Chook

Turn the sprinklers on at intervals mid-game? You want a drink? Stand still for a while underneath the sprinkler. Josh Jenkins would be the most hydrated man in footy!

Didn't deserve it's own thread, but I thought this one was a ripper from Nev and TMac (my 2 favourite Melbourne players).

Bugg has one more crack at it for me. He scored a lot of tickets with me last year up till the Doggies game, burned most of them in that Sydney game, then torched all but one this year through idiotic goal kicking and all-round poor form.

What we do with Nathan Jones over the coming years will be the biggest test of whether we've improved our club culture. Will we do a James McDonald move and set ourselves back 10 years (again) or will we respect his contributions and ease him through the forward-line, then into coaching/retirement?

Soldier in soldier out. Just deal with it.

Salvaged a very poor first half.

Waiting for some random Carlton draftee who no one thought would go high to become their Clayton Oliver after our next flag.

I don't know if it's the rule, but you should definitely have to keep a retired player in your salary cap if they pull the pin early IMO.

That's assuming the sides play to the rules evenly. They don't. The best team isn't the fairest team, and the worst team isn't the most unfair. It's a crapshoot…which kind of helps explain the umpires' lack of consistency. Not that it excuses it or anything.

Fair and even are not synonymous.

We can tell. Me? I was a spritely teen the last time the dees played finals. Now I'm staring down the barrel of 30 and I still hold that Chopper Carroll takedown on Fraser Gherig as my most loved footy moment.

At Melbourne I feel like we have enough of those types of players. On form, we have the best in the competition.

I turned my monitor off. Does that count?

The eternal cry of the IT support dude.

Horrific disposal today. If I were him, I'd actually be a bit embarrassed at how much some people praised my game. I'm sure Goody will spend a lot of time with him midweek showing him how he could have turned those 39 possessions into much more valuable ones.

Melksham is a clear AA player for me. Only Gawn from Melbourne rivals him in obviousness of the selection (Hogan and Oliver thereabouts too).

There only one Melbourne club. Melbourne.

My contempt for you is strongly growing.

Heston Blumenthal goes ok if you're into that kind of food.

I thought that was Frodo?

I guarantee a bunch of randoms from Northern States or with no real interest in footy will tune in this week to watch Melbourne play Carlton. Oh wait, is the Wedding on that day?

Reality TV and the Demons. My 2 great loves united in 1 ridiculous thread.

This bloke loves horses more than is quite appropriate for a human being in my humble opinion.

If I'd had a billion concussions and was just now starting to play good footy, I'd put my contract discussions on hold too…even if I played for the Melbourne Footy Club (which we all know I'd never leave in a million years but don't tell them that just in case I'm drafted as a mature-age rookie or something).

Petracca will be miles ahead of Brayshaw once both are done.