On 2/23/2018 at 9:57 AM, Jaded said:

I'm so glad firewall has blocked me from watching this and spared me 5 minutes of my life I will never get back!

Wrong call and have a listen.  Its an excellent summation between Robinson and David King.  Not to be trusted based on last year and selfishness. King has the faith and has a good logic, Robinson looks at history and who can blame him but still gives credit where its due.

The team owe us after sitting through the last game and talk is cheap.

I expect them to be at least 3 - 1 after four rounds if the team is serious about hurting after last year.

3 hours ago, Biffen said:

    Scientists have discovered that the galaxy contains not just one giant black hole ,but a whole series of black holes ,much like those to be found in Robbos liver and brain.

  When Robbo saw his career counsellor after failing year 9 English ,she advised him that he would never make it as a forklift driver, which involves remaining sober for part of the day ,so he fell into a career as a Sports writer at The Herald Sun.

 From there he learnt to mangle the English language into his own creation ,using neither nouns nor verbs, but instead nicknames, as a substitute for context and meaning in sentences.The very mention of a popular or successful players' moniker gives the reader/listener both the subject matter and a hint at Robbos intimate knowledge of the game/player itself.

 After 5 failed marriages, Robbo has decided to give up searching for love on Filipino Brides.com and dedicate himself solely to AFL coverage and beer.When Robbo is not pursuing his only two passions, he sleeps in the janitors closet so as to be awoken at 9am ,fresh for work, by his trusty friend and ally Rajesh ,who sometimes lets Robbo borrow his Glen 20 as a deodorant substitute and will reluctantly lend him a jacket for TV appearances.

 Despite failing mental health and declining personal hygiene Robbo has built a fan base of 16 dedicated bar flies who have steadfastly attempted to listen to his rambling oratory and miscellaneous observations on beer nuts,bosoms and what great bloke James Hird is.Closing time is cited as Robbos deepest regret in life,one that constantly comes back to haunt him as he regales his followers with story after story after story after story.....Usually the same one repeated.

   Robbo has enjoyed all the fruits of a life in the media and has invested wisely over the years to prepare for his inevitable forced early retirement.He is rumoured to have shares in a Nigerian Oil syndicate backed by a large conglomeration of African Royalty ,which are expected to pay off handsomely after maturation.He is also alleged to have invested in Chemical production facilities that stretch along the Eastern seaboard from Lara to the Gold Coast with his "mate" Bomber.

    With his business acumen and his bloodhound -like ability to both smell a good story and smell like a bloodhound ,Robbo has excelled at making numerous friends across the country ,friends who are so busy and successful they never have time to answer their phones nor reply to his misspelt messages but that is the rarified oxygen he steals.

He is truly a one-off.And an off-one at that.

 

 

Best post of 2018 so far......

seriously guys, did any of you think you were going to get some unique insight from slobbo, or even some small smidgen of information to justify starting a thread on his 'opinion',let alone posting any response to his inebriated scribbling

I really could not care less what any of these so called media pundits think of our chances... I only care that we make finals, and opinions, regardless of where they come from, will have no bearing on that.

He really does struggle to put 2 words together. Must have been a big summer for Slobbo. 

They say opposites attract, which would explain why Hutchison detests Slobbo so much. They are just so similar

Yesterday i heard Dr Turf and Hutchison asking a10 year old kid whether he had opened a phone account yet? Just disgraceful. 

I have family members who blew the lot on horse racing, and nobody knew until it was all done. 

Horse ? Racing is not a sport, it is a money grabbing industry. 

Sorry i digress, But it is sad when we are forced to hear these morons opinions, if we want to hear about sport

grrrr....

3 hours ago, Biffen said:

    Scientists have discovered that the galaxy contains not just one giant black hole ,but a whole series of black holes ,much like those to be found in Robbos liver and brain.

  When Robbo saw his career counsellor after failing year 9 English ,she advised him that he would never make it as a forklift driver, which involves remaining sober for part of the day ,so he fell into a career as a Sports writer at The Herald Sun.

