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Earl, no doubt you have plenty of "initiatives" in the pipeline. When do you plan to launch your ""products" ?

Perhaps for quiet reflection in order to maintain some balance and to remember our past. In order to go forward we have to remember where we have come from. Not to be consumed by it but it allows us to appreciate our success that much more.

Despite the talk about resting players, just can't see how you can make any changes to this winning side. Individually and collectively they are on fire. Not a bad player. Any changes can only be for soreness or injury. Gee, there are going to be a lot of impatient guys at Casey who must be wondering if they will ever get a look in. How do you keep them happy and motivated?

This is becoming very indulgent.

Humble is the word that comes to mind.

Thinking of all those old Demon players, family and friends, all Demons, no longer with us, smiling down from Red & Blue heaven.

Just celebrate. Time to love and forgive old chap.

Great to read these comments. A time to celebrate and a time for reflection. We have all had our opinions along the way but we are the Demon Army. No time for smart a....... to say I told you so. A time to join as one.

Get some sleep Angry

Dark days may be over? They are over.

Rod Grinter, great advice and your generosity is amazing. People like you restore my faith in human nature. Will definitely check it out next year, if I am still on this mortal coil. Now sorry that I didn't get organized this year.

harsh but probably true.

Some good points Buck. My comment was a just a general philosophical view. Part of the problem seems to be that AFL exercises its largesse along discretionary lines rather than established principles or rules, giving rise to argument over fairness etc. .

We have no reason to complain about other clubs getting a helping hand. Without AFL assistance we may not even be around.

Was a shocker of a place. No public transport, terrible car park, and had its own micro climate usually unfavourable. However, my main dislike was that you were so far away from the play, you felt disengaged particularly when play was on the other side of the ground. In home and away games it generated little crowd atmosphere. But does anyone remember the very early days when the outer had only concrete steps and no seats!

Love the emotion. Think many of us feel like you do but you have expressed the key features that make this guy so loveable and so Melbourne. He is a deadset legend.

I can’t think of another MFC player that has been so consistent week in week out over such a long period. He may not be our greatest player of all time but he goes close to being the most consistent.

Tom is in a fantastic negotiating position. Could not have worked out better for him. Playing where he wants to play up forward, playing great footy, playing with his brother, and now having team success after years battling his heart out down back in losing teams. On top of of it all he is set for a big pay rise.

Thanks. True. Having a great season.

Interesting stats, but you still need to get the pill. 3 of those named cant get a game.

Thinking the same thing, must have wandered onto this thread by mistake. Is he trying to kill off this thread after all? Although he does tend to play the Bud Abbott to all the eccentrics who visit this place. Also appears to be a bit of a chameleon at times, which tends to be a characteristic of those in his profession. So lets not take him seriously. His sense of humour is very very dry.

A win on the weekend

An interesting one. In a few weeks, he has become one of our most valuable players. One that we can't afford to lose. However, we have to have enough money to pay the rest of the team. Its the dilemma that all top teams face. Realistically, we are probably going to lose one or two along the way and it may hurt. Players like Hunt and Stretch will probably go if they are not given games. However, the lure of success, playing with your mates, playing finals etc is a huge incentive to stay. And Tom has his brother. He is probably going to be offered more by other clubs, so if Tom chooses to stay, he will be doing so for less. A long term deal may be the way to go.

Slow start. Although the Tigers are a team that often starts slowly, plays defensively for the first half, locks down the opposition, then blows them away in the second, with gut running and using space to attack. Goodwin has got to see it as a good thing- means things to work on, improvements still to be made. Yet still a big win. Very positive from a coaches viewpoint.

We might need to ask Kevin McCloud whether "the build" will be completed this season or whether it will be a little longer.