JTR

I'd like those same flogs to explain why there wasn't similar carping about the filth, who have beaten one of the top 8 all season - and that was us!

Massive man crush for Harmes ?

Radio said "hyper extended" wrist for Tyson Melksham bleeding from nose and mouth. Was down a while so having concussion test

This I went into the game expecting to get the usual reaming by WA crowd/umpire decisions and was very surprised when it didn't happen and a few 50/50 calls actually went our way. Certainly wouldnt go as far as to suggest it was rigged though. Sheesh.

Got an email from the club today with offer of two free GA tickets to Giants game. Get on it!

Yeah I thought the maggots were very 'accomodating' today, surprisingly. Still a few dodgy calls/non calls, but far few that I expected given what was at stake. We did really well to keep the crowd quiet for most of the game.

Yes! Umpires seem to be getting lazy. Paying marks early, paying short marks, allowing players to run too far without a bounce...etc Maybe they should get back to umpiring the basic stuff instead of looking for and making all the dramatic calls

Nicholls does that all the time. Also a master of blowing the whistle to pay an uncontested mark BEFORE player has actually marked it, then paying it anyway or finding some other reason to give them a free when they drop it.

Now now, let's not ruin this thread with facts

Then I dream...

I have us losing next two and scraping in as long as Adelaide beat North, Bombers beat Port, and rest of results go as I (?) would expect.

Just finished watching the game now. How bad are the Eagles supporters. Standing ovation for Gaff when he comes off. Same again when they all got round him after his final 1/4 goal. After Biggs hit we (for the most part) all sat around thinking what [censored]. Certainty didnt applaud it!

FWIW the footy news reporter guy on Triple M this morning said that we were in to Hannebury, but our interest has cooled in last couple of weeks

Same. His first half on the weekend was pretty average. Fumbles, dodgy disposal.. etc. Second half he was a different player and was excellent. I'd nothing more than him to become the gun we all know he can be, but a good half of football is a bit too early to make the call, for mine.

Egg on the face of a lot of people who bagged the [censored] out of him here too....

I was standing next to Mark Stevens about this time last year during a training session and he was dead set trying to turn players leaving the field to get a rub down into some newsworthy injury. "Zoom in on <player> over there <cameraman>, I reckon he's done a hammy. Yep, yep, he has. He just touched it. Get a close shot please" Nek minnit... Player runs back on and resumes training.....

Happy with the trade for a known quantity. To those upset with what we handed over, would suggest waiting till the end of the trade period before giving your final assessment. You only need to go back as far as 2015 to see why. Remember that trade period when we handed over 25 very early in the trade period for Melksham? Remember how ropable everyone was at the time? Subsequent schrewd moves after that turned our first round pick into two first round picks which we used to get Oliver & Weideman In Mahoney I trust!

Zing?

As a side note, something else Mahoney said (which we probably already know but I haven't heard it from myself from the club) is that Lever would help form part of a strong backline with Jetta, Hibberd, Hunt, Frost & OMac. Didn't mention TMac, which I think signals quite clearly their intentions for him next season.

Also said that Jakes exit interview with the club was far from pleasant.

Mahoney on SEN now. Said our offer to Adelaide involves our 1st & 2nd round picks Edit - and one of those would potentially be a future pick. Adelaide want 2 x 1st rounders

Levers manager was on SEN this morning. On the question of "what if another club can offer Adelaide something better than what Melbourne can put up for trade" he said "Jake will only be dealing with Melbourne. He wont sign off on anything from any other club" Welcome to the MFC Jake Lever!

Especially if they are AA players...

Agreed. What about Dangerfield though? Or Hurley? Or Judd? Or any of the other big name players who have been thrown up over the years that we all get ourselves into a lather over? Dont get me wrong, I see it all as a bit of fun, and quote enjoy reading all the threads, but I wouldn't deem the club to have failed if these fantasy trades dont eventuate, because many are just that. Fantasy.

That's cause many of the 'big trade' discussions are here on Demonland, and Demonland alone, based on "inside words" from sometimes less than credible sources. Like the Gaff one for instance. That was mentioned where? Once on twitter? And now we have run with it to the point where some have probably accepted it as something that is actually happening, and would consider it a failure if it didn't eventuate, even though it may never have been on the clubs radar.