stretch marks

Paying him out and delisting Evans now makes sense especially if is he just going to make up numbers at Casey next year.

... A football- how original..

what were you expecting some synchronised swimming nose plugs?

without doubt the best VFL/AFL emblem every designed.

Bit of a pity it didn't get make it in time for the 150

have they scored in the second half?

BOG Rockliff.. both goals this half from rockliff frees.. thanks for coming!.. big win this

hardly anything to be that happy about 2 goals in a 1/2 both from frees

"Nowadays he does nothing but sit mournfully in a little corner of his room waving his red and black jacket over his head. It's pathetic really!"

I assume you are actually refering to Sheeds himself here?

Does it worry anyone else that our coaching staff have been talking about our starts all year and there has been no improvement?

as soon as we highlighted in the press about our poor starts and inter-state record, I had a bad feeling

Surpised that Rudd was dumped because I thought he was a protected species...oh no thats Judd

I remember his debut game for the Demons in 1990. We were 3rd on the ladder and managed to get beaten by North by 20 goals with Longmire kicking 14.

I know that last quarter was utter rubbish from us, but we were stuffed.

Jamar could barely breath, we had Aussie, Morton and Watts who are lacking a bit of fitness, we haven't won an interstate game since 1973 and Port are a good team.

We dominated for long periods of the game and deserved to win. This victory should not be underestimated.

GO DEES!!!

isn't it also the first time Bailey has coached a win away from the MCG?

not giving it up despite looking gone will do wonders for the development of these young kids

...They have made us look inept since 2007 ...

I don't think we needed their help between 2007-09

yep I like many thought it was strange to re-sign him while letting Robbo go but happy to be proven wrong

Sheedy was brilliant for the Bombers but has passed his used by date. He has taken on the GWS gig knowing in full reality its a foolish endeavour but he also knows no other job will ever be offered to him.

When was the last time we kicked 8 in the 1st qtr!!??

spoke too soon.

0.6 in the second term

Oh yes mark of the year in 2007.

And yes he did put in 4 tackles on the weekend.

We have a find then.

I notice you couldn't answer the question either DL. You have had six years to work it out now.

What would you expect Mahoney and Schwab to say in public?

I have been watching Newton closely for about 5 years since he started in Sandy 2nds. I was excited once by hints of natural talent. But he has not shown the fundamental where with all to actual make it happen at AFL level. I d love Newton to make it...(Said that 5 years ago too). Still waiting but I dont think he will.

And he has delivered little to date.

no argument that what he has shown to date has been very little. He has however performed the role over the last few weeks that was expected of Brad Miller i.e, big body, presenting himself up forward. He is 22 years old and on his last chance. Lets hope he proves us all wrong. Colin Sylvia took a long time to arrive.

What went wrong?

My dad bought me a Melbourne Jumper when I was a kid

Haha, too true Queen! Some get a little precious if you state the truth though!!!

Let's talk about the positive though - Scully will be a champ. He should be number 1 best player for us today. Great effort in this p!ss-poor team.

Positive is we havent dropped dwon the ladder

Leaders at the MFC more likely to find Condoms at the Vatican

"Our aim this year is to be competive" - another failed aim

I think everyone is missing the point. The draft is the hardest thing to televise in the footballing calander. no one wants to watch name getting read out after name.. long winded and boring. i think they mixed it up and the telecast was for those who did not want to listen to the whole draft. got regular updates, great info from Shifter and got out and spoke with family and coaches. For everyone here who did not like it, there will be plenty who thought it was done well. And i am one of them.

missing the point is the fact that it is a boring event but those who actually want to watch it choose to do so, to actually see the draft read out in the order of picks and see who their club select. With the odd interview of players and coaches thrown in between rounds. What Fox did was quite embarassing for all involved. The reverse order top 10 was a lame and uinsipid attempt to make the event seem exciting and suspenseful.

I will admit I was on this forum expressing how much I wanted Luke Ball, After the the weeks of of silence and now the sheer lack of disrespect shown to the MFC he has now joined my top 5 list of HATED players in the AFL.

For people that want to know who my top 5 is, It goes as follows

1. Adam Goodes

2. Stephan Milne

3. Brendan Fevola

4. Des Hedland

5. Luke Ball

surprised you couldnt fit Judd into that list

As for Ball Ireally hope Port Adelaide are bluffing and take him.

I could see this coming. Although I would have liked to see him make the no. 48 his own, this will do. One of our best goalscorers passes down to a player who is most likely going to be our next (hopefully better).

if he had stuck with 48, he would have been forever living in Darren Cuthbertson shadow

You have missed the point. This is the pre season competition and it should be used to give lower teams a heads up so that they can get some membership and momentum for the real season that follows. What is the point of playing us somewhere that our supporters can't get to and against a team that we can't beat. It just condemns us to a struggle once again to get members and sponsors.

The pre-season comp is basically an opportunity for the AFL to play some matches in developing regions to give the game some more exposure when nobody in the heartland is really that interested in the comp at that time of year. Drawing us against the reigning premiers two years in a row is not great but in reality there probably isnt a better time to play them, and we should have beaten the HAwks last year if we hadn't gone defensive in the last quarter in Tassie

sad but true,would anyone be sad to see Bartram delisted?

I think the best player available will be Russell Robertson