the reasons they play this great game of ours. All we can do though is wait and see. Share this: Comments A thoughtful and considered piece Brandon. It leaves most of us wondering about the future, particularly for the 'suburban' clubs we have grown up with...unless you are born after 1987? when the interstaters came on board. We Melbourneites are further and further away from when our clubs comprised of locals who would never think of jumping the fence and playing for the adjoining suburb. If they did a la Barassi to Carlton, it was the stuff of documentaries, books and theses penned. If you think the Herald Sun has football on the front page through to the back page these days, you should have seen the Sun and Herald if someone like Barassi defected. As far as the Chris Dawe's situation, I plead guilty to wanting to see him line up with the Bulldogs. After reading your thoughts on the matter I've relented a bit . I just saw him as the type of player who could help our young undersize players, but only if he declared the Bulldogs as his club of choice. That is why Barry Hall was a great fit for the club...because he chose the Bulldogs. As part of my new enlightenment and looking at the early draft choices for the Bulldogs, I have swung back to the idea of 'growing your own' rather than trying to pick players from other clubs to bolster the