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48 minutes ago, Deestar9 said:

Can't believe the harshness against Bugg....Steven May is Vice captain after his "cowardly" 5 week suspension & do you even remember the name of the Port Adelaide player who copped a similar suspension....off field he is a far different person than his on field personna.....I personally felt is was not an "intentional " act ....he was genuinely remorseful & according to every report from the club "he has not put a step wrong" . If his form warrants it and the coaches think he is in our best 22 then I am more than happy with that.....he is a player of the Melbourne Football Club & deserves our support.  Alll I can ascertain from some of the postings is that none of you have ever "stuffed" up in life.....ever ????

Houli went straight back in....

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14 hours ago, Deestroy All said:

He'd need to push out someone like Harmes or Melksham. I'm not sure a push would do it, maybe a left uppercut. 

Wasn't it a straight left ?

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14 hours ago, Skuit said:

Tomas Bugg needs to earn back trust? What, are his teammates afraid he might him them? Contemporary society is just so full of nonsense.

Trust will have been earnt back by hard work on the track during his enforced absence in the last several weeks.

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14 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Tomy Bugg could be a very useful player in September if we make it. 

We have missed his spirit in the fwd line. 

I hope what Ch7 reported is crap

That's why i hate the media they just make things up as they go; some one on fox said Bugg would never play another game for the Melbourne football club ever again. How can people make such s*$^ up all the time, is so wrong.

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4 minutes ago, deebug said:

That's why i hate the media they just make things up as they go; some one on fox said Bugg would never play another game for the Melbourne football club ever again. How can people make such s*$^ up all the time, is so wrong.

Too much coverage. Too many people employed to fill time on air. 

Tom deserves a chance to redeem himself this year. 2-3 goals in finals would go a long way

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33 minutes ago, deebug said:

That's why i hate the media they just make things up as they go; some one on fox said Bugg would never play another game for the Melbourne football club ever again. How can people make such s*$^ up all the time, is so wrong.

There was an article in the HSun saying Bugg should have been suspended longer because he has a history of being a defendant  at the tribunal. In other words players have hit him therefore he must have been doing something wrong to deserve the hit. Beggars belief.

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Why are people surprised by errors in the media?

Every time I have known the facts of a story in the media they have got some wrong.

1 Wedding notice & photo provided with names and correct details. The local paper got 3 things wrong including who the best man was.

2  Son interviewed for story and they misquoted him twice. 

3 TV reports that a local fire was out and we watched the fire continue, 3 days later they were still aerially fire bombing the so called extinguished  fire.

I now no longer watch news services, and consider most reporting to be opinion pieces based on overworked,  under resourced or lazy hacks. Take what you read and hear with a grain of salt.

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2 hours ago, Uncle Fester said:

Myself, I don't hold footballers to any moral standard. I care about the 30 touches and 5 goals they might bring, not if they do hospital visits to cancer kids, or anything like that. That is for the pope not a footballer.

That said, he let down the club. If you want to be a football hardman be Jack Viney. Make the other side worry that if they pick up the ball it's going to cost them, not punch someone 50 feet off the ball.

The acts of Bugg, Hogan, Lewis, Salem etc didn't help the MFC. It hurts us.  

Also agree with this sentiment...all these undisciplined acts cost us dearly ...what I am disputing is that he has "done the time" so if his form warrants & he is picked for the seniors then I support him fully ....I don't think he merits any further criticism or punishment!

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2 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

When Bugg had his brain fade and was suspended, we lost our mojo. 

This is my argument for not picking him.  The only difference is that I don't think it was having him in the side that was the reason we had mojo to begin with, but his act definitely went at least part way towards us losing it.

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Our late season derailment coincided with the Sydney match and Bugg's brainfart. What followed was a relentless media campaign that dragged our club and Bugg through the mud. 

There's no doubt in my mind that this had a huge effect on the club and players. 

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i'll go on record here as i like Bugg. have known him for a few years - really nice guy. 

His suspension for a brain fart is over. he was hung dried and quartered, time to move on people

he is Melbourne football club player. is he a deadset gun... no. does he come in as an automatic, no. Were we playing better as a team with him playing well.. yes. Probably needs match fitness at Casey this week. would i be upset if the match committee thought we need his niggle and bring him in straight away, no.

all this crap about earning back trust is just noise and nonsense.

he will play if and when his fitness and form versus the other blokes in his role(s) warrants - amd that is the be all and end all

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24 minutes ago, SaberFang said:

Our late season derailment coincided with the Sydney match and Bugg's brainfart. What followed was a relentless media campaign that dragged our club and Bugg through the mud. 

