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Cos he can????

Told you not to read the paper. Articles like that just show up our work ethic. What's that mean? I hear you ask...

It almost makes a mockery of the whole 'war on drugs' scenario. It's a very serious and bad joke. By the way, the brother of the ex Weagle also said the whole game is riddled with drug abuse: the Bombers were simply the only ones to get sprung.

Confirmed to me by the brother of the Full Back at the time. He also said a chap who played for them wasn't called 'The Chemist' for nothing.

All this blame game analysis is peeing into the wind. Just about every post about this topic is looking for a scapegoat. The bottom line is the team Roos and Goodwin coached and put together was good enough to get us into the Prelim Final last year. Apart from the loss of Kent and Hogan - both for reasons we'll probably not get to the bottom of, though the Kent issue surely was to do with his Injury track record, and Hogan's wasn't that much better - our list is almost the same as last years, presumably better with the addition of May and Kollo. In the meantime, the Injury Fate Gods have not been kind to us. Post season surgeries also didn't help. In other words, what's with the Blame Game??????

It occurred to me this morning - in my wild erratic fancy - that there is a precedent for the drop off this season. Remember 1994, crash 1995, though a soft one.. 1998, crash 1999. 2000, crash 2001. 2002, crash 2003. Most recently there were finals 2006, crash bang 2007.I could go on. Culture or co-incidence?

Weidemann was only called upon when Hogan was injured. He did play the odd game at the beginning of the year. I still think the main problem is the way the present Melbourne 'system' works. Or, more to the point, is not working. I've only seen highlights but when he did get a good chunk of a grab he was competing with Gawn! Not many forwards have kicked goals when there is so much mayhem and disfunction.

What the F is he meant to say at these meaningless, ritualistic press conferences? If you win the platitudes and questions are the same, ditto if you lose.They mean absolutely nothing. WHO CARES?

I hate boats, can't swim. was trying to be friendly...

Hey guys, it's a football match, no need to attack each other. Relax, take another valium, smile, be happy, we lost again, so fluckingwell what? Tomorrow the sun will come up, it'll be abnormally warm again and the rain they've forecast won't fall. There is nothing new under the sun, all is vanity and a striving after wind. So said the Preacher, Ecclesiastes.

I'm 68, should I keep believing?

Your daughter's faith in the easter Bunny kind of sums up Demon supporters...

Alama Ding Ding.

So Hard ask Hardtrack expects poor persecuted Israel to be totally faithful to his creed. Fair enough, old chap, he expects all others to obey the letter of his law.

Most of our recruited defenders are injured...

Don't worry, I've found it.

I agree with you entirely.

I simply feel Melbourne is a better side when he plays. His presence oozes confidence. His skills will improve with more game time but the strength he gives around the contest simply makes them more formidable. I really don't like all the talk about how he'll inevitable get suspended, he simply gives a strong and authentic contest. I love the guy already.

I'm a fickle watcher. I also can't stand the sight of blood, I faint if I nick myself shaving. In the meantime, because of an accumulation of post 1964 trauma I can hardly bear to watch a game if it looks like we are back on the frittering away boat. My motto is, I watch the replays if they win, otherwise the pain is too great. Finished watching the replay and I have great admiration for a very gutsy and determined win. Everybody had a red hot go and, yes there were 'issues', but it proved that these lads have commitment and a will to win again. What stood out most for me though - and this isn't an example of seeing a half full cup half empty - was the way Melbourne won despite very rarely taking advantage of Gawn's dominant ruck work. It would seem to me the lads need to do a bit of radar connection therapy because mostly they were where Gawn's taps weren't. Great win, though it must be said, the Swans are not a top side at the moment.

6: Oliver 5:Jones 4: Salem 3: Gawn 2: Melksham 1:Petracca

Pooper scooper!!!!

Please don't bring Beethoven - a human being whose life was dedicated to the betterment of the human condition - into this. We're talking about corruption and the powers of corrupt persuasion. We're talking about the corruption of the very judicial system we falsely believe is sacrosanct. As Dickens wrote in Bleak House, our judicial system is a joke.

If you stacked them together they'd still be shorter than the mighty Brisbane Big O.

Now only one week. Therefore an elbow to the face as you run past a player is equivalent to someone standing his ground and bracing for a collision with a player looking the other way. I rest my case: it's totally corrupt, irresponsible, inconsistent and [censored] disgraceful.

Ask my wife, I'm never wrong.