What's the source of BT's grudge?

[maximum bob 462]

I'd always assumed that 'Taylor' was an adopted name after his family emigrated to Australia?

English is clearly his second language so give the guy a break.

[45HG 1,539]

They would have emigrated from someone, to migrate to Australia, making the immigrants.

Is that right? You don't emigrate to somewhere because the e at the beginning implies its being taken from somewhere else

[Late Draft Pick 48]

English is clearly his second language so give the guy a break.

[Rampaging Demons 1]

the stat that bate has the second most goal assists?

taylor can give it out but struggles to take it.....

back to the radio you slug!!

[maximum bob 462]

They would have emigrated from someone, to migrate to Australia, making the immigrants.

Is that right? You don't emigrate to somewhere because the e at the beginning implies its being taken from somewhere else

Oh dear. What was your family's original name 45hotgod?

People emigrate from their original country. They then immigrate into their new country.

I realise the spelling and comprehension is tricky but do yourself a service and do better than BT.

[45HG 1,539]

My original family name was 45McHotgod.

We lost the Mc when we Emigrated from Scotland.

[Adam The God 30,256]

He's a Collingwood man. He's a [censored] who seems to be there for comedy relief. Much like Sam Newman. No one really respects him or takes real notice of what he says.

I miss the old days of Clinton Grybas.

[Sir Why You Little 37,036]

"3MMM isn't Football!

[AlphaDee 17]

I remember a game at the 'G, probably in the '80s and I think it was when he played for Collingwood (after he left Richmond).

The game was full of incidents and I think BT gave away quite a few free kicks. Anyway, eventually he totally cracked and charged full speed at Rod Grinter to clobber him. Grinter simply bent over and flipped him a' over t'.

One of the funmniest things I've ever seen and it made BT look like a complete dill !!!!

Perhaps this was when he started to hate us?

[Sir Why You Little 37,036]

I remember a game at the 'G, probably in the '80s and I think it was when he played for Collingwood (after he left Richmond).

The game was full of incidents and I think BT gave away quite a few free kicks. Anyway, eventually he totally cracked and charged full speed at Rod Grinter to clobber him. Grinter simply bent over and flipped him a' over t'.

One of the funmniest things I've ever seen and it made BT look like a complete dill !!!!

Perhaps this was when he started to hate us?

Yes & he got a big cut on his nose that you could see for the rest of the game-Hilarious. Hughsey would always thrash him.

[re draft molan 1]

I remember a game at the 'G, probably in the '80s and I think it was when he played for Collingwood (after he left Richmond).

The game was full of incidents and I think BT gave away quite a few free kicks. Anyway, eventually he totally cracked and charged full speed at Rod Grinter to clobber him. Grinter simply bent over and flipped him a' over t'.

One of the funmniest things I've ever seen and it made BT look like a complete dill !!!!

Perhaps this was when he started to hate us?

Yeah I remember that one. I think Steven Stretch took a hanger on the members wing that day too.

[Adam The God 30,256]

Before his first shot at goal, BT said that Miller was a "very good shot for goal" unless I have been to different games over the last couple of seasons this is clearly not true (although he did kick well for goal yesterday)

Yeah, I noticed this as well. I got the feeling he was taking the [censored], because a few moment later he said something along the lines of "Brad Miller got the goal that time". There were a few moments like that in the call. Either he's got no idea what he's taking about or he's taking the [censored]. Either one is plausible.

[Sir Why You Little 37,036]

Yeah I remember that one. I think Steven Stretch took a hanger on the members wing that day too.

Correct! Stretch often took hangers in front of the old stand. Geez he was a good kick. too

I am guessing 1988 first semi.

[w00dy 146]

I can say for certain BT definitely has a thing for young Addam Maric...

He's mentioned him on AFL teams 3 or 4 weeks in a row now, even after his terrible game first, he was talking Maric up... Must be his nephew or something...

[FlowerPower 3]

MMM just before the match yesterday

Mark Stevens – “we had Jim Stynes in earlier and you seemed to treat him with disdain. You seem to have a personnal vendetta against this football club Brian.

BT – “I have no problem with Jim Stynes who I think is doing a fantastic job, but I do have a problem with the Melbourne football club and in particular their supporters.

That was it, he didn’t expand and no more questions were asked. As usual with BT calling Melbourne, snide remarks were frequent throughout the call.

So does this date back to his playing days or did a Melbourne supporter run over his dog??

