Emerald

I didn't watch the game yesterday but saw a clip today of Katy Perry riding on a giant sperm.

I was going to go but I'm pretty knackered driving down from Ayr the last few days so I passed through the Gold Coast earlier and decided to spend a sunny day at Brunswick Heads instead. Go Dees anyway and I'll pop in to enjoy the meltdown on this thread in a couple of hours.

I couldn't go because I have no desire to ever step foot in Melbourne again after the last few years. I might make it to the Gold Coast game.

I'm a two hour drive from Brisbane and my heart says go but my logic says no.

Fritsch needs to stop smiling when Melbourne's losing and after he kicks points. It's not the demeanour of someone who wants to win.

I'm thinking every game is a danger game from now on.

[censored] the Hawks are three places behind us on the ladder.

Revenge is like throwing sand at your enemy upwind, it comes back to hurt you. Winning the game is all that counts.

Kelli's voice is synching up well with the annoying nature of this game.

It seems each week we either have a long break or short break between games. I wonder if this lack of rhythm is a factor in Melbourne's Jekyll and Hyde personality this year.

My main beef with umpiring is when bad decisions in the first half effect the momentum of a game more so than a bad one towards the end.

They will be happy with the win but in the back of their minds they will know it was a pyrrhic victory and won't take us lightly next time.

We need to fix going for long periods without scoring. It's becoming habitual.

The Mark Neeld appreciation round

I don't often delight in other people's misery but beating a Scott brother always feels good.