 From there he learnt to mangle the English language into his own creation ,using neither nouns nor verbs, but instead nicknames, as a substitute for context and meaning in sentences.The very mention of a popular or successful players' moniker gives the reader/listener both the subject matter and a hint at Robbos intimate knowledge of the game/player itself.

 After 5 failed marriages, Robbo has decided to give up searching for love on Filipino Brides.com and dedicate himself solely to AFL coverage and beer.When Robbo is not pursuing his only two passions, he sleeps in the janitors closet so as to be awoken at 9am ,fresh for work, by his trusty friend and ally Rajesh ,who sometimes lets Robbo borrow his Glen 20 as a deodorant substitute and will reluctantly lend him a jacket for TV appearances.

 Despite failing mental health and declining personal hygiene Robbo has built a fan base of 16 dedicated bar flies who have steadfastly attempted to listen to his rambling oratory and miscellaneous observations on beer nuts,bosoms and what great bloke James Hird is.Closing time is cited as Robbos deepest regret in life,one that constantly comes back to haunt him as he regales his followers with story after story after story after story.....Usually the same one repeated.

   Robbo has enjoyed all the fruits of a life in the media and has invested wisely over the years to prepare for his inevitable forced early retirement.He is rumoured to have shares in a Nigerian Oil syndicate backed by a large conglomeration of African Royalty ,which are expected to pay off handsomely after maturation.He is also alleged to have invested in Chemical production facilities that stretch along the Eastern seaboard from Lara to the Gold Coast with his "mate" Bomber.

    With his business acumen and his bloodhound -like ability to both smell a good story and smell like a bloodhound ,Robbo has excelled at making numerous friends across the country ,friends who are so busy and successful they never have time to answer their phones nor reply to his misspelt messages but that is the rarified oxygen he steals.

He is truly a one-off.And an off-one at that.

 

 

You are a classic.

On 2/23/2018 at 10:06 AM, drdrake said:

I think a lot of people would have Melbourne outside top 8.  Even most supporters are hoping we make the finals rather have the expectation that we do.

I'm one of them, hoping we do with no real confidence that we will.  Ability wise we have the talent, mentally do we still have that mental fragility.

 

On 2/23/2018 at 11:28 AM, Forest Demon said:

I agree with his reservations. He hasn't forgotten that woeful effort in the final round of last year, and I haven't either.

On paper, we should make the 8, but there is a lot more to it than that.

 

 

On 2/23/2018 at 11:39 AM, sisso said:

Pre-season predictions are pure guesswork, no one really has any idea. Who would have tipped the Bulldogs for 2016 premiers or the Tigers for 2017? Most pundits didn't even have them making finals in their respective years!

I can only hope we fall into this category Sisso.  Unfortunately this club has great cred, but unfortunately for not winning the games it should (or is expected) to win, time and time again, over many seasons now.

I'm not big on Robbo and his analysis or lack thereof generally, but i'm in his camp in the sense that i will believe we are going to make the eight when we have no chance of missing the eight.  Whenever that is!

On Paper many teams look like they should make the eight.  Doing so is obviously a lot harder however, and depends on many issues.   One of the key areas is having a very light injury list throughout the year (and very few suspensions to key players!).  You will find both the Doggies and Toiges went through their Premiership seasons with a very good result in this area, as most Premiership teams do.  Unfortunately we usually suck in this area and have done so for many decades now.

As always with the MFC i am hoping for the best but also prepared for something less.

Edited February 25, 20187 yr by Rusty Nails

3 hours ago, daisycutter said:

seriously guys, did any of you think you were going to get some unique insight from slobbo, or even some small smidgen of information to justify starting a thread on his 'opinion',let alone posting any response to his inebriated scribbling

That's a bit tough. He may not be inebriated. He could just be stupid.

