Chris

Bernie ran infront of Bugg to recieve when he has to run behind, that was the comentary explination anyway

Not long term but he is still the best option short term while the two at Casey develop more.

We were worse than either of them easily. We basically went 2 years where we could only beat the 2 new teams.

First 10 minutes? They kicked 4 in 4 minutes of play. Our players came out asleep and it cost us the game.

Pull your head in Saty. I have never understood why people on here go you so much, up until now that is.

Obviously recognizing sarcasm is a weakness of yours Saty.

I think we are actually very close in our thinking but just express it differently.

Michelle Cowan has stepped down from all roles with the club due to family reasons restricting her ability to relocate to Melbourne. http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2016-07-01/cowan-to-step-down-as-womens-coach Hopefully she finds a role with the womens team at Freo and gets the chance to continue the good work she has done with the womens league with us over the last few years.

I do always aim to impress!

Stats for the full 25 named for this week MFC AFC Diff Average Age 23.5 24.9 -1.4 Average Games 68.1 91.0 -22.9 Back Line Ave Age 22.5 22.8 -0.3 Ave Games 51.3 72.3 -21.0 Fol (includes wing) Ave Age 25.2 26.3 -1.2 Ave Games 98.8 131.0 -32.2 Fwd Ave Age 24.4 23.1 1.3 Ave Games 58.3 118.8 -60.5 Int Ave Age 24.4 23.1 1.3 Ave Games 64.6 49.0 15.6 Melbourne Games Backline Fol Fwd Int total 0-50 3 1 4 3 11 51-100 3 3 0 3 9 101-150 0 0 2 1 3 151-200 0 1 0 0 1 200+ 0 1 0 0 1 25 AFC Games Backline Fol Fwd Int total 0-50 2 2 1 4 9 51-100 2 0 2 3 7 101-150 2 2 1 0 5 151-200 0 1 1 0 2 200+ 0 1 1 0 2 25 MFC Back AFC Fwd Diff Age 22.5 23.1 -0.6 Games 51.3 118.8 -67.5 MFC Fwd AFC Back Age 24.4 22.8 1.6 Games 58.3 72.3 -14.0 This has to be one of the more experienced teams we have listed in a while yet we are still a year behind in age and experience pretty much across the board. With Trangove, Grimes, and Garlett on the bench it does put us in front in that department though. Our backline, which some on here detest, some dislike, and a few don't mind, goes in against one of the best forward 6 in the comp being behind my 60 games experience on average! Could get ugly fast but I am one of the few don't mind our defence (with the qualifier that they do fall apart when the pressure up the ground fails). My prediction - 6-7 goal loss, most of that margin being dealt out in a couple of 10 minute patches.

You say they need support and you also say that you stand up for them when required. That is what Stuie and I are saying, you stand up and you fight when needed and you do so in support of the those you are fighting for, you don't fight for them if they are not willing to fight themselves. The other difference, and feel free to correct me if I misread this, is that you will fight for someone under direct attack, if you see a direct wrong you will stand against it. Stuie and I, again Stuie correct me if I am wrong, will both do the same, but we will also both call out the bulltish attitudes that prevail in society that lead to these type of instances. Preventative measures if you like. You will let this slide and keep quiet. Love it how you say they don't need interference just after telling us how you interfere/intervene. I am also not a crusader (if I was a crusader I would be alone or at the forefront of the discussion, that is miles from being the case), I most certainly don't do it for myself, and I do it in conversation and support of the people in my life who welcome this support, and every single one of them is appreciative.

And what about what he said? I assume you ignored that because you don't have an answer. Let me make it easy for you, he may simply have mixed his words up a bit and said 'will go to' instead of 'went to'. Entirely possible. I may also be hearing it wrong, also entirely possible. Or, he said 'will go to' because this was filmed before the QB game and the club have been found out holding on to info, which many suspect them of doing. This point is the crux of the comment, not the minor points you picked on. Although if it made you feel better then great, happy I helped your day a little.

