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*cough* all the games this year we have been down at half time and won?

To be expected. Do you think either way it matters to the players or the coaches though?

Im having a debate with a Collingwood supporter friend. How long has the QB match (Melb vs Collingwood) been going for. ie: how long is the tradition?

What impact do you think injuries had (if any) on performance in 2019? Further, what impact did a greater than the mean/median travel schedule than the rest of the clubs (and injuries to key players) have on performance (if any) in 2020?

We can/have beat them all. The game plan(s) stack up. It's now merely the proposition of whether we bring the pressure on any particular game day, adhere to structures and/or remain relatively injury free. There is no doubt about our Tier One credentials It's been a long time coming... ?

Googling this Anything to do with Irish Saints? St Paul's Cathedral? St Peter Paul's Church in South Melbourne? Erm - Father Bob Maguire? Ermmm Eddie McGuire? erm... tenuous link to the Bell tolling for Nathan Buckley who once played that weird hybrid game over in Ireland, who is now Dunne as a coach? So it's Nathan Buckley right? Right! ? or circling back to the Shakespearian Tragedy that is Eddie's reign at Collingwood...

Great work gang... Yes - it is Paul Weller... it's a bit of a nod to his many many career changes. B: Jack Watts, Kelvin Templeton, Mark Williams (The Jam - Songs - David Watts, Eton Rifles (with mark from essendon/hawthorn goal celebration - remember his rifle??) HB: Robert Walls, Dennis Commeti, Meg Downie (Yep - great get. Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down) C: Ricky Jackson, Nigel Lappin , Leon Baker (This would be super tough unless you're an anorak - he loves the Rickenbaker Guitar) HF: Lee Walker, Damon White, Eddie Craddock (backing band members - DC Lee, Steve Craddock, Steve White) F: Liam Shiels, Damon Greaves, Noel McMahen (Yes Britpop/cool britania - known as the 'modfather' - mentor to many.)

Saaaaaallllle of the Century "Glen Ridge voice" Ok... who am I B: Jack Watts, Kelvin Templeton, Mark Williams HB: Robert Walls, Dennis Commeti, Meg Downie C: Ricky Jackson, Nigel Lappin , Leon Baker HF: Lee Walker, Damon White, Eddie Craddock F: Liam Shiels, Damon Greaves, Noel McMahen Tell you what - if you can get the person - ill spot you a membership next year if you can work out each line... or there abouts... i'll pop you something of your choice beverage wise... if you can link the connection This is a 45 year career in music.... and the first song Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba....ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba...

Nor do I @Pates - I'm no guru - I see the game on the TV and know that I miss a hell of a lot that is away from the ball. We can bang out about certain players - but the reality is - the FD see it for what it is, and know he is doing a particular role... My take is, he is the cream.... delivery - not tackles/pressure (although that feels important to everyone) - and my reality is, he IS cream on the top.. a sexy footballer, that isn;t lazy, that doesnt take backwards steps, but has a different skill set to what the majority of fans think is non-negotiables for All players... And the optics for Melksham look different from the rest... And in my third part of the post... I personally dont love or hate him... but it's about his role... I have had 5 out of 36 years to get my head around 'move away from possessions as a stat that matters' in how you value someone.... It's tough to do, but its not how the game is played these days.

Stop looking for things that fit your view.... Melksham, though sproadic - fills a need... [censored] ruthless mate.... complete lack of 'ruth'

Are you taking the pi$$? with this?

Thanks @demonstone, I do get very very enthusiastic about somewhat cryptic music trivia. The beauty of music is the influence is subjective - it's beautiful, anthematic, seminal, or meaningful for the listener. I'll try to nut one out tomorrow - love this stuff.

Touche...

Trivia nights - Geography and Music pre 1989 is my bag...

nudge it to 4 please ;) hyper competitive.

Without google 1.Black Sabbath oh... the smiths 4. AcDC 6. Pink Floyd

I was missing out Dave in Ray and Dave Davies...

google search on the player - his nickname - "Crazy Horse" Bazing

Oh! Dave...

