JTR

Well, I don't know if it was spray paint per se.... but otherwise, 100%

- A/c was working! - Paul Roos not there. - Big round of applause from all in attendance when GB mentioned 2 year contract extension for PJ - Club was aiming internally for 7 wins this season. Didn't say they were satisfied with that, as could/should have won many more, but just that it was their target. - PJ went through financials, happy with progress. Expects profit next year in the range of $300-$400k. Provided reason for slight drop but dont remember specifics. Was something to do with extra costs related to the refurbishment of something, somewhere... - Life members presented. Rivers & the Skipper got up to speak, Sylvia absent as he had shoulder reconstruction yesterday. - Only question of note from the floor is why the AGM is being conducted a week before Christmas rather than the usual early Feb. Answer was that it is a better time of year to do it as in Feb (2016) we want to be gearing up for new season, rather than looking back. - New players introduced. Olivier is quite a bit taller than I expected. Melksham, Weed, Bugg & Olivier all did a quick interview with Goodwin. Oliver a bit like a deer in headlights. Poor fella looked very nervous. Made reference to himself being a dead ringer to Jordie McKenzie which got a good laugh. - Goodwin is a very funny man - Saty has spray painted his hair fluro orange

I hate to reply to anything with just a LOL, but LOL!

Apologies if already posted and I missed it... http://www.foxsportspulse.com/club_info.cgi?client=1-3020-111722-0-0&sID=157502&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=38051650

Another good one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INwa7sfAh28 I grew up in Auckland and worked at Eden Park and so was lucky enough to see most of his games there live from right on the sideline. Even got to shake his hand and have him sign my shirt out in the middle of the pitch after the Blues won the first year of what was then the Super 12. Absolute legend of the game that quite literally changed the way it was played. Some of the stuff he did was ridiculous. The steam rolling of Mike Catt in the 1995 World Cup semi was probably the most famous try, but there are plenty of other memorable ones. Really sad to see him go, and so young.

Website > 2016 tab > Training times (Fixture is just to the right, so maybe clicked on that by accident?)

I did a quiet little fist pump when H_H said "if we do xxxx, then I will leave the forum forever" and we went on to meet the criteria for departure.

Like the (alleged?) last minute round 1 pick for Howe last year.... *sigh*

Admittedly I know nothing of him, but this is my (possibly unfounded?) concern too. He looks a bit.... well, vanilla, if that is the right term? Maybe just MFCSS, but can't help but worry he might be the Toumpas in the Wines/Toumpas scenario...

http://www.sen.com.au/listen-live

christian petracca ‏@cpetracca7 13m13 minutes ago Great trade period for @melbournefc. Excited for 2016. A lot of hard work to prove a lot of people wrong and that doubt us. Let's do this.

FWIW re Tomlinson... (GWS board - Big Footy)

I'm after the glory of taking speccies in front of 50,000+ instead of 15,000 - Jeremy Howe

Dont agree with that. I think he has been offered a contract that is in line with his performance, and what the club deems to be fair market value based on that. A dozen speccies a year does not a $500,000+ player make! (or whatever ridiculous amount he was asking) Especially when we have the likes of Hogan (especially), Brayshaw & Petracca to retain.

No. And I doubt such a question would even enter anyones mind if it were GWS sniffing around instead of Hawthorn

Sorry, thought I was in the Jimmy Toumpas thread.

Never understand this statement, because all the academy kids are going to be taken regardless. Best available player at 25 will be the same best available player at 30 after academy selections.

2 x hips Appendicitis Lack of confidence He's never really had a full run at it, 100% and full of confidence. I'd be sad to see him go, knowing he can be so much better.

For any player seeking to go to Collingwood, I would imagine the opportunity to play in front of a big crowd pretty much every week could be a reason?

Will be the match day runner too!

As I said, I am as annoyed with the result (and thus the players, coaching staff... etc) as anyone else If we are going to lose though I would much rather lose knowing that if a couple of small things went our way we would have won, than get belted off the park.

I am as annoyed as anyone with the result, but take some solace in the fact that we played so badly for 90% of the game, yet if we had capitalized on a few of the crucial moments that were there, we could have won. Moments that spring to mind was the Salem missed goal late in the 3rd, which would have brought us within 3 goals at 3/4 time. Then in last after getting 1st goal pretty quickly and on what to me seemed like a bit of a roll, Hogan/Gawn both went for the same easy mark in the goal square and spoiled each other (they bickered about it with each other for a fair while afterwards). Should have been another easy goal. Take both those opportunities and we would have been within a goal, with our tails up and I reckon things would have been different. Not to be....

Jamar is out on the ground warming up and taking plenty of shots at goal. Late change?

I like Matt Jones. There, I said it. I hope he plays well.

Brian Taylor - clearly no idea "Jeremy Howe has had a fantastic season" "No velvet trumpeter today. Usually for Melbourne home games you see him at the start of the match"