Mel Bourne

It’s a tendency of AFL commentators to go into auto-pilot and find themselves saying obvious rubbish such as... “You get the feeling that (team name) really needs to get a goal soon”. It’s great to hear the sound of the crowd and the general atmosphere of the game. Having a “mute” function on those muppets would be an excellent feature. That or adopt the Premier League approach and only have one professional broadcaster calling the game, as opposed to several ex-player deadshits vying for “personality of the year”.

With respect, that belongs with... ”For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.”

Oliver is not an A-grader. He pops over and visits A-Grade City every once in a while, but he doesn’t live there.

Because we.... ....aren’t very good

AvB: I’ve made a lot of progress recently, and I’m hopeful of playing for Melbourne again next year. Certain “Supporters”: Why are you so deluded?? Wake up you injured liar!! Ahhhhh, this club.

2018 followed by 2019.

Agreed. Obviously performed very well at the Crows. Has done nothing of any consequence In the red n’ blue thus far, let alone earned a captaincy.

Yes, and that’s probably who Garry Lyon was referring to in that interview that got this thread in a bit of a lather (myself included). Makes me think he’s not actually going anywhere.

Nah man. It’s not about the underlying content’s virtue. Make sure notifications like that (Ding Dong??) don’t get broadcast on people’s screens.

Disappointingly, it is recognised as a legitimate word (and indeed, a gerund). It sounds like something straight out of ‘Idiocracy’. Goody likes to say it. ??

This is an utterly bewildering and disrespectful blunder from the AFL social media team. What is wrong with people?

I guess there’s a missing “prone” there. And I do see your point. But I would take the risk (and put some faith in the opinions of the all the medics involved - especially the German ones!), rather than hit 2020 without the prospect of an effective small forward being on the oval for any of our 22 matches.

Yes, but you’re really limiting your options by restricting them to injury-free players. He got up for 15 matches this year, after zero the year before. That’s pretty good going, and it is quite possible that Dr. Wolf Fart has provided the assistance to help him turn that corner.

I mean, sure. But then there’s this annoying thing called reality.

If you want to get a proper idea of Jamie Elliott’s worth, go over to the Collingwood forums. Their fans are apoplectic at the idea of losing him.

I’m becoming increasingly frustrated with watching interviews with Simon Goodwin, and coming away with absolutely zero insight. He seems to think the Melbourne supporters are sated by cliché and hollow corporate-speak.

I just choose to assume that he is deeply uncomfortable in front of the camera. Otherwise, I can’t figure out how somebody so inarticulate could lead a football team to success.

Wasn’t suggesting there was any ill-will from AT towards Deledio. But he would definitely be [censored] at the club, as he was very keen on staying there from all reports. It would hurt like hell being such a consistent inclusion during the H&A season and get flung like that for the finals. So if Deledio’s calf comes good for next week (and they get beaten by the Lions), we would be recruiting a talented 26 year-old with hopefully a real fire in the belly and a desire to get revenge on a few doubters. Bring it.

As does Viney. How can players be inspired by “Les go boise!” rubbish when a great deal of them are more intelligent than the guy saying it?

When you consider that a fall on a hard surface can actually kill you, a significant blow to the head could obviously do serious damage which reveals itself over time. Sure, the body can be resilient, but it can also be quite fragile. Plus in KK’s case, it wasn’t just one hit.

Yeah so from what I can gather, there’s speculation that GWS will have to turf a player at season’s end to accomodate a re-contracted Whitfield, and that player is Tomlinson. Might’ve been a little ugly over there when word got out. So they played Deledio in his place and he got injured, so they’ll likely have to put AT back on the field (pending Deledio’s scans). Awkward! But take what I say with a grain of salt. A lot of the time I really have no idea what I’m talking about. I’m just riffin’ here.

It would seem so.

It seems the reasons for Tomlinson’s absence last weekend weren’t necessarily form-related. He’ll likely play against the Lions this weekend anyway, so we can all pay attention to him.

I was shouted down for suggesting this a couple of weeks ago. I bet he has a great year!

Should we do a benefit gig or something?