Agree in general with this. To back up your comments all of the people I have found who think it is a celebration are younger than me (born post 1980), are generally older children, and generally didn't have a family member go to any of the wars. There is a definite disconnect at a personal level which may go back to their parents as well. Some of them even wouldn't watch a TV show like MASH because it glorified war, even though it does the exact opposite. It seems there are many people out there who think anything to do with war is a glorification of it and a celebration of it. That is true in some instances but rarely in anything recent outside of video games. This generation needs to be taught that it is not something to celebrate and never will be, even celebrating the Aussie tenacity is off putting to me as we weren't the only ones with it and we had it anyway, with our without war. I also don't think people should sit around being contemplative all day but care has to be taken to not turn a sombre and reflective event into a celebration of things it is not. Time may well kill ANZAC day and its true meaning but it shouldn't do so while we still have people fighting and dying in wars in our name, rightly or wrongly.

I am glad not every one takes the stance you do that you stand behind the oppressed and persecuted and let them fight their own fight while you cheer them on. I would far prefer to be the one standing next to them saying clearly that I support them and will stand with them and fight the fight. That includes calling mates out, If they don't like then get stuffed. If you don't have standards for the people you keep company with then what standards do you have for yourself?

I don't take the fight from them, I stand beside them and fight with them.

But Nev wasn't in Bullen, he was in Dandenong for training.

He says in the video that he will be taking the players to the QB day game. You may well be right about the grass but the ground still looks solid and the crowd don't look cold. I still think the club are being a little sneaky.

Because this thread isn't about Jetta resigning as such and is more about the fact he resigned ages ago and it is asking the question as to who else has signed that we don't know about. Did you actually read what I wrote?

Well aware of the history of attendances at the ANZAC parades, doesn't change one thing about what the day is actually about. Is also a huge leap to say the footy match changed this in any real way. There were far more things at play through that period, like Vietnam, that made ANZAC day of the time what it was. There is also a misconception I have come across a lot about ANZAC day being a day of celebration and people not supporting it because they don't want to celebrate war. Once you explain what it is actually about these people usually come around, most of the people I have found with this mindset are children of parents who made up the protesters of ANZAC day and everything war. I agree there has been a reduction in the language but it still gets spouted. The ANZAC spirit one gets spouted by the far right racist thugs quite a bit as well, the irony being that they are against the muslims when the ANZACS had a good amount of respect for the muslims they were fighting and traded with them and played sport with them during a cease fire. Not to mention they fought side by side in certain places in other theaters of war. I have no issue with the ANZAC eve game, I have no real issue with playing footy on ANZAC day, I have no issue with the minutes silence and services held. I have a big issue with the ANZAC day game becoming the centre piece of the day, which is has done when you sell it like it has been.

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2016-07-01/jetta-signs-on Have listen to the video around the 55 second mark, is it just me or does Jetta say has invited the players along to the Queens Birthday game. Then look at the turf which looks hard and dry and the crowd aren't in pants or warm clothes and it makes me wonder when Jetta actually signed his contract! My guess is April or before. That makes me think the club is announcing things on a schedule so we all feel good in small doses through the year. Smart thing to do but makes me wonder who else has signed that we haven't heard about yet!

They should start it but they can not push it due to fact they are normally minorities without power. Unless the 'mainstream' get on board and help to push it will never go anywhere. As I have done on here many times I will speak out against the poor treatment of women (and others) yet I am not a women, should I remain silent while my wife and daughter fight, or should I stand by them and fight the fight to?

Says it all when the put the names of those lost on the banned at it is letters about a meter high so they can fill the space! Plenty of other clubs gave far more and perhaps none gave less.

I also struggle with the day being sullied by excitement over a game of footy, the day is about remembrance of the futility of war and the sacrifices made by all while under the charge of the egotistical few. Yes there is a minutes silence which is absolutely adhered to. How many people in society now think of a footy match when hearing ANZAC day mentioned? Far too many is the answer and that is a great loss for the day and for those who lived through all wars, and those who didn't make it to the end. Don't even get me started on the whole 'going into battle', 'in the spirit of the ANZACs' crap that gets bought out every year. Insulting, ignorant crap!

Especially once you realise that the AFL don't give ASADA the results of these tests and that many of the 'ilicit drugs' they test for, and players test positive to, are banned by WADA. It is nothing more than the AFL protecting their players from WADA bans through a not very well covered psuedo program that is sold as good social policy. Scrap the three strikes policy, give the cash to ASADA, and hang on!

Agreed, I think the 'do as I say' line must have come across the wrong way as it made it seem very authoritarian.