There's no doubt in my mind that this had a huge effect on the club and players. 

It was also our 4th game off a 6 day break from recollection.

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I do like the guy as well. He brings something to the table and its kind of nice to see a player for us with a little swagger. However an auto-in he is not, even before all that hoo hah he wasn't a walk up start by any stretch of the imagination. Have him in the mix by all means but he's gotta earn his spot again.

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If you want to be a tough guy on the team .....do it properly.

Take the knocks, hits, niggles and high tackles  and go out and win the bloody game for your mates.

Anyone can snap another player off the ball. It takes no skill whatsoever. The real skill is holding back and rubbing your opponent's face in it by getting 3 votes.

Bugg has paid for his mistakes but he let his side down big time. He needs to redeem himself by controlling his aggression and winning games.

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8 hours ago, Nasher said:

It wasn't just the hit being sub-decent, it was the whole package. He motivated the opposition and played like complete poo himself. It was the most clear case of getting psyched out on the footy field that I've ever seen. So yes, I think his teammates would look at him differently after the fact.

the only way bugg can lift his profile with team-mates (if he really needs to) is to play great footy in the afl. that trumps all.

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3 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

If you want to be a tough guy on the team .....do it properly.

Take the knocks, hits, niggles and high tackles  and go out and win the bloody game for your mates.

Anyone can snap another player off the ball. It takes no skill whatsoever. The real skill is holding back and rubbing your opponent's face in it by getting 3 votes.

Bugg has paid for his mistakes but he let his side down big time. He needs to redeem himself by controlling his aggression and winning games.

Is it just me or do other not mind some of our players having a nasty streak that can make other sides think. He just needs to be smarter with how he impacts opponents (throwing a punch in open space obviously isn't smart aggression). Looking at Hawthorn's premierships sides of the past, they have had a sprinkling of those edgy types of players that have been reported i.e. Hodge, Mitchell, Lewis, 

 

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8 hours ago, Nasher said:

It wasn't just the hit being sub-decent, it was the whole package. He motivated the opposition and played like complete poo himself. It was the most clear case of getting psyched out on the footy field that I've ever seen. So yes, I think his teammates would look at him differently after the fact.

If you are talking the Jason Johannisen/Bulldogs game you are wrong as he played OK, scored 2 goals from memory.

I don't recall any baiting of the Swans prior to the game. Did I miss that?

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Just now, Demons1858 said:

Is it just me or do other not mind some of our players having a nasty streak that can make other sides think. He just needs to be smarter with how he impacts opponents (throwing a punch in open space obviously isn't smart aggression). Looking at Hawthorn's premierships sides of the past, they have had a sprinkling of those edgy types of players that have been reported i.e. Hodge, Mitchell, Lewis, 

 

I admire the toughness of Harmes, Viney and Oliver.

Their aggression on the ball is awesome and helps us wins games.

When Buggy starts playing like them perhaps he can start throwing his weight around.

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I just want him to come in and niggle Collingwood, kick 2-3 goals and make Buckley, Howe and Dunn's lives miserable. Casey this weekend then back with a vengeance for the Pies!

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9 hours ago, Nasher said:

It wasn't just the hit being sub-decent, it was the whole package. He motivated the opposition and played like complete poo himself. It was the most clear case of getting psyched out on the footy field that I've ever seen. So yes, I think his teammates would look at him differently after the fact.

To me this was one of the signs that told me he didn't mean to do what actually happened. 

Take an unsighted swing at an opponent who had just elbowed him in the ribs? Yes.  Get him one in the head? Maybe.  Knock him cold? Certainly not. 

 

Watch how Bugg reacts. When he sees Mills down he suddenly props and looks around.  He didn't intend the outcome and was spooked by it all day. 

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3 hours ago, Deestar9 said:

Also agree with this sentiment...all these undisciplined acts cost us dearly ...what I am disputing is that he has "done the time" so if his form warrants & he is picked for the seniors then I support him fully ....I don't think he merits any further criticism or punishment!

Agreed. I don't think that the club should do anything more. If he is fit and deserves a spot them pick him. However, if he is on 300K a year that is nearly 80K of talent sitting the stands the last 6 weeks. The club does have a right to be grumpy about that though, so if he is put in the naughty corner, I'd understand.

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