We hope to be a competitive team in a very tough conference, and take it one game a time.

They beat our butts. They showed up. They knew it when they got off the bus. We didn't show up ready to play; they did. Dropped balls; the offensive line play was terrible. No one was good. Coaches were bad; nobody was good. They beat our butts.

I'd say this is pretty important stuff. It's another potential tool for sea lamprey control. It's certainly exciting.

We've spoken with Essendon, but at this point it's fair to say that it might take some time to finalise a new deal.

We have always expected that the time was coming very soon when (the federal government) would begin greater enforcement.

Now that we're pretty flush with money we believe it's time to repair some of those cracks in our budgetary foundation so we have a good solid footing to go forward.