James/Jim Morrison was in the doors Keefy Richard - Rolling Stones Gram Parson - The Byrds Ray Davies (a fine fine song writer observer of English Life (Village Green Preservation Society)- mentor of my beloved Paul Weller) - The Kinks Neil Young - Cowtown - dunno - Toronto was where he was born - Calgary has the Stampede (cowtown??) Don't know Bryan Connolly... Bryan Ferry?? Billy Connolly - I could google the Sweet 0 but that feels like cheating.

Ya! Me too @JTR - but some folk on here give it some really good analysis - which isn't my bag to design, but love reading it. Mind you - 3 weeks in a row (and after beating The Bulldogs and Brisbane) THIS still happens!!

Sorry, getting in early here. Some tasty and meaningful matches for neutral Melbourne supporter this weekend. Im actually quite worried about the Cats, as we obviously played them without Cameron, so my preference is for a Port win. I’d also rather West Coast to miraculously win against Richmond whilst being injury depleted. Im not sure which permeate room suits us better in throes matches?

My following post could be interpreted two ways - I only mean the best. I know I've recently posted about my fathers own death via MND on here - and his own relationship with Neale. Dad's diagnosis to death time frame was 16 months as he had the most aggresive form. It started in his head, whereby he started slurred his words (ie: sounded drunk) - loss of motor coordination in the mouth and tounge. I am so so so pleased for Neale and his family that 6 years on from a diagnosis, he is still functioning where he is - the 'knowing' smiles/tears my wife and I gave to one another last week where we saw Neale on AFL360 talking with immense difficulty - and going 'oh...[censored] he is close to losing the complete capacity to speak' - was exactly like my fathers. His work has being immense and I am so glad the disease (or his bodies resistance to the disease) has been a long drawn out process. For Neale, the observation (and living) of his own degradation of his motor co-ordination, whilst being full congniscent of what is occurring and having no control would be the most unbearable thing. Yet on the flip side - here he is - crusading...he's [censored] amazing! I mullled over putting this part in... but what you wont see of Neale (or perhaps they will show it as this is what occurs) and I put it in to give the full reality of the experience whilst being fully conversent in your own head, but your body doesn't allow you to speak You may move to using a computer, whereby your own fingers allow you to type words, press a button (much like a computer) and it speaks the sentences for you Your motor coordination of your hands decrease incrementally bit by bit that essentially your hands rest on that computer, and your fingers barely reach the keys to type your perfectly formed conversations in your head. You will experience immense frustration...conversation after conversation after conversation for many months... Finally your fingers don't move - but you can't talk - so somehow you must communicate to family members or others in a caring capacity what your perfectly formed conversations are... how the [censored] do you do that? So you grunt, or make growling noises because your throat cannot work, at your loved ones, whilst they move your fingers hovering over the key board, doing their best to predict what it is you are trying to add to the conversation... they will get frustrated at you, you will get frustrated at them...all of you, exhausted. In parallel to this, you can't swallow food as your motor coordination of your throat fails, - so you will have a tube inserted into your stomach, and all your food gets pureeed, and syringed into your stomach. Your family/carers will do this for you. You will have no control over your toileting functions, your family and carers will hold your penis and wipe your bottom. You will look at your family member who is holding your penis and question why it has come to this... You are still the same bloke/person you were cognitively prior to the onset...but you now bare witness to your own slow death. 'The frustrated, saddened compassionate silent observer' of your own body's destruction whilst your cognitive capacity has not diminished at all. The loss of 'dignity' and suffering (my words) is immense in the final stages. My father weighed 41kg when he died... And again, this isn't me musing/reflecting on my Dad, this is about Neale. What a magnificent beast he is.

Nah, I wouldn't sweat it. They wont be. The emotion of playing for someone might be at the start of the game for around 30-45 seconds... the adrenal response. And then...normal. service. resumes. You see it all the time in the first few minutes of Grand Finals... the stress response, scrappy football etc etc... Player's cannot keep telling themselves throughout a match 'I've got to do it for Buckley, I've got to do it for Buckley', its exhausting and useless as you're not on task. If we lose, its ostensibly because we lost it due to a lack of pressure or adherence to structure. If we lose, we lose on our terms, not because Collingwood have won.

ooze? or oo-zay when you say it in your head @daisycutter