Jarka

If he decides to go then my hope is Geelong. How sweet would it be for us to overtake them in the next three seasons, and if that happens he'll end up a nobody. No one will care about him at Geelong and the same at Melbourne. If he doesn't want to stay then [censored] him

I'm starting to think that it would be better if we traded Clark, obviously he is a massive talent but there are so many question marks over his ability to get back to his best.

Clubs are starting to realise just how bad it's looking that they're secretly trying to nab a bloke who hasn't even been cleared of a serious mental health issue.

This bloke was one of the worst divers going around, on Brent Harvey's level of diving. Short answer: No way. Long answer: No [censored] way.

It's like watching that scene of Moneyball at the start when they're all sitting around the room discussing potential recruits.

This is probably the best post I've ever seen on this website

I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, let's make judgements once we have all the facts, making decisions based on a muppets guesses (ie Barrett) is pretty silly.

There has been no quotes from his manager or himself saying that he does not want to play with Melbourne, something a lot of people are ignoring.

Why would you say that? *And there goes another 12 pages /sigh

Sorry to intrude on your....discussion, but does anyone think there is any chance that H will come to Melbourne? At the risk of discussing football, I think he would improve our team, however I'm uncertain how I would feel about him at our club.

Hogan, Jones, Tyson... I don't believe it, I think 'almost all of the team is available for trade' is more accurate.

Relief for hobbled Gawn?

20. A large part of the 'G will always be known as 'The Outer'. *Apologies if this has already be said, I didn't read the whole thread.

...I just want this season to end and the next pre-season to start so I can once again convince myself that we'll be better next year?

I think one of the biggest problems with Melbourne supporters are that we're very punch drunk. We've had it so bad for so long we now see negatives in everything when we continue to lose games. I've stopped making judgments on our players because everytime I watch a game now I just get angry at everything and everyone at the club. PJ was right, the only thing we have is hope, so for Salem I choose to hope that he will end up a very good player.

Here is the Social Litigators assessment of day 1, apologies if it's already been linked http://sociallitigator.com/2014/08/11/reading-the-tea-leaves-essendon-v-asada-opening-submissions/

It's actually worse than that, he admitted to taking a bribe to sign the deed.

Their peking duck is pretty good, that's about all I go for though.

Allen Jakovich - Back David Schwarz - Knees Gary Lyon - Back A bit depressing really.

Simon Eishold

Let's not rewrite history please. The only reason why Daniher didn't play him was because of his injuries.

Okay, I'll bite. Koby who? With Billy Stretch and Jake Lovett over the next couple of seasons having another 'gun' coming through would be...well...awesome

I'm not playing next season, in fact I don't even know why I'm still involved, probably just habit, I also wanted to make sure that Ryan didn't close it down just in case you guys want to continue. It stopped being fun a long time ago.

Edited: Out of respect to Ryan I'm not going to make any more references to it. Please see the Ultimate Footy page for an update Cheers all and see you in the finals

First of all you said that you contacted your solicitor and now you're saying your wife is the solicitor?! I stated an opinion that I believed that you didn't have cancer because I couldn't believe anyone who had cancer could be a terrible as you were to me when I told you that my mum is dying of cancer. I stated an opinion, I just couldn't believe how anyone in that situation could go on like you did. Even now I have problems accepting this about you. The reality is that I didn't accuse you of anything, you have interpreted that for yourself. So really feel free to sue me for that, in fact I'm already looking forward to the courts reaction especially considering I don't even know who you are, all I know you as is JCB. How can you defame someone's character when you don't even know who they are? What a complete waste of time that would be. 'Excuse me your honour, this person stated that he didn't believe I have cancer, I request the death penalty!!!' If you're going to (try to) sue me then just do it, stop talking about it and stop trying to destroy this competition, let's head to the courts and let our barristers sort it out. I could go into detail about all the things you've accused me of and how you've insulted me, but let's save it for the courts shall we. It's time to put up or shut up.