6 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

That's a bit tough. He may not be inebriated. He could just be stupid.

lol, dream on ldvc

why can't he be both?

Not sure why people are surprised or upset by this, in no particular order I’d have crows, cats, port, swans, tigers and gws ahead of us in the race for the 8 and I’d have us on par with bombers, saints, wc and dogs. So I don’t think it’s unreasonable to have us missing the 8 again

18 minutes ago, Garbo said:

Not sure why people are surprised or upset by this, in no particular order I’d have crows, cats, port, swans, tigers and gws ahead of us in the race for the 8 and I’d have us on par with bombers, saints, wc and dogs. So I don’t think it’s unreasonable to have us missing the 8 again

It's not unreasonable to think we won't make the eight.  I don't blame anyone for not trusting us.   But I do expect insightful analysis. 

Btw, we'll be better than Port.  We have a better and more balanced list.  They do not have one elite defender and barely any I'd put in the very good category. 

I also have us ahead of the others you place us on a par with.  Essendon have zero grunt in their midfield.  They will be slaughtered by the good teams, because they don't win contested footy.  We're now ahead of St Kilda by some margin.  They lack genuine class.  And perhaps you can tell me who's going to kick Footscray's goals ?

We beat all three last year and I expect the gap too grow. 

It's one thing not being biased and another not understanding the opposition's strengths and weaknesses.

4 hours ago, Garbo said:

Not sure why people are surprised or upset by this, in no particular order I’d have crows, cats, port, swans, tigers and gws ahead of us in the race for the 8 and I’d have us on par with bombers, saints, wc and dogs. So I don’t think it’s unreasonable to have us missing the 8 again

You just listed last year's eight and those that narrowly missed as this year's eight. Really going out on a limb there.

5 hours ago, Nasher said:

You just listed last year's eight and those that narrowly missed as this year's eight. Really going out on a limb there.

Sure but reading through peoples reactions you would think Robbo just shot bambi by suggesting as much

9 hours ago, ProDee said:

And perhaps you can tell me who's going to kick Footscray's goals ?

Outside of Stringer they are have the same fwd line that won them the flag in 2016, if they can find some of that form again they should be back in the 8 this year, I don't think Richmonds fwd line was any more potent last year either.  For the last 2 years at least the team that ultimately won has been the best at creating pressure inside the f50 and more importantly defending

2 hours ago, Garbo said:

Sure but reading through peoples reactions you would think Robbo just shot bambi by suggesting as much

Outside of Stringer they are have the same fwd line that won them the flag in 2016, if they can find some of that form again they should be back in the 8 this year, I don't think Richmonds fwd line was any more potent last year either.  For the last 2 years at least the team that ultimately won has been the best at creating pressure inside the f50 and more importantly defending

They will never get the same dream run by the umpires again.

Both port and essdrug, are in same boat  both are down hill skiers, rocky get plenty of pos but can't hit a target, motlop  only runs one way, and we all know watts. Essdrug all there new players run one way, none can win the hard ball, they have done nothing at  all in improving that stat, they have lost there only inside mid, beat essdrug on the inside and they have no answers.

1. Woodward

2. Bernstein

3. Slobbo

That's how I have them.

 

Did Slobbo mention Watts?

1 hour ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

Did Slobbo mention Watts?

He mentioned Jamie Bennell last year despite the fact he hadn’t played with us for at least three years. So I wouldn’t be surprised. At all.

I won't watch it but I'm guessing he does the classic Robbo 180 in the space of 2 sentences.

1. "It's not for me to say where they will finish.  I don't know what is going on in their heads.  I don't know how the camp fiasco will play out.  I don't know how the Watts exit will affect them.  I don't know.  (pause)....I just don't know".

2. "But if you arks me, they miss.  Just when ya think Melbourne are about to come...they let you down.  They let you down.."

I don’t think Slobbo will make the finals

He is not at all well....

i just crossed him off my xmas card list

I saw Slobbo out once.

What a wreck!