1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

At first glance I though this was a microphone, triggering wishful thinking regarding <insert 'preferred' commentator/interviewer>.

Then I saw the light.

Its a Cricket ball on a Trophy!

3 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Its a Cricket ball on a Trophy!

Quite the winning* catch, then!

*Wincing, even?

No sign of Mcaulif being looked at by the MRO.

Could we field a player with similar body shape and attributes and hide his face under a mask for Round 1?

37 minutes ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

Could we field a player with similar body shape and attributes and hide his face under a mask for Round 1?

I have fingers crossed for Luker so Batmania can become Melbourne again.

• One for the history buffs 😉

7 minutes ago, Palace Dees said:

I have fingers crossed for Luker so Batmania can become Melbourne again.

• One for the history buffs 😉

imagine if that had been the name chosen give batman's relations with the indigenous of tasmania...

batmania demons would have been an interesting team to barrack for against the future tasmanian devils, that's for sure

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by whatwhat say what

Sorry, but as terrible as this is for poor Luker, the comments here are just so typical of why the MFCSS acronym was ‘coined’. Sure he kicked 24 in 17 VFL matches last season, but it’s no guarantee he will have continued success at AFL level. I want him to succeed, and I also want Jeffo to succeed, but the fact that they are unavailable for the start of the season, is not the end of the world as the tone of some of the comments might suggest - I mean to say, we don’t even know the results of the scans yet, so how about we shelve the doom and gloom stuff at least until we learn what damage has been done (then we can panic!!! j/k).

In the meantime we have Mihocek and Melksham who we know are proven goal scorers, and as was shown in Friday’s ‘game’, we are now looking for leading forwards as opposed to just bombing it long and hoping. If we can stick to King’s game plan, I see plenty of reason to be optimistic.

33 minutes ago, hardtack said:

Sorry, but as terrible as this is for poor Luker, the comments here are just so typical of why the MFCSS acronym was ‘coined’. Sure he kicked 24 in 17 VFL matches last season, but it’s no guarantee he will have continued success at AFL level. I want him to succeed, and I also want Jeffo to succeed, but the fact that they are unavailable for the start of the season, is not the end of the world as the tone of some of the comments might suggest - I mean to say, we don’t even know the results of the scans yet, so how about we shelve the doom and gloom stuff at least until we learn what damage has been done (then we can panic!!! j/k).

In the meantime we have Mihocek and Melksham who we know are proven goal scorers, and as was shown in Friday’s ‘game’, we are now looking for leading forwards as opposed to just bombing it long and hoping. If we can stick to King’s game plan, I see plenty of reason to be optimistic.

I think the overwhelming feeling here is for the kid himself. His health issues and bad luck has been well documented. Most feel that he deserved a break and when he finally was getting some continuity (even allowing for a facial fracture) this happens 2 mins into the game that then was immediately stopped for 30 mins. You have to admit that must be tough for him to accept.

Yes, there is the team impact and frustration that another player has gone down (it is a supporter forum after all) but I'm reading more concern for the person than selection.

6 hours ago, hardtack said:

Sorry, but as terrible as this is for poor Luker, the comments here are just so typical of why the MFCSS acronym was ‘coined’. Sure he kicked 24 in 17 VFL matches last season, but it’s no guarantee he will have continued success at AFL level. I want him to succeed, and I also want Jeffo to succeed, but the fact that they are unavailable for the start of the season, is not the end of the world as the tone of some of the comments might suggest - I mean to say, we don’t even know the results of the scans yet, so how about we shelve the doom and gloom stuff at least until we learn what damage has been done (then we can panic!!! j/k).

In the meantime we have Mihocek and Melksham who we know are proven goal scorers, and as was shown in Friday’s ‘game’, we are now looking for leading forwards as opposed to just bombing it long and hoping. If we can stick to King’s game plan, I see plenty of reason to be optimistic.

I think it is reasonable for people to feel disappointed that a promising key forward started to show some signs has a potentially significant injury