Two words "Danny Hughes"

[dreamin' man 0]

Talking of bad commentary, was forced to listen to AW as the only coverage of the Geelong game in WA two weeks ago. Tony Leonard's intro was something along the lines of "the undefeated Geelong side up against Melbourne who are yet to get a win" & Rex Hunt went on to keep calling a Demon player "O'Keefe". After about a quarter of confusion it turned out he was referring to McLean!

It is pretty slack that this is these guys' job & they can't get it right but sometimes I think they just don't try when it comes to Melbourne.

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,821]

He's called 8 quarters of Melbourne on Fox Sports and still calls Warnock 'Warnick'. The guy is as dumb as the stuff dogs produce.

[Kit Walker 225]

Thought he was quite positive last night on AFL Teams. Made a point of saying that the demons' improvement was impressive and that Bailey was doing a very good job, as did the other panellists.

[Craig Drinker 179]

That's mind-boggling. What a complete w#nker! I hate the stereotype that our supporters are apathetic. I hate it even more when our fans buy into it and think it's true. It's not! To prove this, I've constructed a list of things our fans have done recently for our club which PROVES we're the best supporters in the world! Enjoy:

- Signed up in record numbers in a season that was our worst for 25 years. Look likely to break that record the following season when are likely to play only slightly better.

- Sourced a major sponsor for the club (Kapersky Software - for those that don't know the story, this company was introduced to the club by a Melbourne supporting employee).

- Raised more money than any other clubs' supporters in the history of the game, in the space of a month (debt demolition - 2008).

- Despite being comfortably the worst side last year, we finished nowhere the bottom in the 'attendance ladder'.

- Drowned out the final siren at the MCG for probably the first time ever (vs Brisbane 2008). The roaring of the red and blue hoardes as Green kicked a 'goal' (was actually after the siren) was so loud the siren couldn't even be heard in the commentary box!

There are heaps more that I think are true but can't really prove so I've left them off (e.g. most knowledgeable). Whilst I would never suggest we have a large quantity of supporters, the QUALITY of our support is unrivalled. Never more so yesterday when our fans protected a player's father from marauding thugs. So who cares what the BTs of this world think. It takes guts and heart to support this club and our supporters have this in spades. It's about time we all realised this and then maybe people outside the club will notice it as well.

We also have one of the highest membership take up as a percentage in the AFL , based on people claiming to support each club.Much higher than Essendon and Collingwood who have a much larger supporter(barracker) base than we do ,but as a percentage don't come near our figures when it comes to membership take up.

Makes me think ours is a much more loyal group of supporters than most.(Should this be on mythbusters? )

[Adam The God 30,256]

Thought he was quite positive last night on AFL Teams. Made a point of saying that the demons' improvement was impressive and that Bailey was doing a very good job, as did the other panellists.

Maybe Brian's been reading the Demonland forums?

[Guest Rojik of the Arctic]

Thought he was quite positive last night on AFL Teams. Made a point of saying that the demons' improvement was impressive and that Bailey was doing a very good job, as did the other panellists.

And used Davey to illustrate how the "quarter back" role should be utilised rather than Bowdens chip-chip-chip sideways style. Weird. Maybe Jimmy sent Danny to have a quiet word with him.

[w00dy 146]

Tonight on AFL teams, the second game was Melbourne Vs West Coast... Said something along the lines of "Going from 85,000 on Friday night, to 8,500 on Saturday afteroon where Melbourne take on West Coast"

[Bruce Almighty 0]

MMM just before the match yesterday

Mark Stevens – “we had Jim Stynes in earlier and you seemed to treat him with disdain. You seem to have a personnal vendetta against this football club Brian.

BT – “I have no problem with Jim Stynes who I think is doing a fantastic job, but I do have a problem with the Melbourne football club and in particular their supporters.

That was it, he didn’t expand and no more questions were asked. As usual with BT calling Melbourne, snide remarks were frequent throughout the call.

So does this date back to his playing days or did a Melbourne supporter run over his dog??

our least our supporters dont bash an old man of player 3 on 1 after the games, BT is a maggot just like the filth and i dont give two shits if he doesnt like us.

[twist 0]

Lets just not give his comments weight by taking any notice.

[Guest sticksmorton]

He has no respect for us because we are a mediocre club with a mediocre fan base, mediocre players, no stars, no presences in the AFL, teams dont fear us, where the laughing stock of the AFL, where in debt, we have a mediocre culture at the club.. we have No respect. We are a "[censored] Weak" club and we havent won a the flag since 64.

Thats why he hates us. For the last 45 years we have been a NOTHING club. Whose exsistance survives on our early history when teams fear playing us.

I have no grudge on BT hating us because we are infact a joke. Love it or hate it - It's the truth!