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If "you know who" goes could there be anyone more upset/angry/furious than Barry Prendergast and to a lesser extent Tim Harrington.

Trouble is the AFL isn't about tradition, just ask Fitzroy. It's not the VFL anymore it's the AFL.

The problem is that the AFL now have more clubs not wanting to play at Etihad, like Saints for example. They could give us less games at the G as a result. The AFL don't care about home grounds other than Geelong and Interstate. They regard the G as a league ground not the home of the Dees. We are in the middle of a major corporate dictatorship.

Geelong make $500k for a 20000 crowd. They get 8 of those games a year. Over $4m, We break even or have to send a cheque to the AFL for the same crowd at the G. Anyone see anything unfair in this? One further fact. The four richest clubs in the AFL who also spend the most on their footy departments are in the top 4 spots on the ladder. Another coincidence?

Just saw Open Mike on foxtel featuring Kevin Bartlett. He certainly is a self absorbed human being. Also as we have seen in the past he is never wrong, according to him.

Simply put the AFL can't afford GWS to fail and therefore will do anything to help them. That means stuff the other clubs except maybe GC. What we should have done was ensure that no player under 22 could be taken by screaming through the press so that the AFL could not then say all the clubs agreed to it. We now know that was another AFL head office lie.

Enjoy. How much do bananas cost in Paris? Are they discussing you know who in Paris?

I am a lifelong Melbourne supporter, I lead a boring, miserable life.

I know what you mean. I get funny looks when I say to someone I post on a Melbourne FC fan site and enjoy reading it. I think bananas are about $9.99 a kilo at the moment.

Its basically I think yes and I think no and that is how it has been since it started. Lot more info on this thread such as horse racing, bananas, frustration with the Dees.

If not for the fact that we let Junior go in a messy way, we would be seriously looking at getting rid of our captain and vice captain. Wont happen, but on form it should.

Well that is it for 2011. Just to add the icing to the cake, the game cut out on my recording 2.5 minutes from the end. Trade and draft week to look forward to. By the way, were the umpires paid employees of Port Power. 28 frees to Port and 13 to us, 6 goals to Port from frees and at least another 2 goals to Port after a Dees free was ignored and a Mark of the Year contender to Howe 10 metres out not paid and then a goal to them on the rebound..

Just had a Hungry Jacks egg muffin and they are not as good as the big yellow M variety. See what this team has done to me, I am writing about breakfast muffins. Oh how I long for the days of the Banana Smoothie.

[bloody joke. All games except ours being shown live on free to air or foxtel on Gold Coast where I am at the moment. Ours on replay on foxtel at 8.30. Unbelievable.

Hope you had a bet on Iconic Princess who won at Geelong today and Man of Magic ran 2nd at Ballarat Wednesday at his first start. When I am away they do well. IP has now won 3 at Geelong on the synthetic.

The weather today was great.. 22 and fine.

Pretty [censored] off. I am in Queensland and there is no live broadcast of our game anywhere. Not foxtel nor free to air. Every other game on the weekend is being shown. Replay on foxtel at 8.30 but that is not satisfactory. I thought all games were shown either on free to air or foxtel throughout the AFL states. Not happy Jan.

Stay out of there or you may not have the fare to get back home.

The players might enjoy being the first team to play a game for four points on the Adelaide oval. It is very scenic.

No it's not. I feel the same.

I think you will hear plenty on the MFc in the next 2 months, some good and some bad.

Well that's it then. One game to watch on TV and support Casey in the finals.

I know that I am not either of you.

Lovely day for the footy. Hope the Dees fans turn up, as it is historic, being the first Dees game against the Suns on the G. As it is our last home game for the year there should be a fair turnout. The other factor that may influence some of the softer fans is that we have a chance to win. Note I didn't say we would win but that we had a chance to win.

He ran at Newcastle. Ran terribly. Trainer said he thinks he is a porn star and wants to mount every other horse and was going nuts and now he will lose them.