2 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

It’s like that Xmas Eve when I was a kid and I was sure I was going to get a Mongoose BMX with pegs. Very exciting. Come Xmas Day I got some lime green BMX from Kmart I had to assemble myself. I put it together and ghosted it down Jells Road (Possibly the steepest hill in Melbourne?) 

Worst.Xmas.Ever. 

Did you put the piece of cardboard in the spokes with a clothes peg?

9 minutes ago, FireInTheBelly said:

Did you put the piece of cardboard in the spokes with a clothes peg?

I was 12 years old on a lime green BMX that had cartoon animal decals on it. There was no way I was going to draw extra attention to myself by making it make extra noise.

Edited August 18, 20187 yr by Ethan Tremblay

1 minute ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I was 12 years old on a lime green BMX that had cartoon animal decals on it. There was no way I was going to draw extra attention to myself by making it make extra noise.

You were lucky! We used to dream of having a lime green BMX with cartoon animal decals. Luxury.

Dropped my Suzuki T 250 on that bloody hill, took ages to get it back upright. Any Demonlanders in Berlin

I bought my son a lime green bmx from k-mart just this Christmas gone. Father of the year.

While I’m interested in anyone who grew up in Glen Waverley, I’m being a spoiler and making a football observation!

Why do umpires never pay over the mark against Hawthorn or the Swans last weekend.

Last night fourth quarter in last 5-10 minutes, commentator actually called Hawk player for metre over the mark, the fact he’d taken three steps seemed a lot more than a metre. But Hawthorn players are always over the mark and never get pinged!

Why?

26 minutes ago, D4Life said:

While I’m interested in anyone who grew up in Glen Waverley, I’m being a spoiler and making a football observation!

Why do umpires never pay over the mark against Hawthorn or the Swans last weekend.

Last night fourth quarter in last 5-10 minutes, commentator actually called Hawk player for metre over the mark, the fact he’d taken three steps seemed a lot more than a metre. But Hawthorn players are always over the mark and never get pinged!

Why?

Do you need to ask? The answer is obvious.

16 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

If we win both games from here, we likely finish 5th or 6th (depending on results in the GWS-Sydney and Sydney-Hawthorn games).

We can still make the top 4 (for those still playing that game) - we need us to win both, Sydney to beat GWS but lose to Hawthorn, and then either Hawthorn loses to St Kilda or Collingwood loses to Fremantle so that we can pass them on 14 wins with our percentage. That means we can theoretically still finish as high as 3rd. 

If we win just one game, we'll likely finish 6th-8th (depending largely on what happens with Geelong's percentage and then the results of the GWS-Sydney and Sydney-Hawthorn games).

If we lose both games, we'll finish 8th if Port lose to Essendon and North lose one game. We'll finish 9th if only one of things happens (i.e. if Port wins or if North wins both). We'll finish 10th if neither of those things happens (i.e. Port wins and North wins both).

I believe now this works as follows:

1. If we win both we finish 5th (4th if Fremantle upsets Collingwood) and we host Geelong (unless they somehow lose to GC)
2. If we win one but lose the other we'lll likely finish 8th. If our win is against WC then we'll play GWS, if our win is against GWS then we'll play the loser of Sydney-Hawthorn
3. If we lose both but scrape into the finals (requires North to lose a game and Port to lose to Essendon), then we finish 8th and we get GWS unless Fremantle beats Collingwood, in which case we'd get Collingwood.

10 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

Go to bed, sweet Ethan.  Tomorrow you get the Mongoose you've always dreamed of.

Melbourne winning will henceforth be known as “Getting a Mongoose”.

3 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Melbourne winning will henceforth be known as “Getting a Mongoose”.

With pegs.

BUMP!!

What’s the score in the Blues v Dogs game?

Just now, Dee Zephyr said:

BUMP!!

What’s the score in the Blues v Dogs game?

Who cares?

12 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

It’s like that Xmas Eve when I was a kid and I was sure I was going to get a Mongoose BMX with pegs. Very exciting. Come Xmas Day I got some lime green BMX from Kmart I had to assemble myself. I put it together and ghosted it down Jells Road (Possibly the steepest hill in Melbourne?) 

Worst.Xmas.Ever. 

A friend of mine at school was killed riding a bike in Jells Road. He was aged around 10 years from memory. A truck hit him.

3 minutes ago, President Dee Trump said:

A friend of mine at school was killed riding a bike in Jells Road. He was aged around 10 years from memory. A truck hit him.

I remember that hill on Jells Road

I wasn’t from the area, but a couple of guys i was studying with in the 80’s were. Gave them a lift home many times, that hill was scary, my Rotary was screaming in 2nd gear!!!

11 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

BUMP!!

What’s the score in the Blues v Dogs game?

Riveting classic under the roof at Etihad with a shoot out.

14-13 10mins into the 2nd

15 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Why?

they had an off night and still won. We at the MFC can only dream such scenario’s. 

It will be forgotten about by Monday afternoon 

Clarkson looked savage on that result. Nothing will be forgotten by Monday.

Incidentally, if the Saints were paid the 50 metre penalty they deserved with about one minute 30 left on the clock Clarkson would have been in an even darker mood. Amazing that umpires are red hot on players in the 'protected zone' even when they are clearly trying to avoid interfering with play, yet they don't pay the age old 50 metre penalties that are so often there for stepping a metre or two over the mark.

Saints needed a lucky break...like an umpire doing the job properly...and didn't get it.

14 minutes ago, pitmaster said:

Clarkson looked savage on that result. Nothing will be forgotten by Monday.

Incidentally, if the Saints were paid the 50 metre penalty they deserved with about one minute 30 left on the clock Clarkson would have been in an even darker mood. Amazing that umpires are red hot on players in the 'protected zone' even when they are clearly trying to avoid interfering with play, yet they don't pay the age old 50 metre penalties that are so often there for stepping a metre or two over the mark.

Saints needed a lucky break...like an umpire doing the job properly...and didn't get it.

Fair enough. Didn’t see the game, just followed the scores. 

Still reckon after a monday morning review, it will be forgotten. 

Whorethorn always move forward. Lucky pricks

28-26 at half time under the roof. Wowee

Edited August 19, 20187 yr by SFebes

6 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Melbourne winning will henceforth be known as “Getting a Mongoose”.

@Ethan Tremblay

Ethan got his mongoose!!!  Merry Xmas you son of a gun!!

 

8 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

@Ethan Tremblay

Ethan got his mongoose!!!  Merry Xmas you son of a gun!!

 

Do a kickflip, @Ethan Tremblay

It’s so pathetic watching battlers like north trying to scrape into the finals...

Just now, bringbackthebiff said:

It’s so pathetic watching battlers like north trying to scrape into the finals...

LOL.

Love that we can laugh at North now.  At least one Scott brother didnt make the 8.

So beat GWS= Home final v cats 

mid we lose

swans beat hawks = final v hawks 

hawks beat swans =final v swans at scg 

 

Dees in the finals.  Yeah!

Crows did the right thing and knocked North out of the running.

Essendon also out of the running.

Yes...a very, very good weekend!

North can concentrate on their war chest now!