Chook

What is up with this desk joke? I don't get it.

Highly overrated. One tackle and one goalsquare mark is all I've seen from him. Is not "destined" to be a star, as many posters on this site seem to believe. This is not to say he sucks, by any stretch.

Jaded, although this year has often pushed her level of "jadedness" too far over the edge for my taste.

For me, it's a match between two clubs who are more than happy to work together towards a common goal. Hardly a grudge match at all. The AFL is so dum (yes, that's right - D U M) sometimes.

Forgotten how to tackle, lost a yard of pace, can't kick a goal, kicks when he should handpass, demands the footy when he shouldn't, doesn't take a mark, shouldn't play an AFL game until he demonstrates some of the qualities he showed before he caught the soft Melbourne bug.

"No-Lips" Tapscott goes all right. But like a lot of Melbourne players, I have no idea which position he'll end up playing.

"How tall are you, Morton?" "6 foot 3, sir." "6 foot 3? I didn't know they stacked [censored] that high."

Physical fitness gains are made not while exercising, but while resting. What a player does when he's resting is his own concern.

I've gone back and George Lucas'd my post. I hope it is now devoid of any and all overstated opinions (although I'm sure someone will find something wrong with the first sentence). He is not a gun footballer in the sense that Judd or Ablett are, but he is quite a good back-up ruckman and footballer in his own right. Where the word "gun" ranks on that nebulus "champion-star-spud" list is probably beyond the scope of this thread and not something I really care to mess with.

You know you're old when you think of Mission: Impossible as a TV show and not a movie. The Melbourne Football Club is like an old man with creaky joints finally getting out into the sun after too many years on the couch. But when it comes to getting off the couch, the hardest part is getting started. At least it seems we're past that now.

Newton? What a hack. He should stop making Laws and start kicking footballs, because his time is running out - if it hasn't already.

He's not on his Pat Maloney with that mistake.

Guns are bad. Jamar/Martin/Clark has to be the best ruck division in the league. Stef will probably be immensely benefited by the addition of Leigh Brown to the coaching group, Brown was probably one of the trailblazers for the type of player a backup ruckman now needs be. OPINION MODERATED. EDITED TO REMOVE DIVISIVE COMMENT. SORRY FOR INCONVENIENCE.

Yeah. It's an absolute ripper of a show. I've been keeping up with the American airings, which just finished season 4 last week. It's . . . explosive.

What are the chances we could surprise everyone next year and really push up into the eight? One team always seems to do it every year. Is it a "no chance" proposition?

It might me hindsight for you, but I was sure that this would happen. I was glad to be rid of Bruce, though, so I'm not complaining.

Tricked me, you have. Into exile, you must go.

It sound like the people who run this club have finally realized that things don't just fix themselves. It's good to see so much change happening.

Work on your kicking and do some deep breathing exercises, so you don't freak out everytime you getthe ball.

It's easy. They're idiots.

I'm sure he thinks he does.

I can no longer tell. Are these good teams or not? These past four years have totally ruined by ability to distinguish a good Melbourne side from a poor one.

Ross Lyon should be ashamed of himself.

The way you put it, I'd do the same as him, boot studs or not.

I just think there's a more logical explanation than abuction by Giants, Mulder.