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I for one won't be one of those who are surprised when Jonesy turns it on next year.

People are quite picky about which shoes they wear. I have a feeling there is no universal "shoe sponsor" which is the same for each player at the club.

It seems to be Jim Stynes opinion that that's what happened.

Just for the record, my dislike for the Aussie cricket team is unusual. I support Australia in every other sport - just not this one My support for the Dees is unwavering. However. my dislike for the Aussie yobbo team may change after years of good behaviour and some cracking comebacks. They are Australia, after all.

I used to have a picture of a chicken because of my name, but with the rise to fame of everyone's favourite meth distributor/fried chicken joint, I thought I'd go with that instead. So yes, it is Breaking Bad related, but it's a little less random than some picture of Gus smiling (which someone else went with). I'm pleased to know, however, that MFC supporters also have terriffic taste in television shows.

Call me un-Australian but I get a little giddy inside when the Aussie cricket team suffers any kind of misfortune. Years of dominance and a string of off-field embarrassments have rendered me completely unable to root for Australia in any cricket game other than the Ashes (and only then if we're losing).

It's a pretty big similarity. A first gamer capable of finding the football that easily has potential, something that Jordie Gysberts also has.

Did something happen in the cricket?

Nathan Jones. Next year will be the Year of the Chunk.

He got like a zillion possessions in his first game, but couldn't capitalise on them because his disposal was off a little. Everyone jizzed themselves (pun intended) when Jordie Gysberts did the same in his debut game, but I haven't seen anywhere near the same enthusiasme for Evans. I think he'll be quite a good player for us.

Melbourne vs the Western Bulldogs, Round 21 2004 (or 05). Russell Robertson is directly in front of goal, about 15 metres out in a spirited comeback. To put us around a goal behind (or perhaps even in front). The ball sprays off the side of the boot and barely scrapes in for a behind. We went on to win with a piece of Aaron Davey magic to smother the kick of a young Adam Cooney. At the resulting throw-in, Jeff White gets a ruck free kick and slots it from the fifty metre arc and we go on to win, which puts us into the finals following an easy win against Essendon (I believe). So it didn't end up mattering, but Robbo's atrocious kick at goal nearly cost us a finals spot.

If it's truly dead skin, it has no blood supply. If there's dead skin with no layer of living skin underneath, then I understand where you're coming from, but I have a feeling that's not what Nicho's suffering from. It really depends on your running style, too. Some people are excessive heel-strikers and need callouses on the heel, but some people (particularly sprinters and new-age/traditional "barefoot runners") tend to run on the balls of their feet. Speaking from experience, blisters around my toes were initially painful, but after the skin underneath them developed, the extra skin on top (which were once blisters) helped to protect my feet in the future. I've never developed blood blisters, though, so perhaps those such as yourself who do may need to treat their feet differently. One aspect of physical fitness that most people (including me) overlook when giving advice is how important it is for each person to individually-tailor their routine and injury treatment. While there may be a "correct" approach for each person, that approach is almost certainly different for each person, if you know what I mean.

Usually dead skin on your feet protects you from developing blisters. I don't know if you've ever done a lot of running or if you were in the army, but the less skin on your feet, the less protected you are from blisters. If you ever get a blister, the best thing you can do is protect it from further friction but avoid damaging the blister in any way (like removing it, for example). In about a week or so, what was once a blister will become a callus, which is like an immovable band-aid (of dead skin) protecting the area from becoming damaged again. This is a good thing. Ideally, you would increase your load slowly so your feet don't get blistered and you develop a callouse the normal way (slow thickening of the skin around the affected area), but sometimes this doesn't happen.

You make it sound like he murdered someone. Perhaps he shouldn't be an AFL player because there's too much of a risk that he'll relapse, but I and others feel that he should be given as many chances to become a better person as he needs. I understand that not everyone feels that way, and I certainly don't want to change your opinion about that. If he asked you for help to be become a better person, you'd be under no obligation to do so. Nor would I, but I would try to help him all the same. The fact that Casey seems to feel that the time spent on him is worth it is admirable.

He's actually a human being trying to learn from his mistakes. That's how I'd like to paint it.

Perhaps, but whoever the teams are, the concept is the same.

Anyone who thinks the AFL wouldn't do the same is kidding themselves. In 2031, when the Greater Western Melbourne Ogres (what a mouthful) are playing their first NRL game against the Storm, you can bet that the AFL will schedule a Collingwood-Carlton blockbuster for the same time. In the immortal words of Michael Corleone and Donald Trump, 'It's not personal. It's just business.'

Smooched on the penis.

Proof there is no God, surely.

I feel similar. I find it hilarious, though, when Jaded talks about being KotD.

"One T. Cloke." "One S. Warne." Idiotic in the extreme.

But Mitch Clark wasn't a 20 year old no. 1 draft pick whose club did everything it could to protect him from the media and manage his knee while he made his decision.

Add to that 'huge preseason' a marathon session in the psych chair to figure out what goes wrong in his head when he's challenged by an opponent.

Agree. Dean Bailey sacked the club by causing his players to play with such a lack of spirit or (to use a phrase from his parlance) competitiveness. In that interview, he talked about the 'influence' he had on his players. Surely he would realize after a loss like we had that his influence was not as positive as it could have been. I really feel he caused by his total unflappability and lack of emotion, an air of 'whatever, it's just a game.' I read that in Jack Watts' response to a similar question earlier in the year. While it's an admirable trait to have in daily life, not being extremely disappointed when you lose is a pathway to complacency. If even one of his players felt that way (as Jack Watts admitted he did), then IMO Dean Bailey failed to influence his players in the right way.

Blame the Melbourne culture for corrupting Scully, while simultaneously praising him for getting the Hell out of here while he still could.