Redleg

I don' t really see the AFL and the MCC as charities.

When I think about 4 AFL memberships and 2 MCC memberships this year that were totally wasted money, I think of how many banana foods and drinks that would have got me. Have received absolutely no value whatsoever from those memberships.

Agree.

That's not quite right. While as usual we turned it over, they worked hard to get the ball and then ran away from us. Their pace and skill killed us. That comes from having a bunch of talented kids who are prepared to work hard. There is not the slightest doubt that GC and GWS have been given the opportunity to dominate in a few years. Unfortunately for us, they came in when we were down and combined with atrocious drafting and development, we are now in our current position.

No doubt. You can also add in Cameron, Treloar, Shiel, Davis, Hampton, etc, etc, etc.

Not feeling sick anymore. Now I just feel sad.

This has been done to death, but how could Prendergast draft Cook with our first pick and 2 years later not one single club even rookies him, when we delist him. I was told that the other recruiters were stunned when he took Cook at 12. That is but one mistake of many he made. I accept that recruiting is not an exact science, but he has left us in this dire position, because of his poor performance. I am just so angry.

Just watched the Adelaide showdown, great game. Both clubs have found plenty of young players. Where are ours. Clearly they were ignored by Barry Prendergast, who IMO is the worst performed employee of the MFC ever. I remember him as an arrogant spud as well when I spoke to him. IMO he has fu-ked us completely. When you look at the players he drafted who have had no impact it is an unmitigated disaster. He has had the picks to give us a midfield and has totally failed. Hopefully our new bloke can now start drafting talented AFL footballers.

I feel sick.

The boys on Fox are going ballistic. Warnie and Botham astounded.

That will finish him off in the election then.

If anyone wants to drink diet shakes to lose weight, my tip, avoid the low carb ones, they taste awful. After trying a few flavours, I gave up and threw the rest out. On the other hand the normal diet shakes are fine. Haven,t said this for a while and is probably anathema to put in a post about diet shakes , but I had a slice of banana cake for lunch. It was yum.

Good luck, hope all is well.

I know how you feel.

I must say this thread has been very educational for me.

Very good. Pity Jeremy's form has tapered.

Palanquin.

Glad you are well enough to be at your keyboard telling us about it. It does put things in perspective though.

I am informed that when our new President mentioned his favourite food was banana bread, it got him over the line.

That is what I told my son after the game. I basically said the season is over and we have to look forward to a new coach, more new mids and next year. You can't just keep beating yourself up every week over the performance of this team. He even went to Geelong and got absolutely drenched. I swore off Geelong after 186.It is just so bloody sad to see where we are at the moment. That said however I honestly believe 3 good mids could change things dramatically.

No we won by 25 points.

It seems that when there is improvement and you see some hope, they smash you back to reality.

Some relevant information. Keep it coming.

Don't be sorry about discussing football on this thread, it is such a great thread that we discuss football and other things as well.

Well it does matter if you get 2,3 or 4 if the bloke you want goes before your pick. Also if you wanted to trade your pick a higher pick is clearly worth more.I agree with your other proposition that we thought picks of themselves would save us. We now know there is much more to it, starting with getting the right players and then developing them.