12 teams anymore, were 18 and it will end up 20 within 10 ys, the fact of the matter is its a business and to stay viable we need to create many winners as the Americans do with not just NFL but with baseball and basketball.

Its a big deal to win a playoff spot and even a bigger deal to win your division in the NFL, its a big deal to earn a place in Europe with the English clubs, im not advocating copying one of these sytems im just saying we need to create more winners because right now we only have one winner and that's the Hawks, Fro are forgotten and GWS, Dees, Saints and Bulldogs are just making up numbers.

The AFL needs to come up with a way to reward more than one club, the AFL meddled the preseason cup to death as there doing with the rules...hope they give it a rest next season, I cant understand some of the umps decisions these days.

And I agree we should scrap the draft entitlements and model them on the NFL, last do not get first pick, its more or less a raffle your position is pulled out of a barrel, this will definitely stop tanking and make the lower clubs more accountable, in other words there going to have to rise the bar to compete.

_{Trade week and mind you it hasn't started yet is more exciting than the regular season}

_{Franklin a swan...don't think anyone saw that coming.....}

whats 900,000$ extra? really? just look around half the trades being done are by guys wanting to go home to there home states, well that's the excuse there using, I recon Sydney and Brisbane should be getting an extra 2 million, hard work trying to keep guys up there.

I keep saying it time the AFL looked at ways of making more winners, soccer and American sports have good systems, 18 clubs and ONLY one winner

Double/tripled glass your bedroom windows, put up a wall around/near your bedroom to help deaden the sound, they do it in Oz on freeways close to residential suburbs, ear plugs, offer to build a new cage for the birds other side to you and don't forget to bring some thai whisky.

And you will get use to the noise, its all in the mind you know.

_Pathetic