Neil Balme's appointment at Geelong; Collingwood's return to the training track; and a new deal in the offing for Adam McPhee - they're among the football items in Australia’s metropolitan dailies, today - Tuesday 31 October, 2006..Herald Sun: Carlton is believed to have said no to drafting two teenage sons of premiership dads and will wait 12 months to decide on the third.Also – The AFL Players' Association has criticised "sub-standard" security at the first International Rules Test, saying the Australian team deserved better.And – Collingwood players have been promised another physically searching pre-season camp in Arizona as the group aims to build on last year's high-altitude results.The Age: Adam McPhee is poised to remove himself from the pre-season draft market by signing a new three-year contract within the next 24 hoursAlso – Australian footballers touring Ireland to play international rules need to be better protected, according to AFL Players Association boss Brendon Gale.And - Collingwood is toying with the idea of using new acquisition Paul Medhurst in its on-ball rotation.The Australian: Neil Balme does not know what went wrong at Geelong last year. Nor is he in a hurry to find out.Geelong Advertiser: It took six weeks and 11 other candidates, but finally the Cats got their man yesterday. After an exhaustive pursuit, Geelong anointed Neil Balme as its new general manager of football yesterday at Telstra Dome.West Australian: Fremantle and coach Chris Connolly are prepared to run the gauntlet over his coaching contract — due to expire at the end of 2007. Dockers president Rick Hart said yesterday the club had no intention at this stage of negotiating an early contract extension with Connolly.