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You are the one lacking comprehension, stuie. I was referring to your 'pedo-bear' joke in the sense that you made that nickname for him, ironic because you then said that fans making nicknames for players is 'lame' - at which old dee pointed that you made 'pedo-bear', to which you then denied, at which point I made my post. The rest is unfortunate history.

And 'Pedo-bear'?

So correcting spelling and/or grammar is worse than referring to someone as a Nazi? Perhaps we do it because we wish to know exactly what a person means and not get into a slanging match with a poster who has written a post with the clarity of Russian tap water.

26,039 - 12 Feb 2014

MFC website has an update in which they, finally, explicitly say his issues are hamstring related. http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2014-02-12/clark-garland-out-for-nab-challenge

There is 'spiritual belief' and then there is the more mundane personal 'belief' that something will work. The point was by whoever, that if you don't go into a session thinking it will be useful, you shouldn't bother going in.

He said that if you don't believe in it you are wasting your time.

You do realise that the way you have structured your troll post - one game disproves your blanket statement? But I hope you don't get what you are looking for - reaction. I hope you get help.

You're not playing for your country! Just a bit of fun... That's if it is fun...

Well said. I cannot stress enough the fact that our success begins and ends with the midfield. If Roos thinks he can make a damaging outside mid of Watts - then he is going to need all the practice he can get.

I really hope they don't. If he is going to play midfield in 2014, he should not be wasting his time filling in Hogan's shoes for a unglorified practice match.

Well, sometimes the Lord makes mistakes (Joaquin Phoenix anyone?)... Watts should continue to learn his new role in the midfield this Friday.

Nice sediments...

That's the other side of the extreme coin - we were never as good as that day suggested. Save for Goodes, that Sydney team was terrible and was run over by a team that 'turned up' on the day. It was an outlier and time and bitter experience has proved it thus.

Coopers?

That moment when you realised ages ago that it is on Valentines Day and you never had a chance in the first place...

The criticism of Roos extolling how damaged our psyche is and how bad we are is criticism Roos' statements of the obvious. He can't describe what he sees because he is the one charged with fixing it? How is that a good argument?

You do realise that every team plays two NAB Challenge games and then has two practice games? There is nothing to push into.

I think Friday will be more about gauging performance than rewarding it.

What about 'sh*t myself it was so close' for those with incontinence issues?

I agree, he will not treat it the same way he infamously did at Sydney - one can recall the tongue in cheek aside to McVeigh that he 'go forward but don't kick any goals'... However, more important than winning are the spots up for grabs for that first game against St Kilda: Frawley, Garland (if fit), McDonald, Grimes, and Dunn will make up 5 of the defenders. N Jones, Watts, Trengove, Vince, Cross, Tyson, Viney (if fit), and M Jones will make up 8 of the midfield rotation. Dawes, Hogan, Clark (if fit), and Howe will be the 4 that form the basis of the forward line, and Spencer looks to be the starting first ruck from Roos' recent comment that it is his to lose. That leaves 4 spots up for grabs and a further 3 most likely for injuries to Viney, Garland and Clark. Giorgiou, Pedersen and Fitzpatrick are the most likely to lay claim to the spots reserved for Garland and Clark while Byrnes, Kennedy-Harris, Blease, Tapscott and Bail look to be fighting it out for the the small forward role that will also be apart of the midfield rotation. The last 3+1 (the sub is the +1) spots will include an extra defender, injury cover for Viney, and be fought out between those aforementioned plus Strauss, Terlich, Clisby, Toumpas, Evans, Michie, Salem, and McKenzie. My point is that with 7 of the 22 seemingly undecided or 'up for grabs' there might be a desire to give those in contention (16 by my count) for those positions more time to prove themselves in the NAB Cup.

Ok, answered my own question - you can have between 4 and 18 players... Who the hell would have a league with 4 players? Anyway, it is a way better setup than SC.

Hey Jarka - can you have a UF league with ~10 players? In Super Coach they force you to have 18 players and if you league hits the cut off with fewer than that it will put randoms in there... I can't find a definitive answer on the UF website other than it is very customisable.

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2014-02-07/roos-out-to-shed-melbournes-baggage Looks like Roos is channelling another Super Coach Pete Carroll (New Super Bowl winning coach): http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9581925/seattle-seahawks-use-unusual-techniques-practice-espn-magazine Dwelling on the positive is very difficult for a lot of us but get ready for Roos to do this in 2014 as he rebuilds some confidence.