Chook

How does such a corpulent monster of a human being like Phil Scully produce a progeny that is quite clearly a robot with no apparent vices whatsoever?

Ok. You mean this one? 1000 + 100 vs 1000 + 50 (for and against) = 1100 scored vs 1050 conceded (104.7%) That's better for our percentage than 1000 + 200 vs 1000 + 140 (for and against) = 1200 scored vs 1149 conceded (104.4%) ...even though we've scored more in the second scenario (and even won by more). Winning by a lot now means less for our percentage than it did in round one, granted; but it's still better to beat your opponent while also keeping them to a low score.

It doesn't matter what round it is. Outscoring your opponent by the same amount but keeping them to a low score is always better. Think about it and get back to me.

Winning 100pts to 1 gives a percentage of 10000%. Winning 200pts to 101 gives a percentage of just under 200%. Both are a margin of 99 points.

The fact that Geelong nearly lost to that utterly awful Richmond side (albeit not at their home ground), we should really rate ourselves against them.

Assuming the Geelong and GWS results go our way by only 1 point each next round, we need to beat Carlton by about 10 goals tomorrow in order to make it. We're still in the hunt, but by god we have to pick up some percentage this round.

Just infinite free kicks to North Melbourne right now…

Fwhoa! That was a helluva kick for goal from Hanners. My Fantasy team would be loving that, and so would the Dees!

Jesus Burgerflippin' Christ. I go away to take a leisurely dump and by the time I come back North are right back in it and looking the better team. My God.

I've always been a big fan of Ben Brown. He's tall, works hard and has that kind of wiry strength that is very underrated.

We'll also move from equal last to first in most flags in AFL history, in case anyone actually cares.

Geelong.

If we had a 30% probability of making the finals every year over the past 10 years, we would have made the finals over 3 times. I'd greatly prefer those odds to the ones we've actually experienced.

Considering Brent fricken' Moloney was a bee's you-know-what away in a horrific losing year, an inside mid like Viney is definitely our best chance in the coming years.

Turns out idiotic handpasses have been a Melbourne specialty for over fifty years. Also: My god that muddy playing surface.

THE TRUTH IS out tHERE

As a loyal demon, where do I sign my pact with the devil to make this happen?

"Not to get ahead of myself but here's how I got ahead of myself."

It's also a sign that we know know where our teammates are supposed to (and going to) be. That's really important because it's what separates the experienced and finals-ready teams from the developing ones.

I hope Garlett is right to play against his old side. He'd love to perform well against them.

It's pretty obvious what I would do. Another alternative is to donate it to a charity for people who tend to lose things easily. Here's a good one: http://www.richmondfc.com.au

Yeah. This is getting harder every second.

I fully thought this was up in Sydney. Beat Carlton, sure. North lose to Sydney up there, sure. Win against Geelong in that shitehole AND expect GWS to beat North down here with the Roos fighting for their lives? We are no chance.

Seems not. There's a gaping hole in the soul of that footy club that no amount of premierships can fill.