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KOTD is one of the best terms ever coined on this site. It's up there with MFCSS, 192cm and 426.

When people talk about bleeding for the jumper, it makes me want to make them bleed.

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    OK I'll bite

    what does KOTD mean?

    google didn't really help ("Kiss of the Dragon"!)

    Smooched on the penis.

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    OK I'll bite

    what does KOTD mean?

    google didn't really help ("Kiss of the Dragon"!)

    Smooched on the penis.

    Chook is right. Hannabal coined it I believe in anticipation of the draft where we got Trengove, Gysberts, and Tapscott.

    I like the dragon though!

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    Hannabal coined it I believe in anticipation of the draft where we got Trengove, Gysberts, and Tapscott.

    And two further first round picks.

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    Did we tell him over the phone too?

    Telegraph. Just like a Miller handball.

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    If there was a league that encompassed the best players of the past twenty years not quite good enough for AFL footy, yet too good for the VFL ... Brad Miller would be the Wayne Carey of it.

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    If there was a league that encompassed the best players of the past twenty years not quite good enough for AFL footy, yet too good for the VFL ... Brad Miller would be the Wayne Carey of it.

    That's a whole new topic.

    Valenti, Bate, Dunn, Johnson (P and C)...we've had our share

    Reason for edit: doubled the number of Johnsons

    Edited by La Dee-vina Commedia

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    Add anything Americanized. Ie. Catch instead of mark and 'deefence'.

    "... on the season". Thanks for nothing James Brayshaw!

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    Sorry if this has been posted already but couldn't be bothered reading the whole 6 pages.

    I hate it when people say they gave or will give more than 100%.

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    KOTD. It normally rears its ugly head (no pun intended) around this time of year, when was the last time the MFC were KOTD? I think it's a stupid saying, and surely we can use better words to describe a similar situation.

    I'd say the last time we were KOTD, the umpires kept us out of the game against Port in the final round, seeing us finish a few spots lower than we would have with a win, and also getting a draft pick some 4 or so spots earlier.

    A draft pick we used to trade for Mitch Clark.

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    Sorry if this has been posted already but couldn't be bothered reading the whole 6 pages.

    I hate it when people say they gave or will give more than 100%.

    YES.

    It's the most stupid inane meaningless cliche.

    Then when people think 110% is cliched so they push it up to 115% or 120%!!

    The stupidity of it all!

    And the current pathetic contributions to the game:

    selling candy

    fat side of the ground

    shot on goal

    quarterback

    stoppage

    ban them

    I don't understand why anyone would have an issue with the "fat side" or "stoppage".

    It's like having an issue with a player being described as a "tagger" - they describe particular aspects of the game.

    If you like, we could go more american and use the term "weak side" instead?

    What would you prefer? Since these things don't have other terms to use as an alternative.

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    YES.

    It's the most stupid inane meaningless cliche.

    Then when people think 110% is cliched so they push it up to 115% or 120%!!

    The stupidity of it all!

    I don't understand why anyone would have an issue with the "fat side" or "stoppage".

    It's like having an issue with a player being described as a "tagger" - they describe particular aspects of the game.

    If you like, we could go more american and use the term "weak side" instead?

    What would you prefer? Since these things don't have other terms to use as an alternative.

    "The Phil Scully side"

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    Yes, a particular dislike of mine is the use of "Z" in place of the softer "S". :-)

    I too prefer the soft 's' where appropriate (not anything soft on the Footy field though) but I guess that i may be just a bit lazy and accept the auto spell check on the iPad and iPhone.

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    I don't understand why anyone would have an issue with the "fat side" or "stoppage".

    It's like having an issue with a player being described as a "tagger" - they describe particular aspects of the game.

    If you like, we could go more american and use the term "weak side" instead?

    What would you prefer? Since these things don't have other terms to use as an alternative.

    Can anyone please explain, in plain English, what is 'the fat side' -- Phil $cully references excluded.

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    Can anyone please explain, in plain English, what is 'the fat side' -- Phil $cully references excluded.

    Usually it means the area in the forward 50 with the greater space (and generally less congestion) for the forward to lead into.

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    Can anyone please explain, in plain English, what is 'the fat side' -- Phil $cully references excluded.

    It means the other side of the ground.

    Usually 'fat side' is preceded with 'switch to the.'

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    It means the other side of the ground.

    Usually 'fat side' is preceded with 'switch to the.'

    Yes, the opposite side of the ground to the one the ball is on.

    Often referred to as the "weak side" in basketball.

    As opposed to the "strong side" that the ball is on (we don't have an AFL equivalent term. Yet.)

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    I'd say the last time we were KOTD, the umpires kept us out of the game against Port in the final round, seeing us finish a few spots lower than we would have with a win, and also getting a draft pick some 4 or so spots earlier.

    A draft pick we used to trade for Mitch Clark.

    Don't get me wrong Lutz, I'm excited about getting Clark, and I'm as passionate about the Club as the next person, but the only time it will feel like I have been KOTD in terms of the MFC is when we win a flag. In the mean time, I'll just give myself a pat on the head if something good happens to the Club!

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    YES.

    It's the most stupid inane meaningless cliche.

    Then when people think 110% is cliched so they push it up to 115% or 120%!!

    The stupidity of it all!

    I don't understand why anyone would have an issue with the "fat side" or "stoppage".

    It's like having an issue with a player being described as a "tagger" - they describe particular aspects of the game.

    The reason people have a problem with terms like "fat side" is because they are over used. These terms are in vogue, and IMO commentators seem to sweat on being able to slip them into their call. You never hear them say “there’s plenty of room on the members wing” these days. Its “the fat side is on” – give me a break!

    Same goes for Elite & insipid. There are so many words which could be used to describe these players, teams or instances, but the footy media will use Elite & insipid whenever they get a chance.

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    Just because we have lots of excitement over our new draft picks doesn't mean the grammar critics can take a break.....

    "Body of Work"

    this one I first heard mentioned a couple of times by Garry03 but now Jason Taylor has pulled it out of his hat to describe Petracca

    http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-11-27/dees-new-dynamic-duo

    I know Petracca is well rated as a junior but "body of work" to describe 2 years of a developing under age footballer stretches the meaning of the phrase just a tad

    The crawling of "body of work" into footy lexicon is a curious one but follows the industry's need to overstate and hype to new levels.and borrow artists or academia's phraseology to justify itself.

    Did Petracca get a honorary PhD for these 2 years also?

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    "will be a (an absolute) gun" has been for many years a condemnation to disaster at MFC - how many times did I read this of Morton, Maric, Gysberts, $cully, even Cook, 426 etc etc.

    Hold your tongue until one can truly say "x is a gun"

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