Demon Tragic

Great deal! Hope Carlton don't wake up to how slow he is before the deal is done. I wouldn't panic about this, I'll celebrate it!

I gave my icons a great polish last night....twice

At age seven I was wondering in the football wilderness. My Dad cracked it and I was told I had to pick a team, I was given a week and told that once I picked my team I could never change. The main influences in my life at the time all barracked for different teams. Mum - Sydney Dad - St Kilda Nana - Richmond Papa - Carlton Cousins - Colling%^& & Essendon I told em all they were crazy and they should barrack for Melbourne coz that's where we live! I must have decided that if you can't please everybody, you might as well please nobody! It didn't really matter at that stage coz I wasn't overly interested in the footy. It wasn't till after dad died and my step dad arrived (a footy nut) that I took a bigger interest in footy. In the early 90's I was nearly converted to Colling%^, my step dad started to take me along to the Collingwood game every week. Him & his parents and brothers worked on me for 2 years. I must admit I loved going along to Vic Park and watching BT, Barwick & Daicos light it up. Then my step-dad's best mate, who was also a Dees fan, pulled me aside and told me that once I picked my team I could never change. From then on I was staunch, I had an unwavering and steely determination to honour the unwritten football code of ethics. I was a Demon through & through. My stap dad wasn't too impressed, but he loved my commitment so he started taking me to Melbourne games aswell. Although I still have a soft spot for the Pies, nothing makes me feel better than walking away from the Queen's Birthday weekend singing It's a Grand Old Flag. Only these days I'm not outnumbered, I managed to recruit my wife, my brother-in-law & his girlfriend (all from NSW) and I have managed to start a breeding program with a 6 year old gunning for the Dees and a 2 year old who's about to start!

Definately the best footy show on TV, enjoy watching this every week - Footy Classified has turned into a puff peice that has more ads than substance and is now my most hated footy related show, despite being headed by Lyon. Footy show is good entertainment, as is Before the Game, but On the Couch for pure substance alone is the best show going around.

It's voted on by the public through the AFL website. Hawkins received over 50% of the vote. Green was robbed, Eagleton's & Mattner's efforts were far ahead of the Tomahawk's as well. It's a popularity contest, I don't think the players give much weight to it. Especially when a pithy effort like this wins it.

Shoudln't we get off the bottom of the ladder before we start calling other teams a joke??

Mattner's was a great chase and tackle, but Green put his body on the line, copped the big whack, landed on his head, and then went on with the match. None of the other nominees put thier bodies in as much danger as Green did, so I hope he gets the award. I think Greens one of the toughest players going around. He's no Jonathon Brown, but he's tough! Just put a couple of votes in for him.

Anyone got a tissue - I just messed myself!!

I'll trade him for a can of Coke & a Mars bar if he wants to go. Think I'll get pretty good value out of that one

If we're in the position of power here, why not offer pick 34 and one of Bell/Bartram

I was more referring to having to replace a captain who's not in your best 22 every week. Hawthorn copped it over thier choice of Vandenberg

Agreed - Whilst his passion and enthusiasm for the club are second to none, I fear a Vandenberg type situation popping up in the future.

I guess it would have to come down to cosistency then, I'd say over the past 3 years, Davey should get the nod.

Davey oozes excellence. His skills are second to none and his running speaks for itself. Green is all about toughness. He never shirks a contest and always put his head down. Both would be excellent leaders, we just need to decide what we need more, toughness or excellence.

Robbo has been a great servant of the MFC and I think he should bow out with the dignity of a favorite son, not clinging on to the skeleton of what was a fantastic career, Adam Yze showed us how that looks and I know what I'd prefer. Almost all of us can state that we've made the track to the G and enjoyed a 'ROBBO!!' moment, be it a potential mark or goal of the year, or even the anticipation of a big fly coming up. Even if he didn't grab it, you'd gasp at the leap and wonder what could have been. Thanks for every ROBBO!! moment you've given us, you'll long be a favorite of the MFC. It's only fitting that in your final career game at the G this year, you should be carried off the ground the same way you played on it.......on someone's shoulders. Cheers ROBBO!!

6. Davey 5. Frawley 4. Bate 3. McLean 2. Jones 1. Jurrah

It's fair to say we owe them one

Tom MacNamara - debut game yesterday and showed excellent foot skills. Was hitting up targets all day. Pity those targets couldn't kick straight themselves. I'd love to see him play the rest of the year across half fwd. He earnt the chance to play the rest of the year out yesterday.

Sarcasm.

You should ask permission before bumping a thread... seriously who do you think you are bumping an old thread??????

Ironic that you have called someone else dramatic whilst putting together a 'War and Peace' length novel of diatribe lambasting anyone who disagrees with you. No matter what you think, you cannot seriously tell me that what the boys presented out there on the park today was anything less than a disgrace! For what it's worth, just because someone thinks differently to you, doesn't mean they love the club less. That is all.

6. Jones 5. Valenti 4. Petterd 3. Sylvia 2. Morton 1. McNamara - The kid can kick J-Mac - insipid, soft, ineffective Worst captain I've ever seen pull on the Demons jumper in 29 years

6. J-Mac 5. Frawley 4. Grimes 3. Jones 2. Bate 1. Warnock

Shows how disgusting this current system is! I too was praying for the ball to go through, but felt terrible about it afterwards. Any system that rewards losing will always be flawed. Time to make a change for sure.