Mazer Rackham

It would work better on Yahoo Answers. "Q. OMG my fave player is LEAVING do you think he will leave or not???" "A. If he tries to leave tap him on the nose and say NO. If he tries again tap him again. Eventually he'll get the message. Don't forget to reward him with a long term contract when he gets it right."

Membership of D'land plummets 50% overnight

I see it now. The MFC wants him to go to Freo! That's why Roos is leaving. To take up the reins at Freo. That's why Lyon is deliberately losing those games. So Freo can sack him to clear the path for Roos and Hogan. This is all the work of umpire Pannell. I see it now.

Wouldn't be Karl "worst CHF since Craig Starcevic" Langdon doing the talking would it? He's now got a vested interest in Hogan leaving.

Yes, and Viney's re-signing was an obvious ruse. I mean he never posted the contract on here did he???

For your heresies you are hereby outcast from the Nervous Nellies and Chicken Littles Society (A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the MFCSS Society).

We have to take it forward more than they do. We have to limit the time our leaky defence has to [censored] up and hand them scoring opportunities. Put another way, scoreboard pressure. Our mids can match their mids. Our forwards can match their forwards. But their defence is so much better than ours. Our only hope is to nullify that advantage.

"And here's this week's interpretation of that rule", continued the Cop. "If you're using the phone in the car you're gone. But if you're not texting, you're not gone, unless the car is in motion, in which case you're gone, unless the car is at a traffic light, in which case you're not gone, unless you're 15 metres from the intersection, in which case you're gone, unless you stay more than 10 metres from the cars around you, in which you're not gone, unless you had the intention not to use the phone, in which case you're gone ... "However, seeing as it's an article about Frawley, that means it's about Hawthorn which means you automatically get off."

OH NO! HOGAN HAS DARK HAIR!!! (Yeah I know. Wrong panic thread.)

Don't be so despondent. We'll have a few more losses on the journey to keep up the spirits of the likes of you.

What a shame for the lad that he had already been condemned to death by the nervous nellies on here.

Their supporters are waking up to it too.They're not too happy with their boom recruits Howe and Treloar.

Of course there is always another explanation. AFL commission: Come on Gil. It's easy! The fecker took drugs the year he won it. Of course he can't keep it. Gil: I know. I know. AFL commission: so take it off him! Gil: I know we should. It's only right. But then he'll sue us. AFL commission: Let him. We have better lawyers. Gil: ... and think of the kind of stuff that will come out in the court room. AFL commission: ............. ah ... Gil: ... the kind of embarrassing stuff we've spent 4 years burying. AFL commission: you're right Gil. This is a hard decision.

Gil doesn't make decisions. He makes deals. Of course he knows what the right decision would be. He just doesn't want to go there. Is it appropriate for the CEO to shirk his responsibilities?

The AFL can come down like a ton of bricks on a bootstudder who makes a $2 bet. Because of the sheer damage to the integrity of the game. But Jobby's medal is the hardest decision they'll ever have to make. Gil should have removed the medal immediately after the CAS announced their decision, before the 34 had time to launch their appeal. It's his own fault it's now dragging out.

If I found a man driving a truck of chicken poo fertilizer lost in the wilderness, I would say unto him, brother, the address you seek is Punt Road (cnr Brunton Ave) Richmond 3121. If I saw a woman unable to melt her membership ticket because her microwave was broken, I would say unto her, here, sister. Use my microwave as it were yours. If I saw a man too dry and parched to spit on his coach, I would say unto him, come, father. Sup of my wine that you may salivate once more. And I would do these charitable acts for any the 17 clubs!

Right on brother. Never in our dark times have I experienced anything other than disdain mockery and contempt for the mighty Demons. No one ever showed empathy for our misfiring draft picks, our finances, our membership base, or anything else. Now the gun sights have turned on another club. I won't dance on anyone's grave but I'm not sending bunches of flowers either. They can all **** themselves.

Yep. We need a gorilla handler who can reliably beat or break even with top forwards.TMac and Dunn have their days but they're not in that A grade category. Probably our biggest weakness in personnel. (Leaving aside our leaky press.)

Hey frap, panic and overreaction are the standard currency around here. On demonland, "calm" is the short break of hyperventilation that occurs between foaming at the mouth with rage, and helpless weeping.

If Dawes was vital, we would not be able to win without him. Yet somehow we have won games without him in the side.

Defence brief for Frost. He gets into good positions, has good hands. Takes at least as many marks and kicks as many goals as the guy he replaced (Dawes), has more upside. With a little more polish by hand and foot, he'll be potent.

What do we do if it's an away game at Etihad? Forfeit the 4 points? Home or away we must learn to play it. Because like it or not, the AFL schedule us to play games there. Home and away.

What's that got to do with it?

I hope the players don't have the same attitude. It's real, it's there, we have to learn to play on it. Or give the oppo an automatic 4 points. Our choice.

They gave our coaches a football lesson. We had scoring firepower but let them get it out the back way too easily. Disappointing but no disaster or tragedy. Unless we refuse to learn from it. Still only percentage out of the 8.