BUBBLE, BUBBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE ...

[Burgs]

It's just nice to have some one outside of the usual suspects contributing something to the Metro Club forums.

Totally agree Fulv

For our great Clubland folks, please feel free to write up a pre-season report on your Club, with player movements, likely 1st XV etc.
In forums you will find a sub-forum for each of the Clubs that have previously requested one. I'm sure Coach would be only too happy to create further sub-forums to accomodate any new scribes if PM'd to do so.
You can be sure that TWF faithful are craving some local insight (even the blatantly biased variety found in some newspapers...) on WA Clubland, so don't be shy!

[Burgs]

Injured Player
Players Club will be lucky to see before mid June
Players Club will be lucky to get a handful of matches out of due to Wallaby Squad commitments
Players Club will be lucky to see at all due to Rugby World Cup

Associates (5)
Paul Ali-Emile
Kyle Godwin
Tom Hockings
Siliva Siliva
Justin Turner

Cottesloe (9)
Mark Bartholomeusz
Richard Brown
Nathan Charles
Gene Fairbanks
James O'Connor
Nathan Sharpe
Brett Sheehan
Mark Swanepoel
Ben Whittaker

Kalamunda (4)
Cruse Ah-Nau
Mitch Inman
Ben McCalman
Willie Ripia

Nedlands (4)
Pek Cowan
Pat Dellit
Tim Fairbrother
Jono Jenkins

Palmyra (1)
James Stannard

Perth Bayswater (3)
Alfie Mafi
Cameron Shepherd
David Smith

Rockingham (1)
Kieran Longbottom

UWA (5)
Nick Cummins
David Pocock
Ted Postal
Rory Sidey
Sam Wykes

Wanneroo (3)
Phoenix Battye
Matt Hodgson
Tevita Metuisela

Wests (1)
Matt Dunning

[GIGS20]

Match Inman in green? that's a big call burgs, he hasn't cracked a wallaby spot yet!

[Burgs]

Seem to recall making a big call about Genia a few years back too, and McCalman last year
Not saying he will go to NZ, but will be in the train-on Squad at least.
All are an indication, rather than premonition, that it doesn't really matter what club they are aligned to, it is still about Academy and Juniors, not the Seniors.

[RumourMonger]

"We obviously have filled a couple of positions"

Just two Wanneroo recruits for 2011?

I think I've just seen a pig fly past my office window!!

[ella10]

RM - someone must have slipped some whiskey into your coffee this morning make you think there's flying pigs around!! lol

I said a couple of positions not a couple of recruits!! I can recruit 10 guys playing the same position!

It sounds like you know more than I do about our recruitment. Let me know how many guys I can expect - After all we do have a $750 000 budget to get through!

[jt12]

interesting draw, interesting team lists, Neddies still by and large the yardstick,its not the worrying about challenges its the meeting them, should be great competition, bring it on. Lets rumble.

[palitu]

i'd say longbottom won't be playing a lot of club rugby...

[LexxLuthar]

Looks great on paper having all these force players and fringe players, at your club but there must be a balance, at what stage does it have a negative impact on your home grown playing group.
The club players play thru the home and away, and as we have seen in past years, will have to make way for these players, and that is around about the finals time.

and a question for you all, what player is going to give everything he has, is it the player who has been there all year sweeting and bleeding (backs dont worry about the bleeding bit) for his team mates and club or the player who rolls in at the end when all the hard work has been done?

[Burgs]

i'd say longbottom won't be playing a lot of club rugby...

I thought the same two weeks ago palitu, then Dunning shunted him and now I'm not so sure.
Will come down to injury and Fairbrothers future intentions I guess.

[The InnFORCEr]

Let's say for example Kieran Longbottom (born and breed Rocky boy, player through the grades etc) hits it big time with the Force next year, plays every game for the Force then at the end of the season Rocky are in the finals and Kieron lines up for them after they have had "loyal clubman" playing his position all year.....would the same argument about Force players apply??

[LuvUnleashed]

The dogs in fact has not recruited as per previous seasons but decided to put some money back into our own through better kit etc. We obviously have filled a couple of positions but we have put our efforts into securing guys that has played for the club in previous years and players in our catchment area. Our focus will be to improve culture and work ethic in the club. With the entire field setup revamped and new lights people feel exited to be apart of the club again and wants to improve on past season's result.

That's interesting ella10 or should it be fag10, what's your catchment area? the southern hemisphere!! what a joke your club has become....

[fulvio sammut]

Someone's lost that Luvin Feeling, cause it's gone, gone, gone ...

Bring back the Kalafan we knew before he "Soaked" his head.

[LuvUnleashed]

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.

[brokendown gunfighter]

you make Charlie Sheen sound sensible