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He's been doing some walking...

I am with wyl. Of course the Emblem is busy. If you'd been through what this club has been through - you couldn't represent yourself in a cereal box caricature. 156 years of inventing the game, dealing with war and depression, borne out of a Cricket Club and a Stadium - there is no simple logo that is going to do this club justice.

Yeah, that was interesting. It makes sense but it is up to him to have the discipline to get off at the right times. The interview? It was a fine, benign discussion on his misguided treatment over the first few years as a Demon. He was honest but not controversial - it was a good end to that period of his career. And as Gerard said - there looks to be a 5 year period coming up that he should find more reward.

Adelaide won't let him leave. After Gunston and Tippett - he is not going anywhere.

I assume you mean 1st round draft picks? Bernie Vince for Pick 24 looks inspired.

Young teams make mistakes. Mistakes are harder to capitalise on in the wet.

I think he is a kid and the season will catch up with him soon. But the promise is so grand if he can continue on his current path.

They didn't post it - it's AFL content tied to us. If it has the emblem exploding or whatever it does before the video it's DeeTV, if it has the AFL logo at the end it is AFL content tied to us because it is a Melbourne round house that doesn't connect. I am sure the club would not want to bother putting that up if it were their decision.

It's an example. He is a part of a defence that has seen the 'Inside 50s allowed' decline slightly but the average points against recede dramatically. He can improve, but saying something as insincere and damning as 'he is not Nathan Jones' bootlace' doesn't help your argument.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy isn't it? How can the small teams grow and get out of its poor brother state if you don't treat them equally? Is maximising crowds what we want to do? Or is building up lower clubs something worth considering? We all want a fair and equitable league. The draw is apart of why it isn't an even league and it is apart of fixing the inequity.

Yes, or he was in the bests and they wanted to pun a headline so people would click on it...

His right fist has already won a game this season. Fans are ball watchers and concentrate too much on the clangers - I do it myself with my view of Matt Jones. But what MJ brings is a boldness and quickness to a pretty slow set of midfielders. Grimes brings a hard edge and defensive smarts to a backline that is overworked and under appreciated by most outside of this board. And can we just stop the insinuations that the 'best' player has to be the leader? Leadership comes from, and out in, the work you don't see so readily every week when you are watching the footy go back and forth. Our defence this season is lauded but Dunn, McDonald, and Howe seem to be where the reasons for this stop. Jetta beats his bloke for a month and his close to being included, but because Terlich and Grimes turn it over they are not included in the kudos? It's my experience that your backline is only as good as your weakest link and that all 6 (or 7) have to be performing as a well drilled unit. Grimes is apart of that is he not?

I can see us keeping our form and winning many of the next 7 games - I can also see us keeping our form and losing all of the next 7 games. As Roos says - every game is tough for us. We performed well for 100 minutes and got blown away in the other 20 against Port. If we do that again - we will lose all of our games in the two months against good teams (WB at Etihad will be tough). We would be the best 3 and 14 team running around that I can recall but that is our lot if we play 20 mins of footy like we did on the weekend. I hope we are 8 and 9 going into the Lions game at Etihad but it could equally be 4 and 13 or 5 and 12...

Good sides demand and get their inequitable draw because of their following and the AFL's desire to dominate statistically with Gate receipts and TV exposure. I am not advocating giving up QB on a promise [snarky tone]. If we are to give it up it will be when they are all given up and the 'Prime Time' games Friday night, Sat afternoon, Sat night, and Public Holiday games are equally distributed. We have 11 of our 21 games in these slots and 6 of them home games - 2 of which we have had to sell to the NT to make money from (quite a bit btw) so we have two Sat night games against Sydney and WB, one Sat afternoon game against Geelong, and the QB game to sell our product to potential members (and reluctant members) in 'Prime Time' and that's it. Collingwood have 11 'Prime Time' games in Melbourne with 6 of those being home games (7 Friday Night/Public Holiday games). Essendon have 13 'Prime Time' games in Melbourne with 9 being home games (7 Friday Night/Public Holiday games). Melbourne have 8 'Prime Time' games in Melbourne with 4 being home games (1 Friday Night/Public Holiday games).

I hate the build up for this game. Cannot stand it. We all rah-rah and then some Collingwood nuffie says 'they'll be up for this; it's their Grand Final.' Like we play in a different effing league! Well, not anymore. It's just another game, another chance to improve, another chance to get a win. I would gladly throw this game to whoever if we had a fair and equitable draw. So I hope the Bandwagoners see a good show - we need them to jump on board. But it's just another game to me. The Grand Final is our Grand Final.

Favourite poster for a week if you can give me a good source on that.

The few that I have seen do it... Jeez, I don't want to mozz the kid. He's going to be good. Hell, he is good, he could be as good as the unnamed few I have in my head.

Haven't seen too many of those midfielders who play for the Dees... His one step kicks are fine until he misses a target, and he missed a couple up in Alice...

Good speed but like a few in our best 22 - makes some horrendous decisions with the footy.

Let you know in a few months...

Roos has turned a few players around hasn't he? Do those that think Grimes should be dropped ready for what he would be replaced by? His footy smarts are up there, his execution of late looks confidence-less but he is most-definitely someone you persist with.

You gave 4 words. How is that a discussion? Bennell always had talent but what he will become I think are dime-a-dozen.

Yes, and here you go Paul - another player in need of some guidance and offensive confidence.

Punished for bad decision making today. Grimes, Tyson, Watts, Terlich, Jones x 2 all made some critical errors that I can recall vividly. As HG said we played an excellent 100 mins and won that 100 mins by 5 goals. Unfortunately, good teams punish you for slow starts and an inability to run out games - so here we are. Just another game next week - this isn't 'our GF' (pffft), it's just another chance to show how far we have come.

I couldn't imagine Niall writing anything similar to that nonsense about our 'civil war' about any other club. What a way to trivialise an awful situation... 'What caused your issues? The politics that I want to talk about or the blood feud that tore your family, your community, and your life apart?'