ManDee

You think the club haven't been planning this for quite some time? The club would have contingency plans for all sorts of occurrences, injuries, loss of form, improved form etc. Maybe some supporters are scratching their heads but I really believe this has been in the planning for quite a while. Weid is only part of the solution, May is also. I believe that we will be a better side in 2019.

On the Franklin comparison: Hawthorn 2013 Franklin kicks 60 goals club 414 goals -2014 No Franklin club kicks 418 = minus Franklin's 60 but +4 goals! Sydney 2013 no Franklin 363 goals add Franklin 79 goals for 2014 club drops to 351 for the season. = add Franklins 79 but club -12 We are not minus 47 goals!

post hoc ergo propter hoc!

That defies logic! How does he take 47 goals with him? Are we playing with less players? If we are playing with a replacement player I presume they will help in the goal tally. Do Fremantle have as many forward entries that he enjoyed at Melbourne? It is ridiculous to say we are losing 47 goals. We are losing a player that kicked 47 goals but we may kick more without him. Does that mean he left goals behind? Just give up the notion that we are losing Hogan therefore we lose all those goals. Think of poor Hawthorn when Buddy left, think of the goals he took with him, oh wait a minute didn't they win a flag without him, how was that possible? Edit: 2013 Franklin kicked 60 goals for Hawthorn - without Franklin Hawthorn won the flag in 2014 & 2015

Apology accepted. As for city people and city life I always love the look of the city (in the rear vision mirror) When it comes to the mighty MFC I am a fully paid up country member and don't you forget. (free hit)

Ernie, I live in the country. I may identify as a city (???) because I went to school there. Going to bed a 9am reminds me of my youth but may be a typo. I travel overseas every year and I care about the language and is distresses me when people don't care. (I suspect they don't know any better) but when a fellow poster used coqnescent (sic) I suspect it is not a typo.

Funny how some of us view goals. Did Tyson take his 340 possessions? Does Steven May bring 295 possessions? I like Alistair Clarksons "one soldier out , one soldier in," philosophy. Hogan as good as he is is not 47 goals better that his replacement. I for one think that we will kick more goals in 2019 than 2018 but I am an optimist.

Spell check broken? Or is fully coqnescent your hommage to priapism?

Halfway there? That guy in the stars & stripes shorts can fight and I don't mean the Freddie Mercury look alike.

But you try and tell the young people today that... and they won't believe ya'.

Did you go out with Pena too? Her dad owns a bus company.

Common problem?

I've got this, in my lifetime it is 4 - 3 our way.

DC, I have little faith in figures provided by footy clubs. I have found that heights listed are often way off, as for weight that is harder to determine. I am 184cm and tower over some players listed at 186cm

Providing these two don't kill each other both will improve, I love it.

If we all ignore it will it go away? I have more interest in eating a fatberg than watching AFLXyz..!

What a goose, I shall withdraw in disgrace.

Never trust Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Williams_(Australian_footballer,_born_1983) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mark Williams (born 13 April 1983) is an indigenous former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Essendon in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was traded from the Hawks to the Bombers during the 2009 AFL trade week.

Bennett better than Neitz! Many say Neitz played his best football as a defender. He certainly played much of his early career there and yet his career average is 2.1 goals per match. Bennett a forward averaged 2.8 Bennet never won the Coleman medal, Neitz did. Bennett's best was 4th then 10th and 10th in the Coleman. Neitz 1st, 3rd, 3rd, 5th and 9th Bennett 78 games - Neitz 306 Bennett's accuracy career 215goals 152 behinds, Neitz 631goals, 368 behinds. Neitz for me, plus he was hard, players feared being hit by Neitz not so much Bennett.

Mark Williams

I live in Mansfield and DeeMan was taken. I am not a cross dresser not that there is anything wrong with that.

The invisible pink unicorn has a [censored]?

Love bouncers within the rules.

DV8 curious! It is cheating when one cheats. Lance Armstrong was cheating before he got caught, getting caught simply proved it. I follow cricket and I was disgusted with sandpaper gate. Lost your bet, I answered. Sorry about not throwing shyte earlier, I had work.

What a load of cows excrement, you have a serious chip on that shoulder of yours DV8. It is the 21st century and thugs are no longer tolerated. Get used to it. I love tough footy but cheating is cheating and whether it be drugs or illegal tactics it has no place in today's sport.